A Reasonable Compromise On Gun Control Part 2

By William Teach February 26, 2018 – 7:45 am

Back on January 9th, 2013, I wrote a quick piece offering some compromises on gun control. At the time, Democrats were pushing hard for gun control, in the wake of a few incidents and with Obama about to start his second term. Of course, they’re pushing hard for more gun control now, despite an almost complete failure of government at multiple levels to stop the Parkland school shooter. Apparently, there were at least 22 more calls to the Florida shooter’s school than had been disclosed by the Broward Country Sheriff’s Office (not sure why Buzzfeed calls Cruz “suspected Florida shooter”: he was caught and admitted it). Unsurprisingly, the calls for gun control, banning, and confiscation have led to record numbers of attendees to Florida gun shows.

Anyhow, in the spirit of compromise, I’ll again offer a few things, updated a bit

  • Reinstatement of the original 1994 Assault Weapons Ban
  • Ban the manufacture, sale, and transfer of magazines higher than 10 rounds starting the date the legislation passes
  • Require background checks on all weapons purchased at gun shows before the purchaser takes ownership of the weapon (the so-called gun show loophole)
  • Background checks would be required for all weapons purchases and transfers, including private and from family member to family member. If it has been more than two months since the last purchase, another check is required
  • No more than one firearm purchase at a time. No more than one per month
  • Ban private ownership of all automatic weapons, excluding those few who qualify for the the ATF stamp.
  • Ban bump stocks
  • Heavy criminal penalties for converting a weapon to automatic
  • An automatic 5 year sentencing extension any time a firearm is used in a crime, with no time off for good behavior
  • Allowing school employees to have access to firearms on school property and/or more armed security on campus
  • A national 7 day waiting period for the purchase of all handguns, 3 days for rifles (with a provision that in certain cases, such as someone who’s life is being threatened can get an immediate check and permit from law enforcement. Provided they pass the check)

In return I want

  • Ban all late term abortions (except in real cases where the mother’s life is in imminent danger, and the doctor must legally sign off on a specific, and legally binding, form)
  • Require parental notification for abortions for all women under 18
  • Require parental consent for all under 16 (which could be over-ruled by a judge)
  • Disallow all federal funding for abortion, including at Planned Parenthood. Want one? Pay for it yourself
  • Do away with all federal funding for operations that perform abortions
  • Require a 48 waiting period from the time a woman requests an abortion
  • All abortion facilities must adhere to medical facility guidelines. They should be at least as safe and clean as a veterinarian facility, should they not?
  • Yearly inspections of abortion facilities
  • Doctors against abortion should not be forced to perform them

I think that’s eminently fair, a nice compromise. What do you think? You liberals would be willing to put some common sense reforms on the abortion industry for some common sense gun control reforms, would you not? This is stricter than I offered back in 2013.

Of course, let’s face it, abortionistas won’t agree to any of this. Despite abortion appearing nowhere in the Constitution, unlike firearms and other weapons (why can’t I carry a sword around?), they feel that abortion is a Right, and there should be zero restrictions nor regulations on it. They’ve pitched massive fits over requiring an abortion facility to have medical standards. They do not even want inspections. Ever. Abortion on demand is the #1 commandment of the Democratic Party.

Realistically, for gun reforms, I’m actually good with everything except the first two, assault weapons ban and magazine restriction. I could compromise on the latter at 15, which would cover the vast majority of handguns which come with larger mags.

I’d also like to see New Jersey repeal it’s smart gun law, which has kept them off the shelves and limited research and development. If a proper smart gun could be developed that would work 99 times out of 100, and could fire at least a 9mm bullet, that would be great.

Lastly, I’ve mentioned this at times here and in comments at other sites, but, I’d like to see gun owners attend at least a quick training on the proper use and safety for firearms. This would be required for the very first purchase, and for every gun purchased every 4 years. And, it should be a requirement that people take and pass concealed carry classes to get that permit. It’s required here in N.C., but many states are really, really loose.

Anyhow, do you think the abortionistis would be willing to compromise?

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 25, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible carbon pollution snow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on Chicago’s continuing crime problem.

It’s girls in nature week!

