mr6666 Posted August 2, 2018 Shannon WattsVerified account @shannonrwatts 4h4 hours ago The @NRA works to dismantle state laws requiring gun safety training. They passed permitless carry in 13 states. They fight to give dangerous people easy access to guns and they oppose responsible storage laws. The NRA is to gun violence what the tobacco lobby was to lung cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 3, 2018 The NRA Says It’s in Deep Financial Trouble, May Be ‘Unable to Exist’ "....The lawsuit stems from actions taken by New York financial regulators to halt the sale of an illegal, NRA-branded insurance policy. The NRA actively marketed “Carry Guard,” a policy to reimburse members for legal costs incurred after firing a legal gun. In May, the state of New York found that Carry Guard “unlawfully provided liability insurance to gun owners for certain acts of intentional wrongdoing.” The NRA’s insurance partners agreed to stop selling the policies and pay a $7 million fine. The NRA complaint alleges that New York was not content to block this single insurance product, but instead campaigned to sever the NRA’s ties to a wide range of financial service providers, from insurance companies to banks. .. In its complaint, the NRA paints these actions as a “malicious conspiracy to stifle the NRA’s speech and induce a boycott of the NRA.” Cuomo and state regulators, the NRA alleges, were intent on “suppressing the NRA’s pro-Second Amendment viewpoint” and had engaged in “unlawful conduct with the intent to obstruct, chill, deter, and retaliate against the NRA’s core political speech.” In the filing, the NRA reveals that its longtime insurer broke off negotiations this winter and “stated that it was unwilling to renew coverage at any price.” [Emphasis in original.] The NRA claims it “has encountered serious difficulties obtaining corporate insurance coverage to replace coverage withdrawn.” In addition, the NRA contends that “multiple banks” have now balked at doing business with it “based on concerns that any involvement with the NRA — even providing the organization with basic depository services — would expose them to regulatory reprisals.”....... https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nra-financial-trouble-706371/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 5, 2018 NPRVerified account @NPR 15h15 hours ago The National Rifle Association says insurance companies are backing away from the organization, threatening its ability to operate. -please send 'thoughts & prayers" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 8, 2018 NewsweekVerified account @Newsweek 39m39 minutes ago Street artist hangs bulletproof vests in back-to-school sections of Los Angeles retail stores http://bit.ly/2ORRNwz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 8, 2018 Gun control group targets firearms owners with new ads, seeks common ground Gun regulation group coins a new term, 'family fire,' to describe the unintentional shooting of children in homes where guns are stored improperly. The full-length spot concludes with the words, "8 kids a day are accidentally killed or injured by FAMILY FIRE. FAMILY FIRE is a shooting involving an improperly stored gun." The Brady Center, citing U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, states that 4.6 million children live in homes with unlocked and loaded guns; three in four know where the guns are stored......... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gun-control-group-targets-firearms-owners-new-ads-seeks-common-n898561?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted August 9, 2018 On 8/8/2018 at 6:18 PM, mr6666 said: Gun control group targets firearms owners with new ads, seeks common ground Gun regulation group coins a new term, 'family fire,' to describe the unintentional shooting of children in homes where guns are stored improperly. The full-length spot concludes with the words, "8 kids a day are accidentally killed or injured by FAMILY FIRE. FAMILY FIRE is a shooting involving an improperly stored gun." The Brady Center, citing U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, states that 4.6 million children live in homes with unlocked and loaded guns; three in four know where the guns are stored......... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gun-control-group-targets-firearms-owners-new-ads-seeks-common-n898561?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma I have always viewed these family shooting as natural selection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 10, 2018 NY AG UnderwoodVerified account @NewYorkStateAG 4h4 hours ago We won a nationwide restraining order blocking the Trump admin from allowing the distribution of 3-D printed gun plans. But @StateDept isn’t doing anything to force websites that have illegally posted these plans to take them down. Our coalition of 22 AGs is demanding action. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 13, 2018 NBC Nightly News with Lester HoltVerified account @NBCNightlyNews 12m12 minutes ago Following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, Florida has formed a "guardians" program-- a group of armed former military and law enforcement personnel qualified to open fire during a crisis on school grounds. @KerryNBC has the story tonight on @NBCNightlyNews. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 13, 2018 Evan McMurryVerified account @evanmcmurry 7h7 hours ago JUST IN: State Attorney decides to charge Michael Drejka with manslaughter in Florida "stand your ground" case. