This Actually, Literally Frightening Republican President Donald J Trump and His Administration

There is so much wrong with and from this President Trump, it's honestly difficult to assess. That's  partly because he says and does so many contradicting things and then partly because there are so many ramifications, here and across the world, from, again, what he says and does. Here are some examples from this past week alone.

Trump’s Tariffs Stoke Fears That Trade War Will ‘Kill’ U.S. Jobs

Around the World, Threats of Retaliation Against U.S. Exports

A Week That Leaves Even Trump’s Supporters Confused

He's not even for supporting our laws, due process and the legal system.

Trump says take guns 'early' 

without due process

One more example of him saying one thing...

Trump Says Raise Age for 

Buying Assault Rifles, 

Defying NRA

And then, days later, if not sooner, changing his mind and position, entirely.

N.R.A. Suggests Trump May Retreat From Gun Control

There is not only what he says and then contradicts, entirely, there is also the gross, gross incompetence for what he isn't doing and what he doesn't do.

From South Korea to Syria, 

32 countries don't have a US ambassador

And then there's the corruption. You can't forget the corruption. Some of it is from within the White House.

Regulator Seeks Kushner Loan Details From Deutsche Bank

Some of it is outside the White House.

Former Trump Adviser Dumped Millions in Steel Stocks Days Before the President Announced New Tariffs

Not done there, there's this.

According to Fact Checker and the Washington Post, so far in his Presidency, in 406 days, Trump made 2,436 false or misleading statements.

President Trump has made 2,436 false 

or misleading claims so far 

Additionally, in 408 days, as of today,  he has spent 100 of those days on a Trump golf course.

Just 408 days into his presidency, Trump spends his 100th day on a Trump golf course

If you aren't at least concerned, folks, you aren't paying attention.

Try to have a nice weekend.

Links:

Chaos? What Chaos? Let's Have a Trade War!:

“I Hate Everyone in the White House!”: Trump Seethes

Every top Trump adviser in this photo has now resigned 

or been fired

A list of officials who have left 

the Trump administration

Surprising, If Disappointing, Continuity From 1912 To Today

We think we've made vast, huge leaps of progress in workers rights and pay and all kinds of things in the workplace and on a lot, we certainly have, sure. But check out this list of things called for in 1912 for workers.  We are still, more than 100 years later, working for far too many of these, not least of which is a "living wage", rather famously right now.

I'm a "Progressive" and this is what we stand for (from a 1912 document)

-Effective legislation looking to the prevention of industrial accidents, occupational diseases, overwork, involuntary unemployment, and other injurious effects incident to modern industry;

-The fixing of minimum safety and health standards for the various occupations, and the exercise of the public authority of State and Nation, including the Federal Control over interstate commerce, and the taxing power, to maintain such standards;

-The prohibition of child labor;

-Minimum wage standards for working women, to provide a “living wage” in all industrial occupations;

-The general prohibition of night work for women and the establishment of an eight hour day for women and young persons;

-One day’s rest in seven for all wage workers;  (okay, let's make this two out of the seven, mkay?)

-The eight hour day in continuous twenty-four hour industries;

-The abolition of the convict contract labor system;

-Standards of compensation for death by industrial accident and injury and trade disease which will transfer the burden of lost earnings from the families of working people to the industry, and thus to the community;

-The protection of home life against the hazards of sickness, irregular employment and old age through the adoption of a system of social insurance adapted to American use;

-The development of the creative labor power of America by lifting the last load of illiteracy from American youth and establishing continuation schools for industrial education under public control and encouraging agricultural education and demonstration in rural schools;

-We favor the organization of the workers, men and women, as a means of protecting their interests and of promoting their progress

The NRA Is In a World of Hurt Just Now

Think about it. Think about what's going on right now in America regarding the NRA. The NRA is getting his--hard--on three fronts and it's all pretty terrific.

First, Americans are sick to death of the shootings and killings and are finally standing up and demanding change regarding weapons ever since the Parkland, Florida shootings. Coast to coast, people are organizing and demanding change from their legislators on both the state and national level.

Second, companies are abandoning NRA left and right 

Here's a full list of companies that have cut ties with the NRA since the Parkland shooting

Then, finally, quite possibly the biggest development is that the NRA is also getting hit with reports like these, showing money being funneled from a Russian oligarch/banker to the NRA.

Depth Of Russian Politician's Cultivation Of NRA Ties Revealed

Russian politician claims he knows Trump through NRA

The Russian banker under scrutiny for money transfers to the National Rifle Association said that the organization helped him meet President Trump.

