Posted on 11/12/2021 9:57:17 AM PST by rellimpank
--(snip)
"But while Nevada may not see many changes based on the Supreme Court case, we don’t have to look far to see the dangerous ramifications of sacrificing public safety on the altar of unregulated gun rights. Our next-door neighbor, Idaho, is among the worst in the nation in gun safety — a problem that was tragically illustrated when a gunman killed two innocent people at a Boise shopping mall on Oct. 25 before dying in a shootout with police.
The shooter was a convicted felon who was known to law enforcement. He’d been flagged by Idaho State Police on suspicion of illegally possessing firearms, and he’d had run-ins with police in Boise and the nearby town of Meridian while armed.
But as pointed out in a column by Scott McIntosh, the Idaho Statesman’s opinion editor, the shooter could legally own and carry weapons in Idaho despite his felony record. That’s because Idaho’s lax gun laws allow for gun ownership by individuals convicted of certain types of felonies, and the shooter’s 2012 conviction of theft was among them.
(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegassun.com ...
--apparently the buffoon writing this is unaware that possession of a firearm by one convicted of a felony is a federal crime--
Not this debunked BS again...
So there was one incident in Idaho. What a great ides to pass Illinois-style gun laws in Idaho so that they can have a few dozen incidents a day instead. Pure genius.
The “Wild West” or the “Soviet East”?
Guess which the Left prefers.
Most states do not enforce federal law, take marijauna for instance.
But doesn’t defunding the police and ignoring violence and arson lead to unregulated public safety? What do we do then?
You are exactly right, this has been debunked.
Texas went constitutional carry in September. No issues. No wild west. We have the guns and the population and none of the doom has happened. It never happens. The MSM keeps the same garbage going every time it comes up.
Returning to the wild west suits the arsonists and rioters just fine. Except when they try to kill Kyle.
The Wild West was tame compared to today’s Southside Chicago.
Nevada was awesome in the days before Californians crossed the Sierras like a horde of locusts. But at least now you can no longer swing a dead cat in Reno without hitting 5 hipster restaurants specializing in Kale.
They know they are going to loose in the Supreme Court.
More innocent people were killed by the FBI in Waco and Ruby Ridge than were killed in Bosie.
I have been of the opinion that all people should be able to carry all firearms openly all the time up to and including automatic weapons.
It would be a polite society.
Which place has more “gun violence”? Idaho...Chicago...Idaho...Chicago? Surely Chicago, with lots of gun restrictions, is safer. /s
This should be written to that fat careless libtard Baldwin for playing with guns and killing people 🤪
Idaho has one of lowest murder rates in the country.
The lawless west has been seen in Portland, Seattle, Chicago, New York, etc. When you allow rioters to assault and kill people, commit arson, loot and pillage, and won’t let police do their jobs, or hold any of the criminals responsible, you are the wild, Wild West, all over again.
I’d love a return to the Wild West. Where criminals were famous because there were relatively few that survived being shot by their would-be victims.
Where even felons got their Rights restored, and in some cases their guns returned to them, when their incarceration was done. No two-tiered Citizenship.
Where people were much more free from government interference and arbitrary capriciousness from government agents because everyone had at least one gun on the “Frontier”.
Yes... Most definitely... Let’s return to the “wild” West.
Wrong, in part... When there is true lawlessness... There is NOTHING to stop the good people from FIGHTING BACK.
What we have now in Portland, etc... Is Socialist driven chaos.
From the LVPD:
LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
MURDER STAT SHEET
01/01/2021 ‐ 11/05/2021
• 126 2021 Year to Date Murders
• 79 2020 Year to Date Murders
◦ This is a 59% increase
https://www.lvmpd.com/en-us/Documents/Statistics/Murder%20Stat%20Sheet%20110521.pdf
“Among the Worst in th3 nation” for “gun safety” !whatever that means?), and they cited 1 example of a shooting?
I woild venture that Chicago, or NY, or NJ etc, with far more strict gun laws is way worse! I see they didn’t bring that fact up
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