“I do believe that our nation right now is experiencing an epidemic of hate,” Vice President Kamala Harris said during the memorial service for Ruth Whitfield.
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YES, WE "ARE" EXPERIENCING AN EPIDEMIC OF HATE. AND IT'S FOR ALL THESE FREAKS IN GOV'T.
WE THE PEOPLE "HATE" THIS DISGUSTING CORRUPTION AND WE THE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THEM HANGING IN PUBLIC.
THESE POLITICIANS "ACTING" IS PATHETIC PANDERING FAKE CRAP THAT WE ARE FED UP!!!!!!!
WE WANT TO SEE ARRESTS ……….HANDCUFFING AND HANGINGS
Oh now she shows up in Buffalo. May the decease forever more rest in peace.
The U.S needs to take tough measures on gun laws otherwise…
Shameless performance
Epidemic of hate. This is not new. Do something.
Guns should not be a partisan issue. No politicians should take money from the NRA or organisations lobbying for gun provision as a starter. Politics in America needs to change.
The number of deaths in 9-11 was 2996. Gun violence resulted in 45000 deaths in 2020. 10% were children or teens i.e. 4500.Within the numbers for adults, 65% of those gun deaths were the result of suicides, while 30% were from homicides. For teens and kids, those percentages are roughly flipped.
As a person with generally more Republican than democratic leanings, I resent the fact that preventing the death of children and adults by guns is a partisan issue. ** No politicians should take money from the NRA as a starter. Politics in America needs to change.
The number of deaths in 9-11 was 2996. Gun violence resulted in 45000 deaths in 2020. 10% were children or teens i.e. 4500.Within the numbers for adults, 65% of those gun deaths were the result of suicides, while 30% were from homicides. For teens and kids, those percentages are roughly flipped.
Restricting guns should not be a partisan issue and is only this because of NRA lobbying and political money given.
"I heard an NRA person saying that schools should have people trained with guns".
Then they will need checks in case they have sadistic leanings and what happens if someone doesn't show up and those people injure or abuse children.
"it was the mad person with the gun, not the guns fault."" The reporter correctly said that if the person didn't have the gun.. to which the guy interjected that shootings happen in gun free areas such as church.
The point was that obviously that if people did not have guns, the tragedy cannot happen. It tackles the root cause.
"The door was left open".
It wasn't the door that killed the children – it was the gun under the control of an 18 year old who just went and bought it with no checks whatsoever.
There is no need to walk around with an automatic or semi-automatic gun and high capacity magazine. never mind getting one with no background checks.
"Mental Health"
The US has far more gun deaths than anywhere else and I don’t think this is because they have more mental issues. It is about gun availability and access.
The unrestricted obtaining of the guns by an 18 year old or anyone is ridiculous.If politicians thought of the children as their own things would be different.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41488081
America's gun culture – in seven charts
Comparison of the US compared with the rest of the world
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/03/24/980838151/gun-violence-deaths-how-the-u-s-compares-to-the-rest-of-the-world?t=1653600317394
Mass Shootings
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data/
https://time.com/6170864/cause-of-death-children-guns/
New England Journal of Medicine, firearm-related deaths went up by 13% between 2019 and 2020. However, firearm deaths for people aged 1-19 increased by a massive 30%. In total there were 45,222 deaths as a result of gun violence in 2020, the research letter says. Around 10% of those deaths were children and teens. Within the numbers for adults, 65% of those gun deaths were the result of suicides, while 30% were from homicides. For teens and kids, those percentages are roughly flipped.
The NRA should not be allowed to fund and corrupt the politicians.
I note that some politicians argue that they agree with pro-life when it comes to abortion and not pro-life of children.So is it that those politicians are happy for the baby to become a child and then ..? I do not think so if it was their child.
"The NRA argue that it is not the gun, but the person."
Well then can I have hand grenades , missiles and nukes to protect myself.
"RAising The Age"
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/182679.pdf
According to a study by the U.S. Departments of Justice and the Treasury, the age at which persons most often commit homicide is 18, with those ages 18 to 20 accounting for 22 percent of homicide arrests. Firearms are used in 86 percent of all homicides, and the rise in homicides from the middle 1980’s through the early 1990’s can be attributed largely to firearm-related homicides.
"Background checks"
The NRA just said it was the person and not the gun. So background checks are justified.
This boy killer may not have been prevented by background checks but may have been, and may have made people aware of his mindset or put him off getting a gun. He should never had access to a (semi)automatic weapon.
The fact that background checks should occur would prevent people with serious problems from harming themselves or others. Do you need an automatic gun and a high capacity magazine?
"Bruh you realize we can’t even ban drugs how are we gonna ban guns Lmao"
Most people who use guns recreationally will not be willing to go against the law and illegally order one and get a criminal record which may affect their life and put them in jail. Most people would not want to buy one illegally off the streets.
