
Trump says he wants ‘very meaningful background checks’ for guns
The question is whether the US president be able to get past the powerful gun lobby led by the NRA to make it happen.
The one they mentioned a few years ago that really raised my eyebrows was this bullshit of having doctors asking people if there were guns in the home!
And they were talking about automatically yanking your rights if you just so happened to take certain meds!
I think it is insanely stupid that all these folks thinks that if someone is taking an anti-depressant med... that they should have their firearms yanked. Are you freaking kidding me? Freakin idiots!!... yeah.. let's just scare people into NOT getting a little help with hard periods in their life.
People have this WILDLY wrong perception of what taking an anti-depressant does to a person. I've been on them before. Such as when dealing with relationship static, and later divorce. And it's like... Trust Me.. you WANT these people on those meds! Allows you to be able to be calm when directly confronted with someone who is trying like hell to push your buttons.
Now... full disclosure... just like any med out there... there is a freak small percentage of the population where it affects them adversely. And we also know the incidence of adverse effects is higher in young ones. Teens to early 20's. But... just like with a Blood Pressure med or any other freaking med on the planet... sometimes you have to try a few different ones until you find the one that you and your body tolerate well. Then your Golden.
Long story shorter? People are lazy and don't want to have to adopt any new behaviours that demand action on their part.
The population keeps going up and up. WTF did you think was gonna happen in terms of violence escalation? Duh!
In all species... when the population goes up... competition for resources goes up. Which leads to increased conflict. It's just a given.
I don't understand how it is that some folks can't just acknowledge that there are members of the Human species who are simply going to choose to go the route of jacking everybody else to obtain the resources they need. Except for the social consequences we've added onto this... it's a rather efficient and direct way to collect resources. Let the other mofo do the hard work... then.. swoop in and steal his kill, so-to-speak. This is played out all over the place in the animal kingdom.
Novel idea? Why not prepare yourself so if this happens, you're prepared? It's just an ounce of prevention. An ounce!
In conversations I've had with non-gun types... when the topic of arming teachers came up a while back... you would NOT believe how many of them thought "What good would it to do have a little pistol against somebody with an AR15?"
It's soo bizarre!!! In their minds they attribute invincible God-Like powers to an AR and anyone wielding an AR. Like somehow magically the guy holding the AR isn't going to evade when somebody else is shooting back at them? Are you kidding me? They couldn't wrap their head around the concept that the lesser firearm would even have a chance! That somehow sporting a rifle of greater energy nullifies the rounds in the lesser energy weapon. Un...friggin...real.