Governors ready to take action on gun control

[Swordsmyth]

Four Democratic governors from the Northeast have formed a coalition on gun control, saying they can't wait for Congress and the federal government to take action. Three of them appeared on CNN's "New Day" Friday morning to explain why."We as governors are demanding action from the federal government and we need them to take action, but in the meantime, we've decided to take a regional approach," said Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo.
That approach includes "sharing information about guns across our state lines, sharing a database, and for the first time that I know of having a regional research center which studies gun violence and the impact on public health," she said.
The multi-state task force will trace and intercept illegal guns in the region, according to Raimondo and her fellow coalition members, Governors Andrew Cuomo of New York, Dannel Malloy of Connecticut and Phil Murphy of New Jersey.
Murphy told CNN's John Berman that "the more coordinated we can be, the better we can be."

More at: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/polit...-+Top+Stories)




Florida Governor Rick Scott announced a proposal on Friday to increase restrictions on buying guns and to strengthen school safety measures after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in the state last week.Scott said he would work with state lawmakers during the next two weeks to raise the minimum age for buying any kind of gun in Florida to 21 years old, with some exceptions for younger military members and law enforcement officers. Long guns, including the assault rifle used in the Feb. 14 attack, can currently be bought by people as young as 18.
The Republican governor also said he would change laws to make it "virtually impossible for anyone who has mental issues to use a gun." He wants to ban the sale of bump stocks, an accessory that transforms a semiautomatic rifle into a weapon able to fire hundreds of rounds a minute.
Scott, who has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association and has received its highest rating for supporting gun rights, called for a mandatory law enforcement officer in every public school and for mandatory "active shooter training" for students and faculty.

More at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/staff-ret...150146116.html

[dannno]

How about stop subsidizing single motherhood?

[DamianTV]

Gun Control IS Gun Violence.

Third post in a row quoting this:

“The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” – Thomas Jefferson, Commonplace Book (quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria), 1774-1776

[dannno]

Gun Control IS Gun Violence.

Ya you need a LOT of guns to disarm people.

[specsaregood]

and for the first time that I know of having a regional research center which studies gun violence and the impact on public health," she said.

yeah, I'm sure a "regional research center" will solve everything. lol, the only thing it will solve is how to blow millions of dollars.

[Anti Federalist]

Scott, who has been endorsed by the National Rifle Association and has received its highest rating for supporting gun rights, called for a mandatory law enforcement officer in every public school

Fat $#@!ing lot of good that did, there already was one there.

Broward's Cowards buggered off, when they could have stopped it.

[Anti Federalist]

yeah, I'm sure a "regional research center" will solve everything. lol, the only thing it will solve is how to blow millions of dollars.

In four states where guns are, for all intents and purposes, banned already.

[DamianTV]

Ya you need a LOT of guns to disarm people.

Exactly.

So when they talk about Gun Control, the intent is to disarm the public but NEVER to give up their own guns. Ever. Period.

The Ministry of Violence will always have their tools of violence. Ordinary people will be made to be dependent on their ability and authority to conduct violence. Eventually the people will wonder how they were convinced to give up the power to protect themselves FROM government, oppressive regimes and criminals.

[Swordsmyth]

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam made his strongest endorsement yet regarding making changes to access to guns after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.At an event hosted by the Pew Charitable Trusts, Haslam said he supported ending the sale of bump stocks — devices that convert guns into automatic weapons — and increasing the age to buy weapons like the one used in the school shooting.
"It’s just crazy to me that you can’t buy a beer at 19 but you can buy an AR-15," Haslam said.

More at: https://www.tennessean.com/story/new...les/373947002/

[Swordsmyth]

Rhode Island established a new "red flag" policy on guns with an executive order that will help keep guns away from people who "could pose significant threats to public safety."
"The executive order I signed today is an immediate step we can take to make residents safer. It sets the table for a complementary legislative effort," Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat, said in a statement Monday. "We cannot wait a minute longer for Washington to take action to prevent gun violence."
Five states -- Connecticut, California, Washington, Oregon and Indiana -- have taken similar action on potential red flags in recent years, but Rhode Island is the first to do so since the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, earlier this month.
The policy does not give law enforcement new authority to confiscate guns, but it directs them to use "all available legal steps" to remove firearms from people who have shown warning signs, including recently making threats of violence online or in person, according to the statement.
The order also launches a campaign to educate the public about signs that could indicate if a person poses a threat.

More at: https://www.yahoo.com/gma/rhode-isla...opstories.html

[Swordsmyth]

A man in Seattle has had his gun confiscated by police after breaking no laws. The police took his gun without a warrant and without pressing any charges. Tyranny has officially taken hold on American soil.

This sets a precedent that government can now forcefully take guns away from an individual without a crime being committed or an arrest being made and without a warrant. In the name of fear and political exploitation of anti-gun rhetoric, a citizen’s Second Amendment rights have been ripped away from him by the government.
The new “red flag” law, which has taken hold in other states already, allows the courts and law enforcement to take away guns from individuals they deem are dangerous and they’ve just begun the confiscation. A man living in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington became the first individual in the state to have his firearm confiscated without any formal arrest or charges. The man was not identified by authorities.
Neighbors complained that the man had been “staring” at people through storefront windows while wearing a holstered firearm. He was not brandishing his weapon by any account, and open carrying is legal in the area, so he was abiding by the law. Other residents also complained that the man’s open carrying made them feel “uncomfortable” and “unsafe.”

“He was roaming the hallways with a .25 caliber automatic,” said Tony Montana, a man who lives in the same apartment complex as the gun owner and a person without any reasonable gun knowledge. Handguns are semi-automatic.

These lousy complaints from neighbors allowed police to use the newly passed state law to confiscate the man’s firearm because the man apparently stared at others. Maybe there’s a ban on staring at others in Washington we are unaware of. Under the extreme risk protection orders — also referred to as “erpos” or “red flag laws” — police (government officials) are now allowed to violate a person’s Second and Fourth Amendment rights (which are basic fundamental human rights) and take their legally acquired personal property if they are tattled on by offended liberals.
Tyranny has now taken hold on American soil.


https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-...ant-no-charges

[oyarde]

$#@! , I forgot rhode island was even a real state .