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The US is too busy being scared shitless of "turrurists" that aren't a real threat to bother solving their own internal problems brought on by too many guns and too little mental health care.
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the US is one fucked up country! I mean theres a shooting there every other week! The states is too worried about fighting terrorism when they should worry about their own shit going on!
There has actually been a mass shooting almost every day in America. Some days had more than one. See below chart in link.
JUST IN: Suspect in #SanBernardino shooting ID'd as Syed Farook; Another believed to be Farook's brother: Source: https://twitter.com/NBCNews
CORONA, CALIFORNIA — Law enforcement officials have identified Syed Farook as one of the suspected shooters who attacked a center for the disabled in San Bernardino, California, according to NBC News. The Daily Beast has learned that the police have just executed a search warrant at a Redlands, California address—an address that belongs to Farook’s family. More... Suspect ID'd in San Bernardino Massacre as Syed Farook - The Daily Beast
One of my closest friends lives in SB, but thankfully he moved out of the area where the shooting took place a month or so ago. I'm glad he wasn't working and answered me right away when I contacted him. One of our other friends messaged me and told me to message him and make sure he was ok because there'd been a shooting. I got this in the middle of my work day and freaked out =/
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So it sounds like it was an employee for the health department Syed Farook and his wife? the guy was an inspector for the county health department, and left early from the Holiday party, after an altercation, and then came back and well... -_-
an interfaith and islamic group just did a press conference condemning the attacks, but given that he's an employee and did this at the employee party, it sounds more like a disgruntled worker
How do you change something that is written into your amendment of the constitution? With all the interest and lobby groups that are around *cough* NRA *cough* and all the political ties that are involved, I can't even begin to imagine the tangled mess that would result if anyone tries to mess with status quo.
How? By repealing it. Wouldn't be the first Amendment that would be repealed (18th Amendment was Prohibition). And it can be reasonably argued that the 1st and 4th Amendments are already being ignored by the government or the general public.
That said, I would be extremely surprised if this was ever done. It's too ingrained in the American lifestyle for them to willingly let it go. And, beside, even if it was, I think it's already hit the point of critical mass. There's something like the equivalent of 8 guns for every citizen out there right now. If they stopped selling guns tomorrow, it would hardly make any difference for at least a couple decades, if not more.
As you've said it yourself, Lomac, at a practical level, I just don't see how it can be done. The amount of backlash that the (US) federal government would face if they ever attempt such a thing would be insurmountable, and it wouldn't just come from the lobby and interest groups, but also citizens in general. Simply put, it would be political suicide, and neither the GOP nor the Democrats would ever dare to attempt that.
If it were to be done, it'd have to come as an (election) campaign promise. And then on the practically non-existent chance that the candidate made it to win the election, the objective could be pushed through (because by then it means prerogative has been endorsed by voters).
As you've said it yourself, Lomac, at a practical level, I just don't see how it can be done. The amount of backlash that the (US) federal government would face if they ever attempt such a thing would be insurmountable, and it wouldn't just come from the lobby and interest groups, but also citizens in general. Simply put, it would be political suicide, and neither the GOP nor the Democrats would ever dare to attempt that.
If it were to be done, it'd have to come as an (election) campaign promise. And then on the practically non-existent chance that the candidate made it to win the election, the objective could be pushed through (because by then it means prerogative has been endorsed by voters).
And you just know that even if it ever managed to get pushed through, there would be a large enough group that would deem this act to be reason enough to create a citizens militia against the government and go after said government.
"If the government doesn't want us to be able to protect ourselves, there's gotta be a reason for it!"
a minor change in a document.
a change or addition to a legal or statutory document.
"an amendment to existing bail laws"
an article added to the US Constitution.
noun: Amendment; plural noun: Amendments
"the First Amendment"
Also no one is talking about banning guns no one except for some slack jawed yokels.
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Going Postal is an individual act and doesn't explain the motives of the female suspect.
True, but I'm just going by the facts that are currently being presented (surprisingly both left and right leaning news sites are saying more or less the same thing at the moment). Doesn't mean it's ultimately correct, of course.
Edit: Apparently I hadn't checked the news for a while. Seems it might have been planned more than originally thought.
Edit edit: I'm reading the comments section on Fox News (I know, I know). Man, the shit being said in there hurts my head.
Terrorists wishing to inflict damage in the western/modern world have, for the most part, figured out that elaborate bombs require a great deal of knowledge, easily traceable and hard to acquire components, and rarely achieve the desired effects. They have moved on to cheap, effective, untraceable, easy to acquire guns for coordinated attacks. The use of explosives is meant to distract or delay while the real work is done with guns.
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