Another hoax shooting to fool the sheeple in order to bring in more gun control

We need #MeToo moment on guns
Updated 12:08 p.m. ET Feb. 19, 2018

Across the generations victims of sexual harassment suffered in silence and defeat, resigned to the likelihood that their accusations would be treated with disdain to protect those in power, guilty or not. The system seemed irrevocably stacked against them.

Then came the #MeToo movement, and something shifted. There was no single tipping point, but the moment arrived. The harassed fought back and spoke out, empowered by their numbers and a recognition that even the rich and famous aren’t immune. Their collective voices are making a difference, and what seemed impossible for so long is now possible. Attackers are being identified, and taken down. The culture is changing.

Maybe, just maybe, the nation’s students can inspire their own version of the #MeToo movement on gun control. They are, after all, being targeted, virtually every day, yet their fears are being downplayed, as if our youth can’t possibly comprehend the grand complexities that Washington politicians must confront. The system seems irrevocably stacked against them.

But after last week’s high school shooting massacre in Parkland, Florida, many student survivors and other teenagers around the nation worried they’ll become the next victims have had enough. They are speaking out, rightly criticizing lawmakers for their inaction. They’re organizing protests and rallies, trying to raise awareness and spur action. They are behaving more responsibly, with a more mature approach to reasonable gun controls, than the supposed adults in Washington. They don’t “understand” what it means to grapple with the National Rifle Association because they’re not bowing at the NRA’s feet for money.

Will it last? Can any of this make a real difference? Many thought the Sandy Hook massacre of first-graders would have turned the tide. But brief momentum went nowhere. If that wasn’t enough, what could be? Students nationwide must keep up the pressure, and they’ll need help from communities and their government representatives on all levels.

But some Republicans lawmakers are already listening, saying they’re willing to support reasonable measures such as expanded background checks and certain weapons and ammo bans. Rep. Leonard Lance wants to lift a ridiculous federal ban on researching links between mental illness and gun violence. We can’t expect President Trump to show leadership, yet even Trump would reportedly back some strengthened background checks. Of course he also floated his support for banning bump stocks after the Las Vegas shootings last October, but never followed through.

Students have a tough assignment. Massive amounts of money and power are allied against them, to fight any inroads on gun control. Any #MeToo-like groundswell will be countered by gun-rights activists and conspiracy theories. Our youth will be dismissed as naïve and too quick to move on to another cause or video game. Their supporters will be condemned as raging liberals assaulting the Second Amendment.

This may not yet be the #MeToo moment on guns. But the underlying anger and frustration are building. That moment is coming. We just don’t know how many more lives will have to be sacrificed to get there.


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The US will never solve its gun addiction through peaceful, democratic means.

They will either keep limping from one fix to the next, from one massacre to the next, forever, or they will overdose at some point and have a civil war between the gun suckers and the adults. Hopefuly the adults will win.

Can you think of any amendments that were later amended??

Wrongidy wrong.
Ive advocated against several aspects of assault weapons.

ONCE more, Im against the capacity and the construction of the gun to receive , say, a banana clip.

State hunting laws govern the top number of shells that can be within the breech or slide. In Pa and NY and most of the hunting world, Its under 5 without reloading.

These few construction as[pect coupled with better background checks . Canada still hs 28 days with a much better cross check than we have. Pa has one of the better gun checks and background checks and still much gets overlooked.

useless short barrels just to keep a long gun concealed also gotta go.

Im sure they can put their brains to work to come up with wifi enabled"secure" guns or better security locks and safeties.

Im always dubious about saying "never". Ive lived through several major upheavals in science in my 60 years. So, Im hopeful we can solve the qapon problem while still maintaining our 2nd amendment rights.

Canadian gun laws would make a novel test in our supreme court. They made war mostly against ammo and ammo capacity and a minor war against gun cosmetics.

Their background check is 28 days

nd theyeve taken the aspect of "match the gun to the work"
(Nobody goes hunting moose with a .222 up there because
Its stupid to piss of a moose in hunting season and its cruel to not deliver a sufficient (F=m a) killing shot as quickly s possible

French law works the same way, by and large. One can buy many guns but not many ammo... but the law is but a tiny part of the issue.

You guys have a unique culture of gun hoarding. You got to work on that too.

Freedom is not a problem that needs to be solved.

or make gun mfrs economically responsible on perhaps a per capita basis, where the more people shot in a single incident the higher the liability on a dollar per life basis. Maybe thatd get all these clowns off thwir asses and become pqrt of a solution rather than sitting there claiming 2nd amendment dont cost lives.

I ecourage an all out assault, through as many means as possible such as shunning them, shaming them, defunding congress members who receive their money.

Draw them to court. Tax them. Vote them out. Extoll a price as high as possible on this antisocial organisation called the NRA and all its donors and affiliates.

They are your kids' real murderers. I'm serious.

It is, to the extent that your freedom can impinged upon mine,

and therefore a lot of what politics are about in modern democratic societies is solving 'freedom boundary issues': where does your freedom stops, and mine starts? Societal goals are often contradictory, and managing those contradictions is what politics are ultimately about.

For instance, the freedom of my kids from fear might take precedence over your freedom to scare and kill them.

We will not allow the a backdoor assault on our rights by burying gun manufacturers in frivolous lawsuits

I'm not talking of Martin Luther King. I'm talking about the mass murderers in the NRA.

Somebody should give them their own medicine.

WE?? who' s we?

as usual your arguments are selfish with a tinge of autism.

Over the course of a decade or two the NRA was hijacked by right-wing loonies

in cahoots with the gun manufacturers (who offer discounts to NRA members)

at the expense of the sportsmen, conservationists, and gun safety advocates.

It wouldn't surprise me if the NRA splits apart with the sportsmen taking the high road and the freedom-fetishists and their ugly assault weapons left on the sidelines listening to Ted Nugent.