We Need to Bring Back the Assault Weapons Ban

CPAC, Already, Today

In just one morning, today, so far, at CPAC, Ted Cruz laughed about his Cancun debacle while Texans literally froze to death, they did a tribute to racist, sexist, homophobic, misogynist Rush Limbaugh and they wheeled out---no kidding here--a GOLD STATUE of none other than Donald J "Jenius" Trump that looked for all the world, not like they were honoring him but that they were, instead, mocking and laughing at him. You know, the way all the rest of us do. Check it out for yourself.

Seriously, y'all, when you're done with that, could we use that at Democratic National Committee gatherings? That's fantastic. "The Onion" and SNL can't write stuff this good. If only they, the Republicans, weren't actually serious with all this. Wow.

What All These Mass Shootings Are, After All

Let's be clear.

Please, please contact your Congressional representatives now, today or soon as possible and tell them we need, we must have required background checks for mental stability and criminal history, both, coast to coast and soon as possible.

If we avoid even one killing, let alone one mass shooting, we will have advanced as a people, nation and society. No other nation in the world has this problem to the extent we do here in our own United States. Now is the time to talk about this. It's long past time. In fact, it's long, long overdue.

Do it today.  And thank you in advance.

Contacting the Congress: 

A Citizen's Congressional Directory

Religion May Well Have Brought Us, Once Again, to This Mass Shooting

There are actually not just some times but many in which religion, which is to otherwise espouse love and love for humanity, has brought us, yet again, to this horrific slaughter of innocent American lives in Orlando, Florida today where 50 people were gunned down and at least 53 maimed.  Check out this recent video from Orlando dated April 16 this year.



Check this out. This is from Orlando and just this past April.

Orlando Shooter's Father Says Omar Mateen Was Angry Over Two Men Kissing

This is not an assault on my part against the Muslim religion nor Muslims nor followers of Islam. My position is that this man, above, in this video is deeply wrong and irresponsible and calling for murders.

Let's be clear on this, too. The shooter last night was a coward. A coward with a gun.

He was angry because he saw two men kissing. 

At a gay bar. Imagine that. 

So rather than confront them, he got weapons and gunned innocent people, innocent Americans down. 

He was a freaking coward. As so many of these people are.

Then there's this:

Shooter's ex-wife tells Washington Post: 'He was not a stable person. He beat me.'

This is proof right here so no one can claim background checks for mental stability and/or criminal history can't stop at least some of these killings and slaughters of American innocents. If even one life is saved, let alone one mass shooting is avoided and lives are saved, we've made improvements.

We need to get busy, everyone. Please contact your Congressional representatives and tell them we need, at minimum, required background checks for all weapons purchases in the nation, for mental stability and criminal history. No, it won't stop all these shootings and killings and maimings, as I said, but if we at least reduce them, we've advanced as a people.

Contacting the Congress: A Citizen's Congressional Directory

Thank you, in advance.

Link:  Orlando Nightclub Shooter Called 911 to Pledge Allegiance to ISIS: Sources

Breaking This Morning: Yet Another Mass Shooting

Breaking news, just now:

Police: Approximately 50 killed in Florida club shooting

Approximately 50 people are apparently killed this morning in yet another mass shooting. This one in Orlando, Florida.

And yes, it's been confirmed the gunman had and used an assault weapon. It's being called the worst mass shooting in our nation's history.

This on top of another shooting this weekend:

'The Voice' Singer Christina Grimmie 

Dies After Shooting

How long, America?

Side note:  This should actually be able to help our own Mayor James and each and every city mayor and police force in this nation in possibly, if not likely, getting tougher gun laws. We'll see, of course.

Confronting Mayor Sly Over Gun Rights Crackdown

Kansas City No 9 on FBI's "most dangerous cities"

Yikes.


I was afraid of this.


When I saw this headline, I thought we'd likely be on it and there we are:


The 11 Most Dangerous Cities

City/ Crime Risk Index

1. St. Louis: 530

2. Atlanta: 484

3. Birmingham Alabama (tie): 380

3. Orlando (tie): 380

5. Detroit: 369

6. Memphis: 361

7. Miami: 346

8. Baltimore: 339

9. Kansas City, Missouri: 337

10. Minneapolis (tie): 331

10. Cleveland (tie): 331

The bad news?  We're on the list.  Worse, we're  not even in last place.

The good news?

We're not as bad as Detroit.  (Yet?)

Better yet, we're not St. Louis.

Link to original story:  http://finance.yahoo.com/news/The-11-Most-Dangerous-usnews-1262959588.html?x=0

Yet another shooting spree

Yesterday it's a shooting rampage in Texas.

Today it's a shooting rampage in Orlando, Florida.

Just breaking news:

"Reports are coming in that 8 people were shot in a downtown high-rise in Orlando, Florida. The local news reports: All eight victims are trauma patients, the Fire Department said."

"Officers were dispatched to the Gateway Center office building just before noon on Friday after reports of a shooting."


"MSNBC reports that there are at least two people dead and no suspect in custody. The shootings took place on multiple floors of the office building. AP reports that the building is on lock down and surrounded."

"Police have surrounded a Florida high-rise after gun shots were reportedly fired."


To repeat: the answer to too many guns, killings and murders is not more guns.


Link to original story:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/gateway-center-shooting-a_n_348566.html