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UV Halo
I'm curious. I've frequently heard your criticisms of existing policies and Republican / NRA ideas and comments. Just what would you propose to enact in regards to gun policies? And I'm not going to go with- "that wouldn't have prevented this problem" or such. I just want to know.
I personally, have some mixed feelings about the proposed minimum age requirement. On one hand, it gives troubled teens more time to be intervened (legally or medically) before they can legally purchase a gun. On the other hand, there are thousands of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines that we'd be suddenly stripping rights from even though they often have demonstrated proficiency and safe handling of firearms, as well as having the responsibility of carrying them.
I'm okay with more thorough and required background checks and I think that should entail requiring the medical community to share relevant information with law enforcement and, that law enforcement should have procedures in place to handle these interactions (so don't have some departments ignoring warning signs and such).
On a related note, I'm shocked at just how much stuff the county and state failed to act on before this tragedy. It's like no single entity (agency, authority, etc) ever looked at his history...
i already posted exactly what my plan was.
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0. we don't make mental health harder for the majority of americans to get help if they need it. really, get fucked republicans, don't shed your bullshit crocodile tears for this shit. mental health problem my fucking ass. your bullshit stops here.
0a. we don't make it illegal for non-partisan government agencies from studying gun violence. NRA eat fucking shit.
1. we end loopholes for background checks, the vast majority of Americans support this, even a majority of republicans support this.
2. we enact a law by which law enforcement has a mechanism to take possession of guns (with court order), from folks who are known to be violent, and have mental issues.
3. instead of spending 30 million dollars on trump jerking off to our millitary, or 30 BILLION dollars on a totally pointless wall that will do absolutly nothing to stop illegal immigration ... we spend some actual money on researching the problem. ie, we collect a databased gun incidents, accidents, murders, etc etc the way we do car accidents. we interview and physco analyze anyone who does this shit. you know ... we perform science. over 40 years we did this with car accidents, and we have vastly safer roads as a result. we chaged how we train drivers, we changed how we designed cars, we figured out ways to manage traffic more effectively ... all cause the power of big data analysis. no such data exists for gun violence. instead of bullshiting around here, what features on guns, what methods and supply chains, etc etc etc ... we just like actually study it. you know, with science.
4. we do what the scientists say, regardless of political bullshit.