The US needs gun control … NOW

As of this moment, I am aware that the latest mass shooter is a trans MANS and not a trans woman. I am also very aware of how the right wing are trying to use this as some of sort of “proof” that trans extremist are an epidemic. In “fact”, they are such a epidemic the Right have been able to name all the trans and non-binary in all of one tweet. Even then, one of them wasn’t actually non-binary.

Now Right Wingers, type into ONE tweet all the male, mass shooters.

Of the more than 100 mass shootings that have happened in the United States in the last four decades, the vast majority have been carried out by men. – By Max Molski  Published March 27, 2023  Updated on March 27, 2023 at 6:32 pm

Of the 141 U.S. mass killings since 1982, only six were carried out by women, according to data from Mother Jones. Two of those incidents saw women acting in partnership with a man.

The Secret Service analyzed 173 targeted attacks from 2016 to 2020 and found that 172 of the 180 attackers (95.6%) were male. Three more were transgender, assigned female at birth but known to identify as male at the time of their attacks.

I think it’s clear where the epidemic actually is.

What is also annoying too me is how many “it’s mental health that’s the problem. Here’s the thing. If the right were truly concerned, why do they keep blocking all the mental health help Bills/Laws? It also seems to be that a lot of anti-gun control crowd “believe” that other countries don’t have mentally ill people. When you’re trying to “talk” to those people, it’s impossible. You try to explain to them, all countries have mentally ill people. The difference between the US and the other countries, is that, the mentally ill people don’t have such easy access to guns.

I have no doubt in my mind that these mass shooters are not well people. Well people don’t generally try to kill a lot of other people. You don’t need to be Einstein to figure that one out.

You don’t need to be Einstein though to figure any of this out.

Two things can also be true at the same time. Like it’s a mental health and a gun problem, it’s just easier to do something about gun straight away.

Not only is this picture false. The picture is of Alana McLaughlin and they’re posting a screenshot from a right wing sock account.

WHY is there SUCH a disconnect with right wing “Christian” Republican’s, and the rest of the world? 2A Conservatives wont, and don’t go for it, because they would be at the top of that list…EVERY FREAKING SINGLE TIME. #GunControlNow Republicans don’t go for gun control, because they would be the first ones to lose their guns, and they KNOW it.

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Thursday Theories – Hi Aaron =D

I will start by saying, I have not gone and looked at the rant, but I’ve heard the general gist.

I feel really icky writing this, you know what with the continue gun killings in the United States, and being from Australia.

Video shows unarmed black man was shot 60 times by police

Uvalde police were trained to quickly confront an active shooter. So why did they wait?

And the very poor responses by police officers in the United States.

I have no problem with self defense, I highly encourage it. Especially since I am short woman. So no, I am not against self defense, or even guns really. I know Farmers in Australia have them. I am not actually sure if our Australian officers do. It might depend on the call. I don’t even have a problem with hunters, like real ones. Not the ones that pay for someone in Africa to hunt down a prize elephant. I personally could never do it, I cry when I step on a snail. But you know what, sometimes feral’s do take over the natural habitat. Although and again, that’s OUR fault. I get it.

What I AM against is the type of gun. We ALL know the gun culture in America, how some treasure them more than human life, and THAT’S the problem. The type of gun and the people who are obsess with possessing them ARE the problem. A gun is a killing tool. You can call them self defense as much as you want, but if you’re not a solider wanting to protect people and countries. And you have no problem with taking the life of another human, you have issues. It’s not that hard to figure that out. A guns only purpose is to kill or seriously maim, but ultimately kill.

If you “need” a gun for self defense, ask yourself who you’ve been pissing off lately. A few years ago we had our house broken into. We had a Pomeranian and a Chihuahua at the time, their barking woke us up and the people run off.

A Pomeranian and a Chihuahua. Get a dog, lol…Hell why not a cat or a geese? We have a winery in South Australia who are “famous” for their guard geese.

I was “told” recently, not by Aaron, that if I had someone whose suicidal than I better outlaw razors and pain killers. Now one, I have not said to outlaw them. That’s just stupid. But if someone in my house was suicidal, I would be getting rid of the razors and pills. They wouldn’t? Like I would have no problem with getting hairy and unless the pills I needed are supposed to save me. There are other ways to ease pain. Too save someone, anyone in my household or my life. You’re damn right, I am getting rid of them. They wouldn’t? Again, that’s what bothers me.

