dagblog - Comments for "Gun Massacres: Why the Republican Party Doesn&#039;t Act " http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/gun-massacres-why-republican-party-doesnt-act-25204 Comments for "Gun Massacres: Why the Republican Party Doesn't Act " en REPUBLICANS TAKE ACTION ON http://dagblog.com/comment/253017#comment-253017 <a id="comment-253017"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/gun-massacres-why-republican-party-doesnt-act-25204">Gun Massacres: Why the Republican Party Doesn&#039;t Act </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>REPUBLICANS TAKE ACTION ON GUNS..!!!! No killing credit for merchants of death..!!</p> <blockquote> <p>When Congress decided not to take significant action after a spate of mass shootings this year and last, some <strong>big banks opted to take matters into their own hands by restricting financing for gun sellers.</strong></p> <p>Now, Republican lawmakers are pressing regulators to stop banks from doing so, over concerns they are veering too far into social activism...They are also freezing out businesses that sell high-capacity magazines and “bump stocks,” attachments that enable semiautomatic rifles to fire faster, even though such products are legal under federal law.</p> </blockquote> <p>GOP Founders "<em>The right to keep and bear credit accounts by gun merchants shall not be infringed, the necessity for gun massacres being essential for the success of Republican Party campaigns."</em></p> </div></div></div> Sat, 26 May 2018 05:54:46 +0000 NCD comment 253017 at http://dagblog.com Thanks. Not surprising. http://dagblog.com/comment/252877#comment-252877 <a id="comment-252877"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/252874#comment-252874">&quot;We asked every member of the</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Thanks. Not surprising.</p> <p>But tightening gun laws is a slippery slope to gun confiscation.</p> <p>Without guns, we could be ruled by a self aggrandizing demagogue who fills the government with his repulsive family and grifting plutocrats who loot the Treasury, seeks to lock up political opponents, debases justice and attacks judges, calls the free press the enemy of the people and torch bearing nazis fine people, teams up with billionaire run media empires to spread propaganda and lies, threatens wars, asks for and receives foreign money for himself and for help winning elections, and says anyone who doesn't applaud him is a traitor.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 22 May 2018 21:27:36 +0000 NCD comment 252877 at http://dagblog.com "We asked every member of the http://dagblog.com/comment/252874#comment-252874 <a id="comment-252874"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/gun-massacres-why-republican-party-doesnt-act-25204">Gun Massacres: Why the Republican Party Doesn&#039;t Act </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>"We asked every member of the House of Representatives about the Parkland gun policy agenda.  Here's what they said.", Christopher Ingraham, WaPo today: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/22/we-asked-every-member-of-the-house-of-representatives-about-the-parkland-gun-policy-agenda-heres-what-they-said/?utm_term=.fd093652c4fd">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/22/we-asked-every-me...</a></p> <blockquote> <p>....</p> <p>shooting in Parkland, Fla., just three months ago.</p> <p>Following that shooting, a group of student survivors <a href="https://marchforourlives.com/how-we-save-lives/">laid out a policy agenda</a> consisting of five items intended to help reduce the toll of American gun violence. Those items include:</p> <p>1. Dedicated funding for the CDC to research gun violence<br /> 2. Strengthening the ATF's ability to track and record gun sales<br /> 3. Universal background checks for gun purchases<br /> 4. A ban on magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition<br /> 5. A ban on assault weapons, including a registration or buyback program for these weapons already in circulation</p> <p>Before the Santa Fe shooting, The Washington Post contacted the office of every U.S. representative, multiple times if necessary, to gauge their support or opposition to the proposals, which have yet to be codified into a single bill. We found that while many Democrats were eager to support the proposals, most Republicans did not seem to want to engage on the issue, as evidenced by the high rate of nonresponse among Republican members.