"Types of gun -You will make it illegal to own guns"
That is not the aim.
There is no justification for having semi/automatic guns in the community. Never mind the right to hold one. I have been educated as I was told an AR-15 was used and I was silly as I did not know it was semi-automatic.
I did not know it was AR-15 and just heard automatic. The point is that it can fire 46 rounds per minute and kill/injure lots of children/people/policeman very quickly.
https://checkyourfact.com/2018/02/24/fact-check-ar-15-bullets-a-second/ According to the Bushmaster AR-15 manual, the firearm has a maximum effective rate of 45 rounds per minute
https://usarmorment.com/pdf/opmanual.pdf
Can be easily converted to a fully automatic weapon.
Role of AR-15 in mass shootings:
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/26/1101274322/uvalde-ar-15-style-rifle-history-shooter-mass-shooting
"Criminals don’t obey the law"
This boy was not previously a criminal. As the figures indicate in adults a large number of the people commit suicide.
In children, it is homicide that causes the deaths. I have included a reference to mass shootings. Look it up.
Wikepedia says The motive for mass shootings (which occur in public situations) is a defining feature in that they are usually committed by deeply disgruntled individuals seeking revenge or payback for failures in school, career, romance and life in general and uses the reference
Bjelopera, Jerome P. (March 18, 2013). "Public Mass Shootings in the United States: Selected Implications for Federal Public Health and Safety Policy" (PDF). CRS Report for Congress.
Note the number of suicides in adults. They are likely not criminals looking to hurt other people.
By restricting guns it will be harder for the criminals to get hold of guns. Reduced circulation of guns may be done by possible compensation, and a temporary amnesty period for holding certain types of gun, or to time to get a license.
"They will get guns through the dark web"
Why is death through guns less common in other countries then? They have a dark web also.
"Guns are needed for protection"
Another argument is that the guns are needed to protect yourself. Literature shows that guns are seldom used for protection.
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602143823/how-often-do-people-use-guns-in-self-defense
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/gun-threats-and-self-defense-gun-use-2/
"It is my constitutional right"
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The constitution was written in the 1700s. There should not be militia. It mentions arms not guns. Can I please buy some nukes and missiles then?
So, I have been educated. Have you?
Politics
Donald Trump after the school shooting talking to children said time for change had come and it wasn't going to be just talk.
(see https://youtu.be/Je-89pC2YYw 'Fix it!' – Florida shooting survivors meet Donald Trump and urge him to change gun laws). He said their would be action and then changed his mind. He was thinking about votes and money.
Having had sympathies for Trump when he came to power, I have none now. I thought him having money meant he would not be swayed by lobby groups. I was wrong. He promised children he would do something after the shooting 3-4 years ago. He did not. He received financial support from the NRA in his election campaign – see below.
Trump did nothing.
I listened to Abbots re looking at the causes and taking action/not just talk just as Donald Trump did 3-4 years ago. He said he wasn't responsible for rule changes. He went on to dismiss background checks with the reason being that they don't always work.
Money from NRA
https://elections.bradyunited.org/take-action/nra-donations-116th-congress-senators
https://fortune.com/2022/05/25/nra-contributions-politicians-lobbying-gun-rights-groups-record-2021-ted-cruz/
https://fortune.com/2019/08/21/how-much-did-nra-contribute-trump-campaign/
Abbot-
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/16/texas-constitutional-carry-greg-abbott/
TEXAS LEGISLATURE 2021
Texans can carry handguns without a license or training starting Sept. 1, after Gov. Greg Abbott signs permitless carry bill into law
CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/firearms/fastfact.html
Public research
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/13/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/13/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/
https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-violence-statistics/
https://everytownresearch.org/report/gun-violence-in-america/
whiteophobia needs to be illegal and stopped
USA is unique we have colored people politically correct idiocracy plus white-phobias sells well to colored people
What are you talking about? Just word salad and buzzwords but actually not doing anything. Cool got it
Lol
How?
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
Well VP Harris,,,, 19 children were murdered in school,,, again. The good guys with guns said they did not act because they were scared. Next week I expect to hear your same speech on another mass school shooting. Useless. Keep your thoughts and prayers and get us gun laws.
"I do believe that our nation right now is experiencing an epidemic of hate," Vice President Kamala Harris said during the memorial service for Ruth Whitfield.
Says the party that continually divides us based on race, wealth and gender.
Hypocrite
Yes, I've seen it. Well, it's the valley…those clowns all think that they are above the law. You probably still know best from your time as general attorney in San Francisco.
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kamala is a white phobic racist
promoting whiteophobia
Great entertainment. Hope he is released!
These comments are so hateful. All of y’all being negative can go to hell tbh.
It is a show as your government wont do anything about guns
This will be the one that changes it all.
Her hate has caused far worse!
Civil society? A civil society doesn’t kill their unborn children.
Suprised she didn't start giggling