Alexander Torshin, a deputy head of Russia’s central bank, is one of his country's strongest supporters of the NRA, even hosting dinners for an American delegation that came to Moscow in 2015.

A report earlier this year said that federal investigators were looking into whether his payments to the group were funneled towards Trump’s election as part of what Fusion GPS investigator Glenn Simpson said was a “very concerted effort” by Russian officials to get in with the gun lobby.

Here is my favorite headline on this topic.

FBI investigating whether NRA 

used Russian money to help Trump

So put all that together and face it, folks. 

The NRA is in a world of hurt presently.

Oh, darn.

Pass the popcorn.

Two Things On Billy Graham Passing

First this.

Billy Graham was one of America's 

richest pastors

Then this.

"I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

--Jesus Christ himself, reputedly, Matthew, 19-24

What This President Is Concerned With Today

This, of all things in the world today, just this moment, is what's concerning the person who is supposed to be the leader of our nation and the Western world. He tweeted the following this morning.

Donald J. Trump‏
Verified account
@realDonaldTrump
Following Following @realDonaldTrump

Alec Baldwin, whose dying mediocre career was saved by his terrible impersonation of me on SNL, now says playing me was agony. Alec, it was agony for those who were forced to watch. Bring back Darrell Hammond, funnier and a far greater talent!

I'm glad he's thinking and working on the big stuff.

Guns in America?  Nuclear warheads?  Nuclear war? Kim Jong Un? North Korea? Nuclear weapons?A foreign enemy hacking and influencing our elections? The economy? Health care, affordable health care? Any of that?

No. None of that.

A Saturday Night Live comedian/actor, instead.

Have you had enough, Republicans? Can we be over this soon?

What Canadians--and the World--Are Seeing Here In the US

I saw this today out on the interwebs. I couldn't confirm it's written by a Canadian but seriously, think about what they write. It seems a very real, fair and at least sad, if not ugly comment on America presently.

And he didn't even touch on shoveling yet more money to the already-wealthy and corporations while taking it from the middle- and lower-classes.

Again, thanks, Republicans!

And may God help us.

Again, To Missouri State Legislators, Are You Kidding Us Here?

In the face of the latest mass slaughter of innocent Americans, check out what our Missouri State Legislators are doing this week in Jefferson City. Check this out from the Star today.

In wake of mass school shooting, Missouri lawmakers push forward pro-gun legislation

After hearing five hours of testimony Monday afternoon and into the night, lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Tuesday and voted out of committee a handful of bills that would expand where Missourians can carry their concealed firearms. They voted down bills that would have required background checks and repealed aspects of concealed carry without a permit, which lawmakers legalized in 2016.

It's nearly unbelievable.

We keep getting more and yet more shootings and killings and all these Right Wing, Republicans can come up with is the NRA mantra: "MORE GUNS!!"

It's insane. It also goes against every scientific study out there.

Guns Do Not Stop More Crimes, Evidence Shows 

- Scientific American

Heck, it even goes against Missouri's own experience with guns after they just loosened our laws a few years ago, in 2015, with negative results.

In Missouri, Fewer Gun Restrictions 

and More Gun Killings

They learn nothing.

Check out the data for yourself:

Homicide | Harvard Injury Control Research Center 

Gun Threats and Self-Defense Gun Use | 

Harvard Injury Control

Gun Ownership | 

Harvard Injury Control Research Center

Then, very famously, there is the glaring Australian example of what works with guns.

Massive study of Australia's gun laws 

shows one thing: they work

I'm not suggesting we here in the US are capable of doing what they did. What I am saying is that it proves less weapons are the way to go for reducing shootings and killings. It doesn't even seem it needs to be said but sadly, it does.

How many people have to die, have to be killed, until they realize and then act on the hard fact that more guns is exactly the opposite, wrong way to go? We are the only nation in the world with this many weapons that also has these problems. Does that tell us nothing?

The NRA's America

The way the NRA would have us.


Giddyup.

Proof Gun Legislation Works

This right here.



So now, by all means, go online. Do a search. You'll find this--and more--is what these things cost.

Let's do this.

Is Eric Greitens Just the 51st Shade of Gray?

Okay, back on the Eric Greitens allegations---if not scandal. This, from the New York Times:

Mr. Greitens, a married father of two, acknowledged last month that he had an extramarital affair with a woman in 2015, before he was elected governor. The woman’s husband, who eventually divorced her, made secret recordings that were published last month by local news outlets.

