Posted on 02/15/2018 7:09:16 PM PST by rogerantone1
With each mass shooting, calls rise from gun control advocates for tighter rules on firearms. The go-to policy prescription involves background checks. But a measure passed by the House and being considered in the Senate to expand the National Instant Criminal Background Check System would not only fail to fix major flaws in the system but would also probably introduce new ones.
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Whoa! Was this really written by the New York Times ?!
I’m surprised the NYT published Lott.
It was published by the NYT. Written by John Lott,who is pro-2nd amendment.
The NYT didn't write this. The NYT published it. The article was written by John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and the author, most recently, of The War on Guns.
The common thread to all of these school shootings was exposure to liberalism.
Look at a chart of mass shootings over the years and then mark the point at which God was removed from the schools and liberalism was substituted. And then you will have your answer.
Did you know that Cruz and Lanza were on psychoactive drugs according to family members and acquaintances? Holmes was on a psychoactive medication.
Some people shouldn’t possess firearms, at least for defined periods of treatment or drug addiction. Others shouldn’t possess firearms at all (obvious mental retardation, etc.).
background checks are important.
The problem to be solved is what to do with the mental cases on the streets - identify them and institutionalize???
Yes, the Founding Fathers were talking about sane people. Still, I worry that a Mrs. Bill Clinton might declare any and all conservatives as insane. One congresscritter already said that veterans should be prevented from buying guns because all veterans are "obviously" insane.
When are we going to demand the real reason = the the real criminals = are fingered?
Every one of us that don’t shout the truth from the rooftops is complicit.. The truth ad been out there for over two decades.
I sent links to all my reps - from my neighborhood all the way up to the WH.
Itg’e MONEY,POWER and
Will YOU take the time? We attack the truth now - or it will spread -
MONEY - POWER - POLITICAL AGENDA - with absolutely NO sense of guilt for the thousand of lives destroyed. EVIL - pure EVIL walks this land. WTFU.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhli0-kI3nU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo0iWh53Pjs
Gun violence? Do guns have little legs and run around firing themselves? Geez.
An opinion piece NYT can parade as a distraction from its perennial Leftism.
The judiciary wiping away the unconstitutional infringements of the second amendment is the answer.
Racist, bigoted, homophobic, knuckle dragging anti-Progressive! How can we make societal progress with primitive thinking like that?
/bitter sarc, because you're absolutely right, and this wouldn't have to even be said 40 years ago.
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That’s what I meant, sorry.
The fact that they let this reach their readers is astounding.
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