All the Dems in Congress should show up on Texas doorstep.
Beto really hit a nerve today. Mayor of Uvalde called Beto a “sick sonovabitch”…I wish the dems would just start getting more militant in regards to the banning of these weapons of war, which have no place in peoples’ homes. This is on all these politicians who take money from the NRA. I’m seeing two republicans already slinked away from Friday’s event, Cruz and trump still on…
All the Dems in Congress should show up on Texas doorstep.
Beto really hit a nerve today. Mayor of Uvalde called Beto a “sick sonovabitch”…I wish the dems would just start getting more militant in regards to the banning of these weapons of war, which have no place in peoples’ homes. This is on all these politicians who take money from the NRA. I’m seeing two republicans already slinked away from Friday’s event, Cruz and trump still on…
a member of the Republican Mental Health Caucus pipes up, threatening Biden's life
I have news for the embarrassment that claims to be our President — try to take our guns and you’ll learn why the Second Amendment was written in the first place.
That’s what John Howard did here, after Port Arthur(25 years ago): declared gun amnesty, bought the guns and ammo back and then destroyed everything not worth protecting in the national museum.
a member of the Republican Mental Health Caucus pipes up, threatening Biden's life
I have news for the embarrassment that claims to be our President — try to take our guns and you’ll learn why the Second Amendment was written in the first place.
They talk big. But when the going gets tough, such as the Proud Boys acting out, they're the ones running to hide in a shelter. As we've seen on Jan 6th.
Every time something like this tragedy comes up, I find myself wondering how many lobbying dollars we are really talking about?
What is the tradeoff between political donations and lives?
I bet it’s not all that much in the scheme of things...
The vast majority of Republican politicians cannot be voting their consciences on this issue any more.
What is ones’ soul worth?
it's the one issue on which politicians are responding to the will of the voters. We can't really blame the NRA and Republican office holders for doing exactly what the majority of their constituents want.
I hate being pessimistic on this issue, but if we're being realistic about it, the majority of U.S. states are never going to put meaningful restrictions on gun ownership. Just check out some posts on FB from our SOMA neighbors ranting about NJ gun restrictions. They are a minority here, but that's a solid majority opinion in perhaps 40 U.S. states.
While a significant part of it is from NRA funded politicians, behind them are also the gunmakers who make a killing on their profits the more that fear and hysteria fan the flames, Plus the the American Cowboy and Frontier Myth, reinforcing the mystique of rugged individualism; and the "Conservative" worship of the 2nd Amendment as hallowed American ideals. Finally, there's the tilt in American politics towards the overrepresented rural and red states, where hunting, guns and rifles are part of the heritage, and anxiety about losing that is routinely stoked for political and financial reasons.
Beto really hit a nerve today. Mayor of Uvalde called Beto a “sick sonovabitch”…I wish the dems would just start getting more militant in regards to the banning of these weapons of war, which have no place in peoples’ homes. This is on all these politicians who take money from the NRA. I’m seeing two republicans already slinked away from Friday’s event, Cruz and trump still on…
it's the one issue on which politicians are responding to the will of the voters. We can't really blame the NRA and Republican office holders for doing exactly what the majority of their constituents want.
I hate being pessimistic on this issue, but if we're being realistic about it, the majority of U.S. states are never going to put meaningful restrictions on gun ownership. Just check out some posts on FB from our SOMA neighbors ranting about NJ gun restrictions. They are a minority here, but that's a solid majority opinion in perhaps 40 U.S. states.
I agree with you that Republican voters overwhelmingly support the right to bear arms. I think it is less clear that they are averse to the many common-sense gun control issues like background checks, waiting periods, assault weapons bans, clip limitations, etc.
Lawmakers' objectives to these limits has to be about the NRA money.
Lawmakers' objectives to these limits has to be about the NRA money.
Its not the NRA money. NRA money is negligible compared to all the other money.
Its cultural. A large base that is highly motivated to vote for these pro-gun Republicans. They are concentrated in the heartland of America so their votes count even more because of the senate.
Unlike many "progressives" who complain while often not bothering to vote. Demonstrations, waving signs and posting on forums is nice but if you don't vote, you don't count.
An example are the evangelicals. I read they represent 15% of the country but they supply 25% of the vote.
The problem with polls on the popularity of various issue or proposals is that topline numbers are only one dimension, but it also matters how important the issue is to voters. Let's say you're a Republican voter who's open to some gun control measures, but you're also opposed to abortion. Probably your opposition to abortion is stronger than your support for gun control -- ie if you had to choose (and generally you do -- you can vote for a Democrat who supports the gun control measures you support, or a Republican who supports the restrictions on abortion you support), you're going to prioritize your policy choices on abortion over those on gun control.
There's lots of things that are broadly popular with a majority of voters, arguably even more broadly popular liberal policies than conservative ones, but issues that are extremely important to smaller groups voters (but still large enough to determine primaries and drive donations -- or small groups of voters with large collections of money) are more likely to drive party priorities.
The confounding tragedy is reckoning with the fact that apparently children being gunned down isn't enough to move more people to care enough to prioritize this over other issues (and in the case of "pro-life" voters, that apparently actual children take second place to zygotes).
it's the one issue on which politicians are responding to the will of the voters. We can't really blame the NRA and Republican office holders for doing exactly what the majority of their constituents want.
