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Post by Merge on Mar 29, 2024 23:32:09 GMT
Today was just the first day of visitation for the fallen officer. There are more hours tomorrow. Also, while security was needed before the Radio City Music Hall event, the event itself did not start until 8 pm, hours after the visitation today. And the Radio City Music Hall event was likely planned months ago. That really seems like a stretch to try to blame President Biden for fellow officers not being able to attend. This isn't directed at anyone specifically, but a lot of the grumbling about the event from conservatives sounds like jealousy. President Biden is bringing in tons of money in donations, he's supported by fellow Democrats who are good surrogates for him and will be campaigning for him. In comparison, Trump is isolated and his campaign is hemorrhaging money. They're spending money on his mounting legal bills faster than they can bring it in. Trump hawking $60 bibles will only get them so far. Only 4 out of 44 of Trump's former advisors supported and endorsed him. No one is jealous of biden. Trump just made Billion S this week. He'll be okay. Not to mention, the "Broke Don" nickname from the Left is desperate, incorrect, and frankly sounds like ACTUAL jealousy. Not to mention it's projecting their intention to take away all of his money. Their words and actions just SCREAM jealousy. Billions? Selling bibles? Why isn’t he out doing actual campaign events then? Why does he need RNC campaign funds to pay his legal bills? Why couldn’t he pay his appeal bond? |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 29, 2024 23:36:32 GMT
I stand corrected on the only 1 person had a gun. Corrected to 7 people arrested for having a gun. One of which was locked in his car somewhere else and another who wasn't even there when it was happening. It was a terrible day and should not have happened the way it did. I still think it was not "an armed insurrection" or the majority would have had firearms. Only 1 person was shot. An UNARMED protester shot by Capitol police and no one shot back. I don't believe that would have happened if they had showed up actually looking for an excuse to violently overthrow the government. Cassidy Hutchinson, who gave her Katie Britt like testimony of AGAIN what someone ELSE supposedly told her happened in The Beast? Her testimony that was debunked by the driver himself? I don't believe anything she has to say. They planned and constructed a gallows and noose. Do you really think they had peaceful intentions when they were shouting "Hang Mike Pence"? A man shouted execute the traitors! Does that sound peaceful? Where did you see me say they had peaceful intentions? Quote where I said that. |
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Post by aj2hall on Mar 29, 2024 23:37:23 GMT
Hillary and those who accept their election loss dont get their own people arrested while fabricating Russia Collusion Hoaxes. Not even remotely the same. You're making another false comparison, false equivalency. Here's a list of Trump's lawyers who have paid fines or faced disciplinary investigations and actions for trying to overturn the results of the election while working for Trump. Trump and his lawyers were unethically and illegally trying to overturn the results of the election. www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/03/28/trump-attorney-john-eastman-recommended-for-disbarment-here-are-all-the-former-presidents-lawyers-now-facing-consequences/John Eastman: Eastman had 11 charges filed against him by counsel for the California State Bar stemming from his efforts to challenge the election results with Trump, with a judge recommending Wednesday that he be disbarred and sanctioned $10,000 for his post-election efforts—which comes after Eastman was already among the Trump allies who have been criminally charged in Georgia for helping Trump try to overturn the election.
Jenna Ellis: The Colorado Supreme Court publicly censured Ellis for violating rules that attorneys must not “knowingly [engage] in any [noncriminal] conduct that involves dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation,” with the attorney admitting in court she had made “misrepresentations” while representing Trump after the election that were “reckless” and had a “selfish motive.” After Ellis was criminally charged in Georgia (and got a plea deal in the case), the Colorado State Bar said in January it was investigating her again.
Sidney Powell: A judge dismissed an attempt by the Texas State Bar to discipline Powell in February after the bar alleged Powell’s post-election efforts had violated rules for professional conduct, though she now faces a separate disciplinary investigation in Michigan after being sanctioned for her post-election lawsuit in that state. After advising Trump and bringing her own post-election lawsuits in four states, Powell also still faces defamation lawsuits from Dominion and Smartmatic, a reported federal investigation into her organization’s fundraising arm and was criminally charged in Georgia, though she later reached a plea deal.
Rudy Giuliani: Giuliani, who led Trump’s post-election efforts, has already had his law license suspended and proceedings are under way to determine if he should be fully disbarred; he’s also been sued for defamation by voting machine companies Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic and was criminally charged in Georgia. The attorney was also ordered to pay $148 million to Georgia election workers whom he defamed, which resulted in Giuliani declaring bankruptcy.
