| On “The 700 Club” today, televangelist Pat Robertson linked last night’s mass shooting in Las Vegas to a disrespect for President Trump, the national anthem and God. “Violence in the streets, ladies and gentlemen. Why is it happening?” he asked. “The fact that we have disrespect for authority; there is profound disrespect for our president, all across this nation they say terrible things about him. It’s in the news, it’s in other places. There is disrespect now for our national anthem, disrespect for our veterans, disrespect for the institutions of our government, disrespect for the court system. All the way up and down the line, disrespect.” “Until there is biblical authority,” Robertson continued, “there has to be some controlling authority in our society and there is none. And when there is no vision of God, the people run amok … and we have taken from the American people the vision of God, the whole idea of reward and punishment, an ultimate judge of all our actions, we’ve taken that away. When there is no vision of God, the people run amok.” http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/...espect-for-trump-the-national-anthem-and-god/ |
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The NRA is probably still feeling optimistic, is my hunch.
:rotfl: What do want to happen, what's your idea of fixing the problem of evil psychopaths that perpetrate mass killings?
I don't think you can legislate sanity. But I'm for making it harder for psychopaths or any mentally ill person to possess a firearm or the means to dramatically increase the lethality of semi automatic weapons. Congress apparently isn't. And that's a betrayal of the public trust. Or, business as usual in D.C.
Mitch "the Turtle" McConnell says that it's too early to talk about guns now...which is code for, "Let's wait it out, let it cool down, and let the NRA continue to run our show and stock our mini bars while we grind efforts aimed at making our constitutes safer into the ground."
What stumped him? Whether or not to consider making bump stocks illegal. Bump stocks, legal to sell and buy, are used to convert weapons to full automatic. He thought the Vegas shootings made that consideration inappropriate. You know, like when the Titanic sank and people argued considering safety measures for ships would be inappropriate considering...
What a piece of work is man...what a piece of something else is Congress.
And gun stocks are up. So not only is the NRA doing well, but bottom feeders are already gathering to make a quick buck off the dead.
Of mental illness, irresponsible gun use, or Congress being corrupt and in the pocket of big business?
It's supply and demand, it's not "making a quick buck off the dead." Guns are in demand
:idunno: That's one way to look at it I guess.
60% of Americans believe in the right to keep and bear arms. What could be done to prevent what happened in LVNV, but repeal of the Second Amendment, or at least an amendment that amended the Second?