Guns

3 entries. 1,124 words.

October, 2017

• Logistical Issues With Gun Control. 2017-10-03 6:57 PM.
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  This is just my personal opinion, but the basic problem with implementing gun control in America is that “the genie is already out of the bottle.” There are tons and tons of guns stockpiled in the hands of American citizens. Setting aside the issue of whether or not it *should* be done, let’s say you pass legislation tomorrow that bans the sale of all guns and ammunition. That still leaves a whole lot of people out there with a whole lot of deadly weapons already in their possession. (If a bill like that passed, incidentally, firearms would suddenly become more valuable than gold, so perhaps it’s a good investment opportunity to buy them now-which is almost certainly one reason people buy stockpiles of guns and ammunition.) 725 words.

November, 2017

• Texas Shooting. 2017-11-05 11:14 PM.
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  • swampip.com
  
  I don’t have anything to say about this, just noting it for posterity. Up to 27 killed in mass shooting at Texas church https://t.co/EmySBP97Nu — Fox News (@FoxNews) November 5, 2017 Sources: TX church shooter now ID'd by authorities; white male in his 20s from outside San Antonio. w/ @PierreTABC @JackDate @AaronKatersky — Mike Levine (@MLevineReports) November 5, 2017 Everything that I’ve previously written about mass shootings applies here as well. It’s very easy to tell the, ahem, racial identity of a mass shooter by watching the tone of Left Twitter versus Right Twitter following a shooting. There is a period of hushed silence before the identify of the shooter is determined, then there is an explosion from one side or the other. 160 words.
• Curious Thing about Northam and Gun Control. 2017-11-08 12:38 PM.
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  So I’m watching Morning Joe, and they keep saying that the two things people said they cared about most in the election were Healthcare and Gun Control. One thing I specifically noticed on Northam’s web site related to gun control. When you look at the Issues menu, it lists Gun Safety somewhat prominently. The Gun Safety page is a laundry list of things Northam has done to make the NRA crazy. Voted against conceal-carry, voted for expanded background checks, supports mental health checks, supports banning assault rifles, the whole tamale. 239 words.