Re: Mass Shootings
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 4:58 pm
Your 'I think Swalwell called for confiscation' is not true and part of the goddamn problem.
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I’d start with not saying “how do we stop everything?” Of course you can’t stop every shooting from ever happening.41Forever wrote:The domestic terrorists need to be stopped. But we had 10 shootings in five days in my city. None of those shooters used military grade weapons. How do you stop that, too?
Those are all great points.Gwreck wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 5:22 pmI’d start with not saying “how do we stop everything?” Of course you can’t stop every shooting from ever happening.41Forever wrote:The domestic terrorists need to be stopped. But we had 10 shootings in five days in my city. None of those shooters used military grade weapons. How do you stop that, too?
But you start with the terrorists first, don’t you? You start by declaring that an AK-47 (and all such similar weapons) are illegal to sell, import, or possess. You allocate funds so that anyone who has one gets fair compensation when they have to turn theirs in. And you revise the criminal laws for individuals and civil liability laws to ensure that noncompliance is so strict that it discourages all but the most recalcitrant. Same thing with high capacity magazines.
You can move on afterwards to background checks, licensing restrictions, bullet control, overruling Heller and so much more afterwards.
You start with the weapons that are designed to kill lots of people quickly.
That has been a standard NRA cry - "If they had guns, they could defend themselves".metsmarathon wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:44 am and all that bullshit about a good guy with a gun stopping a bad guy with a gun.
Oh please, already. One of the campaign promises of that piece of shit in the White House was to repeal an Obama policy that heightened background checks for gun buyers and made it harder for people with mental health issues to buy guns. He promised to repeal that. And when he got into office, true to his word, he repealed that policy with an Executive Order. Because Obama. The scumbag ran the most virulent anti-gun control campaign in our nation's history and as far as we know, took more money in campaign donations from the NRA than any other Presidential candidate ever. And you voted for this disgrace of a human being. Bipartisan? The GOP controlled everything for the first two years of this President's term. And what? And it wouldn't have made a difference had the GOP held the House last year. Instead it would've emboldened your party to engage in even more outrageous and despicable conduct. When the pendulum swings back and the Democrats are in solid control, then maybe we'll get some meaningful solutions to this problem. Your party is beholden to the NRA and terrified of the scumbag in the White House.41Forever wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 4:51 pmBackground checks, to me, are a no-brainer.Gwreck wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 4:01 pmWhat do you define as extreme positions that elected Democrats hold with respect to guns?
On health care, taxation, trade policy, immigration, how to address climate change — essentially, the other major issues of the day — I have little trouble identifying extreme positions from both parties. (This is not, of course, an endorsement of any one position).
But here? It is difficult to identify extreme positions from the Democrats. The country is besieged by domestic terrorists killing people en masse. Republicans are unwilling to act.
I am happy to be educated on this if I’m missing something.
Of all the duplicitous, cynical, statements the head of the GOP has said about this event, this one takes the cake:41Forever wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 1:29 pm People are focusing on Trump misspeaking with the name of the city (and Biden on the state) but he seemed to open the door to something substantial. He already pushed through the bump stock ban through executive order.
He tweeted:If both sides of the aisle are willing to ignore their extremists and come with something substantial they both can take credit for, there could be an opportunity here.We cannot let those killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, die in vain. Likewise for those so seriously wounded. We can never forget them, and those many who came before them. Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying.... this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform. We must have something good, if not GREAT, come out of these two tragic events!
If you were at the table, what would you want? What's realistic?
In other words, we'll pass meaningful gun legislation if you give me my wall. If you vote down my wall again, you Dems, it will be YOU stopping us from having gun control. Wow. Just as i think the Idiot-in-Chief has found a new low, he finds a way to slither even lower. The upfront malevolence of this strategy, its sheer brutality, inspires awe. And Moscow Mitch will do his bidding.Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying.... this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform.
I would love, LOVE to hear honest answers to these questions.A Boy Named Seo wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 3:38 pm 41:
I'm glad you answered Gwreck, but I'd really like to hear you honestly answer a few questions in this thread you didn't address.
Gwreck asked why you think Congress is unwilling to act. I'd like to hear your answer, as well.
Before I started calling Trump names, I mentioned that the House passed background checks in Feb, but McConnell blocked the legislation and the White House threatened to veto it anyway. Why do you think McConnell and Trump would support background checks now?
You said Trump "seemed to open the door to something substantial" when he said Republicans and Democrats could perhaps marry background checks "with desperately needed immigration reform"? Why do you think Trump doesn't or hasn't pushed for background checks alone?
And Swalwell called for an assault weapons ban but you referred to him as an extremist who you think "called for confiscation during his presidential bid", which is false (if you have a quote from him calling for confiscation of guns, please share it). You often talk about integrity in reporting on this forum (be it baseball or otherwise), so can you see how running with that can spread disinformation and can be damaging to any discourse? If not, why? I'm trying to be cool with my tone here so that you read and actually respond.
Centerfield wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 3:57 pmI would love, LOVE to hear honest answers to these questions.A Boy Named Seo wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 3:38 pm 41:
I'm glad you answered Gwreck, but I'd really like to hear you honestly answer a few questions in this thread you didn't address.
Gwreck asked why you think Congress is unwilling to act. I'd like to hear your answer, as well.
