Let's Spend A Day Or Two Talking About What Can Be Done To Curb Gun Violence

[SoCalDavidS]

THEN NOT DO A SINGLE FUCKING THING!

In fact, let's just LOOSEN The Gun Laws some more. I think the Supreme Assholes on the Court can help us out with that one.

I'm glad to see some of the pundits on TV finally coming around and saying what should be obvious to everybody. NOTHING is going to be done. NOTHING is going to change. THIS IS THE NEW & FUTURE NORMAL.

But if it makes you feel better to talk about possible solutions, that have ZERO CHANCE of coming to pass, go right ahead. Your opinions will be promptly thrown in the trash by those in charge.

[Ocelot II]

1. You mean, things like repealing the 2nd Amendment and confiscating all guns?

Those are completely brilliant suggestions, and we could accomplish them easily using the Nike slogan!

Right?

[VarryOn]

2. The Constitution is amendable....

Make the persuasive argument to remove the 2nd amendment. Make changes to free speech while you're at it.

[Hoyt]

3. Would love stricter gun laws. But law enforcement should have been

on the Buffalo shooter’s ass long before Saturday. They failed.

Shootings like in Milwaukee are going to take tough toting laws and enforcement on the streets. I think communities will support that at this point.

But the gun problem isn’t going away until gun owners — on both sides — decide maybe society is more important than their selfish needs.

[SoonerPride]

4. If you want gun control

And I mean you really want to see it become popular and voted on by wide margins in congress then we need to buy AR15s for every persons of color and have them parade around with them 24/7

If every person of color was toting around these mass killing weapons it would take less time than it took Congress to vote to protect SCOTUS driveways from protestors for them to vote to ban assault weapons.

[SoCalDavidS]

6. They Would Just Pass A Law That Forbids Black People From Possessing A Firearm nt

[keithbvadu2]

5. So many choices for action

.

[krispos42]

7. Well, I can tell you that crime and violence are going to go UP in a generation

We're about to have women's rights over control of their reproduction GUTTED, because Dolt45 squeaked out a win in 2016 and Duyba made the race close enough in Florida that the SCOTUS could take it for it.

This means a bunch of children are going to be born to women that don't want a kid. That means that more kids are going to be raised in crappy neighborhoods by crappy parents and are going to have crappy lives, and that turn to being a career criminal. This will start when the kids turn about 15 or so.

So, 2038 forward, the red states will start having their violent and non-violent crime rates go up. Unless, of course, a Federal ban on abortion works its way through a Republican Congress and Republican president; then ALL the states will start having crime go up.

Crime is a social problem that Republican policies not only don't address, but make the social problems worse. Democrats have to be in power, getting OUR social policies in place and running, to make the social problems better, and thus lowering crime. It worked in the late 60's and early 70's, when abortion became legal nationwide and using birth control became commonplace. Also, we took lead compounds out of gasoline and paint, cleaning up the air and drastically reducing lead poisoning of children born after about 1974 or so. Remember, lead poisoning makes you dumb, violent, and short-sighted.

But Democrats have a crappy signature gun-control law (the assault-weapon ban; it's in the party platform) that damages our credibility in rural and sub-rural areas. The Democratic path to power includes admitting an AWB is a bad idea and removing it from the platform so we can get elected again. But I think too many Democratic politicians have become too wedded to the idea after too many years of public statements and legislative votes, and it will be an albatross around our necks.

On the plus side, the Republican party seems to be going off the rails, so maybe we'll win by default. If the final thrashings of the GQP doesn't destroy us, of course.