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Post by onelasttime on Oct 28, 2023 20:18:32 GMT
Rep. Mike Thompson is my representative in the House. And unlike the current Speaker of the House who first said the country needed to pray away the evil then said the country was in crisis so now was not the time to talk about any legislation, he said this.
”18 killed, 13 injured, and a community left broken. The heartbreaking shooting in Lewiston is a reminder that gun violence plagues every community in our country.
The time for action on gun violence prevention is overdue. @speakerjohnson must step up and lead.”
As to the idea the current Speaker of the House “must step up and lead” good luck with that notion. Or better yet, don’t hold your breath.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 28, 2023 21:50:44 GMT
As Jen Psaki states, Johnson, even in a jacket, is far worse then Jordan
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Post by aj2hall on Oct 31, 2023 21:05:42 GMT
Excellent point about how the right to own guns consumes other rights - the right to speak, the right to assemble, the right to worship and the right to live. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/31/opinion/maine-mass-shooting-rifles-freedom.htmlFor many Americans, the right to own a gun is liberty itself — the very definition of what it means to live in a free country. But the question raised by the Maine shooting, and especially the lockdown that followed, is just how free that freedom is.
How free are you really when you know that a trip to the grocery store or a morning in prayer or a day at school or a night at the movies can end in your death at the hands of a gun? How free are you really when you protest on behalf of a cause you believe in and are met on the street by armed counterdemonstrators? How free are you really when state authorities have to lock down a city so that they can stop a mass shooter from striking again?
As Americans, we understand the ownership of guns as an individual right, but in so many respects it is an atomizing right. When given pride of place in our political lives, this particular right can cause the ties that bind society to fray. It can also consume the other rights we hold dear: the right to speak, the right to assemble, the right to worship and the right to live. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 31, 2023 21:53:58 GMT
As well they claim the right to kill us, particularly POC.....
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