Isn’t everything now? . . . Is Gun Control A Feminist Issue? Here’s Why They Can’t Be Viewed Independently
Other mass shooters have followed similar patterns of misogyny or violence toward women. Quartz noted that the shooter in the second deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, at Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub, reportedly regularly physically abused his ex-wife. Slate reported that another mass shooter, James T. Hodgkinson, who attacked members of Congress during a baseball game earlier this year, was arrested in 2006 after punching a womanin the face, though his case was later dismissed. Newsweek also reported in 2014 that, during a mass shooting in Killeen, Texas in 1991, the shooter seemingly specifically targeting women, reportedly shouting, “All women of Killeen and [neighboring city] Belton are vipers!” as he carried out his attack.
Unfortunately, a history of misogyny and/or domestic violence and a propensity for gun violence seem to often go hand-in-hand.
Attention Wayne LaPierre . . . Why My Fellow Conservatives Are Wrong To Target Films And Video Games Defending Gun Rights
It’s a common (and, frankly, predictable) response from social conservatives trying to parry and deflect attacks on the right to keep and bear arms and it’s a clever rhetorical diversion often employed by my fellow conservatives while engaged in these television debates where they often find themselves grossly outnumbered by the panelists and usually the moderator.
But it’s an ill-advised tactic and they’re wrong in raising the notion that the First Amendment should be infringed upon for the sake of keeping the Second Amendment in tact.
We can think of a few more . . . 6 Reasons Your Right-Wing Friend Isn’t Coming To Your Side On Gun Control
I’ve seen my friends and colleagues on the Left side of the gun control debate dumbfounded at why Second Amendment advocates don’t seem to budge on their views after mass shootings. So I thought I would try my hand at explaining this phenomenon in the hopes that maybe more will be inclined to have a better conversation about guns and the Second Amendment in America. There are several reasons 2A advocates aren’t running to your side of the argument, and it might not be the ones you think.
“It’s crazy to think a bunch of gun nuts can go up against the US Army” . . . Yes, the Bubbas Can Beat Uncle Sam
It is not just our fecklessness. All great powers take into account the moral and manpower costs of implementing their rules and laws on a people. And an armed citizenry, especially if they seem to have a just cause to rally around, will dramatically raise the price of ruling them. The British Empire controlled one quarter of the world’s territory and ruled one quarter of the earth’s population in 1922. In that very year, they were forced to make an effective exit from the main part of their oldest colony, Ireland. Why? Because a determined group of Irish men with guns made the country ungovernable. The British technically could have deployed their entire navy, blockading the restive island, and starving any rebellion into submission. But they were unwilling to pay the moral price, or the price in blood. It was precisely this foreseeable event that had caused the British to ban Irish Catholics from possessing firearms hundreds of years earlier.
This is what happens to a disarmed populace . . . Olympian Michael Diamond’s gun convictions overturned
An Australian judge has quashed three firearms convictions against two-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Diamond.
The convictions in May had effectively ended the trap shooter’s career.
The charges related to the alleged improper storage of a gun and rounds in Diamond’s car. A judge acquitted him after questioning the legality of a police search.
Diamond, 45, is now eligible to reapply for his firearms licence and qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
All the really cool kids are developing one…especially those paid by the New York Times . . . The Gun-Ban Fetish
Americans, including Stephens, should be familiar with the disasters that befell Washington and Chicago after their gun bans. After Washington’s ban, the city ranked No. 1 or 2 in murder rate among the 50 largest cities for half of the next 30 years, and in the top four for two-thirds of that time. Before the ban, Washington had never been near that high. Chicago’s murder rate relative to other cities also soared after its ban.
Gun-control advocates will tell you that Washington and Chicago weren’t fair tests. They will point out that criminals could still get guns in Virginia or Maryland, or in Illinois or Indiana. That is true, but while it might explain why murder rates didn’t fall as promised, it doesn’t explain why murder and violent crime rates went up. After all, criminals could get these same guns before the ban. If it was so obvious to these advocates that the Washington and Chicago experiments were going to be failures, they should have let others in on this secret.
It’s always hard to defend government agencies in times of crisis; Their incompetence usually shines brightest when they are under pressure.
That said, given the known incompetence of government agencies in crises, how in the world could anyone expect them to give accurate timelines and facts?!
Part of the problem is US. The constant demands from the parasitical press, eager to give immediate ‘facts’ to the ghoulish, demanding-to-be-titillated public that PAYS the parasitical press, drive the less-than-competent government agencies to instantly produce ‘spokespeople’ who have no experience in PR and, in the case of a Sheriff or Undersheriff, have no real experience in much of anything related to real law enforcement or emergency operations save how to get elected.
I would personally prefer that there BE no ‘spokespersons’ immediately post-incident until the REAL facts are known, the timelines are completely verified, all witnesses are interviewed, and the things reported at press conferences are all verified fact.
Eventually, all that can be known will be known. Until that happens, nothing that any government official or ‘esteemed journalist’ reports should be taken seriously.
Are they even sure the shots were fired from the Mandalay? Was there a grassy knoll nearby?
So why did he stop shooting and kill himself then if the guard incident was before he even started shooting from the windows? Wasn’t there still ammo left unfired in the room?
Unless every gun was hopelessly jammed and/or he was out of ammo, with no immediate thread at the door why off yourself?
