+ surplus Iraq weaponry spread around the US police depts starting around 2004 prolly didn't slow down the spread of militarized "militias" afterwards, however that term gets bent.
— MassShootingTracker (@massshootingtrk) May 25, 2022
^ Mass Shooting Tracker counts any shooting of 4 or more people as a "mass shooting", it doesn't have to be in a public place nor are the victims necessarily innocents. The below addresses what more of us consider a mass shooting -
Must read by former gun-industry exec @RyanBusse: "Responsible gun owners know the Buffalo shooter is partially a product of calculated but ill-advised gun industry practices that focus on profits at the expense of decades-long gun safety norms." https://t.co/8IHwwzTsfa
— Text ACT to 644-33 (@shannonrwatts) May 24, 2022
There have been 678 shootings with casualties at elementary and secondary schools since 2000. See more data on school shootings in the US. https://t.co/pRt4BPmAeb
Thank you for sending me the four stories of people defending their homes. I'm glad they are safe. Here is what happened in the last 6 days.
And it's every day,
every week,
every month,
every year.
34k a year X 20 years.
680,000+ dead since 9/11 https://t.co/HSwCv6JgdJ
two Supreme court clerks who worked on "Heller" for the involved Justices on either side of the 2nd Amendment debate warn everyone that not a single Justice felt the 2nd Amendment was against some kinds of gun regulation
I agree with this reading of Heller, but I hope that "original understanding of the law clerks" doesn't become a thing. https://t.co/Gn1paGAoRo
[....] Most of the obstacles to gun regulations are political and policy based, not legal; it’s laws that never get enacted, rather than ones that are struck down, because of an unduly expansive reading of Heller. We are aware of no evidence that any perpetrator of a mass shooting was able to obtain a firearm because of a law struck down under Heller. But Heller looms over most debates about gun regulation, and it often serves as a useful foil for those who would like to deflect responsibility — either for their policy choice to oppose a particular gun regulation proposal or for their failure to convince their fellow legislators and citizens that the proposal should be enacted.
The closest we’ve come to major new federal gun regulation in recent years came in the post-Sandy Hook effort to create expanded background checks. The most common reason offered by opponents of that legislation? That it would violate the Second Amendment. But that’s just not supported by the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the amendment in Heller. If opponents of background checks for firearm sales believe that such requirements are unlikely to reduce violence while imposing unwarranted burdens on lawful gun owners, they should make that case openly, not rest on a mistaken view of Heller.
Justices don’t control the way their writings are interpreted by later courts and other institutions; certainly law clerks don’t. So we’re not asserting that our views on Heller are in any way authoritative. But we know the opinions in the case inside and out [....]
a lay person's summary of what they say:what even "originalists" feel is protected in the Amendment is like a right to keep like a handgun for self-defense in the home, otherwise, everything else is fair game for regulation!!! All the spin beyond that is bogus, none of the Supremes agree with that.
Sen. Susan Collins, who took part in the bipartisan gun talks this afternoon, said tonight: “We are making rapid progress toward a common sense package that could garner support from both Republicans and
Democrats.”
this is THE big flaw in any Dem argument about using age 18 as a prohibitory line on guns; there is no way for most people that you can explain it away
.@RepThomasMassie proposes an amendment that would allow 18-year-olds who register for the draft to buy guns.
Jerry Nadler opposes on grounds that 18-year-olds brains haven't matured yet.
the best argument I saw was someone who said that when they get into the service, they are not just trained, but vetted and regulated by older people who even decide if they are qualified to use the gun they are given.
New York state lawmakers are set to approve a package of gun-control bills including measures that would require a license to purchase a semi-automatic rifle, ban the purchase or sale of body armor in most cases and expand the state's Red Flag Law.https://t.co/CoZNB8HK3r
Ohio governor signs law allowing teachers, school staff to carry guns with 24 hours of training
If you have ever seen the unintended damage to police gun range floors and ceilings (from cops with extensive training) you will know how dumb this is. Just four hours actual training? Good grief. https://t.co/WIola88dce
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by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/27/2022 - 2:44pm
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/27/2022 - 3:05pm
+ surplus Iraq weaponry spread around the US police depts starting around 2004 prolly didn't slow down the spread of militarized "militias" afterwards, however that term gets bent.
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/28/2022 - 6:55am
^ Mass Shooting Tracker counts any shooting of 4 or more people as a "mass shooting", it doesn't have to be in a public place nor are the victims necessarily innocents. The below addresses what more of us consider a mass shooting -
by artappraiser on Fri, 05/27/2022 - 5:08pm
by artappraiser on Mon, 05/30/2022 - 12:58pm
power of prayerful repetition
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/30/2022 - 6:49pm
by artappraiser on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 2:36am
two Supreme court clerks who worked on "Heller" for the involved Justices on either side of the 2nd Amendment debate warn everyone that not a single Justice felt the 2nd Amendment was against some kinds of gun regulation
excerpt
a lay person's summary of what they say:what even "originalists" feel is protected in the Amendment is like a right to keep like a handgun for self-defense in the home, otherwise, everything else is fair game for regulation!!! All the spin beyond that is bogus, none of the Supremes agree with that.
by artappraiser on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 12:38am
another school shooting Tues., just 3 high schoolers, not little kids, so ho-hum not national news
by artappraiser on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 1:45am
by artappraiser on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 2:44am
Something really disturbing, mass shootings may actually be good for business: https://youtu.be/g_-J0O63QwQ
by Orion on Wed, 06/01/2022 - 3:05pm
by artappraiser on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 2:06pm
this is THE big flaw in any Dem argument about using age 18 as a prohibitory line on guns; there is no way for most people that you can explain it away
the best argument I saw was someone who said that when they get into the service, they are not just trained, but vetted and regulated by older people who even decide if they are qualified to use the gun they are given.
by artappraiser on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 6:04pm
p.s. i.e. if you could have one of these movie drill sergeant guys at the gun stores checking out purchases by 18 yr. olds
by artappraiser on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 6:10pm
Wondering; so does that mean one could be arrested for wearing or even having body armor?
by artappraiser on Thu, 06/02/2022 - 4:01pm
by artappraiser on Sun, 06/05/2022 - 3:57pm
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 06/05/2022 - 5:47pm
Ohio governor signs law allowing teachers, school staff to carry guns with 24 hours of training
by artappraiser on Tue, 06/14/2022 - 3:28pm