JCon Posted May 25, 2022 Report Posted May 25, 2022 Muricans are more afraid of brown people than picking up their dead kids from school.
Tracker Posted May 25, 2022 Report Posted May 25, 2022 1 hour ago, JCon said: Muricans are more afraid of brown people than picking up their dead kids from school. Americans are much more Catholic in their hatred- they hate blacks, browns, Asians, progressives, gays, transgendereds, environmentalists, uppity women and civil servants to name but a few.
Fred C Dobbs Posted May 25, 2022 Report Posted May 25, 2022 ANY gun control legislation needs to get through the Senate, where 10 Republican votes are needed to overcome a filibuster. Good luck with that one: Quote
HardCoreBlue Posted May 25, 2022 Report Posted May 25, 2022 Wingnuts new tag line: you can’t legislate evil.
bustamente Posted May 25, 2022 Report Posted May 25, 2022 (edited) NRA is having a conference in Houston in a couple of days where the usually suspects will show up, also no guns allowed as they have been banned from the event. Protection for me but not for thee Edited May 25, 2022 by bustamente Tracker 1
bustamente Posted May 25, 2022 Report Posted May 25, 2022 I was waiting for the old dude to throw the walker, as for Abbott people have the right to be angry but we aren't going to do anything, see you all at the next shooting
iHeart Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 5 hours ago, bustamente said: NRA is having a conference in Houston in a couple of days where the usually suspects will show up, also no guns allowed as they have been banned from the event. Protection for me but not for thee if they were smart they would cancel the event in light of the recent tragedy https://www.tmz.com/2022/05/25/american-pie-singer-don-mclean-drops-out-nra-conference-school-shooting/
Mark F Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 Interesting article Japan has one of the lowest rates of gun crime in the world. In 2014 there were just six gun deaths, compared to 33,599 in the US. What is the secret? If you want to buy a gun in Japan you need patience and determination. You have to attend an all-day class, take a written exam and pass a shooting-range test with a mark of at least 95%. There are also mental health and drugs tests. Your criminal record is checked and police look for links to extremist groups. Then they check your relatives too - and even your work colleagues. And as well as having the power to deny gun licences, police also have sweeping powers to search and seize weapons. That's not all. Handguns are banned outright. Only shotguns and air rifles are allowed. The law restricts the number of gun shops. In most of Japan's 40 or so prefectures there can be no more than three, and you can only buy fresh cartridges by returning the spent cartridges you bought on your last visit. The result is a very low level of gun ownership - 0.6 guns per 100 people in 2007, according to the Small Arms Survey, compared to 6.2 in England and Wales and 88.8 in the US. "The moment you have guns in society, you will have gun violence but I think it's about the quantity," says Overton. "If you have very few guns in society, you will almost inevitably have low levels of violence." Japanese police officers rarely use guns and put much greater emphasis on martial arts - all are expected to become a black belt in judo. They spend more time practising kendo (fighting with bamboo swords) than learning how to use firearms. "The response to violence is never violence, it's always to de-escalate it. Only six shots were fired by Japanese police nationwide [in 2015]," https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38365729 Fatty Liver, Fred C Dobbs and bustamente 2 1
Goalie Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 4 hours ago, bustamente said: I was waiting for the old dude to throw the walker, as for Abbott people have the right to be angry but we aren't going to do anything, see you all at the next shooting If members of the house or senate were shot dead does it change? No. Guns are more American now than Apple pie. It's happened so many times now that it's just ridiculous. Like honestly, go Beto, fight the good fight. Surprised some ass didn't shoot him tho. Texass
Bigblue204 Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 Cruz saying there should only be one way in and out of schools. And armed guards should be posted at said door. You see it's not that there are too many guns. There are too many doors. Schools that look and act like prison is the future! That's what the kids of America need! Ted Cruz is a brilliant brilliant man.
bustamente Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 So apparently there was a "good guy" with a gun at the school who did absolutely nothing.
itchy Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, bustamente said: So apparently there was a "good guy" with a gun at the school who did absolutely nothing. Below from the Buffalo shooting. More guns and guards is not the answer. This guy was armed, and well trained to use it (assuming being a retired cop) and acted, and it changed nothing. Then you've got guys like this that carry the gun for appearances, or maybe he was waiting for a real crisis. There was one way in and one way out of the store, and there was an armed guard there, and it didn't deter or slow the Buffalo shooter. Pieces of **** like Cruz can eat a bag of dicks. Aaron Salter Jr., 55. The "hero" security guard who engaged the suspect but was fatally shot was Aaron Salter, a former Buffalo police lieutenant, said the mayor. Salter was well respected throughout the police department, Brown told CNN's "New Day Weekend," and had worked at the supermarket for several years after retiring. He was a loving son who "had a caring spirit and a desire to take care of other people," Brown said. Salter "is a hero who tried to protect people in the store, tried to save lives and in the process, lost his own life," Brown added. The supermarket's security guard "fired multiple shots at the suspect" when he entered the store, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said, but the suspect was wearing tactical gear that protected him from the guard's gunfire. Edited May 26, 2022 by itchy
TrueBlue4ever Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 Why are citizens allowed to buy body armour? It’s not part of the Second Amendment, and has no practical purpose for game hunting, does it? Mark F 1
bustamente Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 Senators are way to busy trying to decide red or white with lunch to care about everyday Americans. They could stop this craziness is they wanted to but it obvious over the years that this has happened they don't JCon 1
HardCoreBlue Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 Majority of US citizens: 'Another senseless mass murder of children and their teachers, we need to do something about access to guns! US Senator response, 'Hey don't make this political'. FFS Tracker and bustamente 2
TrueBlue4ever Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr made an impassioned speech saying how the majority of Americans were being held hostage by 50 senators on gun control, and it frustrated me because they are not being held hostage so long as they exercise their vote. But an article from The Atlantic offers a perspective on why it is so difficult to make a majority vote mean anything. Good read. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/05/senate-state-bias-filibuster-blocking-gun-control-legislation/638425/ Edited May 26, 2022 by TrueBlue4ever Wanna-B-Fanboy and Tracker 2
HardCoreBlue Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Tracker said: If only this was not true I'd laugh.
iHeart Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 https://www.tmz.com/2022/05/26/larry-gatlin-cancels-nra-convention-performance-texas-school-shooting/
FrostyWinnipeg Posted May 26, 2022 Report Posted May 26, 2022 7 hours ago, TrueBlue4ever said: Why are citizens allowed to buy body armour? It’s not part of the Second Amendment, and has no practical purpose for game hunting, does it? To protect the children!
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