On the bright side, at least they’re aren’t calling for a full gun ban for private owners
We can stop this American carnage
“WE’RE UNDER fire, we’re under fire. He’s got an automatic weapon,†was the report Saturday morning from one of the first police officers to respond to the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Minutes later, another officer radioed, “We’re taking on AK-47 fire from out the front of the synagogue.†Before the gunman was captured, four police officers were wounded and 11 people had been shot to death.
Once again, a piece of America had been turned into a war zone. Once again, the casualties were innocent people engaged in the rhythms of everyday life — this time, mostly elderly people practicing their religion. Once again, the question must be asked of what it will take — how many more mass shootings, lost lives and devastated communities — before Congress enacts sensible gun control that includes banning weapons designed for war.
War! As far as it can be determined, the rifle used wasn’t automatic, and you’d have to be an idiot to take a semi-automatic weapon to war. And you can do the same thing with the non-assaulty rifles that aren’t on their banned list
The slaughter of little children at Sandy Hook Elementary School should have been enough to persuade Congress to ban assault weapons and enact other common-sense measures. That it wasn’t is both tragedy and disgrace. The carnage that has followed — the Tree of Life shooting being the most recent — has unfortunately failed to stiffen the spines of national lawmakers. But voters next week will have the chance to send their own message. They should elect a Congress that will protect them by enacting long-overdue gun reform that includes getting weapons of war off America’s streets and out of its schools, theaters, churches and synagogues.
First, what other measures? They don’t say, being the final paragraph from the Editorial Board. Based on their previous talking points, universal background checks and stuff wouldn’t work. He passed multiple background checks. They note earlier in the screed “Mass shootings account for a minority of gun fatalities, but the use of assault weapons greatly increases the rates of death and injury as well as the severity of injuries.” Well, what of Chicago, a Democratic Party run city that often gets ignored.
Five were killed and dozens were wounded over the weekend, all from handguns. Six were wounded on Monday. This is the norm for Chiraq, er, Chicago. These are all illegal. Felonies. Just like using an “assault rifle”. Are we to punish all citizens, restrict their Constitutional Rights, for the actions of a few? That is a very, very slippery slope.
Read: Washington Post Super Excited To Ban “Assault Weapons” »
The same day a shooter opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue, loud car backfires rang out like gunshots during Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s campaign stop in front of Reser Stadium on Saturday.
Just 16 countries have set clear goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions that will allow them to match their ambitious pledges to tackle climate change.
Democrats are sounding growing alarms in the final push before the midterm elections that the party lacks the message it needs to combat President Trump and win back Democratic majorities in Congress.
It’s time to put an end to the heated partisan rhetoric about climate change and carbon taxes.
Spending 14 hours inside an airtight plastic cube with rapidly rising carbon dioxide levels left Kurtis Baute feeling a little loopy.