Jeffrey Clark: Former DOJ attorney Clark, who aided Trump’s post-election efforts from within the agency, faces charges from the D.C. Bar, which filed a complaint against him in July 2022 and kicked off legal proceedings that are now being heard in court this week. He was also criminally charged in Georgia.
Kenneth Chesebro: The attorney, who is described as the architect of the Trump campaign’s “fake electors” scheme—in which GOP officials in battleground states submitted false slates of electors to Congress claiming Trump won—was criminally charged in Georgia, though he took a plea deal right before his case went to trial.
Alina Habba: Habba, who’s representing Trump in many of his post-presidency legal battles, has been sanctioned multiple times in Trump’s failed lawsuit against Hillary Clinton; she was first ordered to pay with her co-counsel $50,000 in sanctions and $16,274 in attorneys’ fees to one defendant in the case, and she and Trump were then sanctioned in January for nearly $1 million payable to Clinton, her campaign and other Democratic operatives.
Cleta Mitchell: Mitchell, who participated in Trump’s phone call in which he urged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn the state’s election results, resigned from her law firm Foley & Lardner in January 2021, saying she left the firm due to a “massive pressure campaign” against her from the left to oust her over her associations with Trump.
Other Georgia Attorneys: Attorneys Ray Smith and Robert Cheeley were also indicted as part of the Georgia case against Trump and his allies, after Smith worked on behalf of the Trump campaign in Georgia and Cheeley pushed false claims of election fraud at a legislative hearing in the state.
Pending Complaints: Ethics complaints urging state bars and disciplinary boards to investigate attorneys have been filed and remain pending against multiple Trump lawyers who aided his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Mitchell and Boris Epshteyn, though court records show another complaint against Trump attorneys in New Mexico was dismissed. |
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Post by aj2hall on Mar 29, 2024 23:40:56 GMT
Are you referring to Michael Sussman who was acquitted? apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-hillary-clinton-john-durham-presidential-elections-59158f83bd6a9159b420f2b04848b77fNot remotely the same as the 10 lawyers (so far) who were investigated, indicted, disbarred and faced other disciplinary actions for helping Trump try to overturn the results of the election. Trump made a lot of false statements about Russian involvement in the 2016 election. There is plenty of evidence that Russia did interfere and try to help get Trump elected. Russia's motivation is obvious, especially in light of Trump's recent statements regarding withdrawing from NATO and his willingness to allow Russia to take over European countries www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-panel-finds-russia-interfered-in-the-2016-us-electionWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump campaign’s interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a “grave” counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded Tuesday as it detailed how associates of Donald Trump had regular contact with Russians and expected to benefit from the Kremlin’s help.
The nearly 1,000-page report, the fifth and final one from the Republican-led Senate intelligence committee on the Russia investigation, details how Russia launched an aggressive effort to interfere in the election on Trump’s behalf. It says the Trump campaign chairman had regular contact with a Russian intelligence officer and says other Trump associates were eager to exploit the Kremlin’s aid, particularly by maximizing the impact of the disclosure of Democratic emails hacked by Russian intelligence officers.
Among the more striking sections of the report is the committee’s description of the professional relationship between former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik, whom the committee describes as a Russian intelligence officer.
“Taken as a whole, Manafort’s high-level access and willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services, particularly Kilimnik, represented a grave counterintelligence threat,” the report says.
The report notes how Manafort shared internal Trump campaign polling data with Kilimnik and says there is “some evidence” Kilimnik may have been connected to Russia’s effort to hack and leak Democratic emails, though that information is redacted. The report also says “two pieces of information” raise the possibility of Manafort’s potential connection to those operations, but what follows is again blacked out. |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 0:04:31 GMT
A reminder that, no matter what the right wing says, violent crime in NYC is substantially down year over year. Likely due in part to the efforts of NYPD. A reminder that you claimed "even though those same 17% of Americans that “say the CRIME problem in their local area is extremely or very serious.” SEE NO ACTUAL EVIDENCE TO THAT EFFECT. Fun fact: If they enforce federal immigration law AT THE BORDER, the only people here, are here with permission to be here and won't have to worry about being deported. And if they're not here with permission they SHOULD be worried about being deported. Which is what even the Left agreed with until social justice warriors threatened them with cancelation for not agreeing with their extremist claims. Obama |
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Post by aj2hall on Mar 30, 2024 0:17:45 GMT
They planned and constructed a gallows and noose. Do you really think they had peaceful intentions when they were shouting "Hang Mike Pence"? A man shouted execute the traitors! Does that sound peaceful? Where did you see me say they had peaceful intentions? Quote where I said that. If not armed and not peaceful, what would you call it? Plenty of Republicans have attempted to whitewash and revise history, downplayed the violence, falsely blamed Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Antifa & the FBI, called the insurrection peaceful, just like a normal tourist visit etc. You've been echoing other Republican falsehoods about Trump's attempts to overturn the election and the insurrection. I just assumed since you were arguing that it wasn't armed, you were arguing the counterpoint - that it was peaceful. Trump lied and said it was an insurrection caused by Nancy Pelosi. |
