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Mental health assessment before every purchase, age limits, mandatory gun safes, training, permits, registration, comprehensive background checks with waiting periods. That's a start. For instance, if training is required, a professional trainer could likely spot concerning behaviors during the training session and share their concerns in a database or with law enforcement. If a trainer has to sign off before a purchase is complete, that could add another set of professional eyes on the problem. This troubled person was able to purchase seven weapons legally from five vendors. And none of those vendors thought to ask some questions? And there's no tracking system in Tennessee to realize that is going on? No red flag laws in Tennessee, so no way to know that she had an emotional disturbance. Guns are extremely dangerous things, they should be difficult to obtain. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed; the patchwork of state laws is not working.
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Pay attention to history. The chaotic 1968 Democratic convention, in Chicago no less, got us Nixon. Think this through calmly. Why are we rejecting a President with an impressive legislative record, comparable to FDR and LBJ? Also, in 1968, VP Humphrey stepped into LBJ's spot, supposedly a smooth transition, but it didn't work out that way, did it? Pay attention to history. Stay calm, thoughtful, strategic and disciplined. In two weeks, the media will be chasing another bright shiny object. Vote carefully everyone. 🗽💙🌊🗽
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Huzzah, Jewish Voices for Peace!! Standing up for an end to bombing civilians, especially children. I am so proud of you all. Walk down the block and up First Avenue to the United Nations and let's get the diplomacy started ASAP. Start over with new prime ministers on all sides. People who know diplomacy, construction, engineering and healthcare. Rebuild homes, rebuild hospitals, rebuild water systems, rebuild schools. Hug the children and assure them that things will be better now. Work hard together to rebuild one block, then another, then another, then come to the table together after an exhausting day, and eat together. There's lots of work to do. Stop fighting.
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For all the people who have fun claiming unlimited rights that they actually do not have.... Nope, hate speech is not freedom of expression. There's a rumor going around that you can say whatever you want. Nope, never was true. Defamation, fraud, slander, speech intended to incite violence, threatening potential witnesses, hate speech, none of those things are freedom of expression. Hate speech is a crime. Hate speech is a crime. Or, as your kindergarten teacher taught you, if you dont have something nice to say, dont say anything at all. Hate speech is a crime, and right now hate speech probably has the potential to incite violence, especially in these tense times. Thank you NYPD for enforcing the law. Thank you to the super patient Halal guy who let the NYPD handle this jerk. 🗽
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Vote for common sense gun safety legislation, supported by the majority of the USA population. Nothing in the second amendment requires this total distain for public safety. Despite what second amendment fans try to tell you, the framers never intended innocent civilians to live in fear of leaving their home to do ordinary activities, like going to school, to a grocery store, a parade, a movie theater, a club, a concert, a movie. Although we have to wait for a new iteration of SCOTUS for a more rational interpretation of the second amendment, this is the right time to work for national gun safety legislation. Codify everything that is important to us. Even this irresponsible SCOTUS cannot overturn every law. Let's get the work done so that we don't have to keep living this way. This is not about liberty, this is terrorizing our population.
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What is Biden running on? (31:00) He is running on continuing to reduce pharmacy costs beyond insulin, continuing green energy, continuing to support unions and veterans, supporting reproductive healthcare, continuing to expand gun safety legislation, continuing to support NATO, continuing to support Taiwan and Ukraine. Yes, it's a relatively long list. He has done a lot and he wants to do more. That's why he calls it "finish the job" because his goals are pragmatic and real. How do we know that? Because most of it is stuff that he has done, so now he knows he can do more in those areas. I would love to see President Biden address affordable housing, corporate greed and monopolies that need a bit of trust busting! There's a lot to do. I'm glad President Biden seems to have a talent for getting legislation to his desk for signature, because legislation is likely needed for most of his initiatives. Go Joe! 💙🌊💙🌊
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Top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee (2022). Tennessee does not have red flag laws; 19 other states do have red flag laws. You can't talk about mental health, but then have no red flags to monitor that at the point of purchase. Gun control works. Tennessee has very flimsy gun laws, and children and teachers are paying the price. If Tennessee legislature has no courage, comprehensive federal gun safety legislation will resolve gaps in this patchwork of flimsy state laws vs gun safety states. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. Get to work Congress.
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If FDR is a benchmark for the level of accomplishment we can expect from a fully disabled president..... And any cyclist like President Biden is far far away from disabled. Also, are we now negating all of our progress on anti discrimination? So we should only vote for presidents who are young and cute?? This is not casting for a Hollywood movie, this is our nation. Come on, people, be better. Reagan wasn't cute, Obama with his big ears was not cute (ask him yourself). We voted for Obama because we believed in his message of hope and thought he could take us through the housing market collapse. Brad Pitt doesn't look cute anymore either. What are we talking about here? We are voting for Biden because of veterans healthcare, infrastructure, green energy, strengthening NATO, control of pharmacy costs, etc etc. Makes sense to me. 💙
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@SqkTap I think what is being done now is completing the investigations, making the case crystal clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt. That needs to be done carefully and thoroughly, especially because trump supporters are going to be hard to convince. But even trump supporters who drank the kool aid and operate outside the patterns of logic, I do believe that the totality of evidence will cause enough of them to say, "okay now I have heard enough.". Think Richard Nixon. At first it might have seemed implausible, then after hearings and more hearings, it was probably like, "Okay, now this just seems too weird, don't think I can believe this guy anymore.". Of course trump makes Nixon look like a statesman, but ... I think letting the case develop completely is worth it. It might be what we need to reunify this nation. Of course it does need to be done before 2022....
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Again, I'll repeat myself for people who are not reading. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Are you saying that Mississippi has a problem with guns because Mississippians are bad people? All the good people live in Massachusetts? Gun control laws make the difference. The problem is the gun. Control access to that, and your work with mental health, gun owner suicides, street crime, all of those initiatives are more successful when access to guns is limited. Gun rights are not unlimited, according to Justice Scalia in the Heller opinion.
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Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Gun control works. Several states have already figured that out. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed to close the gaps in the patchwork of state to state laws that enable gun traffickers to drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Congress, get it done, or get voted out. 💙🗽💙
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The child tax credit is crucial, and a documented success. But most voters won't see child tax credit and childcare as the economy. They won't necessarily connect those dots quickly.
In a similar way, voters keep on complaining about Biden's horrible economy, when they probably really mean: horrible inflation, horrible overcharges at the grocery stores. Inflation is not the entire economy, but most voters are happy to conflate the two, even though all economic indicators are clearly demonstrating a healthy economy.
What people forget, and what shows like Meet the Press are not helping with, is that deflation is SO much worse. During the Great Depression, prices were deflated. Do we really want that? Inflation is bad, until your wages catch up. Deflation is worse.
Consumers needed to walk away from overpriced grocery stores, period. Take a look, there's probably another store that's a bit cheaper. You might have to get items in two or three sources: one grocer has a good egg price, the other store is better on bread, etc. Split your grocery list and you'll be fine. Or stop buying bread for a bit, start making cornbread! Yummy ! Jiffy mix is still really cheap.
In a consumer driven economy like ours, consumers have a responsibility on pricing. When the price is ridiculous, walk away. The sale will come, be patient. I used to love ciabatta and naan, until the price became ridiculous. Now, that same store has baguette on sale. Winner!
Btw is it really the responsibility of the PRESIDENT to teach you how to shop? Just saying. VP Harris has a better economic plan than the pumpkin head. Full stop. Go Kamala go. Go Tim go. 💙🌊🐬💙🌊
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@January. I completely agree with your assessment that most republicans see a benefit to keeping a chunk of the population uneducated. That accounts for red states emphasizing how low their taxes are. Low tax revenue is the excuse for not investing in their people. So public education is neglected and grossly underfunded. (Same factors impact bad healthcare, high maternal mortality, unsafe water and sewerage systems, untrained police departments, etc) Social studies, civics, global history, critical thinking, science and STEM, well stocked school libraries, the ability to recognize demagoguery, differentiate persuasion from propaganda, all of this essential knowledge is sacrificed. So red state residents are angry and frustrated but might not really know why. So states like Alabama and Mississippi continue to flounder economically and academically, but as long as a few people at the top are doing well, the narrative rolls along.
But things can get better and the curtain can be torn away. Voting helps. Many public school students refuse to lose and get themselves smart against the odds. Grassroots community organizations address some problems because they are usually independent of red state economic impulses. It can get better, but staying home and not voting only helps the frustration to grow. Vote 💙, then find a community organization and volunteer, then volunteer to tutor or help with the chess club or the debate club or the high school newspaper if possible. Things can get a bit better if WE act. THEY never will. Don't wait, vote.💙💚💙 It's not much but it's something. And every little something is better than nothing. Nothing is what republicans want. Think about it, that's why they say no to every bill.💙🗽💙
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It would show a poor understanding of the history of the 1700s to say that immigration policy was the primary factor driving indigenous peoples off their lands in the Americas.
I think you are missing the point of the sad snarky joke being made here by the original post. There is an assumption that the protest against the slaughter of innocent civilians in Gaza has something to do with allowing too many immigrants to enter the USA. First of all, NYC would never pay attention to such nonsense, because we have built our history around immigration since the days of the Dutch. It's fairly obvious that most of the protestors in Grand Central are Jews, likely born here in NYC and the USA, hence the name of the sponsoring organization, Jewish Voices for Peace. Thank you, thank you, thank you for stepping up and speaking out for fellow humans!