In those recordings, the woman said she had gone to Mr. Greitens’s house and engaged in a consensual sexual encounter. But while she was blindfolded and bound with tape to an exercise machine, she said, Mr. Greitens took a nude photograph of her without permission and threatened to publicize the image if she spoke about their affair.

There's more but let's leave it there.

I haven't seen "50 Shades of Gray" or read the book but...

Doesn't this read like that plotline? Isn't that so?

Did Mr. Greitens, the Guv, just not have enough money to get away with it?

Also reads like a daytime soap opera, gone wildly out of hand. These are "The Days of Our Lives..."

Link:

A Governor Is Charged With ‘Invasion of Privacy’

So You Want To Run For Governor of Missouri...

Think about this.

It's 2016.

You're young. 

You were a Navy Seal.

You're done some fundraising for the Seals---you say--and it was supposed to be successful.

You're a reasonably well-spoken guy. Not bad looking (sadly, that matters in America).

You're Right Wing and a gun lover and the nation is awash in all that at present so you figure "What the heck. I'm going to run for governor in my state of Missouri."

But...

In 2015, just one year earlier, you had a sexual affair outside your marriage.

You're married and the father of two children.

The woman with whom you had the affair is married. Her husband--later ex-husband--is aware of the affair.

That's all.

That's it.

That's enough.

Tell us. Please.

Tell us how you didn't think this would get out.

Please.

We're waiting.

The Republicans Are Shattering the Nation, Honestly

Besides the fantastic leaders the Republicans have foisted on us---think Nixon, Trump and Greitens, as just 3 quick examples--it seems we just keep getting yet more gifts from these people. This news story broke today.

The US's national debt spiked $1 trillion 

in less than 6 months

So they railed against big budgets and too much spending for 8 years while a Democrat was in the White House but when they get their own man in there, what do they do? Do they slash spending and whittle down the deficit they hate so much?

Heck no!

They've done quite the opposite, as we keep seeing!  First it was with their budget giveaway for the already-wealthy and corporations.

The Senate Budget Sets Up A Tax Giveaway 

To The Rich

The Trump Budget Is Full of Giveaways 

to Coal and Oil Companies

Tax bill: Ample tax cuts for business, wealthy 

in new GOP tax plan

Not done there, they also did their best to increase other spending and unnecessary, at that.

A disconcerting $70 billion increase 

in defense spending

Then look what they've done to "Obamacare" and health care in the nation, folks.

The stupidity of Trumpcare: Government will spend $33 billion more to cover 8.9 million fewer Americans, as premiums soar

They wanted to make sure they undid President Obama's legacy on health care, for sure. So we'll all be paying more for health insurance, fewer will have coverage and so, access to health care and then the nation will spend more to get it all.

Fantastic, no?

Finally, here are just two of the results of their tax plan.

CBO: Senate tax bill increases deficit 

by $1.4 trillion 

Why the GOP Tax Bill Will Make 

Wealth Inequality Worse

They famously, even infamously did it in and to Kansas, as we all watched, right next door, from 2012 to today with Governor Brownback's and the Republican Party's tax cuts for the already-wealthy and corporations.

Did anyone learn?

Oh, heck no. So here we go again. Some more. But on a larger, national scale now.

God help them if they go after Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and other budgets.

For the love of God and all that's good, someone, someone tell me why anyone but the wealthy votes Republican.

Very Proud of the Star Today

Our local Kansas City Star did a fantastic thing yesterday. They printed an op/ed piece from their editorial board that is clear, simple and very true on how and why we must reduce the numbers of innocent Americans shot and killed in our nation.

America's gun violence crisis must end. Here's how

The United States faces an unprecedented crisis of gun violence, a moral and health disaster that threatens every American.

The bloodshed must be stopped. The courageous students in Florida, who just helped bury their classmates and teachers, unmistakably call us all to action.

The voices in Las Vegas, Orlando, San Bernardino, Charleston, Sutherland Springs, Ft. Hood, Columbine, Newtown and other communities bear witness to the slaughter as well.

We start with two guiding principles:

▪ The claim that any one approach “won’t work” and therefore should not be tried, is a dangerous nonstarter.

No law works in every instance. Laws deter behavior and punish aberrance, but they cannot stop every anti-social act. That doesn’t mean we give up on laws.

Airport security rules failed on Sept. 11, 2001. No one proposed ending those rules because they “didn’t work.” Instead, Americans studied the failure, learned from it and improved the rules where necessary.