I hate being pessimistic on this issue, but if we're being realistic about it, the majority of U.S. states are never going to put meaningful restrictions on gun ownership. Just check out some posts on FB from our SOMA neighbors ranting about NJ gun restrictions. They are a minority here, but that's a solid majority opinion in perhaps 40 U.S. states.
I agree with you that Republican voters overwhelmingly support the right to bear arms. I think it is less clear that they are averse to the many common-sense gun control issues like background checks, waiting periods, assault weapons bans, clip limitations, etc.
Lawmakers' objectives to these limits has to be about the NRA money.
there are enough one-issue voters who don't want ANY restrictions on gun ownership to tip elections. Even if a majority of Republican voters are ok with common sense reforms, very few if any of them would decide their vote based on support for background checks or assault weapon bans. So net-net, it makes sense for politicians of both parties to pander to the bloc of voters who will punish them for any gun restrictions.
There were good guys and they had guns and it didn’t matter because the shooter had better ones. https://t.co/evwYwZckiV
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 26, 2022
The article you linked proves you need to arm every citizen because as shown you can't depend on the police. A well armed citizenry is a safe citizenry. /s
The article you linked proves you need to arm every citizen because as shown you can't depend on the police. A well armed citizenry is a safe citizenry. /s
Because of the ignorant and undereducated who are the "thought leaders" of conservatism, sarcasm like that is dead. For example -
The inaction of the police in Uvalde is exactly why you need to take your protection into your own hands.
Buy a gun. Buy ammo. Don’t rely on others to save you or your family when evil strikes.
Half of all the firearms in the world that are owned by private citizens for non-military purposes are in the United States of America. The overall number, indeed, exceeds the Country’s population: 400 million weapons for 328 million people. This is not a coincidence, nor is it a market-related issue: it is rather a matter of “tradition” and constitutional guarantee established with the Second Amendment, ratified in 1791. This law reassures the inhabitants of the newly independent territories that their Federal Government would not be able, one day, to abuse its authority over them, and they are guaranteed the right to bear arms.
Two hundred and fifty years later, the Second Amendment is still ingrained in all aspects of American life.
Gabriele Galimberti has travelled to every corner of the United States – from New York City to Honolulu – to meet proud gun owners and photograph them and their weapons. He has photographed people and guns in their homes and neighbourhoods, even in places where no one would expect to find such arsenals.
These often disturbing portraits, together with the accompanying stories based on interviews, provide an unexpected and uncommon view of what the institution of the Second Amendment really represents today.
Mia, 15, in Alexandria, Virginia, has competed in shooting contests since she was seven. pic.twitter.com/Wxrdc6SJuF
The intent is to intimidate others, you lay out all your weapons around your property to show how protected it is. I’m wondering how many gun safes they have to secure that arsenal. Paranoia. Sick.
Half of all the firearms in the world that are owned by private citizens for non-military purposes are in the United States of America. The overall number, indeed, exceeds the Country’s population: 400 million weapons for 328 million people. This is not a coincidence, nor is it a market-related issue: it is rather a matter of “tradition” and constitutional guarantee established with the Second Amendment, ratified in 1791. This law reassures the inhabitants of the newly independent territories that their Federal Government would not be able, one day, to abuse its authority over them, and they are guaranteed the right to bear arms.
Two hundred and fifty years later, the Second Amendment is still ingrained in all aspects of American life.
Gabriele Galimberti has travelled to every corner of the United States – from New York City to Honolulu – to meet proud gun owners and photograph them and their weapons. He has photographed people and guns in their homes and neighbourhoods, even in places where no one would expect to find such arsenals.
These often disturbing portraits, together with the accompanying stories based on interviews, provide an unexpected and uncommon view of what the institution of the Second Amendment really represents today.
Half of all the firearms in the world that are owned by private citizens for non-military purposes are in the United States of America. The overall number, indeed, exceeds the Country’s population: 400 million weapons for 328 million people. This is not a coincidence, nor is it a market-related issue: it is rather a matter of “tradition” and constitutional guarantee established with the Second Amendment, ratified in 1791. This law reassures the inhabitants of the newly independent territories that their Federal Government would not be able, one day, to abuse its authority over them, and they are guaranteed the right to bear arms.
Two hundred and fifty years later, the Second Amendment is still ingrained in all aspects of American life.
Gabriele Galimberti has travelled to every corner of the United States – from New York City to Honolulu – to meet proud gun owners and photograph them and their weapons. He has photographed people and guns in their homes and neighbourhoods, even in places where no one would expect to find such arsenals.
These often disturbing portraits, together with the accompanying stories based on interviews, provide an unexpected and uncommon view of what the institution of the Second Amendment really represents today.
The intent is to intimidate others, you lay out all your weapons around your property to show how protected it is. I’m wondering how many gun safes they have to secure that arsenal. Paranoia. Sick.
The laying out of the rifles was done for the photo project that these are part of. If you haven't done so, check out the twitter thread. There are more photos along these lines.
After seeing thread title I was very confused when I opened it and saw the OP dated May 14th
So I agree with you completely