Any attempt to distract from the main point: the current bombings of Gaza are killing thousands of innocent civilians, they are in violation of international law, and put the USA in a vulnerable position because we are almost being forced to support war crimes in order to maintain our long time alliance with Israel. This is a truly disgusting tragedy, and netanyahu is doing Israel no favors. This will be a source of shame for generations. 🗽🌎🗽
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Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation should include: Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. There are probably other measures needed to end private sale and gun show loopholes, but this list is a good start. Because of the GOPs lack of cooperation, several small bills would probably be necessary, as opposed to one larger push through Congress. Repealing PLCAA is also a necessity. How can you possibly imagine that none of these measures would achieve improvement? Florida achieved improved safety after Parkland with increased age limits and red flag laws. Unfortunately, DeSantis just signed a measure to soften Florida gun laws, not a public signing, privately in his office with a photo flanked by NRA officials. Hmm ... Perhaps you are a gun vendor? That might explain your inability to embrace the potential of federal gun safety legislation.
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@claude-alinecarriere3337 True, they are trying to make everything more difficult, but gerrymandering can't get fixed until state legislatures and state supreme courts get fixed. So it has to be done! Yes, it's a tangled mess, but overwhelming them at the ballot box can't hurt. It worked in 2018 and 2020, it could work again. It's about finding the unregistered voters, making a careful voting plan to get around the shortened hours, double checking voter registration status and ID rules, car pooling to get to the fewer more distant drop boxes, etc.etc. Refuse to lose, get the votes, then get into those state systems to correct the damage. It could happen. Living with hope and tenacity...why not? 💙💚💙. Be well, stay strong!
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No, this is more detail on the New Mexico shooting. Very important to keep gun safety front of mind, so that this issue can finally be addressed through federal legislation. Washington state recently passed a ban on semi automatic rifles, joining California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, and the District of Columbia. Much work to do to regain control over this grotesque carnage. We do not have to live this way.
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Top ten states with high murder rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. What if these states had better gun safety legislation? Not wishful thinking, because other states are doing it. Gun safety legislation, get it done.
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I really respect that this young man did not give up. Bullies tried to break his confidence, but it didn't work at all. I fully believe he would have knocked on every door in the neighborhood until he achieved results. (Of course, knocking on a stranger's door is not always safe, but that's another story.)
What you might not realize is that many bullies don't have confidence themselves. They cover their insecurities with violence and snark. Those who overcome bullying are better for it. They learn so much about character, self image, conflict resolution, deflecting negativity with humor, etc. Even if they retreat, they might use that quiet time to develop their talents in art, music, poetry, etc. Stay awesome and kind, everyone!
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@joeycruz5911 Yes, we need to get more democratic senators. We have a real shot at 54 senators with Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Wisconsin potentially flipping blue, plus keeping the 50 we have now. 54 democratic senators is a very different dynamic; 60+ democratic senators would be even better. Green energy, reproductive healthcare, accountability for the insurrection, gun safety, there is much legislation needed. Republicans don't seem to be interested in legislation, just interested in blocking things and saying no.
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Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. Yes, people are hurting, but without easy access to guns they would be hurting without a gun nearby. That's the problem. The constant misinterpretations of the second amendment are not supporting their struggles with mental health, it is enabling suicidal ideation and worse. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York,Rhode Island. Gun control works.
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If you don't like the local democratic candidate who is running, become more active in your community and find the grassroots leaders who are out there and encourage them, beg them, to run as Democrats. The vocal soccer mom who never forgets the oranges, the store owner who helps with the community garden clean up, the young person who organized the fundraising 5k, etc. Look at the guy in Colorado who came inches from defeating Boebert in 2022. He's a business guy who got sick of Boebert dropping the ball on constituent services, so he ran as a Democrat. He is moderate at best. Calling him radical left.... please, I can hear him laughing.
The parties need to return to the pre Reagan era where liberal republicans, conservative republicans could find common cause with conservative democrats and liberal democrats. Those were some of the networks that enabled the nation to uncover, investigate and heal from Watergate.
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If that teacher cares about innocent children, she should be working with her representatives to draft effective gun safety legislation. No new sales of AR 15, red flag laws, mental health assessment for each purchase, training, permits, registration, age limits, mandatory gun safes. It can be done, most responsible owners already do these things. This doesn't make the problem disappear but it reduces the threat to a level that law enforcement can work on. NYC is not perfect, but mass shootings do not happen in our schools. In a strict gun control environment, a person with an AR 15 would be spotted blocks away from a school and called in before they get close to the school. If you are in a state with open carry, no permits, just walk in with money walk out with a weapon, well how can the police ever manage that? What are you thinking? Gun manufacturers are making buckets of money, and Innocent people are paying for that grotesque profit with their lives. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed, because this patchwork of state laws is definitely not working.
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Being a mom is not easy. If you have actually raised children, and you don't have nannies and fairies to help, you know that things get more than challenging. If a child is asleep in a car seat, and it's not a heat wave and the A/C is on, and you are parked at your home, are you sure you wouldn't take the groceries into the house quickly before the child wakes up and starts crying? Are you absolutely sure you wouldn't do that? Leaving the engine running, doors unlocked, keys in the car, well that's a bridge too far. However, it does seem that some people here are being too judgemental and pretending to be so perfect when they likely are not perfect people at all.
Parenting is really hard, and a village that helps and understands yields good kind healthy children who are our future citizens. Instead we just argue and throw everyone under the bus. She will probably never leave her car running again. She was trying to check in on her relative. Understanding costs you nothing.
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@June Bug I don't know about guns either. I've just been watching too much news lately. So the AR-15 is this ugly looking assault weapon that seems to be very popular lately. It was used in Sandy Hook, so those families just settled a $75 million successful civil case against the gun manufacturer. That gun manufacturer is bankrupt BTW. Gr8. 😎 Of course there are other companies still making this horrific thing.
CBS Sunday morning (and another network too I think) did an 11 min story you should really look for. This case uncovered the marketing strategy targeting young teen males. Like the cigarette ads that targeted children. That's why this troubled young man in TX was waiting to buy that thing the minute he turned 18. He already knew about that gun for years because it had been marketed right at him. Sales of AR 15 used to be about 100,000 (yuch) , now something like 2 million. YUCH Yeah, so marketing works. YUCH So these gun companies know what they are doing and they are getting the results they desired. This is not lone wolf with a gun, and nothing we can do to stop this, and mental illness is the problem. No, the gun is the problem. They wanted to sell more guns, and more of this grotesque gun in particular. At least 11 massive shooting events all used AR-15. Aurora, Sandy Hook, Buffalo...I can't list them all because it makes me sick. I think Morning Joe did a listing thing, maybe CNN too. The AR 15 is the problem, not the doors, it's the gun. If a ladder had that much death connected to it, the ladder would be off the market.
Sorry so many words. I just can't even anymore..... Be well, be safe.
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@Tuscarora21 Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation would reduce the illegal guns that feed the iron pipe line. Gun traffickers who obtain guns in flimsy gun law states drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Who would buy a gun from a weird guy's trunk? See how that works? So soft gun laws in Indiana interfere with Illinois's attempts to keep their state safe. Thanks Indiana? NYPD'S iron pipeline is the I 95 turnpike driving illegal guns from southern states with flimsy laws. In fact, according to a joint briefing with both Homeland Security and Mexican law enforcement, guns used in murders in Mexico originated from ten counties within the USA. So our flimsy state gun laws are actually supplying criminal gangs in Mexico, which destabilizes communities causing desperate immigrants, and then we have the border problem. So if Texas really cared about the border, they would have stronger gun laws. But Abbott is winning elections off this disgusting blood bath, and even went so far as to declare Texas a gun sanctuary state. No sanctuary for the children of Uvalde, but sanctuary for guns. Really? Gun regulations are not the same as no guns, just that you need a permit and there is a process. You can't walk in with money and walk out with multiple guns. Remember the shooter in Uvalde walked out with two AR 15 and more ammunition than a soldier would carry into a combat mission. And the gun vendor didn't ask any questions about that?? That could not happen in NYS.
Federal legislation will reduce the "crossing state lines" problem that feeds illegal activity. In fact, the shooting in Buffalo was enabled when that hate criminal purchased materials in Pennsylvania (I believe oversized magazines) that are illegal in NYS, then drove across state lines. Also, I believe federally licensed gun vendors have more guidelines that other gun vendors.
Sorry this is so long. Obviously this is a complex problem. It will probably require several small pieces of legislation. I would start with ending new sales of AR 15 and repealing PLCAA. Then we can address ghost guns, gun owner suicides, hand guns used in street crime, etc etc etc. What a mess. Wow, I am so glad that I have never owned a gun. I have lived in several "dangerous" neighborhoods, but you know what? The best crime prevention tool is your brain. Ask any cop about that. Thanks, be well, stay safe. Hug your loved ones today.
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The state to state patchwork of flimsy gun states vs gun safety states enables criminals. Gun traffickers drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Flimsy gun laws enable criminals, yet the GOP references criminals as an excuse to avoid gun safety legislation. Who is falling for this nonsense? Yes, criminals will always have guns, if GOP gun policy continues to be the supplier. Gun control works. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island.