A similar approach can work with gun violence.

▪ Several solutions are better than one. While it’s tempting to simply propose universal weapon confiscation — which would sharply reduce the killings — it is not practically or politically possible.

Instead, a series of reforms, linked to a common objective, has the best chance of reducing gun violence.

Background checks and gun purchases

Polls show the vast majority of Americans supports expanded background checks before any weapon is purchased. That means a federal criminal and mental health background check should be required for guns bought privately and at gun shows.

A gun buyer should be required to obtain a federal clearance document, reflecting a background check, which would then be presented before any weapons transaction. Failure to do so would result in criminal liability for the buyer and the seller.

Law enforcement officials must have the resources to make sure background check information is accurate and easily shared.

Mental health screening

Funding for mental health screening and treatment must be increased. Any police officer will tell you mental illness is his or her biggest challenge, and early intervention can prevent a lifetime of suffering.

But Americans must also link mental health screening with preventing weapons possession. It does no good to identify mental illness without tools to take weapons away from those who threaten violence.

Anyone convicted of domestic violence should not have a gun, period. Stronger protective orders preventing gun possession are an option, and those involuntarily hospitalized for mental illness should not have guns.

We must be careful because the vast majority of the mentally ill aren’t violent. Rules must be carefully drawn to prevent indiscriminate detention and confiscation of property.

Security in public spaces

Schools must be made more secure, but that is just a start. Security measures must now be re-evaluated for all public places.

It’s absurd to claim teachers or other employees in public spaces should arm themselves. They aren’t the police. And it’s beyond horrific to expect teachers or any other civilian to put themselves between a bullet and a victim.

Teachers have shown unfathomable courage in mass shooting events. But firing a weapon or becoming a human shield should not be a job requirement.

Violent media

The First Amendment protects artists who use violence in movies, books, music, video games and the like. Yet some images and words undoubtedly impact some people, including some prone to violent acts.

The industry must step forward on its own to curtail the use of such images.

Gun possession

The nation should ban the manufacture, possession or sale of certain firearms, including semi-automatic assault weapons, that are used in mass shootings. At absolute minimum, Congress must raise the age for purchasing such guns.

Bump stocks should be illegal. High taxes on magazines and bullets are another worthwhile approach. A national waiting period for gun purchases makes sense and would pass constitutional muster.

The Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, but it is not absolute — most fully-automatic weapons are banned for civilians, for example. Other weapons of mass murder should be in the same category.

Gun makers should be subject to product liability lawsuits as well.

Reasonable Americans can discuss the mix of laws and regulations needed to address the gun crisis. But make no mistake: Inaction is not acceptable. Stalling for time won’t work anymore.

Voters will judge their representatives on this issue, and elected officials who fail to act will be complicit in the carnage.

On Thursday, National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre — who was paid more than $5 million in 2015, according to records — railed against unnamed “elites” for politicizing gun violence.

You’re wrong, Wayne. Ordinary moms and dads, brothers and sisters, friends and classmates are demanding change.

They’re tired of attending church, or school, or a movie or concert fearing for their lives. They’re tired of sending their kids to school wondering if they’ll come home.

They’re tired of politicians more concerned with campaign donations than doing what’s right. They’re tired of burying the dead.

They are not elites. They are everyday Americans. They want to end the slaughter. They will be heard. We join our voice with theirs.

________________________________

What's important to stress is that no one, no one is calling for an end to the Second Amendment, first, and that no one is coming after all the guns, all the weapons in the nation. The alarmists on the other side of this opinion assume and go to that nearly every time. It's untrue and wrong. These simple, intelligent, reasonable measures pointed out here above would go a long, long way to saving innocent American lives in our nation, going forward.

It's not too much to ask.

There's No One Quite Like Our President Trump, Is There?

Richard Nixon has nothing on this guy.

Quote of the Day -- On That Second Amendment

Link:

Warren Burger and the Second Amendment 

Check Out What They're Saying About This President In the UK

Don't think for a moment it's just the Democrats or Liberals or "Lefitists" or Progressives that don't hold this President Trump in high regard. As the title says, check out what they think of him over in Europe, in the UK. They're not afraid to put it in bold headlines.

Donald Trump might be 

the stupidest President ever

A bit from the article:

President Donald Trump does not read - except in small doses and when his own name appears prominently. Prior to the presidency, his only activities were work and golf. He does not mingle with intellectuals, cultural trend-setters or artists

It should come as no surprise - and it has not - that he is sorely lacking in sophistication, knowledge of the world, understanding of government and a rudimentary grasp of economics.

