Posted on 03/12/2026 6:27:47 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Gun control advocates do not just oppose civilian gun ownership; they also argue that guns in the hands of police make people less safe.
In January, a Border Patrol agent in Portland shot and wounded two Venezuelan nationals who belonged to the violent Tren de Aragua gang after they allegedly tried to run agents over with their vehicle. In response, Kris Brown, president of Brady United, tweeted the following:
“We don’t know the details behind the shootings of 2 people by a Border Patrol agent in Portland. But I know one thing for certain: whether in the hands of federal officers or everyday Americans, guns do not make us safer. Yet Trump is reshaping our country based on this lie.”
What were the Border Patrol agents supposed to do when an illegal alien with a criminal record tries to run over an agent? How are unarmed agents supposed to apprehend and detain violent gang members?
Currently on its website, Brady United explains: “Why Police violence is gun violence … As we work to tackle the gun violence epidemic in America, we cannot ignore police violence or its devastating effects.”
The same claim is made repeatedly by other gun control groups.
“Police violence is gun violence and that’s why our movement must be responsive as well,” declares Shannon Watts, president for Moms Demand Action.
“Police violence is gun violence,” proclaims Gabby Giffords, with the Giffords Law Center.
These last two statements are from 2021 and 2020, so their opposition to police having guns isn’t a new focus.
Gun control groups sometimes openly acknowledge their goal of banning all guns. In a 2023 interview with Time magazine, for example, Gabby Giffords – who heads the Giffords Law Center – answered a question about her goal by saying: “No more guns.”
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
what I notice is that every gun killing in many states involves arrests and questions of whether the person SHOULD HAVE DIED.
There seems to be an issue that all wrongdoing and violence must be met with minimal force... whatever that may be?
what I notice is that every gun killing in many states involves arrests and questions of whether the person SHOULD HAVE DIED.
There seems to be an issue that all wrongdoing and violence must be met with minimal force... whatever that may be?
LONG PAST TIME TO REOPEN THE MENTAL WARDS AGain
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If they did that Leftists would lose one of their most effective means, after letting in third world criminals, of terrorizing the US population.
Police violence is not gun violence
Leftist sloganeering.
They do it well.
Article needed a Repost.
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...The $1.5 million will allow Northwell Health’s Center for Gun Violence Prevention to provide training, technical assistance, coordination and support to the three participating providers: Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, and SBH Health System in the Bronx.
The program integrates voluntary firearm injury risk screening into emergency department visits for patients who are 12 and older, regardless of the reason for their visit. The screening is brief, confidential, and incorporated into existing clinical workflows. Patients who screen positive will be offered resources such as gun locks, secure storage guidance, lethal means counseling, extreme risk protection order support, referrals to community-based violence prevention programs, behavioral health and victim services...
In the Emergency Department...
And it's "voluntary". Oh, that should work real well.
So, did those hospitals receive money in return for their compliance unrelated to the $1.5 mil?
If so, how much?
And how is that $1.5 million being spent?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Screen positive.
Like firearms are some sort of disease or something.
I need to hear from Gabby Giffords like I need a hole in the head.
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