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Harris is awesome. Unfortunately, any VP is always in the president's shadow. She's doing great with the reproductive healthcare issue. However, Biden's legislation production is amazing, and I worry that she might not have the same talent for negotiating legislation across the aisle. As a former prosecutor, I just don't know if that's in her skill set?
Honestly, I'm afraid of history, especially 1968. That Democratic convention was a chaotic mess, and Nixon won as a result. LBJ wasn't popular because of Vietnam, rightly so, but if he had stayed he might have gotten more domestic legislation done, and he might have been motivated to get out of Vietnam faster than Nixon. I bet LBJ wouldn't have entered Laos and Cambodia.
Let's stay calm, think this through. Let's not have another 1968 Chicago convention. Yikes! 💙🌊💙🌊
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If we are going to choke everyone who seems scary to you, that might be a lot of people. Be careful what you wish for.
So a bunch of tourists wander into NYC, and they get scared every time they see a person of color. That's not okay. That's not the standard of justice, because that makes it dangerous for everyone. If you are scared, calm down. If a situation in a subway car seems like more than you can handle, move to another car. It's easy to do, there are two doors at either end of every car. If you don't like the subway, take a taxi or a bus. Call 911, contact the conductor, get off the train at the next stop and take the next train. Contact transit police and insist that they respond with an outreach team, because those folks usually have water and sandwiches and snacks, which is really what this guy needed I bet. Was he yelling? I'm sure he was. Have you ever been so hungry, so thirsty, so desperate, so scared because a part of you knew that you were in the middle of an episode and you didn't know how to make it stop? So yeah, he was yelling. Probably wasn't his best day. Killing him with your bare hands..really? That's the best response you can think of? Sad.
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@kuribojim3916 I think I agree, but netanyahu has been in power since 1996. Why? Hamas has been in power since 2006. Why? Palestinian authority also has not had an election for a long while. It is true that it is virtually impossible to run elections during wartime chaos, but it feels clear (at least to me) that all sides need fresh representatives, new prime ministers on both sides hopefully people with diplomatic perspectives. Construction and engineering and healthcare backgrounds would be helpful too, because heaven knows there is going to be an obscene amount of rebuilding necessary after the bombs have stopped. All that work, sweaty exhausting work, should keep people busy, employed, and focused on real issues like housing, hospitals, schools, water systems, etc . How can these existing "leaders" claim that they deserve re-election? Start over, start fresh, start somewhere. Enough with this violent vengeance. Everyone wants a country, everyone wants a place to live.
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Since we have a labor shortage, it is extremely ironic that we are "afraid" of immigrants. Why not draft legislation for a guest worker program? Dramatic shifts in employment during the industrial revolution fueled intense immigration spikes in 1900s, and large port cities like NYC, Boston, Baltimore, etc did the work at that time: settlement houses for community services, multiple family housing, better building codes, public hospitals, public schools, etc etc. NYC did not ask Texas to do that work in 1900.
Now the challenge is at the border, but the challenge is still immigration. Has Texas learned any of the lessons of history? Do I heard Abbott suggesting a settlement house program for El Paso and other border towns? A public hospital initiative that will help all Texans, not just refugees? Or is Abbott just content to be outraged during photo ops?
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Saturating the population with guns is not sustainable gun policy, period. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed. Permits, training, mandated gun safes, age limits, magazine limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flag laws, waiting periods to fully vet purchasers, not a "background check" that is actually a 15 minute chat. Most of these strategies are things that responsible gun owners already do; now these measures must be mandated to cover the many irresponsible gun owners trying to build arsenals in their bedrooms and basements. The first time their house gets robbed when they are out of town, lots of criminals get those guns. Ask any cop about that.
Well regulated gun ownership, as indicated in the second amendment. Even Justice Scalia in Heller (2008) stated that gun rights are not unlimited. Repeal PLCAA (2005) to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings. Federal legislation will reduce the iron pipe line that drives illegal guns across state lines from flimsy gun states into gun safety states straight into the hands of criminals.
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Yes, he came so close to her house. He was running so hard. I can hardly breathe after seeing the longer video.
We need a completely different policing concept. Inspiration comes in many forms. My hope is that this video will inspire young people with sincere hearts and a desire for true community service to join the newer iterations of a new police force that this new generation will create. How can we continue this way?
Longer time in training academies, higher salaries to recruit better talent, new strategies for traffic violations, abolish high speed chases that create too much adrenaline and anger and danger on the road, get the license plate and the footage then track the owner separately later, continued expansion of various types of cameras, expansion of community councils and civilian complaint offices, new procedures for mental health responses, new units for gang intervention and violence prevention, etc. "He ran from me, so now I'm mad and I get to take out my anger any way I choose." That must stop now.
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Exactly, not gun safety states. Not Illinois, not NYS, not NJ, not the typical "democrat" states that gun fanatics like to blame with their deflections and distractions. Gun control does not make life perfect, but it reduces the problem so that law enforcement has a chance to manage it. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there.
Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. Abbott will never protect Texas residents. No permits, open carry, over the objections of Texas law enforcement, total chaos, an accident waiting to happen. Federal gun safety legislation is needed.
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Absolutely! 54+ senators, maintain House majority. Flip PA, Ohio, Wisconsin, NC, FLA, etc. Green energy, voting access, gun safety, reproductive healthcare, insurrection accountability, there is much legislation needed. Democrats pass legislation. Republicans are there for C-SPAN? Not sure...
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Pelosi was calling the Maryland and Virginia national guard on Jan 6th. McCarthy seemed to have a conscience on Jan 6th, then changed his mind and kissed the ring of the pumpkin headed grifter. McCarthy has no credibility, no spine, does not pass legislation, does not sanction MTG's squad. McCarthy with a gavel, YIKES. The nation understands. Vote blue 💙 like our lives depend upon it, because they do. I can't help you if you don't see that, but luckily most of the USA population gets it. On gun safety, on reproductive healthcare, on insurrection accountability, on green energy, the GOP is on the wrong side of history.
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There must be a trial. If he were a gentleman, he would not resist the charges, he would plead guilty, but that's not who this guy is. He delays, he appeals every step all the way up to the supreme court, etc. That's why he doesn't like this judge, because this judge has seen him before and knows his tricks. Nevertheless, a trial does take time. We have not yet heard the indictment read. That's why it seems like it is all media hype, because every news platform is trying to guess. Applause to the three or four legal consultants this weekend who have said, "I will not speculate because they have not yet unsealed the indictment." Dont worry, be patient.
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But because West Virginia is such a red state, how will that election really play out? Can we stand another Oz/Walker republican candidate? Some goofball with weird speeches for C-SPAN? In the past, our democracy used to be able to support conservative Democrats, moderate Democrats, liberal Democrats, especially because there were liberal Republicans, moderate Republicans and conservative Republicans. Remember that Goldwater is basically credited with that last conversation with Nixon and he convinced Nixon to resign. I am very liberal but I also know that conservative doesn't always have to be bad. And I would rather have a conservative Democrat than a conservative Republican because of the toxic mess that the republicans are in right now.
I just think we need more democratic senators to get past McConnell's filibuster paralysis. If there are 54 or 55 democratic senators, Manchin is no longer king of the hill, and that alone might remind him that compromise is a good thing. We have a real chance with Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Wisconsin and even North Carolina. Of course, polling is weird these days, but many things are possible if we vote in numbers equal to 2020.
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Comprehensive gun safety legislation should include:. Training, permits, registration, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flag laws, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. No new sales of AR 15, mandated gun safes to keep old AR 15 sway from children, thieves and the public.
That's one workable list. There is also a need to address gun owner suicides, handguns and street crime, ghost guns, printable guns, and gun show sales as well as private sales. To address all the layers of this onion, we will probably have to go step by step with multiple smaller bills. However, continuing to support this carnage is evil. To suggest that the framers intended for widespread random death to be written into the constitution is to dishonor the nation. Enough. The majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation. The will of the people, remember that?
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The ADA provides that disabled persons who can perform the essential functions of the job are entitled to reasonable accommodation. Captioning is a very reasonable accommodation, especially because we all use captions every time we watch a movie. Important to remember that the essential functions of a corrections officer are not at all related to the essential functions of a Senator. A blind pilot would not qualify for a reasonable accommodation because of the essential features of that job. However, the essential functions of a senator are to serve his constituents, as well as write, negotiate and pass legislation. Captioning doesn't interfere with any of those functions.A senator who reads, then pauses to think, then responds with auditory speech slowly and deliberately, that sounds like a fine Senator to me. I would like all of our senators to read and think more before they speak. I would like fewer congressional figures taking the floor to debate extremist views just to create CSPAN content for their livestream.
Unless we want to repeal the ADA, we should be thoughtful about denying reasonable accommodation to qualified candidates. That is discriminatory and illegal. Oz is not qualified because he doesn't live in PA, doesn't know the constituents, and has no experience with governance. Being a TV host and sounding good on camera are not essential functions of the job of senator.
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Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. As per CBS news, 19 mass shootings during this three day weekend. ENOUGH! Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Get it done, Congress. If Serbia can do it, what is our excuse? This carnage is NOT part of the second amendment. Read the amendment; it's only one sentence. Contact your representative ASAP. 🗽
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This has been repeated several times now. This young man DID go to the school. At least two press briefings indicated that there was a hazing investigation that was "unresolved".