</p> <p>......</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Tue, 22 May 2018 20:09:11 +0000 AmericanDreamer comment 252874 at http://dagblog.com The pro-gun politicians are http://dagblog.com/comment/252821#comment-252821 <a id="comment-252821"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/252817#comment-252817">Some of the most ardent anti</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The pro-gun politicians are protected too by armed guards. </p> <p>If gun loving Americans have proved anything, it's that more and more guns in more and more places held by more and more people doesn't reduce gun violence, it increases it.  </p> <p>The Kristof article had data that showed death by gun was highest in states with the most guns per resident, which mirrors national statistics of the US vs every other western nation - they have far less guns and 100 to 1000 times less murders.</p> <p>California has state police squads that take guns away from felons, and they ban assault weapons and register very one owned before the law was passed banning resale.Assault guns only purpose is killing people (assault weapons are lethal at a distance of 10 football fields, 1000 yards). Limit clip size (you don't need 20, 35 or 100 rounds to hunt or protect yourself), and vastly increase the education and accountability of gun owners for their guns. </p> <p>Gun owners must vetted by strict federal laws, be held legally accountable to store, secure and supervise handling their guns in specific ways mandated by law.</p> <p>Partial list of guns banned in Canada, oh, and BTW, Canadians aren't suffering oppression because they can't buy these weapons. Like California, we need to limit availability of guns with no role in self protection or hunting.</p> <p>Shotguns<br /> - Franchi SPAS 12 and LAW 12 and variants<br /> - Franchi SPAS 15 and variants<br /> - Striker shotgun, Striker 12, Streetsweeper and variants<br /> - USAS-12 Auto Shotgun and variants<br /> - Benelli M1 Super 90 shotgun and the Benelli M3 Super 90 shotgun, and<br /> variants or modified versions thereof, with the exception of the<br /> M1 Super 90 Field, M1 Super 90 Sporting Special, Montefeltro Super 90,<br /> Montefeltro Super 90 Standard Hunter, Montefeltro Super 90 Left Hand,<br /> Montefeltro Super 90 Turkey, Montefeltro Super 90 Uplander,<br /> Montefeltro Super 90 Slug, Montefeltro Super 90 20 Gauge, Black Eagle,<br /> Black Eagle Limited Edition, Black Eagle Competition, Black Eagle Slug<br /> Gun, Super Black Eagle, and Super Black Eagle Custom Slug; and the<br /> firearms of the designs commonly known as the Bernadelli B4 shotgun<br /> and the Bernadelli B4/B shotgun, and any variants or modified versions<br /> thereof.</p> <p>Rifles and Carbines<br /> - American 180 Auto Carbine, Illinois Arms Company Model 180 Auto Carbine,<br /> and variants<br /> - Barrett "Light Fifty" model 82A1, Model 90 rifle and variants<br /> - Calico M-900, M-951, M-100 and M-105 and variants<br /> - Iver Johnson AMAC Long Range Rifle and variants<br /> - McMillan M87, M87R, M88 and variants<br /> - Pauza Specialties P50 Rifle and P50 Carbine and variants<br /> - FAMAS Rifle, MAS 223, FAMAS Export, FAMAS Civil and<br /> Mitchell MAS/22 and variants<br /> - Feather AT-9 Semi-Auto, Feather AT-22 Auto Carbines and variants<br /> - Federal XC-450 Auto Rifle, XC-900, XC-220 and variants<br /> - Gepard long-range sniper rifle and variants<br /> - Heckler and Koch (HK) Model G11 and variants<br /> - Research Armament Industries (RAI) Model 500 Rifle and variants<br /> - Spectre Auto Carbine and variants<br /> - US Arms PMAI "Assault" 22 Rfile and variants<br /> - Weaver Arms Nighthawk Carbine and variants<br /> - A.A. Arms AR9 Semi-Automatic Rifle and variants<br /> - Claridge HI-TEC C, LEC-9, ZLEC-9 carbines and variants<br /> - Kimel Industries AR-9 rifle or carbine and variants<br /> - Grendel R-31 Auto Carbine and variants<br /> - Maadi Griffin Rifle, Maadi Griffin Carbine and