Gun Politics Blog
The occasional analysis of various Legislation combined with reviews, opinions, and posts shared from other blogs.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Friday, March 25, 2016
still here
just letting folks know i'm still here but things have been crazy so been posting mostly to twitter and facebook. That said, here in the next 6 - 9 months should be able to start writing posts again on here.
Friday, May 24, 2013
May 30-31 get together
Just a reminder that a small get together will be occurring on the above days at covecampground.com if anyone is interested in attending. Mortalis09@gmail.com for details
Sunday, February 24, 2013
My dads review of bull hide belts
Here's the url... http://www.bullhidebelts.com/Gun-Belts_ep_111-1.html
Its been a while since I've carried. Since I've started again, I
find my mid section has grown more than a little... To date, I've probably got
$400 worth of gun belts in a box that just didn't do the job. The Bullhide belt
(http://www.bullhidebelts.com/Gun-Belts_ep_111-1.html) on
the other hand was perfect out of the box. Comfortable, durable, doesn't ride
up, just in general the perfect gun belt. Their responsiveness and quality are unparalleled.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Obama on guns in his state of the union
link to the full transcript at the bottom of this post
Of course, what I’ve said tonight matters little if we don’t come together to protect our most precious resource, our children.
It has been two months since Newtown. I know this is not the first time this country has debated how to reduce gun violence, but this time is different. Overwhelming majorities of Americans -- Americans who believe in the Second Amendment -- have come together around commonsense reform, like background checks that will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on a gun. Senators...
(APPLAUSE)
Senators -- senators of both parties are working together on tough new laws to prevent anyone from buying guns for resale to criminals. Police chiefs are asking our help to get weapons of war and massive ammunition magazines off our streets, because these police chiefs, they’re tired of seeing their guys and gals being outgunned.
Each of these proposals deserves a vote in Congress.
(APPLAUSE)
Now...
(APPLAUSE)
If you want to vote no, that’s your choice. But these proposals deserve a vote, because in the two months since Newtown, more than a thousand birthdays, graduations, anniversaries have been stolen from our lives by a bullet from a gun. More than a thousand.
One of those we lost was a young girl named Hadiya Pendleton. She was 15 years old. She loved Fig Newtons and lip gloss. She was a majorette.
OBAMA: She was so good to her friends, they all thought they were her best friend.
Just three weeks ago, she was here, in Washington, with her classmates, performing for her country at my inauguration. And a week later, she was shot and killed in a Chicago park after school, just a mile away from my house.
Hadiya’s parents, Nate and Cleo, are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen Americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. They deserve a vote.
(APPLAUSE)
They deserve a vote.
(APPLAUSE)
They deserve a vote.
(APPLAUSE)
Gabby Giffords deserves a vote.
(APPLAUSE)
The families of Newtown deserve a vote.
(APPLAUSE)
The families of Aurora deserve a vote.
(APPLAUSE)
The families of Oak Creek, and Tucson, and Blacksburg, and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote.
(APPLAUSE)
They deserve -- they deserve a simple vote.
Our actions will not prevent every senseless act of violence in this country. In fact, no laws, no initiatives, no administrative acts will perfectly solve all of the challenges I’ve outlined tonight. But we were never sent here to be perfect. We were sent here to make what difference we can -- to secure this nation, expand opportunity, uphold our ideals through the hard, often frustrating, but absolutely necessary work of self-government.
We were sent here to look out for our fellow Americans the same way they look out for one another, every single day, usually without fanfare, all across this country. We should follow their example.
We should follow the example of a New York City nurse named Menchu Sanchez. When Hurricane Sandy plunged her hospital into darkness, she wasn’t thinking about how her own home was faring. Her mind was on the 20 precious newborns in her care and the rescue plan she devised that kept them all safe.
We should follow the example of a North Miami woman named Desiline Victor. When Desiline arrived at her polling place, she was told the wait to vote might be six hours. And as time ticked by, her concern was not with her tired body or aching feet, but whether folks like her would get to have their say. And hour after hour, a throng of people stayed in line in support of her, because Desiline is 102 years old.
And they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read “I Voted.”
(APPLAUSE)
You know...
(APPLAUSE)
There’s Desiline.
(APPLAUSE)
We should follow the example of a police officer named Brian Murphy. When a gunman opened fire on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Brian was the first to arrive, and he did not consider his own safety. He fought back until help arrived and ordered his fellow officers to protect the safety of the fellow Americans worshiping inside, even as he lay bleeding from 12 bullet wounds.
And when asked how he did that, Brian said, “That’s just the way we’re made.” That’s just the way we’re made.
We may do different jobs, and wear different uniforms, and hold different views than the person beside us. But as Americans, we all share the same proud title: We are citizens. It’s a word that doesn’t just describe our nationality or legal status. It describes the way we’re made. It describes what we believe. It captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations; that our rights are wrapped up in the rights of others; and that well into our third century as a nation, it remains the task of us all, as citizens of these United States, to be the authors of the next great chapter in our American story.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-of-the-union-2013-president-obamas-address-to-congress-transcript/2013/02/12/d429b574-7574-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_story.html
Friday, February 8, 2013
Response from Senator Tim Kaine regarding gun control proposals
Dear
Mr. Johnson:
Thank
you for contacting me to share your views on proposals to reduce gun violence. I
appreciate hearing from you.
No
one can deny that gun violence is a serious problem in this country today. We
owe it to the victims of the growing number of mass shootings to vigorously
debate specific and comprehensive proposals that can keep our communities
safer. The right approach focuses on many issues - improvements to the mental
health system, better security protocols and common sense rules about gun use,
including keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous individuals.
When
I was on the Richmond City Council in the 1990s, our city was mired in an
epidemic of gun violence that included the city having the second-highest
homicide rate in the United States. The most successful step we took was
implementing Project Exile, a program that involved federal prosecution and
tougher penalties for gun crimes that were previously treated more leniently in
state courts. Celebrated by diverse groups engaged in the gun violence debate -
including the National Rifle Association and the Brady Campaign - the program
helped drive down Richmond's homicide rate by nearly 60 percent within a few
years.
In
2007, the tragic shooting at Virginia Tech revealed glaring weaknesses in campus
security protocols at colleges and universities, in our mental health system and
the gun background check system for gun purchases. In a bipartisan spirit, I
worked with then-Attorney General Bob McDonnell to immediately improve our
background check system and issued an executive order ensuring that those
adjudicated to be mentally ill and dangerous would be entered into a national
database and barred from purchasing weapons. We also changed standards for
mental health treatment and increased funding for community health programs
while dramatically improving campus security and efforts to assist college
students suffering from mental stress.
In
January I attended a round-table event in Richmond with Vice President Biden on
gun violence, to talk about the lessons learned in Virginia and the need for a
comprehensive approach to these problems. As your U.S. Senator, I will work to
bring that kind of comprehensive approach that will strengthen the safety of our
communities, while protecting our Second Amendment rights. As a gun owner who
worked with others to constitutionally guarantee Virginians the right to hunt, I
know that you can be a strong supporter of the Second Amendment without
tolerating the gun tragedies that are too often a part of our daily lives.
Concerning
specific proposals, I am a strong supporter of universal background record
checks. This is the only way we can enforce existing laws that prohibit
dangerous individuals from purchasing guns. I am open to supporting legislation
placing reasonable limits on high capacity magazines, combat-style weapons and
gun trafficking if they are carefully drafted.
Please
be assured that I will keep your views in mind as Congress continues to debate
strategies to reduce gun violence. Thank you once again for contacting
me.
Sincerely,
Tim
Kaine
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