There are two very wrong, very dangerous claims being made in my mentions right now. One is that nothing ever happens on gun safety. The other is that Democrats have done nothing on the issue.
There’s even an odd third one claiming Democrats haven’t been bipartisan enough on it. These claims are not only wrong but dangerous to efforts to elect people to office who will bring more change. They’re dangerous to efforts to save more lives. Don’t spread such things if you care about helping. 1/3
Biden signs gun safety bill into law : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/25/1107626030/biden-signs-gun-safety-law
Gov. Whitmer Signs Commonsense Gun Violence Prevention Legislation to Keep Michigan Communities Safe
https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2023/04/13/whitmer-signs-commonsense-gun-violence-prevention-legislation-to-keep-michigan-communities-safe
These are the gun control laws passed in 2022 | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/us/gun-control-laws-2022/index.html 2/3
Washington adopts historic new gun safety laws | Governor Jay Inslee
https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/washington-adopts-historic-new-gun-safety-laws
Are Democrats perfect? No. Nobody is claiming that, either. But we are the ones making progress and the party overall trying and succeeding in taking this on.
By claiming otherwise dishonesty, you hurt the election efforts of the very people were trying to put into office to make more progress and the organizers doing the work. There’s nothing progressive about that. 3/3
As as addendum, a great post from @DemLabs about the importance of following the money.
Follow the money blocking gun safety reforms-
https://thedemlabs.org/2023/05/07/follow-the-money-blocking-gun-safety-reforms/
“TakeAway: Elections have consequences. Stop billionaires rigging the system for themselves. Next time, vote for a Democrat.”
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@TonyStark And let’s not forget that WA State just banned assault weapons, mandated training, and put a waiting period, and allows citizens "to sue firearm manufacturers or retailers for irresponsible conduct.”
More here: https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/washington-adopts-historic-new-gun-safety-laws
Gov. Inslee is going to be so hard to replace. I wish he was staying on for a 4th term.
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Man rocks. Good governors really make a difference
The problem is that as has happened with local laws, the NRA can sue and the Supremes will rule in the NRA's favor. We need tough national gun control laws. Until we can get the Greedy Obstructionist Psychos (GOP) out of office, that's not likely to happen. What we COULD do, though, is to somehow insure SCOTUS is not overrun with GOP partisan hacks. The Dems haven't exactly been proactive enough in that regard.
AND, the Democrats never did enough to prevent Trump from spreading his virulent, violent White Supremacist ideology. Trump could have been stopped during the primaries, when he was inciting his followers to violence and calling on Russia to help him win.
@SusanHR some of us are appalled that anyone would compromise themselves by explicitly choosing evil. if you can’t vote your conscience, then something is very wrong with the system.
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@TonyStark i bet there’s a big overlap between the people saying democrats aren’t good enough on guns and the people who wouldn’t vote for Hillary because she was the same as Trump.
Totally unrelated, but the Supreme Court happens to be among the greatest obstacles to gun reform.
Always good to remember what Conservative Chief Justice Warren Burger said about the second amendment. 32 years ago...he was not owned by the NRA.
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All this, and if I might add…
Henry Cuellar (who is a despicable democrat) made an inane statement today. That the fact that gun violence happens in blue states proves that there’s no point in passing gun safety laws. 🤬🤯
That’s a super dangerous and cynical statement. The data tells us that states with stronger gun laws have less gun violence. And we also know that guns used in shootings in blue states often come from places with weaker gun laws. Aaaargh
It's true that gun violence still happens in countries where guns are very restricted.
Eg. A local man revenge-murdered his kids with a gun. He owned it legally, he followed the rules, was even a member of a club (one of the requirements for recreational or sports shooting in Australia). He took his weapon, killed his kids, then had a standoff with cops before he killed himself.
This all happened within walking distance of my house.
That said, 99.9% of the locals - including those who own guns - would say we have good gun laws here. The local gun club he belonged to said "he seemed weird, but we didn't see how bad it was, we're reviewing our processes so this doesn't happen again".
The point of gun legislation isn't to eliminate gun violence, but to reduce the frequency of incidences, and in restricting gun types and magazine sizes, reduce the deaths to injuries - injuries that people might survive.
No you can't stop the criminals, but you can stop the everyday deaths of people shot down by someone with a grievance or issue whose nearest weapon to hand was a firearm.
I live a street away from a school and never have to fear I'll hear shots and screams, wails and weeping.
By God and gun regulations, I'll take it!
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I would submit that people are mad and scared. Saying their claims are dangerous or blocking them doesn't make them less mad or scared.
IMO, we are all looking for solutions to this madness. People feel helpless and it is hard to see substantive changes/reversals happening that are so desperately needed for many right now, not in the future, Today.
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I understand what you are saying about misinformation/disinformation. I truly do. Fox, Republicans, and those spreading bots are much more dangerous imo than an individual. Yes, we can block them, that's everyone's right. Just trying to say that not every voice of descent is lying or dangerous.
Thank you for all you do, Tony. I have been following you for quite a while. Appreciate the opportunity to say my piece. 2/2
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