Sitting atop arguably the great resource on the planet - the body of knowledge retained by American government experts on everything from economics to medicine to military history - he remains blissfully ignorant on a range of subjects. 

It goes on to give examples of at least his irresponsibility, if not his recklessness and, not surprisingly, his obvious and even blatant ignorance.

And mind you, this was printed back in June, 2017 when he was only in office 4 months.

On Assault Weapons

How About Those Republican Leaders, eh?

Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri Indicted 

on Invasion of Privacy Charge

How Low Republicans--and Gun Nuts--Have Gotten Already After This Parkland Shooting

This is how low, just how very low Republicans have gotten about protecting guns and the NRA instead of protecting children, innocent children in our nation. (warning: some expletives)


It doesn't stop there, either.

Marco Rubio tells survivor of Parkland massacre he will continue to accept NRA Money

They know what pays, anyway, huh?


Not done there, stupid had to come out of the White House, too.

Sparking Swift Backlash, Trump Doubles Down on Proposal to Arm 'Highly Trained Teachers'

It hurts.

Now, it's gotten the worst it can get and still just be verbal.

One of the teen survivors of the Florida shooting says he's quitting Facebook because of death threats from 'NRA cultists'

This, above here, is why I used the term "gun nuts" in the title of this post.

We, all of us, need to put humans and human life and American lives above weapons as a priority.

You wouldn't think that would be a debatable topic.

How the Rest of the World Sees Our Nation and Our Guns

"Sunday with Lubach, which is sort of like the Dutch version of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, looked at guns — specifically, the US’s love of firearms."

From the article:

This European comedy sketch explains how the world sees America's

 gun problem

And the Children Shall Lead Them...

I saw this post today, this morning, on Facebook. The parent of one of the children, one of the students in Parkland, Florida posted this letter.

Lenny Kaufman
February 20 at 7:54pm ·

As many of you know, my daughter Sari is a sophomore at Stoneman Douglas in Parkland. She wrote the letter below and has sent it to many government officials. She has asked me to share her message with as many people as possibe. Please feel free to re-post and share on your own timeline.

Hello, my name is Sari Kaufman and I attend Stoneman Douglas. I am a sophomore and I am a survivor of the 2/14 attack. 

The morning of the attack seemed like a normal day. The weather was very nice and I was excited to receive carnations for Valentines Day. Sadly, this all changed at the sound of a routine fire drill. 

I remember leaving my classroom at 2:22 pm. This was the second fire drill of the day so it seemed abnormal. Once I went outside I heard five consistent noises that sounded like gunshots but my mind did not let me accept the fact that it were sounds that caused 17 lives to be lost. My memory from this day is a little vague but I remember my teacher saying this is not a drill. 

We ran behind a fence and made sure we did not fall in a canal while we were running for our lives. There was so much confusion and we did not know what was going on. The only clear thing I remember which made me feel at ease was when a police officer protected us and helped us to safety. I was able to run to a nearby restaurant and watch the unthinkable news story develop in my 5th period classroom. 

Unfortunately, some of my friends are not able to share their story today. 

My city and school will be forever changed and even some of my closest friends are forever changed due to this traumatizing event that has affected them, not just physically, but also mentally/emotionally. I have had to go to funerals and watch parents bury their 14 year old sons and daughters. 

Following the attack, I wanted to talk to the news right away, but at the same time, I first wanted to understand the gun control debate a little more in-depth. Now, after a few days and after this traumatizing event is not feeling like a dream anymore and the fact that we lost 17 people including coaches, teachers, administrators, and classmates, I want to make a change. 

In November, I researched about the NICS (the gun database background check system) and about universal gun background checks for the November Public Forum debate topic. I remember finding many flaws in our system. For example, according to “The Trace” in 2015, the NICS Improvement Amendment Act was introduced in the wake of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. The legislation gave more than a billion dollars in grants to states and territories to improve record keeping systems and reportings to NICS. This seemed like a very common sense and great way to fix a robust system. 

However, since the bill became law, Congress has given out only 11.5 percent of that money for spending. Former Congressman James Moran explains the reason behind this. He says that the NRA worked with allies in Congress to cut off funding for these grants when the committee put each year’s budget together (July 27th, 2015). 

