Cont: Today's Mass Shooting (2)

[Lothian]

Remember, it's the 75% of the US population who support gun control who are the real villains and the real threat to public safety.

If the majority want something done but sit there doing nothing but watch tumbleweed then they are part of the problem.

 

[The Don]

If the majority want something done but sit there doing nothing but watch tumbleweed then they are part of the problem.

True.

Even though they agree with Democratic Party policies on a case-by-case basis, a significant proportion of people somehow still vote Republican.

 

[ponderingturtle]

What is worrying is that there are going to be alot of surplus M 16 in a few years; since the US Army has..after over 50 years...finally chosen a replacement with a Sig Sauer rifle as the new standard.The M 16 is now de facto obsolete for the Military.
Just afraid rather then junk them they will be sold to companies for "export and sale to freindly foreign governments" but a lot of leakage will occur....

That is the case with front line troops but a lot of M-4's are going to be kept for non combatant troops, like truck drivers at least for the foreseeable future.

 

[Tero]

False equivalence. Biden cannot issue XO's regarding gun control measures. Those have to be passed by Congress.

Thanks for proving my point.

If you don't like it, stop providing it in the first place.

There are existing laws on guns and we have a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It is possible to help them find and destroy illegal guns. Also, ghost guns have to be tracked down. Biden can't ban automatic weapons, but there is a lot of gun activity that crosses state lines.

 

[Andy_Ross]

As someone commented on twitter,
Why is it you can't get a Kinder egg but you can buy a firearm in the US?

 

[Tero]

Since the GOP now has the Supreme Court, why are they not hurrying to ban the ATF? It has no basis in the constitution.

The only thing they can regulate is guns crossing state lines. But that would only be illegal guns. And why are there illegal guns? What business do the FEDS have cataloging state residents for guns?
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/com...e Clause refers to,and with the Indian tribes.

 

[Rolfe]

As someone commented on twitter,
Why is it you can't get a Kinder egg but you can buy a firearm in the US?

OK, I'll bite. Why can't you get a Kinder egg in the USA?

Actually, having just read the Secret Barrister's latest book, I'll never look at Kinder eggs the same way again.

 

[TurkeysGhost]

OK, I'll bite. Why can't you get a Kinder egg in the USA?

Actually, having just read the Secret Barrister's latest book, I'll never look at Kinder eggs the same way again.

Food safety regs don't allow for non-food items to be inside food. Kinder eggs famously have a plastic capsule inside containing a toy.

 

[TragicMonkey]

I guess I'm more of an optimist than most because I expect Congress, lead by Republicans, to take positive, concrete action on this continual flood of mass shootings in the news by making a law stopping news from reporting mass shootings. They'll be classified as officially secret, thereby solving the problem forever.

 

[Rolfe]

Food safety regs don't allow for non-food items to be inside food. Kinder eggs famously have a plastic capsule inside containing a toy.

Thank you. US food safety regs would have a fit about the traditional Scottish dumpling. (Although these are invariably home-made, you can't buy anything in a shop where you'd break a tooth on a coin cunningly baked into the middle of your mouthful of steamed fruit pudding.)

According the The Secret Barrister, the plartic capsules incorporated into Kinder eggs have been adopted for a somewhat different purpose by drug smugglers.

 

[jimbob]

I guess I'm more of an optimist than most because I expect Congress, lead by Republicans, to take positive, concrete action on this continual flood of mass shootings in the news by making a law stopping news from reporting mass shootings. They'll be classified as officially secret, thereby solving the problem forever.

That would probably reduce the incidence as previous school shooters often seem to inspire subsequent ones - perverse role models.

 

[Kestrel]

I guess I'm more of an optimist than most because I expect Congress, lead by Republicans, to take positive, concrete action on this continual flood of mass shootings in the news by making a law stopping news from reporting mass shootings. They'll be classified as officially secret, thereby solving the problem forever.

The gun lobby has been promoting a big lie ever since John Lott wrote More Guns, Less Crime. Legislatures in red states have been racing to become more gun friendly over the last few years. Eliminating state permit requirements for purchasing guns or carrying a concealed firearm. The result has been more guns, more gun crime and more gun deaths.

Texas will respond to this horror by promoting more guns. Arming teachers, putting armed guards in schools and fortifying buildings. A rational society would start by asking why a disturbed 18 year old was able to legally buy weapons and body armor.

We already know the answer. The system failed in the same way it failed in the Virginia Tech massacre, the Aurora theatre massacre and the Tucson grocery store shooting. The suspect had shown clear evidence of being mentally disturbed but had not been involuntarily committed to an institution.

 

[Nessie]

America trying to turn back the tide of guns, is like Canute trying to turn back the tide.

Americans need to accept gun massacres is normal for them.

 

[TurkeysGhost]

Americans need to accept gun massacres is normal for them.

We have. Nothing is going to happen.

 

[Rolfe]

America trying to turn back the tide of guns, is like Canute trying to turn back the tide.

Americans need to accept gun massacres is normal for them.

Well, at least Canute knew he couldn't turn back the tide.

 

[Stellafane]

...Americans need to accept gun massacres is normal for them.

Not a comforting prospect. Because once people decide something is normal, they'll start looking for ways to put it to use to benefit themselves.

 

[The Don]

Not a comforting prospect. Because once people decide something is normal, they'll start looking for ways to put it to use to benefit themselves.

I'd argue that the NRA, gun manufacturers and right wing politicians have been doing this for years, decades even.

 

[lionking]

We have. Nothing is going to happen.

Yes this is obvious. Are you happy with this?

An honest answer would be “I accept gun deaths, including massacres of young children, is an acceptable cost of our second amendment rights”.

Are you prepared to make this statement?

 

[EaglePuncher]

Yes this is obvious. Are you happy with this?

An honest answer would be “I accept gun deaths, including massacres of young children, is an acceptable cost of our second amendment rights”.

Are you prepared to make this statement?

You should take a deep breath and maybe get some fresh air...

 

[TurkeysGhost]

Yes this is obvious. Are you happy with this?

An honest answer would be “I accept gun deaths, including massacres of young children, is an acceptable cost of our second amendment rights”.

Are you prepared to make this statement?

My comment wasn't meant as an endorsement, just an acknowledgement of reality. The insane minority has only tightened its grip on power over the last few years and the child sacrifices to Moloch will continue unabated.