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Post by onelasttime on Mar 30, 2024 0:23:38 GMT
Hillary and those who accept their election loss dont get their own people arrested while fabricating Russia Collusion Hoaxes. How do you know Russia Russia Russia was a hoax? We know Russia tried to interfere in the 2016 election. That Russian guy Putin blew out of the sky admitted it and said Russia would continue to do so before he was killed. Our intelligence community found evidence that they were. President Obama told Putin to “cut it out”. When Mueller started his investigation he was specifically told not to investigate trump’s finances. Investigation 101 is “follow the money” so why was Mueller told specifically not to investigate trump’s finances? The potential obstruction of Justice charges listed in the Mueller Report that involved trump mostly had to do with stopping the investigation into Russia Russia Russia. If trump had nothing to hide why did he do things to stop the investigation? We’ve had 46 presidents and none have sought total immunity until trump. So why does trump feel he as president has to have it? I mean if the framers felt a president should have total immunity they would have put it in the Constitution and certainly wouldn’t have included Articles of Impeachment as a way to “check” a sitting President. Bottom line we don’t know if Russia Russia Russia was a hoax or if trump is indeed Putin’s puppet. I mean trump is just plain dumb. But he excels at being a con artist. Which is why I have always wondered why trump fixated on NATO. I mean I was surprised he even knew who/what NATO is. Then Putin let it be known how he see’s NATO as a threat to Russia and it all made sense why trump keeps wanting to pull the US out of NATO in order to weaken NATO. Enough so members of Congress, including Republicans, were working on a bill that would require the sitting President to get Congress’s approval to pull out of NATO. You can continue to call Russia Russia Russia a hoax but the simple fact is we don’t know if it is or not. And that’s because an in depth investigation was never “allowed” to happen. Especially involving trump. |
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Post by aj2hall on Mar 30, 2024 0:26:42 GMT
If we're back to the borders, if they're so unsafe, why is to OK to wait more than a year to do something? President Biden does not have the authority to fix things, we need immigration reform. Trump, Mike Johnson and other top Republicans are all on the record saying that we need congressional action. The Republican excuse for inaction during Trump's presidency is that congressional reform is necessary. The Republicans just voted against a border security bill. After insisting on it and negotiating it, they voted no because Trump wanted to campaign on the issue. The bill was not bad, it had a lot of what Republicans wanted and the Democrats made a significant number of concessions, especially in regard to dreamers. So, the border is a crisis that requires Congressional action but Republicans just voted against a comprehensive bill and are willing to wait at least a year to solve it. Which is it - a crisis that needs immediate attention or something that can wait at least a year? It can't be both.
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 0:34:55 GMT
Are you referring to Michael Sussman who was acquitted? No. |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 0:38:53 GMT
He was invited. Let me translate that into English for you. They WANTED him there. Trump spoke for exactly 2 minutes. Outside, just before leaving. Where was his respect for police when his supporters were beating and tasing them at his direction outside the capitol? Your support for him is pathological. Get help. Back up your statement. Where is your proof that Trump was directing people to beat up and take the police? |
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Post by Merge on Mar 30, 2024 0:46:22 GMT
Where was his respect for police when his supporters were beating and tasing them at his direction outside the capitol? Your support for him is pathological. Get help. Back up your statement. Where is your proof that Trump was directing people to beat up and take the police? He knew they were armed because his driver told him, sent them to the capitol, and told them to “fight like hell.” Then he sat there and watched them happily for hours before his advisors made him call them off. While also telling them they were very special, of course. You’d have to be pretty stupid to think he was urging peaceful protest or was opposed to anything they did. His thugs there certainly knew exactly what he meant. As I said, pathological. |
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Post by aj2hall on Mar 30, 2024 0:46:35 GMT
