I agree. Same with gun control. Im for it but I want emphasis on healthcare, education, regulation, fair progressive taxation, government services as part of a modern, functioning society. We lose these things and good luck on the rest. Moreso with foreign affairs.
Respectfully disagree on gun control. In the past few years we’ve seen things like constitutional carry, legalized bump stocks, legalized sawed-off shotguns, teachers carrying while on the job, gun-buyback bans, stand-your-ground laws being unequally applied to minorities, and probably a slew of other things I don’t know about. The problem, as usual, is the messaging. The GOP has been talking about gun confiscation for decades and it hasn’t happened anywhere. They talk about a “mental health crisis” but do basically nothing about that and even make it worse (pretty sure TX also is making it harder to confiscate an individuals guns for “red flags”).
The Democrats need to come hard with the facts. Guns are trafficked into blue states from red states, guns kill more kids than swimming pools or car crashes or fentanyl, buying a gun is easier than buying a car, turning 18 doesn’t make you responsible enough to handle military-grade weapons, AR-15s are not good home defense weapons, home invasions are incredibly rare and mostly happen because the perp thinks nobody is home.
Im not saying throw it out. Im saying if you don’t have education, healthcare, etc that its basically a side issue at that point because everything is so bad. We are waaaayyyy behind. Its like working on airbags when you don’t have seatbelts.
I agree. Same with gun control. Im for it but I want emphasis on healthcare, education, regulation, fair progressive taxation, government services as part of a modern, functioning society. We lose these things and good luck on the rest. Moreso with foreign affairs.
Respectfully disagree on gun control. In the past few years we’ve seen things like constitutional carry, legalized bump stocks, legalized sawed-off shotguns, teachers carrying while on the job, gun-buyback bans, stand-your-ground laws being unequally applied to minorities, and probably a slew of other things I don’t know about. The problem, as usual, is the messaging. The GOP has been talking about gun confiscation for decades and it hasn’t happened anywhere. They talk about a “mental health crisis” but do basically nothing about that and even make it worse (pretty sure TX also is making it harder to confiscate an individuals guns for “red flags”).
The Democrats need to come hard with the facts. Guns are trafficked into blue states from red states, guns kill more kids than swimming pools or car crashes or fentanyl, buying a gun is easier than buying a car, turning 18 doesn’t make you responsible enough to handle military-grade weapons, AR-15s are not good home defense weapons, home invasions are incredibly rare and mostly happen because the perp thinks nobody is home.
Im not saying throw it out. Im saying if you don’t have education, healthcare, etc that its basically a side issue at that point because everything is so bad. We are waaaayyyy behind. Its like working on airbags when you don’t have seatbelts.