Probably didn't file the hazing complaint until he was at his wits end, then the case is "unresolved". Realize that during this time he is also managing COVID/zoom stress and trying to finish his degree. He is in his senior year. Could be possible that he started to think, okay, if the university is not taking this situation seriously I guess I should be prepared to handle it myself. And the university is located in Virginia, a rather gun friendly state, so.... I sure do wish that guns were not completely saturating the population so that an emotional moment turns into a crime in a moments notice. Gun control anyone?
You have most of the pieces of a tragedy waiting to happen right there. What if a large and well funded historic university had done a better job of adjudicating student complaints?
There is never an excuse for murder, but we need to remember that hazing incidents at the college level have resulted in deaths in the past. This is likely not teasing between eight year olds. It is entirely possible that this young man felt unsafe, wanted to finish his senior year and his degree rather than walking away, transferring, losing credits, needing to start over and come up with new money to make it happen. If an honor code violation was involved, that could have expulsion as an outcome. What a mess. Do better UVA.
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Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. The majority of the USA population supports gun safety. The will of the people, remember that? The gun fun clubs have loud voices, but most have not even read the controlling opinions. They pretend that they have unlimited gun rights that actually do not exist.
The second amendment refers to the people, the group, the community, not a person, an individual who wants to own any gun to take anywhere and do anything. That was never the intention of the framers. "Well regulated" appears in the first clause for a reason.
Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits, screening for private sales and gun shows. Enough. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊 🗽
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I heard him speak on ABC today and I was impressed. I do remember that he was a voice of reason during the pandemic. Himself and Hogan, governor of Maryland, did not let themselves get sucked into the nonsense that the orange marshmallow was spinning. However, will he support green energy? Affordable housing? Comprehensive federal gun safety? Return to the child tax credit that was so successful in reducing child poverty? Support public education and teachers salaries? End book bannings? Support healthcare and burnt out healthcare workers? There is so much work to do, and I'm not sure that traditional GOP policies address our current needs.
It would be nice to see a coalition of Hutchinson,Kinzinger, Hogan, Chaney, Meijer, etc come back into service and make some good things happen, not just tax cuts for the wealthy and removing regulations for business. However, Asa is a real sign of hope. 💜
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Please pay attention to history. Third party candidate and democratic tumult got us Nixon in 1968. Primary push and pull in 1980 got us Reagan with trickle down economics, dismantling unions, huge wealth gaps, Iran Contra etc. (plus an ugly gentleman's agreement between Reagan and the Iranians regarding holding the release of the hostages until after the election). Please pay attention to history.
What are Democratic voters punishing President Biden for? Signing lots of effective legislation? Expanding NATO? Are we punishing him for not being young and cute? Derek Jeter, Brad Pitt, Robert Redford, they aren't young and cute anymore either, and they cannot draft a bill much less mark it up and get it out of committee.
President Biden is old, boring, and experienced. Key word is experienced. Governing is a real job, and not everyone knows how to do it. 🗽💙🗽
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Repeal PLCAA (2005), the worst bill Bush ever signed. PLCAA created a liability shield for gun manufacturers from the damages caused by their grotesquely dangerous products. Repeal PLCAA to restore liability, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed, because Abbott and other copycat irresponsible governors will never fix this. Federal legislation would also close the gaps in the patchwork of flimsy state gun laws and gun safety states. The current patchwork allows gun traffickers to drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. What is comprehensive? Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Due to GOP obstruction, it will probably be necessary to pass these measures as several small bills. I'm sure that there are other possible lists. That list works for me. Basic things that most responsible gun owners already do; an opportunity to mandate these measures for gun owners who are not so responsible. Then we can get busy on gun owner suicides, ghost guns, printed guns, handguns and street crime, etc. We have a gun problem. Let's get to work.
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Teachers WOULD like more time with their students, but that is better achieved by reducing class size. That way they can see positive results from presenting a lesson, having time to interact with students who are confused, add a mini review of key concepts, everyone walking out of the room saying, wow, that worked! Today was a good day. That would help with burn out.
More time in the school year and school day would also help, but that requires more staff, a great idea for keeping employment robust. Unfortunately, we don't have enough teachers as it is, so it would be difficult to find the staff for summers and longer afternoons. After school programs could probably fill some of those gaps, but we need to increase teacher pay and gun safety in order to recruit more people to the profession.
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AR 15 was used in Uvalde, Buffalo, El Paso, Sandy Hook, Parkland, Las Vegas, Aurora, Nashville, etc etc etc. No new sales of AR 15, a gun that never should have been adapted for civilian use after it was rejected by the military for use in Vietnam. This is not a true hunting rifle because it leaves no useable meat. The problem is the gun. Eliminate the AR 15, then we can move on to repeal PLCAA, address gun owner suicides, ghost guns, street crime and handguns, etc. Many layers to this onion. Enough.
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Politicians know exactly what needs to be done, they just don't want to do it. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Gun control works. Amplify the best practices of states that are controlling the problem as federal legislation. This will close down the iron pipe line that enables gun traffickers to drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. Close the gaps in law between flimsy gun states and gun safety states. Contact your representatives ASAP.
This has nothing to do with the second amendment. The gun fan clubs shout loudly about gun rights they actually do not have. All rights walk hand in hand with responsibilities. The current controlling opinions (Heller and Bruen) state that gun rights are not unlimited and gun regulations are permitted. Get busy, Congress, or get voted out. 🗽
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@jerryparks6123 I felt a strong undertone of sarcasm, maybe I'm wrong. But the opportunity to hold the House and increase the Senate is real, and you can tell because Mitch and company are scared. GA, PA, FLA, Wisconsin, Ohio, NC...there really are several interesting Senate races. And if McCarthy gets the gavel in the House, yuch, there goes the Jan 6 committee. Here comes November, check your registration, grab an extra bottle of water, and let's go for it. 🌊💙💙💚💚🌊
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Constant random death does not give us more rights, regardless of what the gun fanatics say. Mostly they just make stuff up. The second amendment provides for regulations, the Bruen opinion provides for regulations, the Heller opinion includes Justice Scalia's statement that gun rights are not unlimited. Survey after survey demonstrates that the majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation. Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Enough. Congress, get it done or get voted out. 💙🌊💙🌊
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Top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Gun control works. Gun safety legislation now: permits, gun safes, training, age limits, mental health assessment and screening, red flag laws. Repeal PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers. We don't have to live this way, but we do have to do the work and contact our representatives and tell them ENOUGH is enough.
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@accubond3254 The pumpkin headed grifter may be many things, but innocent is not one of them. 😎 This creep has been dabbling in fraud and worse in New York since the 1970s. What he has always depended upon was his ability to pay people off, to delay cases with constant appeals and other delays, etc. This increases the time and the costs of a prosecution, so sometimes that is a consideration. Is an extremely expensive case in the best interests of the taxpayers when agencies have limited budgets, especially in those years that NYC budgets were extremely restricted due to recovery from the bankruptcy/big MAC days of the 70s and 80s. The pumpkin headed grifter has gotten away with a lot for too many years. Now Trump University is no more, his fraudulent charities have been closed, he and his children are prohibited from starting more charities in NYS, plus the successful case against Trump org, with the elderly CFO sitting in Rikers right now. Good job, NYS!! 🗽
"Innocent" is not a word that comes to mind. A weasel who knows how to avoid prosecution, maybe. And so now he will finally stand trial.
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@lukewilliamsactual3691 When prohibition (18th amendment) became a risk to public safety, the 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment. It can be done. People are dying.
In this case, full repeal would not be necessary, just a new public safety amendment in clear modern language to balance the second amendment and clarify the constant nonsensical middle school debates with gun fanatics who refuse to read and understand a one sentence amendment from the 1700s. Enough. The second amendment refers to the people, the community, the society, not a person, an individual who thinks the framers wanted him to buy any gun to take anywhere and do anything. Enough. Ratification requires 38 states, but more importantly would ensure that gun safety stays front of mind throughout the entire process, instead of thoughts and prayers, forget and do nothing, rinse and repeat. Be well, stay safe. Contact your representative ASAP. 🗽
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Highest gun death rates:. Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming.( So not "democrat controlled" anything. ) Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. (So, gun control works.) Sometimes it's worth it to tell the truth. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue, because irresponsible governors will never fix this. Contact your representatives ASAP. 💙🌊💙🌊
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In terms of prosecution, NYC prosecutes gun crimes vigorously. One gun law was a mandatory sentence of two years for carrying an unlicensed gun. That one simple measure substantially changed youth behavior, and I witnessed adolescents switch from carrying an illegal handgun"just in case" to carrying a box cutter. The risk of two years imprisonment was just not worth it. (BTW I'm not sure if the Breun SCOTUS opinion damaged that law. Thanks, SCOTUS? Idiots. I hope not. I know that gun violence and murder are down, so NYPD does seem to be scooping up a lot of guns and making a come back from pandemic peaks. Other crimes are still up, but I'd rather get robbed than shot, so...). Now, a box cutter is a dangerous thing in a fight, but you can't shoot up the town parade with a box cutter, so....
Gun control laws work. They don't make all threats disappear, but they can reduce threats to manageable levels. And if police feel they can manage the threat, they are less likely to pull a Uvalde tragedy. Please make sure you are using reliable news sources, because this "democrat cities" talking point spreads like a virus, and is so untrue. Remember, Chicago would be a safer place if Indiana's soft gun laws didn't sabotage law enforcement.
