For Republicans, Inaction is the Only Action on Gun Violence

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1. Oh, I dunno. There's a new action-based narrative making the rounds among wingnuts. No more "thoughts and prayers," no more blaming video games or mental illness; the new narrative is about blaming diversity.

   Why does Switzerland have such a high incidence of firearm ownership yet such a low incidence of mass shootings, you ask? Well, see, it's because Switzerland is "homogeneous," i.e., full of educated, high-IQ white people. What's the problem with the U.S.? Well, see, the U.S. is "diverse," i.e., filled with ignorant, low-IQ non-whites.

   So the "action" required here is making America less "diverse" and more "homogeneous." This narrative goes well with the full-on Nazification of the GOP.

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   1. Well then, I guess there’s really only one workable solution left here . . . 

      . . . send ‘em back (all those white people unable to peacefully assimilate into our diverse culture) to Switzerland, and wherever else it was that they came from?!?

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      That or maybe adopt Switzerland’s weapons laws?

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Switzerland

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      PS — It might be helpful to remind these Einsteins that most Swiss fluently speak at least all four of the country’s official languages; none of which being ‘Merican English.

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   2. So they’re going to full on blaming the victims. If only those shoppers hadn’t chosen to be appearing to be Hispanic while shopping in Walmart, they’d be alive today.

      Words fail me for how obscene this is.  

      I went to church yesterday, because I needed the spiritual support. My Unitarian church did a “blessing of the backpacks” for all the kids who were there. I just lost it, thinking of all the little kids and families murdered while buying backpacks, crayons, pencils, etc…all with blooming hope and enthusiasm for a new school year. There weren’t many dry eyes in the house. 

      All we can do is speak, march , call, pray, protest, write. All we can do is all we must do.

      We have to pass red flag laws, enforce them, leaders must denounce white racism, license guns like cars, allow lawsuits against gun manufacturers, require homeowners with firearms to store them safely, require expensive insurance for assault style weapons. We may need more community resource officers and trained armed guards in schools, but shouldn’t ask or encourage teachers and other adults to be  the armed guards. There’s a lot that can be done with mental health and safe schools programs, that isn’t being done because of lack of funding. 

      Cory Gardner won’t vote for any of that, since he is bought by the NRA.

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   3. Hmmm, and yet most of the shooters are in fact poorly educated, low IQ white people. Does this mean that the republicons will now be coming out in full support of funding for public education?

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      1. How can you extrapolate low education / low IQ from the Mother Jones database? My quick and dirty count was about 70% white, 95% male mass killers dating back to 1982.

         Mental health issues, at least diagnosed known ones, are also not that common among the known mass murderers. Only about 30% (again, my quick and dirty count) had known psychiatric issues.

         But looking at the Dayton killer, which I finally did (and yes,Negev, he is a Democrat, per multiple reliable sources), he is the guy who was the bully in high school. He was the guy who had no close friends. He was the guy who hated women so much that he joined a "pornogrind" band which performs songs about raping and killing women. (Yes, apparently this is a known sub-genre of metal rock). And eventually, he was the guy who killed his own sister and eight other people at a popular bar.

         That guy? that guy, you don't want to allow him access to guns. Background check may not turn up anything, he may or may not have been institutionalized or had a restraining order against him, but somebody knew that this guy should not be allowed to strut around with an assault rifle. It's why we need red flag laws.

         I don't know what modern mental health practice can do to make sociopathic narcissists more normal and functional. But as a society, we don't have to give them weapons of mass murder.

          

          

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         1. Based on your data link it shows 115 mass shootings since 1982? Media shows 291 mass shootings this year. 24 of the 115 in your source show assault weapons (approx 20%) were used and 2 guns total  obtained via private party (1.7%)

            Probly great data for red flag law. For banning assault weapons and universal background check? Not so much as it seems you define "not so common" as about 30% or less. Just my down and dirty but I love your source. 

             

             

             

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2. Of course, the shooters in Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton were white.

   The victims, generally, were not.

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   1. That's not fair, d. Please do not confuse members of the American Nazi Party GOP with facts.

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   2. Most mass murderers are white. So are most of their victims. That’s just American demographics. Mother Jones has been compiling a database since 2012, covering mass shootings since 1982.  

      Us intelligence officials now recognize that domestic terrorism, usually perpetrated by armed white males who have been “radicalized” by extremist ideology, is a major national security threat. Six former NSC Directors are calling for domestic racially motivated and conspiracy-theory informed terrorism to be legally defined and resources directed to fight it. But with Trump’s cabinet in charge, it will be a tough sell no matter how much the bodies keep piling up. 

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