No one is jealous of biden. Trump just made Billion S this week. He'll be okay. Not to mention, the "Broke Don" nickname from the Left is desperate, incorrect, and frankly sounds like ACTUAL jealousy. Not to mention it's projecting their intention to take away all of his money. Their words and actions just SCREAM jealousy. Billions? Selling bibles? Why isn’t he out doing actual campaign events then? Why does he need RNC campaign funds to pay his legal bills? Why couldn’t he pay his appeal bond? Exactly. All of this. If Trump is so wealthy, why did he need more time or the bond reduced? Why is he depending on the RNC to pay his legal bills and fund his campaign? If he has all of this money, shouldn't he pay for his own campaign and help other Republican campaigns? The Biden campaign is in a much better position. Financially, the DNC and Biden's campaign both have plenty of money in the bank. They raised more in a single night than Trump did in the entire month of February. Biden's poll numbers are going up, he made lots of campaign stops and he has lots of great surrogates willing to support him and campaign for him. Trump is isolated, almost none of his former advisors will endorse him or campaign for him. Former President Bush and Dick Cheney do not support him. Trump has almost no one to help him campaign except for his idiot children and his campaign is broke. Trump is pushing away Haley supporters and many moderates and independents have said they will not vote for him if he is convicted. The DC election interference trial will most likely take place in September-October, so all of his actions to overturn the results of the election will be fresh in people's minds. Trump will be busy with his legal problems from now until November and right now, his campaign doesn't have enough money to fund travel or events. He's playing golf and bragging about winning a championship at his own course. Trump's fines are a direct result of his own actions. That's how the legal system works when you're convicted of fraudulently evaluating your properties and defaming a woman. |
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Post by aj2hall on Mar 30, 2024 0:51:09 GMT
Are you referring to Michael Sussman who was acquitted? No. Then who? As far as I know, Sussman is the only lawyer for Clinton who was charged with something. And he was acquitted. Which one of Hillary's lawyers has been charged with trying to overturn the results of the election? Trump has 10 lawyers right now who have been investigated, charged, fined, disbarred or had disciplinary action taken against them for trying to overturn the results of the election. |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 0:51:22 GMT
Trump showed up. Biden didn’t even give enough of a crap to even speak to the family, much less show up for them. Your understanding is wrong. I don’t think so. GOP candidates fight against increased background checks, red flag laws, and other common sense measures. rollcall.com/2023/11/01/republican-spending-bill-would-block-gun-background-check-rule/And Trump showed up for the opportunity to make it about himself. Nothing more. Stop fooling yourself. Missing from that article is anyone reaching out to the gop to get their reasoning. Not reporting on the why is not good journalism. The only thing Trump said about himself was that "he's honored to be here." |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 0:54:12 GMT
He absolutely did condemn the actions. I even provided a video of him condemning their actions.  After his advisors forced him to do so. His initial response was to sit back and watch them with glee. And now he consistently refers to them as political prisoners who should be pardoned. That's your interpretation. Nnevertheless, the claim is "which he has never done." Don't move the goalposts now. |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 0:55:42 GMT
No one is jealous of biden. Trump just made Billion S this week. He'll be okay. Not to mention, the "Broke Don" nickname from the Left is desperate, incorrect, and frankly sounds like ACTUAL jealousy. Not to mention it's projecting their intention to take away all of his money. Their words and actions just SCREAM jealousy. Billions? Selling bibles? No. |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 0:58:29 GMT
Hillary and those who accept their election loss dont get their own people arrested while fabricating Russia Collusion Hoaxes. Not even remotely the same. You're making another false comparison, false equivalency. Nope. Apples to apples. |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 1:04:26 GMT
Where did you see me say they had peaceful intentions? Quote where I said that. If not armed and not peaceful, what would you call it? Not armed and not peaceful.  That's where you went wrong. |
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Post by onelasttime on Mar 30, 2024 1:21:04 GMT
Today on Fox News about the Wake. Sometimes without meaning to those on Fox actually speak the truth. The Recount… ”The thing people in Middle America love about Donald Trump ... he comes as he is. He doesn't try to wear blue jeans and cowboy boots and try to be one of us.” — Fox's Tomi Lahren slams Biden for holding a high-priced fundraiser while Trump attended a wake for an NYPD officer ”The fact that Joe Biden didn't change his plans to make an appearance, knowing that Donald Trump was going to be there, to me, that's pretty brazen. You have the opportunity to show up, even if you are just doing it for optics, and he chose not to.”
I don’t know, maybe it was the way I was raised but if one goes to a funeral or wake its to honor the person no longer with us. It’s certainly not “just doing it for optics”. And there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that is the only reason trump showed up was for the optics. He could care less about the officer who died, he saw it as a way to benefit himself by pretending he cared. x.com/therecount/status/1773772112240791615?s=61&t=j45uMgNk1i8O0YllKF58nw |
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Post by aj2hall on Mar 30, 2024 1:23:33 GMT
Missing from that article is anyone reaching out to the gop to get their reasoning. Not reporting on the why is not good journalism. The only thing Trump said about himself was that "he's honored to be here." No. Did you actually read the article? While it didn't address that bill specifically, the article did include the GOP's reasons for opposing gun safety regulation. It's always the same standard lines - we need to protect 2nd amendment rights. Guns are not the problem. Now is not the time. What they left unsaid is obstruction and their intent to prevent President Biden from claiming any legislative success. Once again, in the aftermath of a mass shooting, the moves highlight how far apart America’s two major political parties are on how to respond to mass gun violence, with Democrats calling for action and stronger firearm laws while Republicans say the solution is not gun control.
