Posted on 08/12/2019 4:40:48 AM PDT by Kaslin
There are no sure solutions to mass attacks; one man with a weapon and motivated to kill is hard to stop. The rash of murders in El Paso, Dayton, Gilroy, and Chicago has delivered a wake-up call to a divided and angry America. There are no easy answers, but collectively searching for ways to make such attacks less likely is far more constructive than getting stuck in the current blame game!
It’s easy for politicians to get coverage by blaming President Trump’s supposed “racism” while ignoring their own hateful rhetoric. The president is no more responsible for the El Paso domestic terrorist than Bernie Sanders was responsible for his supporter who nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise at a Republican baseball practice or Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is responsible for her supporter unleashing carnage in Dayton. Whether fueled in part by environmental extremism or white nationalism, such views are just used to justify their hateful attacks.
President Trump has made it clear that improved background checks have to be a part of the plan. No one wants guns in “the hands of mentally unstable people or people with rage or hate.” He’s confident that Republicans and Democrats can find a bill they can pass.
The president has also pointed to the dark web on the internet as “a dangerous avenue to radicalize disturbed minds and perform demented acts.” The El Paso killer’s manifesto was posted on 8Chan. The site was also used by the Christchurch killer and the San Diego mass murderer. Responding to pressure, the founder of 8Chan has already taken down his site.
President Trump is also open to the controversial “Red Flag” laws, also known as Extreme Risk Protection Orders. When evidence of a real threat is provided, he wants to expedite due process to take firearms from “those judged to pose a risk to public safety.”
Acknowledging how mental health plays a role, the president supports reforming our mental health laws to better identify mentally disturbed individuals who may commit acts of violence and to help them get treatment or authorize involuntary confinement if necessary. In many states, therapists are already required to report individuals who specifically claim to do harm.
There are more ideas worth considering. We should support aggressive and expedited application of the death penalty for mass shooters. Quick justice is a warning to those considering attacks.
He also has an executive action barring “bump stocks,”outlawing high capacity 100-round drum magazines and modifications that make rapid firing possible.
Most players of violent video games don’t kill anyone, but gaming companies should voluntarily tone down some of their more violent products that reward the number of kills. Parents should monitor and limit what youths play.
Media outlets should severely limit mentions of mass shooters' names and suppress images of their faces that gives them the fame they crave.
Target hardening is an obvious answer for schools, but it’s too costly and limiting for all public places.
Resist the temptation to establish “gun free zones” which marks such areas for easy targets for mass shooters. The Cielo Vista Mall and the Dayton eateries banned guns. Mass killers go to gun free zones where there is no one to return fire.
The Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. Let citizens who qualify carry weapons. In the 2017 Sutherland Springs shooting, Steven Williford used his automatic weapon to put two shots into the killer that day. If the killer had not been stopped, many more would have been murdered. It’s not the gun; it’s the people behind the gun that matter most.
Some politicians have “had enough about prayers,” but as Dostoevsky once observed, “If there is no God, everything is permissible.” In a nation filled with self-absorbed, isolated children and adults, there is a need for a religious revival.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick observed, “Everyone drops to their knees and prays after an event. Let’s start coming to God before the event so we don’t have to pray after the event. I will tell you after going to countless funerals, … I can tell you if it weren’t for their faith in God, these communities and these parents couldn’t get through. I don’t know how they do it without faith.”
President Trump said what all Americans should affirm and act on, "In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. The best solution requires individual intervention and social responsibility. Hatred has no place in America. … I am open and ready to listen and discuss all ideas that will actually work and make a very big difference.” If you see something, it’s your job to say something. When people do, let’s each join in to do our part.
Yea there is, everyone armed.
Democrats have no proposals except major pain of economic reversal and political loss of their minds.
Terry, you're a butt head.
There is not a politician out there who would not be happy to see the citizenry dis-armed.
The thing about gun control is that it is never about gun control.
Or be forced to hid their guns.
The solution is to throw enough Communists out of helicopters. That way they won’t be running the schools brainwashing kids and making them crazy, breaking up sound family environments, and otherwise relentlessly firebombing the institutions of society.
Of course. Gun control is always about a desire to murder the people from whom the guns are to be taken away.
Those who espouse it should be treated as aspiring mass murderers, because they well and truly are.
Wrong. The El Paso killer did not post to 8 Chan. He posted to Instagram and a third party reposted on 8 Chan. But Instagram is one of “their” websites.
I believe he's done this already numerous times and all it gets him is hate, hate, hate from the media.
Stop right there. Absolutely false and this is the deadly mistake we are making.
One man with a gun is in fact the easiest mass murderer there ever will be to stop. The solution is to rush him from every angle at the very first opening. a lone gunman can only shoot in one direction at a time, they can only look in one direction at a time and they can only move in one direction at a time. This means he is open to attack from every other angle. One man, even with a gun is no match for a crowd of people determined to take him down. The crowd will win every time. Ever wonder why you always see "stacks" of men on a tactical assault team going into any structure, even small buildings? One of the main reasons is it's impossible for one man or even two or three men to cover all the angles of attack. If just one police officer or even a navy seal enters a building alone they will tell you they can be ambushed and taken down VERY easily so the only defense is to have a team of men that can cover all the angles of attack. As I said one man can only cover one direction at a time and is otherwise wide open to be attacked from every other angle. This even includes attack from above.
So STOP with the irrational totally false premise that lone gunman are difficult to stop, they are not. This is only what the left and the uninformed want you to believe.
We have already had this demonstrated successfully several times but you don't hear much about it. Read about this man in Tennesee who demonstrated just how easy it is to stop someone with an AR15. He saved many lives and he acted alone.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/22/us/waffle-house-shooting-hero-tennessee/index.html
If everyone takes this mindset these mass shootings will end because the crazies will know they are going to be attacked and stopped. The other factor is the crazies love the idea they will terrorize people with fear, when they realize they are NOT feared they won't even try it.
“Steven Williford used his automatic weapon to put two shots into the killer that day.”
Williford was carrying an automatic weapon?
From the article:
Resist the temptation to establish “gun free zones” which marks such areas for easy targets for mass shooters.
The Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. Let citizens who qualify carry weapons.
In a nation filled with self-absorbed, isolated children and adults, there is a need for a religious revival.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick observed, “Everyone drops to their knees and prays after an event. Let’s start coming to God before the event so we don’t have to pray after the event. I will tell you after going to countless funerals, … I can tell you if it weren’t for their faith in God, these communities and these parents couldn’t get through. I don’t know how they do it without faith.” “
Faith and freedom are a must.
Well said, Terry Paulson and Lt Gov Patrick !
Armed guards at entrances to Wal Marts and big rowdy bars. Done.
That’s a good and decent man right there. Would that we had many more like him.
L
Excellent!
Sign:
This is a Gun Free Zone
(criminals welcome)
Sign:
Keep Off the Grass
(this is the shortcut)
Sign:
Returned Check Charge 5 Dollars
(we cash checks)
“Armed guards at entrances to Wal Marts “
Or just give the “greeters” guns. /s
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