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach February 25, 2018 – 8:59 am

Patriotic Pinup Jay Scott Pike

Happy Sunday! It’s a gorgeous day in America. The birds are singing, the squirrels are squirreling, and the U.S. won gold in Curling. This pinup is by Jay Scott Pike, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Raised On Hoecakes covers the use of logic and reason in the wake of Parkland
  2. The First Street Journal discusses the left and the 2nd Amendment
  3. Powerline features Devin Nunes responding to the Dems heavily political memo
  4. Yid with Lid covers the top 5 facts gun grabbers hate
  5. This ain’t Hell… is tired of the gun control lectures
  6. The Right Scoop has some info for all those drooling over the North Korean cheerleaders
  7. The Powers That Be Covers how the gun grabbers want to stop the next school shooting
  8. The Last Tradition features pistol packing women who refused to be victims
  9. The Daley Gator has your angry leftist of the day
  10. The Crawdad Hole notes CNN admitting that cops can’t protect you
  11. Pacific Pundit covers another one of Schumer’s super awesome Dreamers threatening to shoot up a school
  12. Moonbattery notes the word that moonbats want to ban
  13. Legal Insurrection has some interesting information from the Schiff memo
  14. Jihad Watch features a Muslim migrant polygamist thanking “Mama Merkel”
  15. And last, but not least, Gay Patriot notes the math symbol that had students freaking out and police searching a home

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page. While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list.

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Washington Post: Be Scared That Congress Won’t Do Anything About Guns

By William Teach February 25, 2018 – 7:55 am

First they tell us that the problem is only the scary looking assault rifles, so we have to Do Something. But, then they expose their true agenda. Here’s the Washington Post Editorial Board exposing the true agenda

Don’t be scared by NRA hysteria. Be scared Congress will do nothing.

IT WAS a stunning moment: The father of a 14-year-old girl killed in a mass shooting at her high school confronted a U.S. senator: “Look at me and tell me. Guns were the factor in the hunting of our kids in this school this week. And look at me and tell me you accept it and you will work with us to do something about guns.”

Those words from Fred Guttenberg at CNN’s town hall just seven days after his daughter Jaime (“the energy in the room ”) was one of 17 people murdered at a South Florida school were unnerving to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and we hope to other members of Congress. Finally they must recognize that there is a crisis of guns in this country, and that they have an urgent responsibility to do something about it. (snip)

The first step, as Mr. Guttenberg emphasized, must be to actually say what the problem is — and the problem clearly is guns. Yes, there are other issues at play, such as mental health and violence in our culture, and they too must be addressed. But troubled people and violent videos exist in other countries and yet only the United States is awash in gun deaths — from homicides, suicides, accidental shootings and the ever-increasing mass shootings.

There’s no other way to read this but that the WPEB is blaming guns, so, something needs to be done about them all. It doesn’t matter that Government at multiple levels utterly failed in the case of Nutjob Shooter Cruz in Florida, that the sheriff’s department failed to do their duty and go into the school, it’s the guns

To seriously confront gun violence — save lives and prevent injuries — there have to be fewer guns. We would start with banning the semiautomatic rifles that — along with large-capacity ammunition magazines — have become the weapon of choice of mass shooters

See? A ban on scary looking weapons and large capacity magazines are just the first things to do. The first things to start with. The WPEB offers some other ideas

Just as there is the expectation of responsibility and accountability for people who drive cars, so there should be for people who own guns. That means requiring registration, training and insurance.

Training sounds good. I’ve never had a problem with requiring that gun owners go through a training course for approval of a permit. But, registration? This is just a way for Government to know exactly which weapons you have, the better to be able to confiscate it. Insurance? That’s simply to make the cost of ownership so expensive that people cannot afford a firearm.

Other steps are needed. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives should be strengthened so it can do its job of regulating and tracing guns. Innovations should be encouraged that make weapons safer, such as improved gun triggers or smart guns. Laws should be amended to keep weapons out of the hands of domestic abusers. And research funding should be directed at determining what has worked in reducing gun violence.

Perhaps the WPEB could finally come out in favor of full investigation into the Fast and Furious gun running scheme by the Obama administration, which included BATFE. Get NJ to nullify their law on smart guns, and people would develop them. I’m actually all for studies on what works, because we’ll find that having people in gun free zones with guns tends to dissuade nutjobs, while massive controls and bans in places like Chicago do not.

Regardless, all these things are just steps to banning private ownership of firearms by citizens, leaving them in the hands of government.

BTW

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We Need Open Borders To Stop ‘Climate Change’ Or Something

By William Teach February 24, 2018 – 2:22 pm

Funny how the Cult of Climastrology’s dogma/talking points jibes so well with Progressive talking points, wouldn’t you say? Also funny how a news outlet, Al Jazeera, funded by fossil fuels (and with links to radical Islam) is pushing this

To stop climate change, we need to open borders

Europe is facing its biggest refugee crisis since World War II. What is new this time around is that many of the displaced are being driven from their homes by the destructive effects of climate change. And this is just the beginning.

As sea levels rise, swallowing island nations and swamping large parts of Bangladesh, and as droughts trigger  food shortages across much of the global South, the refugee crisis will only worsen. And we can expect that Europe’s right-wing parties will respond by doubling down on their already-potent anti-immigrant rhetoric with a push to seal off the borders. 

