Attention Right Wing Trolls: This post is for you……you are welcome!
Just gotta post my thought…..you see the trolls are waiting for the term “gun reform” to appear so they can start up the bullshit machine and attack. So here it is….your chance awaits……..
The latest gun violence in Oregon has everyone running for the gun shop to spend money they do not have because they believe that someone has the power to take their guns or control how many they can have……that aside….the conversation is once again about some sort of reform that can help prevent some of the violence….please notice I said “some of the violence”……..
Of course the NRA has rolled out their campaigns that have been on a shelf since the last major killing spree…….we will be bombarded with the drama that is not real…….there is NO one wanting to take all your guns! If you believe they are…then you are an ignorant TOOL!
Sorry people but there is some logical answers….just NO one will listen because they have the NRA in their ear filling that empty space in their heads with bullshit.
For instance…..the super long shot for the Democratic nomination is Martin O’Malley…..he presented a plan that is sound……
The plan requires all gun buyers to receive a “fingerprint-based license and complete safety training with a waiting period, in addition to passing a background check.” O’Malley’s campaign said he implemented a similar program in Maryland.
O’Malley calls for extending the same requirements to private sales by requiring all sales to be completed through licensed dealers.
He wants to ban anyone younger than 21 from purchasing guns and would set up federal safety standards for gun storage.
He would also oppose any attempt by Congress to impose a federal concealed carry law and would propose greater protections for women by closing the “boyfriend loophole,” ban guns for those subject to an emergency restraining order and “disarm those convicted of committing domestic violence.”
The plan further calls for establishment of a national firearms registry, a mandate that all lost or stolen firearms be reported to law enforcement and a ban on the sale and distribution of “assault weapons.”
For a detailed look at O’Malley’s plan, click here.
A simplified version of the O’Malley plan for those that cannot read without moving their lips…….
My plan starts with expanding safeguards to all gun purchases, whether from a licensed dealer, online posting, or private sale. Under my plan, a background check would be required for each and every gun purchase. And every person seeking to purchase or transfer a gun would have to obtain a fingerprint-based license, including completing safety training and a waiting period. Without such protections, it will remain far too easy for criminals to legally buy guns.
My plan will also cut gun violence by focusing on the largest purchaser of firearms: our government. By adjusting federal procurement policies, the federal government can encourage both gun manufacturers and dealers to prevent trafficking and violence, while spurring innovations that improve gun safety. This means requiring agencies to purchase only cutting-edge guns, such as those that have hidden serial numbers that cannot be defaced.
I can hear most of the argument against this plan buzzing around my head…..and I know that this will be an unacceptable choice for most of the gun enthusiasts…..but to me it makes sense and does not impede my right to buy guns and own guns…..
Is it the answer to the problem of these no brain assholes that have to kill someone….no, not really…..but it is a plan that makes sense and protects people’s 2nd amendment rights……
It always amuses me that there are so many the take the 2nd word for word…….but the 1st is open to interpretation…..
All I can say to the trolls waiting in the wings…….CALM DOWN AND……BITE ME!
Any reform about guns coming from any source … politician or God Himself …. is forbidden territory for those who shoot up with gunpowder or who have a separate bedroom for their guns or who insist on having a loaded gun in bed with them so they can concentrate on it during their most amorous moments.
Some sanity needs to prevail…..a silly notion I know but it is needed….
but from that sector there is none to be had as can be seen in the way they govern things when idiots elect them.
Very true…..
I am neither a gun control advocate, nor a right wing troll, as you know. But, I see more than just a couple things wrong with this, completely aside from just about all of it being, well, not what the Constitution’s authors intended.I’ll just mention two…
A) What I read DEFINITELY impedes a citizen’s ability to own a gun. Plus, with so many restrictions for the acquisition process, what of citizens who don’t fit into the necessary boxes that will be created. The boxes are already implied in the above. Some of us just don’t fit in a box; does this make us not a citizen who can own a gun? The Constitutions authors wrote what they intended very clearly, as you know: “Congress shall make NO laws” to impede a citizen’s right to own a gun, and “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
Period.
B) Once you allow these regulations, the usual corruption already present in those bureaucracies will make it harder, as they establish their own regulations to “serve more efficiently.” Plus, who will have oversight of those who make decisions about questionable applications? Will they not have their own agendas? (Again, the very idea of an application, with required licenses, etc, is not Constitutional… there’s a period at the end of the sentence, remember). Are those people going to be qualified to judge who and who cannot own a gun? Read some Thomas Jefferson to see what he had to say about that. Or Tom Paine. Or Washington, for that matter.
The problem is NOT the guns, ffolkes. The problem is human nature; in my opinion, that means there IS NO rational solution to this question, as long as people are focused on the white elephant. People need to take responsibility for their nature, instead of giving in to their ignorant fear, generated by propaganda and people with their own agendas….
I don’t own a gun; never have. If I need one, I will get one, from somebody who has one, because I am not afraid of the gun, and will deal instead with the person. Simple as that….As Spock would say “Simple logic”
Okay, that’s my rant for today…. Good post amigo….
gigoid, the dubious
No plan will ever be perfect……some where there is a workable plan…..assault weapons need to be left to the military….if one wants to shoot them then may I suggest the military we have enough wars going on so they can shoot a bunch…..I have a problem with the 2nd…I do not believe that it is being read correctly….we are taking it word for word yet other amendments are open to interpretation….like the 1st……the gun industry and the NRA have Americans believing their crap….chuq
I agree we don’t NEED to own assault weapons, but, the police have them, and I don’t trust them a whit. Also, the FF’s warned us against having either a professional army, AND professional police; they wanted the people to form the basis of those, on a voluntary basis. We didn’t follow that advice, either…
Most of the NRA idiots are just that. But, there are also a lot like me whose objection is that nobody is paying enough attention to human nature, and how THAT is what needs to change… guns and their use are just complicated rock throwing. We need to find a way to get people to NOT want to throw rocks to get what they want, or out of fear… The ignorance of self is deadly…
gigoid