General Gun Violence/Gun Control

[Jinkasaurus]

In light of the recent shooting in Maine, I'm bumping this thread up.

 

[ilovewings]

In light of the recent shooting in Maine, I'm bumping this thread up.

Thank you

 

[Jinkasaurus]

I feel so sick each time one of these events happen. Disgust. Anger. Can't imagine being an innocent person living my life and within seconds its over and then my picture is shown at a press conference, only to be forgotten by most of the country within a few days at most.

 

[Stunned]

Not even a top headline anymore.

 

[Lexiintoronto]

In light of the recent shooting in Maine, I'm bumping this thread up.

Thank you, I was thinking of this thread.

I always wonder with each US shooting if it will be the one that is a turning point and changes will be made. I’m not sure what it will take.

In Canada we’ve had 4 mass shooting this year with a total of 7 deaths, 15 injured. But gun deaths themselves are on the rise. We have an assault-style weapons ban and now a handgun freeze. But we’re still looking for solutions, including improving access to mental healthcare, improving the economy in challenged areas, and controlling across-border weapons smuggling.

 

[musicaljoke]

Not even a top headline anymore.

Today's mass shootings don't even get a mention, 15 injured in Tampa, 9 injured in Indianapolis, 15 injured in Chicago.

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[MyBelle]

Thank you, I was thinking of this thread.

I always wonder with each US shooting if it will be the one that is a turning point and changes will be made. I’m not sure what it will take.

In Canada we’ve had 4 mass shooting this year with a total of 7 deaths, 15 injured. But gun deaths themselves are on the rise. We have an assault-style weapons ban and now a handgun freeze. But we’re still looking for solutions, including improving access to mental healthcare, improving the economy in challenged areas, and controlling across-border weapons smuggling.

I'm hoping the Maine shooting will be a real turning point and there will be federal gun legislation passed. The continuing refusal of politicians to pass common sense regulations has been a real eye-opener for those of us who want public safety protection whether it be for our children in school or families at a bowling alley.

JMO

 

[worm]

I'm hoping the Maine shooting will be a real turning point and there will be federal gun legislation passed. The continuing refusal of politicians to pass common sense regulations has been a real eye-opener for those of us who want public safety protection whether it be for our children in school or families at a bowling alley.

JMO

I have guns but absolutely no tolerance for guns hurting people. I’ve been thinking and telling locals that I know about how the constant fight against any suggestion of making gun use safer will blow up in gun owners faces (pun) when the ball on tolerating this nonsense swings the other way. I don’t know when but at some point this carnage will wear on society as a whole.

 

[MyBelle]

I have guns but absolutely no tolerance for guns hurting people. I’ve been thinking and telling locals that I know about how the constant fight against any suggestion of making gun use safer will blow up in gun owners faces (pun) when the ball on tolerating this nonsense swings the other way. I don’t know when but at some point this carnage will wear on society as a whole.

I think that "when" is finally arriving.
JMO

“The Damage Is Devastating”: Could Maine Be a Turning Point for Gun Reform?

Maine representative Jared Golden called for a ban on assault weapons, a reversal of his previous views, after a mass shooting left 18 people dead in Lewiston.

www.vanityfair.com

Representative Jared Golden had a B rating from the National Rifle Association last year—the highest mark of any member of his party running for the House or Senate that cycle. In Congress, he had cast votes opposing expanded background checks and against restrictions on assault weapons. But in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting in his hometown of Lewiston, the Maine Democrat had a new outlook: “I have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war like the assault rifle [suspected shooter Robert Card] used to carry out this crime,” a visibly emotional Golden said in a press conference Thursday. “The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure, which is why I now call on the United States Congress to ban assault rifles.”

“I ask for forgiveness and support,” he continued, “as I seek to put an end to these terrible shootings.”

 

[Kaley Smith]

Thank you, I was thinking of this thread.

I always wonder with each US shooting if it will be the one that is a turning point and changes will be made. I’m not sure what it will take.