So as usual:
When seconds count, the cops are minutes away.
That of course didn’t stop them from claiming to have stopped the shooter, even though he was apparently dead before they got there.
Media and Anti’s narrative: Guns won’t save you, police will.
Reality: Even with Cops on scene… “Gotta wait for SWAT.”
Even when SWAT and Police are available, they wait for an hour or longer to breech mass shooters. There needs to be a reforendum on police in these situations. If the pigs can’t or won’t do their job, then why the hell are taxpayers money going to all those nice AR-15’s in squad cars now and why are we even bothering paying for SWAT teams ballistic vests, shields, and machine guns if they’re not going to do what they are PAID TO DO?
More answers to questions nobody was asking.
Doesn’t make sense. From what I’ve read the security guard was responding to a smoke alarm from all the smoke that accumulated in the room from the gun fire and was then shot. If he was shot before the shooting thing the reports have been wrong and begs the question why was the security guard on the 32nd floor to begin with and why has the narrative been wrong that the security guard stopped him from leaving. Which also doesn’t make sense because why would he go to the trouble of brining 20ish guns to his room just to leave them there. If our plan on hightailing it out of there you pack only what you need to travel light.
Damn dude, I have been struggling to figure out why the NRA took this position. Johannes, this is a brilliant and well thought out. If everyone would stop thinking with their b@lls and start thinking with their brains, this is perfect. Just look at the comments on this article, to figure out that the NRA just took the right approach.
I can’t speak to security in Nevada as my experience is in the state of Oregon but some of the same concepts apply. Note that in addition to state laws there is company level procedures and practices. Your standards for deadly force as armed security mirrors every other citizen and their is no blanket liability carve out like LEO enjoys. Until we know more specifically about what the security guard saw and when it doesn’t do any good to blame him. As a security guard if I am responding to a noise complaint and receive fire through a closed door I can almost guarentee you that I would radio for Police. 1, I have no idea what is on the other sude of that door hostages, bombs, multiple persons, suicidal person, etc. 2, my security company may only back me from a civil suit if I acted in accordance with with their security policy, that could be a multi million dollar lawsuit for someone who doesn’t make a whole lot. 3, even if from my position I can hear automatic weapons fire who am I, in all likelyhood is only carrying a pistol and maybe soft body armor, am I able to clear a room with an unknown number of assaliants, with unknown armament. No my priority is get the other people on that floor to safety for when police do move in, prepare for evacuation in event of a bomb, and coridinate all this information with the police. Does it suck, yes. Is it likely the best tactical situation I as a security personel could make, probably. Does acting like Rambo or Dan what his name actually help certianly not. Know your responsibility, help where you are profecient, stay out of the way if you can do neither.
I think they don’t like the union and they do not want to live by our laws. If this is so lets honor them to that fact. Now that we did that. California please take all of your representives out of Washington DC. You can no longer have a vote here on laws. Now be gone assholes.
“Toxic masculinity” is feminazi-speak for “all men must die.”
I’m amazed that Michael Moore can say a word with his lips wrapped securely around Harvey Weinstein’s dingus.
So security waits for police, police waits for SWAT, SWAT waits for the shooter to kill himself or starts killing a bunch of other people? Home of the brave?
I guess everyone needs to carry a gun because the wait time is deadly. I know people who attended that event. They are going to have to stay away from other public events or learn what to do during an attack and to have a gun close by.
Las Vegas doesn’t seem to have a good counter terrorist plan. No snipers for large outdoor events next to an airport? Parking lots next to fuel tanks? Armed security that doesn’t protect anyone other than themselves? Very slow SWAT response times? Not enough highly trained police with active shooter gear in their vehicles?
Government needs to remind me again why we should not have the human right to self preservation.
Huge caliber. Need a fanny pack
With all the cop hate in the article above this, I half expected the readers here to be jumping for joy.
Anyways, very sad.
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Moore’s Amendment is very Marxist just in its length and contortions.
The founders wrote elegant, short Amendments.
Just look at the length of the EU Constitution.
Yeah I bet she does think that. And just like any other neo-liberal coastal elite scum bag they also believe that the entire nation should act and think just like the she does.
Once again, we see how the 19th Amendment was a terrible mistake.
So weird. My cousin spent months and hundreds of dollars to get his carry permit in California
Impeachment is a political process but not necessarily a fair one.
If a party sets out that its policy is to impeach an opposing factions leader then it might eventually succeed. Tho it says a lot about that party and it’s lack of concern for the law or the nation it intends to rule.
The general public doesn’t like those who manipulate the political process and the consequence is often that the ones attempting impeachment on shallow grounds risk losing their own offices first.
The issue with revolitions and guerrilla warfare is the same as with jihad or any popular form of violent resistance. It’s something that governments can oppress on the small scale but it becomes more problematic as a movement grows. Governments just can’t sustain the cost of manpower it takes to keep a boot on everyone’s neck. The act of oppression fractured its own forces and destroys the economy that pays for the oppression.
If people feel that a political party is trying to unfairly influence the process, control the media, silence their viewpoints with censorship, and eventually turn to violence to keep themselves in power, then it just takes one bad incident to start a revolt that can’t be stopped.
Americans being armed means it’s unlikely any authority can simply sweep through and dominate. It gives the would be autocrat some food for thought.