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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums9 Signs of Dangerous Gun Nut Craziness in 2014
Americas obsession with guns is hitting new levels of craziness and public disgust.The recent news has been filled with anything but acceptable behavior by gun nuts. A Montana man sets a trap for burglars and executes a teenage intruder. A Virginia man strapping on a holster shoots himself in the penis. So-called open-carry activists keep walking into Texas malls and restaurant chains with assault rifles. And federal airport screeners say 2014 will set a record for travelers forgetting they are carrying guns.
In response, millions of women protested the misogynist rampage near Santa Barbara that killed six, placing violence against women in the national spotlight. In 2014, five states passed laws limiting domestic abusers access to guns, and several bills allowing guns on school grounds were blocked. Longtime gun defenders know that the ghastly statistics on gun violence against women is a powerful avenue for control advocates, yet they cant stop their sides fanatics from taunting the public with assault rifles.
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/nine-signs-dangerous-gun-nut-craziness-2014
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9 Signs of Dangerous Gun Nut Craziness in 2014 (Original Post)
doxydad
Jun 2014
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davidpdx
(22,000 posts)1. Thanks for posting this
It's always interesting to see what is going on with guns back in the US. Here in South Korea only police and military have guns. I'm headed for a visit home the end of next month and wondering I'll see guns.
doxydad
(1,363 posts)2. 1 word: KEVLAR.
pipoman
(16,038 posts)3. Federal law already prohibit
People who are under a domestic restraining order or convicted of domestic violence, even if it was a misdemeanor, from purchasing firearms. What is the state regulations they are talking about?
Compared to liberalizations of gun laws at the state level. ..
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)4. correct, even affects military and police officers
The Lautenberg Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968, effective 30 September 1996, makes it a felony for those convicted of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence to ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms or ammunition. The Amendment also makes it a felony to transfer a firearm or ammunition to an individual known, or reasonably believed, to have such a conviction. Soldiers are not exempt from the Lautenberg Amendment.
Army policy is that all soldiers known to have, or soldiers whom commanders have reasonable cause to believe have, a conviction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic are non-deployable for missions that require possession of firearms or ammunition. Soldiers affected by the Lautenberg Amendment are not eligible for overseas assignment. However, soldiers who are based outside the continental United States (OCONUS) will continue to comply with their assignment instructions.
Soldiers with qualifying convictions may not be assigned or attached to tables of organization and equipment (TOE) or modified TOE (MTOE) units. Commanders will not appoint such soldiers to leadership positions that would give them access to firearms and ammunition. Soldiers with qualifying convictions may not attend any service school where instruction with individual weapons or ammunition is part of the curriculum.
Army policy is that all soldiers known to have, or soldiers whom commanders have reasonable cause to believe have, a conviction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic are non-deployable for missions that require possession of firearms or ammunition. Soldiers affected by the Lautenberg Amendment are not eligible for overseas assignment. However, soldiers who are based outside the continental United States (OCONUS) will continue to comply with their assignment instructions.
Soldiers with qualifying convictions may not be assigned or attached to tables of organization and equipment (TOE) or modified TOE (MTOE) units. Commanders will not appoint such soldiers to leadership positions that would give them access to firearms and ammunition. Soldiers with qualifying convictions may not attend any service school where instruction with individual weapons or ammunition is part of the curriculum.
http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/army_board_study_guide_topics/military_justice/lautenberg-amendment.shtml
and how does this meet the GD SOP? That's right one side seems to get a pass on the GD policy on guns.