🇺🇸 Discussion: Guns, The Second Amendment, NRA - Part II

[MagnarTheGreat]

USA Today - Hunter Biden indicted on federal gun charges for allegedly lying about drug addiction
Hunter Biden had been scheduled to plea guilty to misdemeanor tax charges and enter a pretrial program for a gun charge in July, but a judge refused to accept the deal.

ABC News - Hunter Biden's lawyer says gun statute unconstitutional, case will be dismissed

Forbes - Hunter Biden Indicted: How The Supreme Court May Have Thwarted His Gun Charge

NBC News - Some gun groups are reveling in the charges against Hunter Biden

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[MagnarTheGreat]

I’ve warned for years here and elsewhere that drones can used to carry guns and explosives and bombs as we are seeing in Ukraine and Russia now.

Scripps News - Massachusetts lawmakers want to keep guns out of the hands of robots
The lawmakers said it would be the first legislation of its kind in the country, if passed, and would help protect citizens from harassment.

 

[squeekness]

My state wins again! (At least for now. Not sure this will last.)

 

[Mike5575]

My state wins again! (At least for now. Not sure this will last.)

I don't know. I could see laws keeping guns out of the hands of robots as having broad support. That is until robots are given personhood status.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

78-year-old allegedly shoots, kills neighbor who was trimming trees along their property lines

A 78-year-old Florida man allegedly shot and killed his neighbor who was trimming trees along their property lines, authorities said.

abcnews.go.com

 

[squeekness]

78-year-old allegedly shoots, kills neighbor who was trimming trees along their property lines

A 78-year-old Florida man allegedly shot and killed his neighbor who was trimming trees along their property lines, authorities said.

abcnews.go.com

Americans are too trigger happy to be owning weapons.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

US judge strikes down California ban on high-capacity gun magazines

A federal judge in California on Friday declared that state's ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition unconstitutional, saying it violated the Second Amendment rights of firearms owners.

www.reuters.com

Everyone who supports this should be required to clean up the bodies from mass shootings.

'Tradition' is a nonsense justification invoked to prevent any kind of change for the better.

 

[Teelie]

We're talking about a right back when you still had to load a bullet musket by hand every time you wanted to fire it. And it took a minute or more between loading. But no, we're going to bull**** cite the Constitution on any form of adhering to that era.

 

[squeekness]

US judge strikes down California ban on high-capacity gun magazines

A federal judge in California on Friday declared that state's ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition unconstitutional, saying it violated the Second Amendment rights of firearms owners.

www.reuters.com

Everyone who supports this should be required to clean up the bodies from mass shootings.

'Tradition' is a nonsense justification invoked to prevent any kind of change for the better.

I agree. It's easy to rule this way when the aftermath never touches you.

 

[Mike5575]

I agree. It's easy to rule this way when the aftermath never touches you.

Steve Scalise was literally shot at a baseball and it didn't change his mind on gun control. People who hold strong opinions on gun policy are more likely to double down than anything else if they become the victim of gun violence.

 

[Sithborg]

Steve Scalise was literally shot at a baseball and it didn't change his mind on gun control. People who hold strong opinions on gun policy are more likely to double down than anything else if they become the victim of gun violence.

His life was also saved by a gay woman, didn't change him championing anti-gay legislation.

 

[squeekness]

Maddening.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Troubling History of Gun Shop That Hosted Trump

He couldn’t buy a pistol bearing his likeness—but they have clearly bought into Trumpism.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Ten years after Sandy Hook tragedy, Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's most wide-ranging gun control measure since the 2013 law enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting takes effect Sunday, with proponents vowing to ...

www.dailykos.com

 

[squeekness]

Ten years after Sandy Hook tragedy, Connecticut enacts its most sweeping gun control law

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's most wide-ranging gun control measure since the 2013 law enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting takes effect Sunday, with proponents vowing to ...

www.dailykos.com

Nice! Hope more states do the same.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Washington Post - Guns are seized in U.S. schools each day. The numbers are soaring.

 

[squeekness]

The Washington Post - Guns are seized in U.S. schools each day. The numbers are soaring.

So many irresponsible gun owners not securing their weapons properly.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Remington Reportedly Made Deal with Call of Duty Maker to Market Guns to Kids

The gunmaker had big plans to market their rifles to young people through 'virtual gaming scenarios' while trying to avoid 'direct endorsement' of shooters.

gizmodo.com

Shooters: How Video Games Fund Arms Manufacturers

Simon Parkin investigates the murky relationship between arms manufacturers and the video game creators who license the use of their weapons.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Trump Said Shoplifters Should Be Shot, Part of a String of Violent Remarks (Published 2023)

Recent incendiary statements by the former president come at a time when his supporters are already angry over his indictments.

www.nytimes.com

GameStop employee fatally shoots shoplifter stealing Pokémon cards

Police say a GameStop employee shot a man in the torso who was stealing merchandise from a Florida store.

scrippsnews.com

Shoplifting should not be punished by summary execution by vigilantes or cops.

 

[squeekness]

Trump Said Shoplifters Should Be Shot, Part of a String of Violent Remarks (Published 2023)

Recent incendiary statements by the former president come at a time when his supporters are already angry over his indictments.

www.nytimes.com

GameStop employee fatally shoots shoplifter stealing Pokémon cards

Police say a GameStop employee shot a man in the torso who was stealing merchandise from a Florida store.

scrippsnews.com

Shoplifting should not be punished by summary execution by vigilantes or cops.

Agreed. It's hardly a capital offense.

 

[Teelie]

There are worse offenses people get away with all the time.

 

[squeekness]

There are worse offenses people get away with all the time.

Yeah, like tax fraud and trying to steal elections.

 

[InCali]

So.....another mass shooting. This time in Maine. The reporting says that 22 are dead and 50-60 injured. From what I've heard, he is a military reservist/firearms instructor with a history of mental problems and domestic abuse. If true......how does this happen? I'd do the Leslie Nielson "Nothing to see here" GIF, but I'm way, WAY too pissed off.

This Fing S*** HAS to stop. I'm sure Susan Collins' furrowed brow is as deep as the Grand Canyon.

 

[Sithborg]

Because the Supreme Courts wants to freeze gun laws to 200 years ago.

 

[squeekness]

No home is complete without an AR15!