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Although the gun fan club has loud voices, that doesn't mean that they actually have the unlimited gun rights they claim to have. Justice Scalia in Heller stated that gun rights are not unlimited. The Bruen opinion also provides for gun regulations. Have the gun fan boys truly read these controlling opinions?
The second amendment refers to the people, the community, the society, not a person, an individual who wants to own every type of gun and do anything anywhere. Enough. There are no Redcoats; we have the National Guard. "Well regulated" is featured in the opening clause of the amendment. In any case, we don't live in the 1700s. Originalism is not the only school of thought in constitutional interpretation; it certainly isn't the best one. The Constitution must be an elastic document that addresses the public safety challenge of our times.
Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue. Training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Get to work, Congress, or get voted out. Enough.
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@UmmYeahOk I don't think AR 15 was used this time, however AR 15 has been used in most of the massive massacres (Sandy Hook, Uvalde, Buffalo, Las Vegas, El Paso, Parkland etc etc etc.) Ugly list, right??. It's also a gun that really doesn't seem to belong in the civilian population. It can't be a great hunting rifle because the animal would be so destroyed, no meat would be viable. Not best suited for self defense. Horrifically irresponsible marketing strategy targeting young teen males, calling the AR 15 a "man card". Eliminating AR 15 might peel away one layer of the onion, so that we can look closer at handguns, street crime, gang activity, etc.
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For instance, some of the manifestations of centuries of racism: low academic outcomes and substandard housing. Of course there's lots more, but can't do everything all at once, right? Because then nothing gets done.
So project one is tutoring for all the fourth graders and tenth graders in the local public school. Posters and events to sign up interested students. Do you really think that only kids from one cultural group will sign up? I bet there will be a mix. Already "racism" took a back seat to getting some work done. Recruiting tutors from the town, finding space, scheduling time for Saturday afternoons and maybe Thursday night. Interviewing and vetting the tutors to keep the students safe. Getting snacks and raising the money for those snacks so the kids can focus on their tutoring and not on their tummies. Mini workshop to give the tutors some insight on the exams the fourth graders and tenth graders take to pass the grade. And so on.
Each time a task is addressed, work got done and there was less time to focus on race, hopefully. If there is a tutor who doesn't understand the assignment and undercuts a student of color by making them feel "stupid", the tutoring coordinators (probably teachers and leadership from the school faculty) can intervene and bid that tutor farewell. It could work. And what if that year more fourth graders and tenth graders pass their year end exams? Why not. Something got done, in spite of racism. So there!
Next year, we'll tutor third graders and ninth graders. Maybe it will work again!! Then we might take another bite of the apple. Project two: refurbishing the substandard housing in the town. Maybe Habitat for Humanity can teach us something. And more work gets done by busy like minded people. Just a few centuries too late, but we can get things done now, and why not?
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Please remember that this pumpkin headed grifter never won the popular vote, so, no, the majority of the USA population never supported this guy. He only won the electoral college; in 2020 he lost both the popular vote and the electoral college. Unfortunately, the GOP infrastructure has done a miserable job of eliminating this guy from their party at every turn when they themselves knew that he was trouble. During Watergate, GOP Congressional leaders visited with Nixon and told him it was time to go. See the difference?
I am a lifelong democratic, but as a lifelong VOTER, I ask GOP voters to be braver than their so called GOP leaders. Vote this guy out of public life. Period. Let him go to jail after his conviction and go the way of those Watergate guys in their orange jumpsuits. Let's face it, you don't really remember those guys' names, right? Move on with your lives. If you need entertainment, watch a movie. Don't let this con artist continue to waste the nation's time and resources.
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Public education in the USA is grossly underfunded. Is that really a surprise to anyone? Yes, a better nationwide education system might cost more, and we can no longer trust certain states to fund their public schools appropriately. Unfortunately, in a capitalist society, priorities are the things that we spend our money on. Yes, we need to spend more money to hire more teachers and pay better wages to recruit and retain the best talent. The unwillingness to expend tax dollars on this essential public service speaks volumes on how little you value children, job readiness, the critical thinking and knowledge of history/civics needed to be an informed voter in a democracy, basic familiarity with ethics, psychology, philosophy to strength the mind and fend off the anxiety that life sends us all, etc. Yes, spend the money on education. Ignorance is much more expensive.
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@diro2ss I believe that the USA can have an impact on migration conditions in our hemisphere if Congress will finally pass updated immigration legislation. But MTG and friends are busy spending tax payer dollars on investigations of everything except their own dear leader's wrongdoings. The upheaval in our hemisphere was set in motion many years ago when we supported corrupt dictators in the region. A real dialogue with all stakeholders in the Western Hemisphere to create real solutions would be more effective than Abbott with his hair on fire and Adams who frankly is just a bad mayor. I voted for the guy, now I cannot wait to vote him out.
NBC also provided some bad reporting here. It looks like they were trying to combine a "first day of school" story with an immigration story. I believe enrollment in schools had actually decreased a bit after the pandemic, so public schools can probably adjust to 20,000 students. NYC is a city of 8 million people; we are accustomed to doing big things. Accommodating English language learners is also nothing new to us. Again, Adams is just a bad mayor.
Overcrowding in housing is the more serious issue, and again there are solutions for this. There are many empty residential units that are being warehoused while real estate interests try to hold out for higher prices and higher rents. In addition, repurposing underutilized commercial space for residential use is absolutely possible, but Adams has not explored that, not that I have heard. Creating artificial scarcity in the housing market grossly inflates rents. But Adams doesn't want to stand up to NYC real estate power brokers, because they funded his campaign.
I voted for Adams, but he has been a bitter disappointment. For instance, if he would develop positive relationships with other stakeholders in NYS, if he had a working relationship with the governor, he could find solutions. He just does not know how to do his job. PBS news hour did a piece on this story and included a comment from the New York Immigration Coalition stating that this problem is more about using resources properly, not lack of resources. I wonder if Adams is listening to the many groups in NYC who know quite a bit about housing and immigration. In my experience, this new mayor does a lot of talking, a lot of photo ops, but not a lot of listening.
NYC unable to manage immigration.... it's a laugh. Adams stepped into Abbott's trap, and he is giving Abbott lots of drama and media attention. I wish Fiorello LaGuardia could come back to life and give Adams the lecture he deserves.
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Focus. Ceasefire. Stop bombing children. Important topic, stop with the distractions and bright shiny objects. International law, get it? New prime ministers on all sides, diplomacy, map making, respect for United Nations condemnations, rebuilding hospitals, housing, schools, entire neighborhoods, water systems, rebuilding two economies, finish netanyahu's corruption trial. Enough. Ceasefire, get to work.
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Yes, there is too much that is not known. That's why his family remarked that the "accidental death" designation was especially unfortunate because it put an end to further investigation.
I don't know all the secrets either, but the fact that Anton said to the officer that he was schizophrenic while more official paperwork declares him bi polar hints that his diagnosis might have been very recent and still in process, psychiatrists and social workers still trying to come to the best conclusion. That complicates the guesses about meds even further, since it's not unusual for a person with high blood pressure to try different meds and life style changes before settling on the best treatment. There are many studies that show that it is not unusual for USA clients with depression to switch through five different meds before finding the best fit, and many other studies that show that a regime of meditation, exercise and cognitive behavioral treatment can be superior to any meds.
I agree that "what does your doctor say" is a great question to ask. I am horrified that the paid public servant, the police officer, never thought to ask that question. He could have asked Anton as a follow up in the parking lot. He could have knocked on the door and asked Anton's family that question before smashing the car window. He could have called the town emergency room and asked for advice from the psychiatrist on call.
I'm sure that handcuffing someone can be done correctly. The point is this officer clearly did not do that, because this young man died in his custody. Also, proper handcuffing protocol probably does not include using the random motorcycle guy. Custody means that person is in your care. This police officer did not use care.
In terms of why he was working in this town after retiring from Delaware, they said that a new politician had a "get tough on crime" slogan, and that gentleman insisted on hiring this officer even after he was warned that he had recently been involved in a police brutality investigation over the border in Delaware.
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Tom A: Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is absolutely not an "unsolvable issue." Lazy congressional representatives and those paid by the gun lobby want you to feel that way. Vote out the congressional representatives who refuse to write bills. The job of a lawmaker is to write laws. Vote them out.
The AR 15 experienced very low sales when it was first introduced to the civilian market. Hunting was losing popularity as a "sport", so the gun industry needed a new way to sell guns. The AR 15 is not a true hunting rifle because it's too destructive and leaves no useable meat. So the irresponsible gun industry developed a horribly irresponsible advertising strategy: target underage males and call the AR 15 "your man card." Military styled weapons would never have been popular soon after Vietnam in a nation exhausted from war. However, much later when the draft was gone, the illusion of military behaviors without any service to the nation was a vicarious experience to sell to young males who had not yet thought deeply about their lives. That's why age limits work. The brain is very different at age 18 vs age 25. As AR 15 sales jump into the millions, public safety problems and mass shootings increase.
Then the perfect storm of bad ideas. The sunset of the crime bill and the assault weapons ban (2004), the Heller decision (2008), and, most ridiculously, Bush signs PLCAA (2005) to shield gun manufacturers from the damage caused by their grotesquely dangerous products. In a post Columbine world, this is a breathtaking lack of responsibility from "leadership." Therefore, comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed to repair the horrific damage and reverse the trend of increased mass shootings that began in the 2000s.