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 14, 2018 igorvolskyVerified account @igorvolsky 5h5 hours ago So disgusting: @NRA is suing Seattle over a law that requires residents to secure their guns or face up to $10,000 in fines. Safely securing firearms prevents unintentional guns discharges, suicides, gun theft. NRA is literally suing to ensure gun owners can act irresponsibly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted August 14, 2018 1 hour ago, mr6666 said: igorvolskyVerified account @igorvolsky 5h5 hours ago So disgusting: @NRA is suing Seattle over a law that requires residents to secure their guns or face up to $10,000 in fines. Safely securing firearms prevents unintentional guns discharges, suicides, gun theft. NRA is literally suing to ensure gun owners can act irresponsibly This is a necessary lawsuit to determine if Seattle city officials have gone too far and violated the 2nd Amendment. Someone defending their home has a right to 'quick and easy' access of a firearm. Therefore the Supreme Court needs to determine how 'secure' a firearm needs to be. Note that most pro-gun-control law folks are upset when conservatives pass laws making it much more difficult to obtain an abortion. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sukhov Posted August 15, 2018 https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/owner-of-new-mexico-compound-property-warned-officials-about-missing-boy-1295925827541?v=raila Owner of New Mexico compound property warned officials about missing boy Following news that the 11 children in the compound were being trained to carry out school shootings, Jason Badger says for months he begged investigators to do something about the family on his land, worried about the boy he recognized from a missing child poster. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 15, 2018 Glenn BeckVerified account @glennbeck Two women alive today most likely because the family had a gun and the daughter knew how to use it. http://www.wbtv.com/story/38860970/woman-being-choked-by-boyfriend-is-saved-when-son-gets-gun-daughter-shoots-kills-man Shannon WattsVerified account @shannonrwatts 11h11 hours ago Stop misleading women to sell guns. The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation makes it five times more likely a woman will be killed. Each month, 50 American women are shot to death by intimate partners, and most mass shootings are related to domestic violence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted August 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, mr6666 said: Glenn BeckVerified account @glennbeck Two women alive today most likely because the family had a gun and the daughter knew how to use it. http://www.wbtv.com/story/38860970/woman-being-choked-by-boyfriend-is-saved-when-son-gets-gun-daughter-shoots-kills-man Shannon WattsVerified account @shannonrwatts 11h11 hours ago Stop misleading women to sell guns. The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation makes it five times more likely a woman will be killed. Each month, 50 American women are shot to death by intimate partners, and most mass shootings are related to domestic violence. Looks like women that have domestic partners need more guns. Oh, that isn't what Watts is trying to sell??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 23, 2018 Bernie SandersVerified account @SenSanders 4h4 hours ago Betsy DeVos has a brilliant idea. While paltry school budgets deny kids a decent education, she may let states use federal funds to buy guns for educators —not books, computers or pay raises. Guns. Meanwhile the Trump administration opposes all commonsense gun safety legislation. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 24, 2018 NRA Says FBI Is Treating Trump As Unfairly As Al Capone .....NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch informs her audience that the FBI is trying to pull the same tricks on Trump that they used to entrap the beloved Prohibition-era Chicago gang leader: "They’re trying to Al Capone the president. I mean, you remember. Capone didn’t go down for murder. Elliot Ness didn’t put him in for murder. He went in for tax fraud. Prosecutors didn’t care how he went down as long as he went down." http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/nras-dana-loesch-compares-trump-to-al-capone.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 26, 2018 'Multiple Fatalities' Reported in 'Mass Shooting' at Jacksonville Mall: Sheriff Multiple people are dead after a mass shooting at an entertainment complex hosting a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, authorities said. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Department confirmed news of the shooting at Jacksonville Landing, a mall and event space, via Twitter just after 2 p.m. Sunday. Officials said that there were "multiple fatalities" with "many" transported." One suspect in the shooting is confirmed dead, the Sheriff's office tweeted. The shooting "appears to have occurred inside a pizza restaurant that includes a bar dedicated to video games and other forms of gaming," NBC News is reporting. The bar was hosting a Madden 19 Southeastern Qualifier Tournament at the time, according to NBC. Electronic Arts, the company that makes the popular football video game, confirmed that it is "aware of an incident at a sanctioned Madden Championship Series competition in Jacksonville."................ https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/Mass-Shooting-Jacksonville-landing-491753611.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted August 26, 2018 Bonespurs Trump* has got to be the weakest president yet when it comes to mass murders in America. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 26, 2018 Dana LoeschVerified account @DLoesch A horrible tragedy. End gun free zones or have the security in place to keep people safe in them. https://www.jacksonvillelanding.com/rules-of-conduct/ … https://twitter.com/twitchyteam/status/1033804515504467969 … -------------------------------------------------- NRA: More Guns, More Guns!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted August 29, 2018 The School Shootings That Weren't ....This spring the U.S. Education Department reported that in the 2015-2016 school year, "nearly 240 schools ... reported at least 1 incident involving a school-related shooting." The number is far higher than most other estimates. But NPR reached out to every one of those schools repeatedly over the course of three months and found that more than two-thirds of these reported incidents never happened. Child Trends, a nonpartisan nonprofit research organization, assisted NPR in analyzing data from the government's Civil Rights Data Collection. We were able to confirm just 11 reported incidents, either directly with schools or through media reports...... https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-school-shootings-that-werent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamesjazzguitar Posted August 30, 2018 Another Florida shooting that will involve their Stand Your Ground Law. Based on what I have read so far the shooter (a Uber driver), had a legit reason to fear bodily harm and therefore to use his gun (which he had a legal permit to carry). Good thing the deceased was white otherwise the occurrence would be framed by the MSM as racial instead of if SYG should apply and if SYG laws, generally, do more harm then good (topics that need to be vetted). https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/30/us/stand-your-ground-polk-county-uber-driver/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted September 8, 2018 VoteVetsVerified account @votevets 21h21 hours ago Vet & former prosecutor @MikieSherrill says “I was working hard to take guns off the streets, none of the guns were from NJ. They were from...TX, FL, PA, and VA... and that’s why it’s so critical that we have good, FEDERAL gun safety legislation.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted September 21, 2018 Russia's Pro-Gun Influence Accounts Copied The NRA — And Sometimes, Vice Versa Russian social media agitators who pushed pro-gun messages in the United States sometimes copied the language of the National Rifle Association. And sometimes, the NRA copied them..... What is clear is that, at times, the Russians followed so closely behind the American gun rights group that it duplicated its content word for word. ........... "It's more important to have a gun in your hand than a cop on the phone." .... https://www.npr.org/2018/09/21/649209429/russias-pro-gun-influence-accounts-copied-the-nra-and-sometimes-vice-versa?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=politics&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180921 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted September 21, 2018 Christina WilkieVerified account @christinawilkie 20h20 hours ago Good God. In the past 48 hours, there have been four mass shootings New Orleans: 4 shot late night Tuesday Middleton Wisc: 3 shot Wednesday morning Harford Md: 6 shot, 3 killed Thursday morning Syracuse NY: Multiple victims shot, including a child, in the past hour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted September 21, 2018 Father Of Parkland Shooting Victim Sculpts Haunting Image Of Child Hiding Under Desk Manuel Oliver created “The Last Lockdown” partially using 3D printing. "Artist Manuel Oliver, who lost his 17-year-old son Joaquin during the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has created a striking sculpture depicting a child hiding under a desk to signify when a school is on lockdown. The statue is one of 10 being shown across the country during voter registration drives, specifically in congressional districts where politicians back the gun lobby. The title of the project is “The Last Lockdown.” he figures were created using 3D printers, an intentional reference to the debate over guns potentially being 3D printed. The desks are real school desks. “We want you to feel unsettled,” the project’s co-creator Sean Leonard said. Oliver and Leonard teamed up with Giffords, the gun reform group founded by former congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Giffords is a mass shooting victim herself, being left partially paralyzed after a lone gunman opened fire at a meet-and-greet in Tucson, Arizona, in 2011. In the run-up to the midterm elections, the new statues will appear in cities including Parkland, Florida, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Denver and Milwaukee. “It’s too late for us to save Joaquin from gun violence,” Oliver said. “But through art my family and I are making sure that we protect the rest of the kids out there.”,,,,,,,,, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/parkland-shooting-manuel-oliver-art-student-desk_us_5ba3eff1e4b069d5f9d12c4b Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