The language in the revised “C-J-S” bill is the latest sign that House Republicans will take a different track from some of their colleagues in the Senate, who said last week they were open to restarting bipartisan talks in response to the Lewiston shooting.
In his first interview after winning the gavel last week, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News “the problem is the human heart. It’s not guns. It’s not the weapons.” Johnson said it was not the time to consider additional legislation and his party was united around protecting Second Amendment rights.
The moves are part of a broader strategy to use this year’s appropriations process to go after the ATF and target gun policy from the Biden administration.
The new version of the spending bill, expected to get a House floor vote later this month, includes an array of conservative policy riders that are sure to garner ardent opposition from Democrats.
For example, one policy rider would block funding for the implementation of a Biden administration rule that toughens regulations on firearms with stabilizing braces, a device that’s been used in mass shootings and currently subject to numerous legal challenges.
Republicans added another rider to the bill aimed at making sure the ATF provides a certain amount of leeway to federal firearm licenses holders when they run into violations.
Specifically, the legislation’s intent is to make sure the bureau refrains “from revoking or suspending a federal firearms license for initial violations without at least first issuing a warning letter.”
In addition to the language included in the Rules Committee version of the bill, Republican members offered multiple amendments targeting the ATF, its director Steven M. Dettelbach or other rules passed by the agency.Republicans added another rider to the most recent spending bill, a rollback on background checks. Veterans unable to manage their own finances, who might be at risk of suicide, who have been "adjudicated as a mental defective" by the VA and who want to purchase a gun could have their case decided by a judge. The current law, in place since 1993, prevents veterans who are unable to manage their finances from purchasing guns and ammunition. rollcall.com/2024/03/06/gun-rider-injects-a-bit-of-uncertainty-into-spending-bill-vote/The gun-related rider would change current law in place since 1993, under which veterans who are unable to manage their finances and benefits are reported to the Justice Department for a background check. Once the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System sees that individual has been deemed incompetent by the Department of Veterans Affairs, they are barred from purchasing guns and ammunition.House Republicans framed the rider as a major policy win in the negotiations. However, some legislators and activists oppose the provision, which would allow veterans who have been “adjudicated as a mental defective” by the VA, and may be at risk of suicide, to purchase firearms.Republicans said the provision would give veterans due process before they are reported to the FBI and barred from purchasing and owning a firearm. Bost said the change in law was “long overdue” in a Sunday statement.
“No veteran should lose their constitutional right to bear arms simply because they need help managing their finances, and if they are a danger to themselves or others, a judge should make that decision — not a VA bureaucrat,” he said.Some Republicans are willing to admit that they're afraid gun safety legislation will hurt their chances of re-election. www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/us/republicans-gun-control.htmlWASHINGTON — The calculation behind Republicans’ steadfast opposition to any new gun regulations — even in the face of the kind of unthinkable massacre that occurred Tuesday at an elementary school in Texas — is a fairly simple one for Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota.
Asked Wednesday what the reaction would be from voters back home if he were to support any significant form of gun control, the first-term Republican had a straightforward answer: “Most would probably throw me out of office,” he said.
His response helps explain why Republicans have resisted proposals such as the one for universal background checks for gun buyers, despite remarkably broad support from the public for such plans — support that can reach up to 90 percent nationwide in some cases.Most Republicans in the Senate represent deeply conservative states where gun ownership is treated as a sacred privilege enshrined in the Constitution, a privilege not to be infringed upon no matter how much blood is spilled in classrooms and school hallways around the country.
“We don’t want to take away the rights of law-abiding citizens,” said Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, the No. 3 Republican, explaining why members of his party have no interest in imposing new regulations on gun purchases, even after the murder of 19 children and two teachers, the latest in a seemingly unending series of shooting massacres in the United States.
But as Republican voters have become more conservative, Republican lawmakers have dug in deeply against any notion that new strictures on gun purchases are an antidote to mass shootings. They say that such restrictions are unconstitutional, even though adult Americans would continue to have easy access to weapons purchases if they became law.
