American Scene

Thank the 'stable genius' for the continued gun violence from people with 'mental issues'

REMINDER: In February 2017, Trump quietly rolled back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illness to buy guns. It was one of the first actions he took in office.

Thank the gun lobby, the nra and republicans for the violence

Liberty Tree

The chief cause is ELWNJ indoctrination that warps the mind.

American Scene

karen is on her knees

Liberty Tree

You get the one for being most delusional.

Smedley_buzkill

What regulation was this, Skippy? Name and number. Or admit you are a liar.

American Scene

GFY multiple times

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

Can't provide it, eh? T***slation: You're a lying liar.

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

If you want the name and number, look it up yourself.. facts are facts..

read this..


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-signs-bill-revoking-obama-era-gun-checks-people-mental-n727221

Feb. 28, 2017, 7:36 PM CST / Updated Feb. 28, 2017, 7:39 PM CS

By Ali Vitali

President Donald Trump quietly signed a bill into law Tuesday rolling back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun.

The rule, which was finalized in December, added people receiving Social Security checks for mental illnesses and people deemed unfit to handle their own financial affairs to the national background check database.

Had the rule fully taken effect, the Obama administration predicted it would have added about 75,000 names to that database.

President Barack Obama recommended the now-nullified regulation in a 2013 memo following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which left 20 first graders and six others dead. The measure sought to block some people with severe mental health problems from buying guns.

Related: Assault Weapons Not Protected by Second Amendment, Federal Appeals Court Rules

The original rule was hotly contested by gun rights advocates who said it infringed on Americans’ Second Amendment rights. Gun control advocates, however, praised the rule for curbing the availability of firearms to those who may not use them with the right intentions.

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permafrost Loc: Minnesota

I tend to think many of the right wing posters on OPP have plenty of G-2. but they refuse to remember the facts that they do not like the be true..

good thread by the way..

Liberty Tree

How many actual assault weapons have been used in shootings the last five years?

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/policy-areas/hardware-ammunition/assault-weapons/

Assault weapons with large-capacity magazines have become the weapon of choice for assailants seeking to perpetrate mass casualty attacks for a reason. These uniquely dangerous firearms are equipped with features that facilitate mass shootings, and must be regulated accordingly.

Background
Summary of Federal Law
Summary of State Law
Key Legislative Elements
Assault weapons, especially assault rifles, are typically semiautomatic versions of weapons created for deadly battlefield purposes. They are designed and equipped with features that enable mass k*****g, including sustained, high-volume rapid fire shooting at large numbers of people in a short period of time. The availability of unusually dangerous weaponry like assault weapons and large-capacity magazines has fueled an alarming increase in high casualty mass shootings across the nation. Perpetrators of many of the deadliest shootings in modern American history—including in Las Vegas, Orlando, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Sutherland Springs, El Paso, Robb Elementary School, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Aurora, and Dayton—used assault weapons equipped with large-capacity magazines. These unusually dangerous weapons also expose law enforcement officers to heightened risk from gunmen wielding increasingly high-powered combat grade weapons on civilian streets.

In the absence of federal legislation regulating assault weapons, states must take it upon themselves to protect their residents from mass shootings by regulating or banning the sale and manufacture of these uniquely dangerous weapons.

BACKGROUND
MEMO: Regulating Assault Weapons under the National Firearms Act

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Assault weapons are typically a subset of semi-automatic firearms with features designed to enable shooters to repeatedly fire at large numbers of people quickly. They are a relatively new class of weapon—during the 1980s, the gun industry sought to reverse a decline in consumer demand for guns by developing and marketing new types of weapons based on high-powered military designs.1 Between 1994 and 2004, a relatively narrow federal assault weapons law placed some restrictions on the sale and manufacture of some “semiautomatic assault weapons.” This federal law expired in 2004. Though the US House of Representatives passed legislation in 2022 to renew and strengthen this assault weapons law, that legislation has not passed the US Senate and there is currently no federal law restricting the sale, manufacture, or possession of assault weapons.

Wounds caused by assault weapons are more severe and lethal than wounds caused by other firearms, and, particularly when paired with large capacity magazines, assault weapons can injure more people more quickly.

American Scene

People are being shot and k**led by a gun, so why does it matter what kind of gun is used?

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

People are being crashing and dying by cars in car accidents, so why does it matter what kind of car it is?

American Scene

It doesn't, but gunnuts whine and cry when a gun is called an assault weapon.

What difference does it make what kind of gun is used in the k*****g?