Pundits on the left denounce this as a craven, mean-spirited stance towards those who are suffering the most from our collective climate crisis. And they’re right: opening the borders to climate refugees is a matter of basic justice. We need to devise policies to ensure that all have the right to access safe and habitable parts of the planet we share.

But there is something more to be said here. An open border policy may also be the key to stopping climate change itself. 

Yes, and open borders allows a flood of hardcore jihadists from 3rd world shitholes into developed nations. Surprise!

The solution is simple, at least conceptually: open the borders. By tearing down the walls that separate the causes and consequences of climate change we can force a more honest reckoning with reality. Once the victims of climate change have the right to seek refuge in Europe and North America, it will obliterate the moral hazard of global warming. As rich nations finally start to feel the heat, so to speak, you can bet they’ll act fast, doing everything in their power to ensure that people’s home regions remain livable. Even if it means pushing for a new, more ecological, economic model.

Yup, nothing like letting the developed world be over-run by people who’s beliefs are stuck in the 10th Century to stop ‘climate change”, eh? This is what Leftists would call “intersectionalist”, as they are attempting to use Hotcoldwetdry as a means to get their hardcore buddies en masse into 1st World nations.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 24, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil plastic bottle of water causing drought and flood, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is American Power, with a post on American satisfaction with the nation.

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CNBC: You Should Totally Take Long Fossil Fueled Trips To Visit These Destinations Before ‘Climate Change’ Destroys Them

By William Teach February 24, 2018 – 10:30 am

One has to wonder if CNBC’s Helen Zhao really thought about this ahead of time

3 ‘last chance’ destinations drawing travelers worried about climate change

Some bucket-list trips may be more about anticipating the destination’s demise than yours.

Certain countries susceptible to climate change have seen a spike in travel interest over the past year, according to a new report from travel insurance comparison web site Squaremouth. People may be advancing their plans to see these places in all their current glory, they note.

The report is based on data Squaremouth collects when people input their destination and trip costs into the site to compare policies.

For example, interest in the Maldives — an island chain southwest of India that is fighting rising sea levels — jumped 68 percent from 2016 to 2017. In comparison, Squaremouth’s 20 most-traveled destinations saw an average increase of 15 percent in the same time period.

Nothing says “I totally believe in anthropogenic climate change which is mostly caused by fossil fuels and I’m Very Concerned” like taking long fossil fueled trips, eh?

Along with the Maldives, Australia has increased 25%, because people want to see the Great Barrier Reef before it bleaches out or something like that, because corals, which have dealt with much warmer seas (and higher sea levels) are super threatened (on Warmist computer models).

And then there’s Antarctica, up 17%. Talk about taking long fossil fueled trips to the ends of the Earth. Climahypocrisy lives.

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Heavy Majority Want Merit Based Immigration System

By William Teach February 24, 2018 – 7:21 am

The majority of 1st World Nations already have merit based immigration systems in place. Heck, many 2nd and 3rd world nations have the same. Nations would prefer that people who come in have skills, won’t be a drain on the nation, speak the language, and will assimilate

(Daily Caller) The vast majority of Americans prefer an immigration system which prioritizes immigrants who contribute to the U.S. over a family based system, a new Harvard-Harris poll finds.

The broad based U.S. representative poll found that 84 percent of respondents agreed with the statement that immigration policy in the U.S. “should be based on a person’s ability to contribute to America”. Only 16 percent agreed with the statement that it “Should be based on a person having relatives in the U.S.”

The lowest support for a merit-based immigration system was 69 percent among African-Americans and 75 percent held among self identified “Democrats” and “liberals.” Eighty-three percent of Hispanic respondents agreed with the statement posed.

The high muckety mucks in the Democratic Party and their special interest groups might be railing against a merit based system, but when 75% of self identified Democrats/Liberals agree with such a system, that’s pretty big. Why would we want to take in people who have few skills, do not speak the language, won’t assimilate, will go and live in their insular neighborhoods, and also demand that the U.S. change to accommodate the immigrant, all while having to be supported by the government and wanting to bring in more family members who will also not speak the language, won’t assimilate, etc and so on?

Of course, that is a double edged sword, since this would mean people coming in who would take American jobs. But, it also means that these are people who WANT to be Americans, rather than just bringing in large groups of people with low to no skills who have to be supported by the government. Realistically, we should do what has been done many times previously, and significantly limit legal immigration for a few decades in order to allow all those here now to assimilate.

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The System To Stop The Parkland Shooter Completely Broke Down, But Let’s Blame The NRA

By William Teach February 24, 2018 – 7:04 am

The Washington Post points out just how badly the system broke down. They note all the red flags and warnings

How a system built to stop the Parkland school shooter repeatedly broke down

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office received a call in November with an ominous warning: Nikolas Cruz, a troubled 19-year-old, was collecting guns and knives and “could be a school shooter in the making.”