“It is a fundamental right for law-abiding citizens to protect themselves with firearms,” said the senator, who has an “A” grade from the N.R.A. “It is fundamental. It is exactly that. It is constitutional.”Republicans have been loosening gun regulations across the country. Republican led states are changing laws to allow permitless carry and passing laws to block federal enforcement. www.vox.com/23283057/gun-laws-loosen-mass-shootings-texasFor decades, the US Congress failed to make meaningful movement on gun reform in the aftermath of mass shootings. But that weak federal response has obscured another story: that state gun laws change after mass shootings. And a study found that, in Republican-controlled state legislatures, a mass shooting roughly doubles the number of laws loosening gun restrictions in the following year.Iowa apnews.com/article/des-moines-kim-reynolds-gun-politics-iowa-bills-1c22696b0ac134337b63e905df693a2fDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — People could buy firearms and carry a concealed handgun without first obtaining a state permit in the state under a bill the Iowa Senate approved Monday and sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds.
The bill was approved with only Republican support, and last week it cleared the House with the backing of only one Democrat.
The bill would eliminate current state permit requirements and the accompanying background checks that ensure the person obtaining or carrying a gun isn’t disqualified from ownership due to past felonies or abuses. The bill also eliminates firearms training now required to obtain a gun permit.
Scott Jones, a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association, has said Iowa’s current laws treat gun rights as a privilege and not a right. He said criminals already carry concealed guns without regard for the law so the bill improves Iowans’ right of self defense.
The Senate also passed a bill the House approved last week that would make it more difficult to sue a company that makes, imports, distributes or sells a gun for injuries caused by its lawful use unless it is proven defective. It also goes to Reynolds for consideration.
Since they gained control of the legislature in 2017, Republicans have chipped away at gun laws to make ownership and carrying weapons easier.Missouri www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article286278785.htmlMissouri Republican bill could shield ‘stand your ground’ shooters from lawsuits Missouri lawmakers are weighing legislation that would prohibit certain victims of gun violence from filing civil lawsuits against the perpetrator if the shooting was found to be justified in a criminal case. The bill, filed by Sen. Jill Carter, a Granby Republican, states that no individual can be found civilly liable for damages for conduct found to be justified under state law. This would include a 2016 so-called “stand your ground” law that allows people to use physical force to defend themselves.
North Carolina abc11.com/politics-override-veto-gun-bill-nc/13037334/RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate voted Tuesday to override Gov. Roy Cooper's first veto of the session on legislation to loosen gun restrictions, teeing up the House's first test of party unity under new operating rules.
The Senate voted 30-19 along party lines to revive a package of gun-access measures that would scrap a requirement that handgun buyers obtain a permit from their county sheriff, a policy that Republicans have said is redundant.
"What we're doing in this bill would not make individuals less safe," said Sen. Danny Britt, a Robeson County Republican and primary sponsor.
While Republicans have said the sheriff screening process to buy a pistol is no longer necessary in light of significant updates to the national background check system, Democrats contend that without it, criminals and people with mental illnesses could more easily obtain weapons.
They said the repeal would create a loophole as background checks are not mandatory for private gun sales or exchanges between individuals, which require only the sheriff-issued permit.Ohio ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/03/15/dewine-signs-law-removing-training-background-check-permitting-requirement-to-conceal-carry/Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law Monday removing training, background check and permitting requirements to carry a concealed weapon in Ohio.
Ohio is now the 23nd state in the U.S. with a permitless carry law, according to a count from the U.S. Concealed Carry Association. Several states including Iowa, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming passed versions of the law in 2021. Alabama signed the legislation into law just last week.
When the law takes effect in 90 days, all Ohioans aged 21 and older who are lawfully allowed to possess a weapon will be able to carry it concealed on their persons. Prior law required them to undergo eight hours of training, a background check, and an application through their local sheriff.
Sen. Terry Johnson, R-McDermott, the bill’s lead sponsor, said in a floor speech the bill is also in some ways a response to protesters “burning down their own cities” — a reference to racial justice protests that formed in the wake of a police officer murdering George Floyd during a stop in the summer of 2020.
Critics say the policy will enable undertrained and possibly dangerous or unstable people to carry a concealed weapon. Public health research has linked concealed carry policies to increases in violent crimes.Tennessee abcnews.go.com/US/tennessees-gun-laws/story?id=98156599Over the last few years, gun laws in Tennessee have become less strict after lawmakers approved legislation that removed requirements for permits and background checks.
Despite calls from local law enforcement, Republican lawmakers are now looking to loosen the state's gun laws even further, contending that gun owners' rights need to be expanded.