Gov Abbott has not been strengthening gun laws. He declared Texas a gun sanctuary state, allows for open carry without permits(over the objection of Texas law enforcement) and cut his mental health budget. Uvalde occurred soon after Abbott's horrible decisions. Gun control works. Let's pass the legislation. We have work to do, innocent people are dying.
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On the federal level, start by repealing PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
At the federal level, start with no new sales of AR 15, the most useless gun. Gun buybacks can encourage owners to divest themselves of this grotesque thing. Mandating gun safes is just a basic practice that responsible gun owners are already doing. That keeps the things locked in the basement, not walking around the world. It also prevents guns from being stolen during home burglary and falling into the hands of criminals. Ask any cop how commonplace that is.
Little by little, we can peel back the layers of this onion. Ghost guns, gun owner suicides, hand guns and street crime, etc. However, comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is where we start. The current background checks are not comprehensive enough. The patchwork of flimsy state gun laws is clearly not working.
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You do realize that none of that pertains to this case, right? D&C , also known as abortion, is a necessary part of treatment after a miscarriage or in the case of a fetal anomaly. Leaving necrotic tissue inside a woman's body is toxic and life threatening and dangerous to her internal organs , thereby threatening her fertility. That's what makes these abortion bans so dangerous. At a time when healthcare needs to move quickly when anomaly enters a pregnancy, couples are trying to drive out of state to save a woman's life.
It has already happened multiple times in multiple states. There is a class action lawsuit in Texas covering 10 to 20 women. These laws are written so poorly, and their enforcement is so cruel.
Because pregnancy by definition is treated on a case by case basis, the decision for a d&c must happen on a case by case basis, in a doctor's office, where a doctor with a specialized medical degree, not a legislator or an attorney general or even a judge WITHOUT a medical degree, gives her patient the medical information that allows her patient to give informed consent on a medical procedure. Like all medical information, that is a private matter.
Does the Texas state legislature have an opinion on your cancer treatment? Does your doctor check with the attorney general before treating your stroke, or wait until you are as close to death as possible before beginning stroke treatment? Enough. I predict that Texas women soon will be fighting for an amendment to their state constitution. Be Ohio. 🗽
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I'm sorry to see you embrace pessimism. Unfortunately, one of the considerations that a district attorney's office must make is the potential cost of a legal case in addition to the potential for a conviction. Therefore, using tax payer dollars to bring a case you have no chance to win, they have to decide when that equation is not worth it. However, your chances of winning improve the more work you put into the case. Unfortunately, because the pumpkin headed grifter always exhausts the courts with numerous appeals and years of obstruction, his cases are always expensive. He also resolves many cases himself with payments and non disclosure agreements. It is very possible that in the past, underfunded DA offices thought that going after the orange marshmallow might not be worth the time and the cost. However, that calculation is very different now. Courts are more likely to recognize his obstructionist behaviors and dismiss his capricious motions more quickly. And some of these cases are worth the effort regardless of the time or the cost. However, it is still essential that the taxpayers, that the people, will win in the end, so the quality of the case always matters.
Don't give up. Be of good cheer. The victory is sweeter after a hard fought struggle. We will get there. We will get there as a nation. We are so much closer now.
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@harrybriscoe7948 FLA is a big state, so I guess it's hard to do it together, but it feels like a group clean up day could at least be a bit more fun?
In the worst days of the Bronx, not that long after those terrible pictures that looked like Munich after the bombings of world war two (1978?) lots of block associations would do block clean ups. Sometimes really ad hoc, sometimes just a super getting really into his work, sometimes it was a clean up of an empty lot that became a garden. Then the NYC Dept of Parks got involved by sharing tools and garbage bags; then private groups giving away bulbs to plant after an area had been cleaned. I think they also started putting barriers on some of the paths that contractors and cars were using to do their dumping.
I remember once after I had one of my first real jobs (so I had an actual salary, money to burn😎) I went to one of my old blocks and talked to some young people hanging out, "Hey let's do a clean up and then I'll buy everyone pizza." It's just to say that sometimes the concept can take on a life of its own. It was more effective to get other young people involved, especially because their mothers contributed the brooms! Totally worth the price of the pizza! 🍕 I hope you guys get some helpers! You all certainly deserve the help! The block art murals, the look on a little girl's face when she learns the difference between a weed and a flower..... Gorgeous memories are made during group clean ups, I think. Be well, be safe, stay awesome.🌴🐬
(Sorry this is so long, oops)
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@kuribojim3916 Not loving the language "destruction" of Hamas. Too much destruction already, right? Dismantling, absolutely.
In terms of emergence of a civilian authority, absolutely. People who are community organizers do this stuff for a living all the time. Not easy at all, but it can be done, and it has been done. On every block, there are neighbors who people respect more than other neighbors. That's your block leader. Here it would be the lady who always looks out her window to make sure the kids are playing safely. It's the lady who organizes the summer bus trip to the beach. It's the mom who takes extra kids with her kids when they are going to the park. It's the dad who coaches little league. Those folks live in Gaza too, it just looks and sounds a bit different. The soccer coach? The lady who always bakes a little extra bread just in case a neighbor needs help. Something like that. Inviting those natural leaders to a neighborhood get together might be very enlightening to see the basic grassroots fabric of Palestine. Put out tea and pastry and people will come!
Let them identify their priorities, rather than telling them what someone is going to do to them or for them. Be prepared to listen more than talk. Maybe you want to build a hospital, but maybe they want to work on something else first. Once people feel heard and empowered, Hamas will actually dismantle themselves, because they will cease to be relevant to daily life.
It can work, it really can. It does take time, it does take patience. But it works. Here's what's clear, the 75 years of vengeance is not working. The soccer dad just wants to play soccer. Talk to those folks for a change.
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Dear MTP staff, can you please do a "deep dive" on the Heller case (2008?). I think that would shine a light on the shift in interpretation of the second amendment that some gun owners are clinging to so obsessively.
I believe there were years of prior cases that put the emphasis on "well regulated militia" whereas this other case in 2008 shifted to "shall not be infringed". Also, when did the rights of "the people," which is usually a reference to a group, a community, like the family of man, when did the people shift to one individual owning an assault weapon that can shred the community, can destroy a civil society.
Right now, it seems that the second amendment is killing us with that rigid attachment to one phrase, one side of a comma in a short sentence. Explaining Heller, and the cases that came before Heller, might shake this notion that George Washington himself intended teen males to murder children with assault weapons. Please help us with information, a little taste of constitutional law. How you make that show appealing to an audience is up to you. Thanks.
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Any real Christian would not want people to die in these random shooting events. Highest rate of gun deaths: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest rate of gun deaths: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Are you saying that Mississippi is not praying hard enough?? The difference is gun control, and you know it. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Gun control works. Contact your representative ASAP. Or continue to stand by and do nothing, because that's evil and lazy. Gun control works.
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Recent reporting in The Atlantic states that part of the appeal of the AR 15 is that it has become the man's Barbie doll, because it has accessories. Barbie has her dream house and the pink convertible, well, the AR 15 has some fun accessories too. This is the thing that we are sacrificing children to. In addition, Sandy Hook families shared research that was used in their successful civil case that bankrupted the gun manufacturer that made the AR that slaughtered their children. Their research shows that the AR 15 was an unpopular gun with very low sales until the gun industry shifted to an irresponsible advertising strategy targeting underage males, calling the AR 15 "your man card". In that light, not so surprising that most mass shooters are young males who are troubled. This is the monstrosity that we are sacrificing children to. The AR 15 is not a hunting rifle, because it is too destructive and leaves no useable meat. Enough. No new sales of AR 15, mandated gun safes to keep old AR 15 away from children, thieves, and the public. Find another Barbie doll to play with.
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I have lived in dangerous neighborhoods; I have never owned a gun and I never will. Often the gun ends up being a danger to the owner. The best crime prevention tool is your brain; ask any cop about that. I use my brains as often as possible. A good dog, good neighbors, also super terrific! Be a smart neighbor today!
If you want to get a permit for a handgun for your home or your RV, great. Doesn't work for me, but get training, get a gun safe, do the right thing. Not open carry, not without permits, because it's just not safe for anyone. But an AR 15? Why? Are you shipping out to Vietnam, because that's what that thing was intended for. Get a gun if you must (not an arsenal) but AR 15 is not that gun. Be safe, everyone! No new sales of AR 15. Honor Uvalde with legislation! 🗽🦋🗽
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Mr imperialmotoring: I think you don't follow responsible news sources, and you don't understand how pregnancy works. This first time mother had a complication in her pregnancy. However, when she sought help with the miscarriage, she was told she had to wait until she was almost dying, since the law states " the life of the mother" not "the health of the mother." These religious extremists, so called pro lifers, never bothered to understand that d&c is part of miscarriage treatment. D&c is also considered an "abortion". However, if necrotic tissue that results from a miscarriage is left inside a woman's body, that can result in sepsis and death. Understand now?