It was one of at least four times local or federal authorities were contacted about such a threat linked to Cruz, including a tip the FBI received in January warning that he would “get into a school and just shoot the place up,” according to a transcript of the call obtained by The Post on Friday. Another tip to the sheriff’s office the previous year warned that Cruz “planned to shoot up the school.”

In the era of “see something, say something,” members of the public did just that. But what happened after the November call fit a disturbing pattern in the lead-up to the Parkland, Fla., massacre: No report was filed, and there is no evidence the threat was ever investigated. (snip)

Investigations into mass shootings often reveal warning signs that seem blindingly clear with the benefit of hindsight. But the Parkland shooting has stood out for the sheer scale of how many alarms were raised before the Feb. 14 rampage.

There are dueling narratives over whether his guns could be taken away or he could have been involuntarily committed under Florida’s Baker Act. Regardless, all the signs were there, and action was not taken.

Law enforcement officials have drawn intense criticism for lapses involving Cruz. The FBI said it failed to investigate the January warning about concerns that he wanted to kill people, owned guns and could carry out a school shooting.

This person told the FBI that she worried Cruz was “going to explode,” a federal law enforcement official said Friday. Details of her call were first reported by the Wall Street Journal, which reviewed a transcript of the call. A federal law enforcement official confirmed the information to The Washington Post.

One has to wonder if local law enforcement, including the Broward Sheriff’s Office, were notified. They were called to other disturbances, and the school resource officer, who failed to do his job and go into the school when the shooting started, may have done nothing with the information.

In November, a caller alerted the Broward County Sheriff’s Office that Cruz was collecting guns and knives, wanted to join the Army, may commit suicide and could be a school shooter. Authorities have not identified the caller, except to say they called from Massachusetts.

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said this week that no report was filed on that call. After the Stoneman Douglas shooting, a deputy said he referred the caller to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, but a spokeswoman for that office said they were never told of that threat. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office said it launched an internal investigation into the call but declined to provide further details about what happened after, citing the ongoing internal affairs investigation.

I’m just taking snippets out of the article for the overall failure of law enforcement at multiple levels (and we’re not even sure if the Florida state police ever were involved and failed) to take some sort of action. But, of course

Robert Bonczek (a 17 year old student at the school where Cruz went murderous) said most students are focusing not on blame, but with channeling their anger to press for changes to laws regulating guns.

“The FBI didn’t do their job, but it’s hard to do anything about that,” he said. “But with Congress, we can specifically make calls for change.”

See? This is the narrative. People failed to take action with a constant litany of credible threats, but, hey, it’s the gun’s fault, so, let’s pass more laws to disarm the law abiding citizens who won’t be turning into unhinged murderers.

I mean, we have kids suspended and kicked out of school for making finger guns, biting Pop Tarts into the shape of a gun, bringing in army men with fake plastic guns, bringing in water pistols. Kids have been told they can’t wear Army and Marines shirts. Yet, no one did anything about Cruz. But, we’ll try and take your guns in the meantime.

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Warmists: Warm, Pleasant Weather Is Ominous Or Something

By William Teach February 23, 2018 – 3:21 pm

During the recent bitter cold, the Cult of Climastrology was saying it was all about ‘climate change’. It totally validated their talking points that greenhouse gases were changing the atmosphere! But, now we have some warm weather, so

Extreme February temperatures on East Coast raise question about climate change

Summer came early to New York City on Wednesday, as temperatures soared to a record 76°F — more than 30 degrees warmer than the average February high. Up and down the the East Coast, from Atlanta to Baltimore to Cleveland to Boston, an unusual warm spell broke temperature records.

While everyone enjoys T-shirt weather in February, this week’s mild weather is an ominous sign of global climate change. When heat makes history, it tends to bear a human fingerprint.

Carbon pollution from cars, trucks, factories, farms, and power plants is trapping heat, driving up temperatures around the world. The result is more days of extreme heat and fewer days of extreme cold. Over the last year, the continental United States saw more than twice as many record highs as record lows.

Good thing Warmists have all given up their fossil fueled vehicles and are now off the grid using solar panels, right?

Consistent with climate change, the warm weather back east proved more anomalous than the cool weather out west. Rising temperatures around the world mean that when it’s cold, it’s cold, but when it’s hot, it’s really hot.

Interestingly, here in Raleigh, we’ve only had one or two hundred degree days over the past 3-4 years, when we usually get 5 on average. But, hey, when it’s really cold, it’s also due to you driving a fossil fueled vehicle.

This whole thing is the very hallmark of a cult.

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