In Canada we’ve had 4 mass shooting this year with a total of 7 deaths, 15 injured. But gun deaths themselves are on the rise. We have an assault-style weapons ban and now a handgun freeze. But we’re still looking for solutions, including improving access to mental healthcare, improving the economy in challenged areas, and controlling across-border weapons smuggling.

An average Canadian's comfort level with guns is extremely low compared to that of an average American's IMO. Until their mindset that guns make them safer changes, I don't think we can help them. We can only continue to make our own country safer from gun violence. When a mass shooting happens anywhere, there is a public outcry in Canada for more gun control; in the US there is an increase in gun sales.

 

[Lexiintoronto]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1718973855589442026

Canada cannot become complacent thinking there isn’t a gun issue here, imo.

Other peer countries are working to find solutions. It’s not just banning certain weapons that will solve everything, but it’s one step in the right direction, imo.

 

[ilovewings]

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1718973855589442026

Canada cannot become complacent thinking there isn’t a gun issue here, imo.

Other peer countries are working to find solutions. It’s not just banning certain weapons that will solve everything, but it’s one step in the right direction, imo.

As long as our politicians are beholden to the NRA nothing will change----

 

[ilovewings]

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1718973855589442026

Canada cannot become complacent thinking there isn’t a gun issue here, imo.

Other peer countries are working to find solutions. It’s not just banning certain weapons that will solve everything, but it’s one step in the right direction, imo.

Even if every mass shooter was deemed to be mentally ill, that is not the root cause of these mass shootings: Every country on earth has mentally ill people-- the problem would be mentally ill people with access to weapons of war--- take away the access to the guns and mentally ill people would not be able to carry out these horrific acts--- it is just common sense: the concept is simple but no matter how much blood is spilled, how many children are murdered- it is apparent that politicians, who live in ivory towers are unmoved ----so the killings will continue

 

[Stunned]

As long as our politicians are beholden to the NRA nothing will change----

This says it all.

 

[MyBelle]

As long as our politicians are beholden to the NRA nothing will change----

Hopefully, voter ballots will result in change. The availability of mental health resources and public safety need to become more of a priority.
JMO

 

[Stunned]

Hopefully, voter ballots will result in change. The availability of mental health resources and public safety need to become more of a priority.
JMO

Sadly, hasn’t mattered so far.

 

[MyBelle]

Sadly, hasn’t mattered so far.

Change takes time, but I am seeing progress. Americans are making their voices heard. We just watched a news report about the Senate's new bi-partisan mental health caucus. There is a mental health crisis in the U.S. and it needs to be addressed. Maybe that will be the way mass shootings will be addressed. I can only hope.
JMO

 

[Jinkasaurus]

Posting this here.
Interview with the director of The Violence Project, which maintains the most comprehensive database on mass shootings (defined by four or more people killed in a public place), and does research in this field.

You can listen to the interview or scroll down to read the transcript. Its published by the American Psychological Association (APA): https://www.apa.org/news/podcasts/speaking-of-psychology/mass-shootings

She discusses the most current research on the path to violence, the role of mental illness, the role of suicidality, access to guns, etc. in mass shootings.

 

[Betty P]

I think that "when" is finally arriving.
JMO

“The Damage Is Devastating”: Could Maine Be a Turning Point for Gun Reform?

Maine representative Jared Golden called for a ban on assault weapons, a reversal of his previous views, after a mass shooting left 18 people dead in Lewiston.

www.vanityfair.com

Representative Jared Golden had a B rating from the National Rifle Association last year—the highest mark of any member of his party running for the House or Senate that cycle. In Congress, he had cast votes opposing expanded background checks and against restrictions on assault weapons. But in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting in his hometown of Lewiston, the Maine Democrat had a new outlook: “I have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war like the assault rifle [suspected shooter Robert Card] used to carry out this crime,” a visibly emotional Golden said in a press conference Thursday. “The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure, which is why I now call on the United States Congress to ban assault rifles.”

“I ask for forgiveness and support,” he continued, “as I seek to put an end to these terrible shootings.”

Gerrymandering in states makes it very difficult. It makes it nearly impossible for voters to get rid of bad legislators. Scary times.

 

[Betty P]

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