Unfortunately, this was a very common theme and each article I read had a recurring conclusion. It is either that the proposed bill never passes Congress due to backlash from other funding parties, or in some cases, a bill passes but Congress does not put the money where it is supposed to go due to influential organizations like the NRA.

Therefore, do I think that my friends and I protesting for a change is going to change your mind? No. But maybe real facts, research, and uniting politicians together to save lives at school will lead to a change. 

I am only 15 years old but I understand that politics are extremely complicated. However, I believe that we can fix these issues in our systems so other kids do not have to go through the same trauma I have gone through. I hope that the next time that you (government leaders) make a deal or receive money which hinders your judgment, just remember kids having their blood spilled out on classroom floors.

Also, remember that your community might be next. 

Please do not wait and just be sad for a couple of days that 17 people died and please do not think American lives are disposable. Let this shooting be the last school shooting. Do not wait until it is too late, until it happens in your community, to your daughter or son, or your friends. 

Act now. 

There is so much we can accomplish in this revolution, even if it will take several small steps. For example, after Sandy Hook, Connecticut required information on mental health records available to federal and state agencies while performing background checks. According to Giffords Law Center, federal law cannot require states to make information identifying these people available to the federal or state agencies that perform background checks, and many states fail to voluntarily report the necessary records to the FBI’s NICS. So instead of just letting Connecticut be alone and do this because they were affected, let's motivate every single state to do this on a federal level. 

I want to be optimistic about these political changes but the sad fact is that in only my 15 years of existence there have been more school shootings than someone who lived from 1910 to 1980. There is a repetitive pattern that has a very similar dialogue: Another shooting, let's improve our system, let's unite and worry about the people on each side of the political aisle. 

Children's lives are more important than our political differences. 

Let’s do something about our flawed system. Following this, very little is ever accomplished. Words are very different than actions. I want to be optimistic but the truth is I am very pessimistic about new political changes. How is this generation going to have faith in our system if time and time again it fails to protect our lives? Every day in school we learn how great the United States is, yet we are one of the only countries in the world to have classmates die in the very place we learn. There could have been so much to prevent this horrible tragedy. I am just asking for a change no matter what it is. I just want our system to improve to save lives. I hope we unite across political parties to protect my friends and future generations to be safe in school.

Best,

Sari Kaufman
Age 15

Jefferson City Republican Lawmakers: WTH??

What do these hillbillies down there think with?

Child Marriage Is A-OK, 

Say 50 Missouri Lawmakers 

March For Our Lives Kansas City!

In keeping with the national movement and marches on this day, Saturday, March 24, we'll be having our own "March For Our Lives" here in Kansas City. It will start at 1 pm at Mill Creek Park on the Country Club Plaza.

If we can't be in Washington, DC, we'll do the next best thing and still have our voices heard.

See you there!

Links:

Florida teen shooting survivors announce 'March for Our Lives 

MARCH FOR OUR LIVES

Join us on Facebook:   

March for Our LIves Kansas City
Mar 24, 1 PM · Mill Creek Park · Kansas City, MO

Gun Nuts, Overrun by Facts

The pesky Second Amendment, NRA set keep going back to the same, tired arguments, it seems, even now, on the heels of yet another slaughter of innocents here in the US. The "thoughts and prayers" crowd. The "It's too soon to talk about it" and "Don't politicize this event", ad infinitum.

What gets me about this is their complete, total denial of facts, of the facts on these matters.

Here's the first one:

In Wake of Florida Massacre, 

Gun Control Advocates Look to Connecticut

And of the entire article, I'll break it down to just this one simple fact, this paragraph, from the beginning of it:

Analyses by the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence show that, with few exceptions, states with the strictest gun-control measures, including California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, have the lowest rates of gun deaths, while those with the most lax laws like Alabama, Alaska and Louisiana, have the highest.

That one alone will make them choke but there they are. Facts. All those pesky facts and statistics and hard data.

Here's another.

After Sandy Hook, More Than 400 People Have Been Shot in Over 200 School Shootings

And that's just the school shootings. There have been far, far more of other shootings and killings. This is only our unprotected children in our schools.

How can we do nothing?

The fact is, we can't. And with this shooting, this killing, this massacre of still more children, the following makes me think we may have, finally, finally turned a corner. 

Prominent Republican Donor Issues Ultimatum 

on Assault Weapons 

Maybe we really will do something this time.

Here's hoping. Let's do this, America. It's long, long overdue.

Link:

This Interactive Map Shows all the Mass Shooting in America 

Since1966