variants<br /> - AA Arms Model AR-9 carbine and variants<br /> - Sterling Mk 6 Carbine and variants<br /> - Steyr AUG rifle and variants<br /> - UZI carbine, UZI Model A carbine, Mini-UZI carbine and variants<br /> - AK-47 rifle, and any variant including AK-74, AK Hunter, AKM,<br /> AKM-63, AKS-56S, AKS-56S-1, AKS-56S-2, AKS-74, AKS-84S-1, AMD-65, AR<br /> Model .223, Dragunov, Galil, KKMPi69, M60, M62, M70B1, M70AB2, M76,<br /> M77B1, M78, M80, M80A, MAK90, MPiK, MPiKM, MPiKMS-72, MPiKS, PKM,<br /> PKM-DGN-60, PMKM, RPK, RPK-74, RPK-87S, Type 56, Type 56-1, Type 56-2,<br /> Type 56-3, Type 56-4, Type 68, Type 79, American Arms AKY39, American<br /> Arms AKF39, American Arms AKC47, American Arms AKF47, MAM70WS762,<br /> MAM70FS762, Mitchell AK-22, Mitchell AK-47, Mitchell Heavy Barrel<br /> AK-47, Norinco 84S, Norinco 84S AK, Norinco 56, Norinco 56-1, Norinco<br /> 56-2, Norinco 56-3, Norinco 56-4, Poly Technologies Inc. AK-47/S, Poly<br /> Technologies Inc. AKS-47/S, Poly Technologies Inc. AKS-762, Valmet<br /> Hunter, Valmet M76, Valmet M76 carbine, Valmet M78, Valmet M78/A2,<br /> Valmet M78 (NATO) LMG, Valmet M82, and Valmet M82 Bullpup<br /> - Armalite AR-180 Sporter carbine and variants<br /> - Beretta AR70 assault rifle, and any variant or modified version<br /> thereof;<br /> - BM 59 rifle, and variants, including the Beretta BM 59, BM 59R,<br /> BM 59GL, BM 59D, BM 59 Mk E, BM 59 Mk I, BM 59 Mk Ital, BM 59 Mk II,<br /> BM 59 Mk III, BM 59 Mk Ital TA, BM 59 Mk Ital Para, BM 59 Mk Ital TP<br /> and BM 60CB, and the Springfield Armory BM 59 Alpine, BM 59 Alpine<br /> Paratrooper and BM 59 Nigerian Mk IV<br /> - Bushmaster Auto Rifle and variants<br /> - Cetme Sport Auto Rifle and variants<br /> - Daewoo Kl rifle, and variants, including the Daewoo K1A1, K2, Max 1,<br /> Max 2, AR-100, AR 110C, MAXI-II and KC-20<br /> - Demro TAC-1M carbine, and variants, including the Demro XF-7 Wasp<br /> Carbine<br /> - Eagle Apache Carbine and variants<br /> - FN-FNC rifle, and variants, including the FNC Auto Rifle, FNC Auto<br /> Paratrooper, FNC-11, FNC-22 and FNC-33;<br /> - FN-FAL (FN-LAR) rifle, and variants, including the FN 308 Model 44,<br /> FN-FAL (FN-LAR) Competition Auto, FN-FAL (FN-LAR) Heavy Barrel 308<br /> Match, FN-FAL (FN-LAR) Paratrooper 308 Match 50-64 and FN 308 Model<br /> 50-63;<br /> - G3 rifle, and variants, including the Heckler and Koch HK 91, HK 91A2,<br /> HK 91A3, HK G3 A3, HK G3 A3 ZF, HK G3 A4, HK G3 SG/1, and HK PSG1;<br /> - Galil assault rifle, and variants, including the AP-84, Galil ARM,<br /> Galil AR, Galil SAR, Galil 332 and Mitchell Galil/22 Auto Rifle;<br /> - Goncz High-Tech Carbine and variants<br /> - Heckler and Koch HK 33 rifle, and variants, including the HK 33A2, HK<br /> 33A3, HK 33KA1, HK 93, HK 93A2, and HK 93A3;<br /> - J &amp; R Eng M-68 carbine, and variants, including the PJK M-68 and the<br /> Wilkinson Terry carbine;<br /> - Leader Mark Series Auto Rifle and variants<br /> - MP5 submachine gun and MP5 carbine, and variants, including the Heckler<br /> and Koch HK MP5, HK MP5A2, HK MP5A3, HK MP5K, HK MP5SD, HK MP5SD1, HK<br /> MP5SD2, HK MP5SD3, HK 94, HK 94A2, and HK 94A3;<br /> - PE57 rifle and variants<br /> - SG-550 rifle and SG-551 carbine and variants<br /> - SIG AMT rifle and variants<br /> - Springfield Armory SAR-48 rifle, and variants, including the SAR-48<br /> Bush, SAR-48 Heavy Barrel, SAR-48 Para and SAR-48 Model 22; and<br /> - Thompson submachine gun, and variants, including the Thompson Model<br /> 1921, Thompson Model 1927, Thompson Model 1928, Thompson Model M1,<br /> Auto-Ordnance M27A-1, Auto-Ordnance M27A-1 Deluxe, Auto-Ordnance<br /> M1927A-3, Auto-Ordnance M1927A-5, Auto-Ordnance Thompson M1, Commando<br /> Arms Mk I, Commando Arms Mk II, Commando Arms Mk III, Commando Arms Mk<br /> 9, and Commando Arms Mk 45</p> <p>Pistols<br /> - Bushmaster Auto Pistol and variants<br /> - Calico M-110, M-950 and variants<br /> - Encom MK-IV, MP-9, MP-45 and variants<br /> - Federal XP-450, XP-900 Auto Pistols and variants<br /> - Claridge Hi-Tec Model S, L, T, ZL-9 and ZT-9 Pistols, Goncz<br /> High-Tech Long Pistol and variants<br /> - Heckler and Koch (HK) SP89 Auto Pistol and variants<br /> - Intratec Tec-9 Auto