Don't pass laws that endanger women's lives until you know what you are doing. But most likely, they knew that denying access to abortion would result in the deaths of women, especially in Texas with a maternal mortality rate that would make a third world country blush. If I know God as well as I know I do, She is so angry at these so called christians right now. Vote carefully in 2024 up and down the ballot to repair reproductive healthcare and save women's lives. 💚💙🌊💙🌊💚
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@baysin5309 Absolutely, it is a tradition that seeking public office is automatically a public affair, so some elements of privacy shift. However, tradition is not the same as arm twisting, and the reporter's tone here does seem to cross a line, in my opinion. She asked the question several times and he answered it, move on. The deeper problem for me is the lack of knowledge in our nation about the Americans with Disabilities Act, passed by Pres Bush Senior, so this is not some "liberal" democratic agenda. The fact that he is reading from a computer screen is simply a reasonable accommodation for his disability. If he was blind, needed a walker or a wheelchair, had a prosthetic, needed sign language support....this stuff should be pretty basic and available in the work place by now. Do we really believe that the Senate does not have a computer screen or laptop available for his use? I actually love the fact that he is reading, then pausing and thinking before answering. Lots of Senators could benefit from those habits.
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130 mass shootings in 2023 so far. Yes, more than daily. Top murder rates by state: Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, New Mexico, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee. Not Illinois, not NYS. States with flimsy gun laws are creating profits for gun manufacturers while threatening innocent lives. And that's okay??? The patchwork of flimsy state to state gun laws is clearly not working. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is needed. Do the work. Contact your representatives ASAP.
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"for general purposes" seems to be cute semantics for prejudice and discrimination. By definition you are making blanket statements that all people in their 70s are frail both physically and mentally. I think you also believe that all people in their 70s have mansions to retire to? What? You are just not paying attention to the world if you think that is true. People deserve to be evaluated for who they truly are, not superficial things that you notice, like their appearance or their age.
Trump is an old man who is also a life long con artist, a "businessman" with multiple bankruptcies on his resume, a tax cheat, a bad president who weakened our relationship with NATO, a horrific president who facilitated the deaths of 1 million+ USA residents due to his gross mismanagement of COVID.
President Biden is an old man who strengthened NATO, who knows how to pass legislation, lots of it. Pharmacy price controls, infrastructure, the beginnings of gun safety legislation, the beginnings of green energy, healthcare for veterans damaged by burn pits and agent orange, chips manufactured in the USA, etc. I am voting for President Biden. 💙 It's good to be young, but it's also good to be experienced and old enough to know how to claw successful legislation out of a dysfunctional Congress. See you at the ballot box. 💙🗽💙
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Yes, of course, let's talk about morals, the latest bright shiny object. Or gun control, because that actually works. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Gun control works. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Unfortunately, the patchwork of soft gun states and gun safety states isn't working. Illegal gun traffickers drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. The GOPs love affair with gun manufacturers only feeds the iron pipeline. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue.
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Wow, mismanaging COVID created a good time for you? That orange marshmallow knew this virus was airborne and ridiculously contagious in Dec 2019, and he did nothing. Listen to the taped Woodward interview, and you'll hear it in his own words. Instead of protecting the nation in the first months, he invented racial slurs to foment hate crimes against Asian Americans. He planned insurrection and supported white supremacists and militia groups. Domestic terrorism feels like PEACE to you? Where do you shop? Food prices in my grocery stores have been coming down for some time. Pay attention when you shop.
I cannot understand people who insist on being delusional. However, I draw comfort from the fact that your brand of ...... sorry, I don't really use those words.... is a fraction of the general electorate. 💙🌊💙🌊 Everyone, start your voting plans now. Update your registration, register your friends and neighbors, organize those car pools for the balloting locations, check your iD just in case, grab some extra bottles of water. We must clean out these extremists. This is still the USA, not a playground for their LARPing. 💙🌊🗽💙🌊
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Congress must pass updated immigration legislation. The last comprehensive immigration bill dates back to 1986. For instance, in 2023, asylum seekers want to work, but are prohibited from doing so. What if Congress, especially the GOP, passed legislation for a guest worker program? Our current economic situation is very different from 1986. There are many worker vacancies that migrants could fill, even if just temporarily. They would be contributing to our economy, paying taxes, sending money back to relatives in their home countries, thereby actually helping the hemisphere over all. However, the GOP needs to do more than say "No" to create drama for CSPAN coverage. Immigration bills have been proposed in the past, but then disappear when the GOP says no once again. So GOP representatives don't really want to solve the immigration situation, do they?
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Actually, I have provided a detailed breakdown of comprehensive gun safety legislation numerous times, even in specific response to your nonsense. You seem to spend a lot of time chained to your keyboard, so... Here it is again, don't forget to write it down this time, okay?
Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation might include: training, permits, gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment for each purchase, red flags, comprehensive background checks with enough time to fully vet the purchaser not a 15 minute chat, waiting periods, magazine limits. Did you write that down? Good. Because the next time your name pops up, we're going to have a quiz.
That's one possible list, but there are other important items, like addressing gun owner suicides, private sales, gun show loopholes, etc. Many professionals and survivors who work in the gun control space have additional thoughts. Because Congress is so difficult, comprehensive gun reform would probably be split across several bills. Florida used two measures (red flag laws and increasing the age limit to 21) after Parkland and saw improvement. If Tennessee had red flag laws, they might have prevented Nashville. I believe Tennessee's governor is working on red flags now, after the lives have been lost. Approximately 19 states have red flag laws, 10 states ban AR 15. However, the patchwork of state laws is clearly not working, so a comprehensive federal approach is likely to be more effective. The majority of the USA population supports gun safety legislation, so you guys are just on the wrong side of history.
In addition, a separate matter is the repeal of PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers for their extremely dangerous products. Then their own lawyers will likely insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
Did you write the details down this time? Good.
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It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution. Although ratification is a complex process, it would ensure that every state legislature would discuss gun safety and keep the issue front of mind until the carnage ends. Now it's empty thoughts and prayers, forget and do nothing until the next tragedy, rinse and repeat. Enough. Ten states already ban AR 15; what are the other states waiting for? Gun control works. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Gun control works. 🗽
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But why not have multiple accounts at the bank? So if your business has grown, each dept can have a separate account as a strategy for keeping the balances under $250,000. For instance, if your family likes a particular bank, several family members have individual accounts, not one giant account that grandmother, dad, grandson, cousin, aunt all share. Several smaller accounts, not one giant account.
Having said that, this bank did seem very risky, so at some point the stategy is to use a better bank. That's also why Dodd Frank should have been maintained. Another mess created by the pumpkin headed grifter. When will the clean up finally be done?
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@retroguy9494 Thank you for the context on the Federalist Papers, super helpful info. Perhaps a written essay on the Federalist papers, plus a thorough reading of both Heller and Bruen, should be required for new gun permits. I do agree that both Heller and Bruen were fatally flawed opinions, especially Bruen because it tumbled over a 100+ year NYS gun law.
(Although I'm fairly sure that Gov Hochul simply reworded some gun regulations after Breun, so I don't think NYS gun laws were truly weakened. NYPD has continued getting guns off the streets post Breun, so I'm not seeing huge changes, but maybe that's just me.)
Heller states that gun rights are not unlimited, and Bruen does provide for gun regulations. The gun fan boys have not read these opinions, so they believe that this overreaching SCOTUS has empowered them to carry anything everywhere all the time and do whatever they choose, because they cannot be infringed. Ouch. If I hear another middle school argument about "shall not be infringed".... I just can't anymore. So the danger of Heller and Bruen seems to be the overall impression these opinions created in gun owners' imaginations above and beyond the actual words of the justices. And of course gun manufacturers could not be happier, because these fertile imaginations can be augmented with fear and irresponsible advertising practices to create more profits. Good guy with a gun, selling guns to school districts to arm teachers, more and more guns, why not? Can't you hear the cash registers ring?
I do believe that repealing PLCAA (2005) is a crucial step. Repeal PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings. In addition, I believe the state by state ratification process of a public safety amendment will keep gun safety legislation top of mind in every state legislature, rather than thoughts and prayers, forget all about it until next time, rinse, repeat. We might even get a Kansas surprise. A public safety amendment would provide balance and additional context for the second amendment, perhaps an opportunity to enshrine specific passages from the Federalist papers in the constitution so that SCOTUS dare not skip over them again. It might at least brush an overreaching SCOTUS away from the plate before they swat at other gun safety legislation that the majority of the USA population supports.
Sorry this is so long. Concerning topic. Be well, stay safe. 🗽
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Never has the USA needed critical thinking skills more . A comprehensive understanding of history, philosophy, ethics, psychology, sociology, what else did I miss? That's what college gives you. An undergraduate degree is more than a job training program. The next time someone says that you don't need a college education, ask them why? Why don't they want you to think deeply, read widely, and write powerfully about the moral conflicts of our time? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain..
Having said that, college costs have exploded, sometimes due to dormitory fees and fancy gymnasiums. So let's see what we can do about costs.
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Dear Valletta, I think there's a lot here, so let try to unpack it. Most people who have college degrees are working very hard for a living. A B.A. is hardly a ticket to a life of leisure.
I don't blame you for feeling frustrated by Congress these days. We need them to pass legislation, but many projects get stuck in the Senate. I suppose that's about McConnell's lack of ethics, but it's about a lot more too. If you study ethics in college, you are more likely to spot unethical behavior in Congressional representatives, call out their bad behavior, and support the campaigns of better candidates. Marjorie Taylor Green is unethical; she is unlikely to fool a voter who thinks carefully. If you think all members if Congress are inherently evil, that's a different problem. Looking at the world as a cold dark place where anything good is impossible, of course that's not true. If the USA population works hard at this gun issue, and other issues that have been stalled too long, things will get better.