Before I started calling Trump names, I mentioned that the House passed background checks in Feb, but McConnell blocked the legislation and the White House threatened to veto it anyway. Why do you think McConnell and Trump would support background checks now?
You said Trump "seemed to open the door to something substantial" when he said Republicans and Democrats could perhaps marry background checks "with desperately needed immigration reform"? Why do you think Trump doesn't or hasn't pushed for background checks alone?
And Swalwell called for an assault weapons ban but you referred to him as an extremist who you think "called for confiscation during his presidential bid", which is false (if you have a quote from him calling for confiscation of guns, please share it). You often talk about integrity in reporting on this forum (be it baseball or otherwise), so can you see how running with that can spread disinformation and can be damaging to any discourse? If not, why? I'm trying to be cool with my tone here so that you read and actually respond.
New York Times piece makes it sound like there could be some action from the GOP on some of these issues.A Boy Named Seo wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 3:38 pm 41:
I'm glad you answered Gwreck, but I'd really like to hear you honestly answer a few questions in this thread you didn't address.
Gwreck asked why you think Congress is unwilling to act. I'd like to hear your answer, as well.
Before I started calling Trump names, I mentioned that the House passed background checks in Feb, but McConnell blocked the legislation and the White House threatened to veto it anyway. Why do you think McConnell and Trump would support background checks now?
You said Trump "seemed to open the door to something substantial" when he said Republicans and Democrats could perhaps marry background checks "with desperately needed immigration reform"? Why do you think Trump doesn't or hasn't pushed for background checks alone?
And Swalwell called for an assault weapons ban but you referred to him as an extremist who you think "called for confiscation during his presidential bid", which is false (if you have a quote from him calling for confiscation of guns, please share it). You often talk about integrity in reporting on this forum (be it baseball or otherwise), so can you see how running with that can spread disinformation and can be damaging to any discourse? If not, why? I'm trying to be cool with my tone here so that you read and actually respond.
Why hasn't Trump pushed for taking action alone? Not a clue. He should have, and others should have joined him.With President Trump endorsing the idea, a number of Republicans — including Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Republican — are embracing the concept. Mr. Thune told his hometown newspaper, The Argus Leader, that he was “confident Congress will be able to find common ground on the so-called red flag issue.”
I don't think the other candidates have expressed those thoughts. NBC seemed to paint him as standing alone. "Extremist" might be a bad label and I shouldn't have used it. As I told Gwreck, the point I was trying to make was that, finally, there might be some movement on some of these issues.WASHINGTON — A Democratic congressman has proposed outlawing “military-style semiautomatic assault weapons” and forcing existing owners to sell their weapons or face prosecution, a major departure from prior gun control proposals that typically exempt existing firearms.
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While politicians and activists, including President Barack Obama, have cited Australia’s success in curbing gun violence as an inspiration, almost no prominent figures have proposed instituting similar laws up to this point.
Some gun safety groups, such as the Giffords Law Center, have suggested tougher background checks and reporting requirements on existing assault weapons after a new manufacturing ban — but they have not called for owners to sell or destroy them. Many policy experts supportive of stricter gun laws have warned a mass gun confiscation policy would be difficult to enforce given limited federal resources and the widespread popularity of the affected rifles.
When the NRA runs out of money to stuff into the GOP's pocket, then maybe your party will do something.41Forever wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:04 pm [
New York Times piece makes it sound like there could be some action from the GOP on some of these issues.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... ar-AAFqNjB
The House acted. Not technically. And what's the difference why the GOP controlled Senate won't push for gun control or why they've shirked their oversight responsibilities altogether? Is there any answer that would make the GOP's actions, or inactions as is the case here, acceptable? Give us all a break, already, ferchrissakes. The answer is to vote Democrat.41Forever wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:04 pm
Why has Congress been unwilling to act? Technically the House has acted, but the Senate has not. I don't know for sure why they won't act. I can speculate like everyone else. Strong lobbying, constituent pressure, polling, rigid ideology might be some of the reasons. They get entrenched, especially in the run up to an election year. Dysfunction.
Yet another reason to bless my luck that I finished school before dimbulbs such as Hannity were around to mess up our lives. I cannot fathom going to public school in a war zone. As well, I remain grateful that I never spawned so that I don't have to apologize to my offspring that such a ludicrous situation as we have today has bloomed. I always get annoyed when someone wants to blame the Baby Boomers for our present destructive situation but Trump's a Boomer and so is Hannity. I am deeply ashamed of them and anyone who purports to defend them. You vote R or you vote for some tag-end misfit, you are part of this problem. Additionally, I cannot wrap my head around how anyone with a shred of regular education embraces this fascist in the White House. Don't tell me you are against him if you voted for him and still support the Republican Party. There is no plausible explanation for that level of pretzel logic.Lefty Specialist wrote: ↑Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:43 pm Presidential adviser Sean Hannity has a solution: military occupation.
“I’d like to see the perimeter of every school in America surrounded, secured by retired police . . . military and I want guys to donate 15 hours,” Hannity explained.
“I think we could cover every school, every hour — add a metal detector. And I think we’re going to have better schools."
“Have one armed guard on every floor of every school, all over every mall, the perimeter and inside every hall of every mall.”