Pistol, Tec-9M, Tec-9MS, Tec-22T, Tec-9S, Tec-22TN,<br /> Tec-22TM, Tec-DC9, Tec-DC9M, Tec-9A, Tec-Scorpion and variants<br /> - Iver Johnson Enforcer Model 3000 Auto Pistol, Plainfield<br /> Super Enforcer Carbine and variants<br /> - Skorpion Auto Pistol and variants<br /> - Spectre Auto Pistol and variants<br /> - Sterling Mk 7, Mk 7C4, Mk7C8 Pistols and variants<br /> - Universal Enforcer Model 3000 Auto Carbine, Model 3010N,<br /> Model 3015G, Model 3020TRB, Model 3025TCO and variants<br /> - US Arms PMAIP "Assault" 22 Pistol and variants<br /> - Leader Mark 5 Auto Pistol and variants<br /> - OA-93 assault pistol and variants<br /> - A.A. Arms AP9 Auto Pistol and variants<br /> - Patriot pistol and variants<br /> - XM 231S pistol, A1, A2 and A3 Flattop pistols and variants<br /> - AA Arms Model AP-9 pistol, Target AP-9, Mini AP-9 pistol and variants<br /> - Kimel Industries AP-9 pistol and variants<br /> - Grendel P-30, P-30 M, P-30 L and P-31 pistols and variants<br /> - Claridge HI-TEC ZL-9, HI-TEC S, HI-TEC L, HI-TEC T, HI-TEC ZT-9 and<br /> HI-TEC ZL-9 pistols and variants<br /> - Steyr SPP Assault Pistol and variants<br /> - Maadi Griffin Pistol and variants<br /> - Interdynamics KG-99 Assault Pistol and variants<br /> - Ingram M10 and M11 pistols, and variants including the Cobray M10 and<br /> M11, the RPB M10, M11, SM10 and SM11 pistols and the SWD M10, M11,<br /> SM10 and SM11 pistols<br /> - the Partisan Avenger Auto Pistol and variants<br /> - UZI pistol and variants including the Micro-UZI pistol</p> </div></div></div> Sun, 20 May 2018 14:22:47 +0000 NCD comment 252821 at http://dagblog.com There was an armed officer in http://dagblog.com/comment/252819#comment-252819 <a id="comment-252819"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/252817#comment-252817">Some of the most ardent anti</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>There was an armed officer in Parkland. He was useless.</p> <p>In the aftermath of Parkland, one teacher who wanted to volunteer to be an armed teacher left his gun in a public bathroom. A homeless man found and fired the gun.</p> <p>Many ethnic minority parents do not trust that police officers in schools will not harass their children.</p> </div></div></div> Sun, 20 May 2018 04:06:37 +0000 rmrd0000 comment 252819 at http://dagblog.com Some of the most ardent anti http://dagblog.com/comment/252817#comment-252817 <a id="comment-252817"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/gun-massacres-why-republican-party-doesnt-act-25204">Gun Massacres: Why the Republican Party Doesn&#039;t Act </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-size:14pt">Some of the most ardent anti-gun politicians are protected at taxpayer expenses by armed body guards.  It’s not just politicians that have arm guards, but movie stars, banks, museums, airports, even our national parks.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14pt">But our most precious resource our children are send off to schools with little or no protect from sick individuals.   That’s what I call Insane.</span></p> </div></div></div> Sun, 20 May 2018 02:47:47 +0000 Carl Burton comment 252817 at http://dagblog.com Chief of police, city of http://dagblog.com/comment/252815#comment-252815 <a id="comment-252815"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/gun-massacres-why-republican-party-doesnt-act-25204">Gun Massacres: Why the Republican Party Doesn&#039;t Act </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Chief of police, city of Houston, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/texas-shooting-art-acevedo-guns.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage">Art Acevedo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Art Acevedo, wrote that he had “shed tears of sadness, pain and anger” after the shooting, which happened about 35 miles away.</p> <p>“I know some have strong feelings about gun rights but I want you to know I’ve hit rock bottom and I am not interested in your views as it pertains to this issue,” he wrote. “Please do not post anything about guns aren’t the problem and there’s little we can do. </p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Sun, 20 May 2018 02:00:13 +0000 NCD comment 252815 at http://dagblog.com