State lawmakers have introduced gun-related bills that would allow permit carriers to bring their weapons to college campuses and another that would allow school staff members to carry a handgun.Texas www.texastribune.org/2022/05/24/texas-gun-laws-uvalde-mass-shootings/
In the last two legislative sessions, Texas legislators have loosened gun laws, most notably by passing permitless carry in 2021,Florida and Nebraska apnews.com/article/state-laws-gun-control-mass-shootings-e81c79744e4835a75bcf92debbeee5cdAmong the states staying pro-gun are Florida and Nebraska, which have become the latest Republican-controlled states to let people carry a concealed handgun without a permit. Permits and usually a background had once been required to carry a concealed handgun in public in every state but Vermont. With the votes in Nebraska and Florida, 26 states have now repealed such requirements since 2011. Florida’s law takes effect July 1. Nebraska’s law takes effect Sept. 10.
Kentucky in April became the latest state to declare itself a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.” The bill, which became law without Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s signature, seeks to ban state and local law enforcement from helping enforce any federal laws or regulations enacted on guns, ammunition and accessories since Democratic President Joe Biden took office. Any officer who did so would be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to being fired. |
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Post by aj2hall on Mar 30, 2024 1:25:39 GMT
If not armed and not peaceful, what would you call it? Not armed and not peaceful. That's where you went wrong. Again, how would you define it? I made a reasonable assumption given your mostly lock step with Trump, other Republicans and their talking points. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Mar 30, 2024 1:35:52 GMT
Today on Fox News about the Wake. Sometimes without meaning to those on Fox actually speak the truth. The Recount… ”The thing people in Middle America love about Donald Trump ... he comes as he is. He doesn't try to wear blue jeans and cowboy boots and try to be one of us.” — Fox's Tomi Lahren slams Biden for holding a high-priced fundraiser while Trump attended a wake for an NYPD officer ”The fact that Joe Biden didn't change his plans to make an appearance, knowing that Donald Trump was going to be there, to me, that's pretty brazen. You have the opportunity to show up, even if you are just doing it for optics, and he chose not to.”
I don’t know, maybe it was the way I was raised but if one goes to a funeral or wake its to honor the person no longer with us. It’s certainly not “just doing it for optics”. And there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that is the only reason trump showed up was for the optics. He could care less about the officer who died, he saw it as a way to benefit himself by pretending he cared. x.com/therecount/status/1773772112240791615?s=61&t=j45uMgNk1i8O0YllKF58nwAnd I am sure he knew that it would look good for him to be there when Biden was having a major fundraiser that had been planned and advertised for months. |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 1:43:25 GMT
Hillary and those who accept their election loss dont get their own people arrested while fabricating Russia Collusion Hoaxes. How do you know Russia Russia Russia was a hoax? You can continue to call Russia Russia Russia a hoax but the simple fact is we don’t know if it is or not. Yes, we do. It has already been covered in this very thread. |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 1:48:35 GMT
If we're back to the borders, if they're so unsafe, why is to OK to wait more than a year to do something? President Biden does not have the authority to fix things, Yes, he absolutely does. Obama |
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Post by onelasttime on Mar 30, 2024 1:55:16 GMT
How do you know Russia Russia Russia was a hoax? You can continue to call Russia Russia Russia a hoax but the simple fact is we don’t know if it is or not. Yes, we do. It has already been covered in this very thread. That is your opinion. And I disagree with it. There was not a true investigation without “following the money” especially of a man who had multiple bankruptcies. That was not done because, once again, Mueller was specifically told not to investigate trump’s finances. How many think she will come roaring back and claim trump’s finances were not important in determining if trump was Putin’s puppet or not? |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 1:57:28 GMT
Back up your statement. Where is your proof that Trump was directing people to beat up and take the police? He knew they were armed because his driver told him, Who told you that? Where is your proof? That's a very common political statement, even from the Left. Someone who wants violence does not ask for 10,000 national guard in order to prevent violence.Someone who wants violence does not ask people to "go peacefully". |
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 2:01:59 GMT
Not armed and not peaceful. That's where you went wrong. Again, how would you define it? I made a reasonable assumption given your mostly lock step with Trump, other Republicans and their talking points. And you wonder why I highlight things.  |
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Post by lucyg on Mar 30, 2024 2:18:40 GMT
morecowbell said: “Trump showed up. Biden didn’t even give enough of a crap to even speak to the family, much less show up for them.” I know many, many families of law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. I don’t know a single one that has ever received a phone call, a visit, or attendance at the funeral by a president of the United States. You want to know why? It’s not their place. This is a community event and these are usually local or state officers. Their mayors, attorneys general, and governors show up. I’m sure there have been rare occasions when families heard from the president. Federal officer deaths, maybe 9/11 deaths, maybe some local officer’s death that that pig-monster Trump thought he could make political capital off of, like this last one. But it is not the usual standard, and the fact that you’re trying to turn it into some kind of a negative for Joe Biden is contemptible. Carry on. I’m sure you will.