The other issue I have if the whole blaming it on mental health. I have mental health issues, most of the people in my family and friends have mental health issues. Robin Williams had mental health issues. We’re not all going out and killing people.

It’s complete laziness to blame this on mental health, and then do NOTHING about it. In fact, how does having easy access to killing tools, help mental illnesses? Also, that’s not really how a lot of mental health illnesses even work. All the people above, take out everything on themselves, not on others.

People who kill, who may “snap” one day. Are a completely different mental health issue. They probably suffer from something:

Psychopathy

Sociopathy

Extreme narcissism

Extreme over privilege.

It probably true that some people cannot handle being bullied. Again, I was bullied, a lot of us are. Again, we’re not all killing people.

It’s why we have to take bullying and mental health issues more seriously. Not start gutting them like Trump did, like the Tories are trying to do. We have to take online safety seriously (screw you Kemi Badenoch by the way).

I will repeat, I have been bullied, had my house broken into and have mental health issues. I am not going out and killing people.

Thursday Theories – Does more civilians having guns = a safer country?

Nope, lol…

Last week I saw advertising for a documentary about should Universities/Colleges allow on campus.

One of the arguments for it, is that civilians having guns = protections for more people. Except this is not the case, even by US standards.

“With about 121 firearms in circulation for every 100 residents, the United States is by far the most heavily armed society in the world, according to the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey, a research group.”

There were 14,400 gun-related homicides in 2019. Figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were a total of more than 38,300 deaths from guns in 2019 – of which more than 23,900 were suicides.

Now, before anyone says anything, suicide with a gun, is still a death by gun. It’s suicide with a gun. So still a death with a gun. So, death by gun. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I have had this “argument” with some Americans that think death by gun, shouldn’t include suicide. Even though it is a death by gun. It’s not death by overdose or lying on a train track, it’s with a gun.

Killings involving a gun accounted for nearly three quarters of all homicides in the US in that year (2019).

That’s a larger proportion of homicides than in Canada, Australia, England and Wales, and many other countries.

Like the guy said for the documentary “If more guns made countries safer, America should be the safest country”…and it’s really not, haha.

The one thing that I have noticed that a lot of gun “enthusiasts” will also pick and choose from the 2A.

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

I’m just going to pick out a couple of things from here.

well regulated – So not because Bobby Joe wants a gun.

Militia – a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency. So again, not Bobby Joe who wants to play Army.

being necessary to the security of a free State – Once again, not because Bobby Joe needs to go to the supermarket to get some bread…or to get more guns, lol

Silly Bobby Joe, lol

#Walkout

This is for those “more gun supporters” whose biggest ‘problem’ with students doing a walk out is that they will ruin their Education … Even though most Colleges have said it wouldn’t affect college applications:

Flowers

You can also:

Go back to High School at any time…You can even get an Education in jail!

So let’s be honest here, what are they REALLY concerned about?

Did you know the Constitution has been amended at least 27 times?

1) It is about Guns
2) It is about a President who blames “mental health” and then destroys the mental health system…To get back at the previous President…Because the current President has a maturity of a 5 year old…and even 5 year olds have more compassion!
3) It is about the clear anger that is in America
4) It is about more than ONE issue.
5) How dare ANYONE blame the students, parents and School who were the VICTIMS of an extremely broken system, and tell them to “shut up”…HOW VERY DARE YOU!
6) Anyone who wants to an assault rifle to protect their family…Who have you pissed off enough to warrant that?
7) When it’s your time to go, it’s your time…If you are a responsible gun owner, then your guns should be locked away anyways…What, you think someone who breaks in is going to allow you to grab your gun?
8) In fact the Constitution has been amended at least 27 times.
9) No one except the military…Needs a military gun
10) Protecting Guns over Children’s lives…In anti-god, anti-love, anti-everything good.

I hope students EVERYWHERE walk out on April the 20th…

#StudentsDemandAction
#Obamadiditbetter