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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,023 posts)
Thu May 26, 2022, 12:34 PM May 2022

Where does US gun control go from here?

The school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has led to renewed calls for action on gun control. But familiar obstacles - and some new ones - will make any reform difficult.

Nearly a decade after a young man shot and killed 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, a similar tragedy unfolded at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

The Sandy Hook shooting prompted calls for national gun reform and led to an emotional plea for action from US President Barack Obama. But efforts to advance gun-control legislation in Congress stalled.

Now, following the deaths of 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, there are similar calls for action from national politicians. President Joe Biden has echoed Mr Obama in pleading for change.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/where-does-us-gun-control-go-from-here/ar-AAXKoY5

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Where does US gun control go from here? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2022 OP
What SHOULD HAPPEN is banning all AR15 like rifles. I can think of NO REASON to sell napi21 May 2022 #1
It will go absolutely nowhere. nt doc03 May 2022 #2
Citing a "well-regulated militia" in seeking more stringent gun regulations Harker May 2022 #3
A well regulated militia should include well regulated weapons dlk May 2022 #4
Absolutely. Harker May 2022 #5
That's the scam... dlk May 2022 #7
GO? Skittles May 2022 #6

napi21

(45,806 posts)
1. What SHOULD HAPPEN is banning all AR15 like rifles. I can think of NO REASON to sell
Thu May 26, 2022, 12:47 PM
May 2022

military weapons to the general public. They were designed to kill many in a short amount of time during a WAR! There is absolutely no public use for them other than for swome to say "OH HEY, I got a really neat new toy!' Or to usse them in crime.

Harker

(14,022 posts)
3. Citing a "well-regulated militia" in seeking more stringent gun regulations
Thu May 26, 2022, 01:39 PM
May 2022

(we can drop the term "gun control" ) could make some minor improvement state by state, but the Supreme Court is gone.

Maybe too late now.

An armed society is a deadly society.

Harker

(14,022 posts)
5. Absolutely.
Thu May 26, 2022, 04:43 PM
May 2022

They quickly whisper that part, then shout "the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
6. GO?
Thu May 26, 2022, 07:37 PM
May 2022

it's not going to GO anywhere - consider this - the governor of Texas will be at an NRA convention TOMORROW - repukes DO NOT FUCKING CARE ABOUT DEAD CHILDREN

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