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Post by morecowbell on Mar 30, 2024 2:20:04 GMT
Billions? Selling bibles? Why isn’t he out doing actual campaign events then? Why does he need RNC campaign funds to pay his legal bills? Why couldn’t he pay his appeal bond? Exactly. All of this. If Trump is so wealthy, why did he need more time or the bond reduced? Because it was excessive fines, no bond company had ever created bonds that large. And he only made more billions just this week. Not surprising, when it cost anywhere from $250 to $500,000 to get in and $100,000 for a picture with 3 presidents. Biden needed 2 other president's and the promise of a star studded evening. Don't kid yourself. Biden did not pull that money in on his own. He is not that popular. |
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Post by aj2hall on Mar 30, 2024 2:21:10 GMT
If you think Trump gives a crap about the officer in this case, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Trump showed up. Biden didn’t even give enough of a crap to even speak to the family, much less show up for them. Your understanding is wrong. Do you really expect the president to attend every funeral for a police officer that died in the line of duty? Tragically, 417 officers died in 2020 and 623 in 2021. Before this visitation, I don't think Trump attended any funerals for fallen police officers. He certainly doesn't deserve a medal for attending one funeral. Attendance at a single funeral does not signify that he supports the police. His praise of January 6 insurrectionists who wounded 140 Capitol police officers as hostages, political prisoners and patriots is in direct opposition to support for the police. So is his promise to pardon them. Trump's attacks on the FBI, federal law enforcement, the Department of Justice and his loosening of gun laws to expand gun access are not supportive of the police. And I think you're not paying attention to many Republican statements on guns and the 2nd amendment. Or the many Republican led states loosening gun laws. www.politico.com/news/2022/05/29/republicans-contrast-guns-brooks-kinzinger-00035860In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks said Americans feared losing their Second Amendment rights and that any changes to laws must not infringe on them.“If there are proposals out there that guarantee the rights of the American people to freely exercise their Second Amendment right to bear and keep arms then I’ll consider them,” Brooks told host Sandra Smith. “But if you’re talking about depriving people of their Second Amendment right to bear arms, well, first, it’s unconstitutional.”www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/25/us/gun-control-republican-senators.htmlMr. Johnson's office said, “The senator does not support HR 8, which would criminalize common exchanges of firearms and strip away the rights of millions of people while doing nothing to reduce gun violence. Universal backgrounds checks wouldn’t be universal. Almost 70 percent of prisoners who used a gun to commit crimes acquired firearms from black-market sources, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.”www.riversidecountygop.com/republican-issues-in-riverside-county/2nd-amendment-republican-party/We uphold the right of individuals to keep and bear arms, a natural inalienable right that predates the Constitution and is secured by the Second Amendment. Lawful gun ownership enables Americans to exercise their God-given right of self-defense for the safety of their homes, their loved ones, and their communities.
We salute the Republican Congress for defending the right to keep and bear arms by preventing the President from installing a new liberal majority on the Supreme Court. The confirmation to the Court of additional anti-gun justices would eviscerate the Second Amendment’s fundamental protections.
Already, local officials in the nation’s capital and elsewhere are defying the Court’s decisions upholding an individual right to bear arms as affirmed by the Supreme Court in Heller and McDonald. We support firearm reciprocity legislation to recognize the right of law-abiding Americans to carry firearms to protect themselves and their families in all 50 states.
GUN CONTROL IS NOT GUN SAFETY
We will never take away the natural right of self-defense from American citizens. We uphold the right of individuals to keep and bear arms as stated in the Second Amendment.
WE OPPOSE TAKING AWAY YOUR RIGHT TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY
We support constitutional carry statutes and salute the states that have passed them. We oppose ill-conceived laws that would restrict magazine capacity or ban the sale of the most popular and common modern rifle. We also oppose any effort to deprive individuals of their right to keep and bear arms without due process of law.
WE BELIEVE IN THE CONSTITUTION AND YOUR RIGHTS
We condemn frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers and the current Administration’s illegal harassment of firearm dealers. We oppose federal licensing or registration of law-abiding gun owners, registration of ammunition, and restoration of the ill-fated Clinton gun ban. We call for a thorough investigation — by a new Republican administration — of the deadly “Fast and Furious” operation perpetrated by Department of Justice officials who approved and allowed illegal sales of guns to known violent criminals.pence.house.gov/issues/second-amendmentI am pro-gun. Our founding fathers included the Second Amendment in order to defend our Constitutional rights against a tyrannical government and I will always protect this right. |
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