{"id":76651,"date":"2021-02-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=76651"},"modified":"2021-02-06T08:55:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T14:55:51","slug":"joe1-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=76651","title":{"rendered":"Democrats: Accept No Waffling!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Joe Biden made gun control an important part of his\u00a0campaign platform<\/a>.<\/p>

He noted there are 40,000 gun deaths per year.\u00a0 To stop them, he will ban, regulate, confiscate and\u00a0tax certain rifles, high capacity magazines and build-your-own kits; prohibit inheritance and private sales; stop minors from hunting with guns by imprisoning any parent who gives the minor access to a firearm; prevent teachers from defending their students; and let the trial lawyers off the leash to sue the American gun industry into oblivion to give the competitive edge to our foreign rivals.\u00a0<\/p>

All good stuff, but will it work?\u00a0 Of those 40,000 deaths, 30,000 are suicides committed by people who passed the background check, endured the waiting period, and fired a single round.\u00a0 None of Joe’s proposals will affect them.\u00a0<\/p>

Oh sure, he blandly proposes to improve access to mental health services, but the lack of detail and funding reveals the enormity of the problem.\u00a0 Most of those suicides are old white men who have lost everything and have nothing left to live for – you think they’re going to spill their guts to a mental health counsellor, hand over their gun and have a group hug? Ridiculous.<\/p>

And his proposal does nothing to take guns away from the people who commit most of the gun violence in major cities.\u00a0 Instead, he’ll connect them with economic and social programs that may deter violence.\u00a0 Is it me or did Midnight Basketball just make a come-back?\u00a0<\/p>

Honestly, I’m surprised the Biden Administration is wasting time with impeachment.\u00a0 They should be pushing their gun control agenda as hard and fast as they can.\u00a0 They need to get the guns out of the hands of all those new gun buyers, so when they defund the police, the people will be entirely at the government’s mercy.\u00a0 Well, them and the criminals on the street.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I endorse Joe’s position entirely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats – get on your phones to A-Klo and the Butcher of Vandalia and get them to pressure President Harris to get on it, already. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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