There are many pathways to education beyond high school. Scholarships, financial aid, tax deductions for tuition, and employers who reimburse tuition are just some of them. Community college is a great way to experiment with one class, until you get a chance to see what interests you enough to pursue it as a degree program. Good luck on your journey. You might feel less overwhelmed by the power base once you start to feel your own power.
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@wiley5oh51 Based on your post on another thread, I doubt your sincerity, but.... No new sales of AR 15, gun buybacks and mandate gun safes. That would reduce the number of AR 15 walking around the world until we can get a better handle on mass shootings. Gun safes are common sense for all weapons. In fact, there are parents on trial right now because their teen student took the family gun out of an unlocked drawer. Responsible gun owners already use gun safes
Mental health assessment before every purchase. Red flag laws. Increased funding for mental health services. ( For instance, Texas has some of the softest gun laws, yet Abbott had just cut mental health funding out of the budget before Uvalde. Uvalde had one psychiatrist, one.) Age limits, permits, registration, waiting periods and training. A professional trainer would probably be able to spot concerning behaviors. If a trainer's signature is required to complete the sale, tragic mistakes might be avoided. Anyone who needs a gun the same day....hmmm ....that's a red flag right there. If they really need to mitigate an immediate threat, they need to walk into their police station. Remember, the young man in Virginia who shot his coworkers, he bought that gun the same day. The Uvalde shooter bought two AR 15 and more ammunition than a soldier brings into a military mission and walked right out with it. And no one questioned that? Thanks Texas? The troubled person in Tennessee bought 7 weapons from 5 vendors. But Tennessee has no red flags, so no way to know that's happening. Wow.
Repeal PLCAA to restore liability to gun manufacturers and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings. PLCAA, worse bill Bush ever signed.
A gun is a dangerous thing, it should be difficult to obtain. Please don't start with the second amendment. The second amendment does not prevent gun regulation. "Well regulated" is included in the first clause. The Breun SCOTUS opinion allows for regulations. The gun fan club is not aware of that, because they don't bother to read the opinions. Justice Scalia in Heller stated that gun rights are not unlimited. However, if the second amendment truly allows innocent children to die bloody horrific deaths more than once daily, then clearly the second amendment has outlived its usefulness to the nation. 130 mass shootings in 2023. The USA has a gun problem. There are no redcoats. Comprehensive federal gun safety legislation is overdue.
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I am voting for results, not charisma. Signing legislation, lots of it. I'm for it. A president who knows how to get legislation out of a largely dysfunctional Congress, I'm for it. Chips manufacturing, healthcare for veterans damaged by burn pits and agent orange, pharmacy cost controls, infrastructure, beginnings of gun safety, beginning of green energy, etc. I'm for it. Charisma doesn't sign legislation, experience does. 💙🌊🗽💙🌊
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Alliances between countries also mean certain concrete manifestations of those alliances. Such as trade, such as lend/lease and/or weapons sales, such as humanitarian assistance in times of extreme need. If you are not willing to share with foreign nations, you will find that you do not have international alliances when you need them. Isolationism doesn't work, never has, never will. If we had paid attention in the 1930s, we would have assisted Spain after Guernica, and stopped Hitler in 1936 and saved millions and millions of lives, plus a lot of money too. Unfortunately, in the 1930s it was a popular belief that Europe's problems had nothing to do with us. Isolationism doesn't work, never has, never will. Please pay attention to history, please.
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Focus. The topic of this thread is law enforcement responding more calmly and effectively to mental health calls.
I'm sorry that you hate the Bronx. You're missing out on a lot. Yankee Stadium, the Botanical Gardens, Pelham Bay Park, Arthur Avenue, Bronx High School of Science, Fieldston, lots of cool people, etc. Oh well. Funny how blaming everything on Chicago and NYC has done nothing to solve these grotesque mass shootings.
Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Chicago suffers because indiana's flimsy gun laws sabotage Illinois's gun safety laws. This patchwork of flimsy state gun laws and gun safety states enables gun traffickers who drive guns across state lines straight into the hands of criminals. The GOP deflects the gun safety conversation by blaming criminals when their soft gun laws supply the criminals. This has been established over and over again. I'm amazed that you are still using the same debunked script.
Highest gun death rates: Mississippi, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Wyoming. Lowest gun death rates: Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island. Gun control works, and it could also make your police force less skittish.
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If you don't like your government, do something positive to make things better. Giving all your pension money to gun vendors is not going to improve your town council. No one is interested in enabling a potential insurrectionist to amass an arsenal in the basement. Attend a police community council meeting, vote for a different sheriff, apply and get vetted so that you can volunteer at your public library, hospital or school. Build a community garden. Do the work. That's what citizens must do in a democracy.
You want to take over the government with firearms and you want the constitution to help you do that?? You think you want to attack the office of your HOA with a few friends, and you're mad because you don't think the state troopers will let you get away with that?? Wow, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams, James Madison, just all of them are falling over each other in laughter. You've been watching the wrong movies.
The second amendment has outlived its usefulness to the nation. It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution. Guns should not have more rights than people. Talk to your pastor, take advantage of the next gun buyback, be well, stay safe, don't forget to breathe. 🗽🌊💙🌊🗽
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We are due for new amendments to our Constitution. And a new SCOTUS, but that's a different story. In addition, originalist interpretations ground too much thought in the 1700s and even the 1600s. LoL Please remember that originalism is not the only school of constitutional interpretation, it's not even the best school of interpretation. It's just the one that conservatives and the federalist society put a lot of money and pressure behind.
Without new amendments, the constitution does look a bit old. Perhaps we have been leaning on progressive SCOTUS interpretation for too long. It's time to draft a new amendment to enshrine public safety in the Constitution. This would provide balance for the second amendment, until a more rational SCOTUS is seated and we regain democratic control in Congress to pass truly comprehensive federal gun safety legislation. It's also time to reexamine the ERA that did secure the necessary states for ratification, but somehow ran afoul of an expiration date. What??
Amendments aren't easy, but they also are not impossible. 38 states, not easy but possible. Also, please remember that debating the amendments in each of the state legislatures keeps the issue front and center throughout the entire ratification process, and that can achieve huge improvements. New amendments are worth the effort.
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Alito and Thomas almost specifically stated that their goal is to recreate conditions from the time that the constitution was drafted, and to view human rights through that prism. Okay, the constitution was ratified in 1787. Are we to be forced to live in 1787? First of all, only 13 colonies get to decide, so just take a poll of New York, Maryland, Connecticut, New Jersey, etc. Also, France and Spain just got their lands back. Finally, we can fix the horrific mistake that we made with many First Nations and withdraw from their lands. No phones, not even landlines. And Thomas is barely a person much less a justice with the power to make women's lives miserable.
This is a terrible decision, everyone knows it. If the religious right is determined to get this "win" at all costs, maybe they should work on filling their empty churches first. The rest of us, we're going to work on federal legislation and electing the 60+ senators and House majority needed to pass that legislation. Plus restructuring these state legislatures that have gone off the deep end. And planning the next test cases as well. Lots to do, use that rage effectively as fuel.
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More bright shiny objects from the gun fan boys. Before the pandemic, NYC was enjoying historically low crime rates. Strict gun control got us there. Gun control works.
And yet New Yorkers have zero difficulty with freedom of speech on every possible topic, from the pumpkin headed grifter and his indictments on business fraud and tax fraud, to the subway getting you to work late, to the guy who messed up your coffee at the diner. Hmm.... Notice how NYers practice every possible religion you can imagine. Hmmm... So, you can have strict gun control, better gun safety, no mass shootings, and also religious freedom and freedom of speech. And you don't have to let some thirsty gun vendor take all your money from you. Cute. Gun control, it works.
Repeal PLCAA (2005) to restore liability to gun manufacturers, and their own lawyers will insist on gun safety protocols at point of sale to demonstrate due diligence in court proceedings.
Contact your representatives; see you in 2024. 🗽💙🌊💙🌊🗽
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So the ability to win the lottery is a key criteria for academic success in a selective institution of higher learning? Hmm...
Remember that's what admissions committees are looking for, who might do well at our university, given their ability to manage an increase in academic challenge than what they experienced in high school, managing stress, social situations, time management, etc etc. They use grades, SATs, etc. in the hopes that past success is a predictor of future success. However, it is frequently true that students who arrive with a perfect GPA fall apart quickly in their freshman year because adapting to a new environment unravels them, they are not accustomed to failure, they were the perfect child in their hometown and don't know how to recreate a supportive social network in the new environment, etc. And that doesn't address the confusions that fraternities, sororities and substances add to the mix.
That's why looking at students who have overcome challenges and obstacles, who have juggled extra curricular activities with academics, are frequently more successful than numbers might predict. A lottery would give admissions committees none of the information they need about their candidates.
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If you are looking for blame, start with the gun manufacturers who are making buckets of money from this madness. Repeal PLCAA, restore liability to gun manufacturers, and you will see that they themselves will insist on training, registration, permits, comprehensive background checks, liability insurance for owners, mandated gun safes, age limits, mental health assessment and screening. Their lawyers will insist upon it to limit their exposure and demonstrate due diligence when selling a dangerous thing like a gun. If big tobacco has liability, gun manufacturers have liability. Repeal PLCAA and breathe a sigh of relief when you go to the grocery store.
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