Texas gun control activist shoots her three children dead

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  1. Shook

    Shook Well-Known Member

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    Whatever the truth in your post not withstanding, anger and frustration are best served cold, and there is a lot more to it than you have said.

    Let history be the judge: don't go there. "Mental health", "mental stability" -- whatever you want to call it, is at its core a political analysis. Politicians certainly see it in that light, and will not stop until they have your gun(s). That is why they don't do a damn thing about people who are well-known to those around them as about to go off the rails and commence shooting. They actually oppose the intent of red flag laws, you see. They do not care about mass shootings beyond the power they can reap from the public as a consequence.

    Yeah, actually you can sit there with your arms folded. So? What about it? It's better than letting them push you down a slippery slope into their eventual dictatorship. If you go there even with the best intentions, it will get away from you. What you think and do and what they think and do are two completely different things. You just happen to be temporarily on the same road. Historically, it's the way politicians are.

    Look, say a guy is a good citizen and he owns guns. But he's conservative. All he means to liberals is that he has guns and he opposes agendas, 99% of which is absolute insanity.

    Now, how easy would it be for them to piss him off in some unrelated venue or situation, create a record of his negative disposition that results, then do it again in some other venue or situation. Bang (oh, sorry) in not time he has a record of demonstrating a propensity for losing his temper. Didn't used to be that way, but he is now. He's a conservative, a gun owner, and he has a bad temper. If you don't think this kind of thing can be orchestrated, you're very wrong. See, they don't like him and see him as a threat, and well, meet with your "neighborhood crime watch" and some attorneys and determine the best way to dispose of him and his guns.

    This obviously subversive "red flag" law for votes itself provides much of the motivation for fabricating entrepreneurial application, call it. What a challenge to liberals!

    Don't forget, too, that there is a long, long list of prescription medications that automatically require the user to give up his guns. If he isn't aware of this (he probably is) and he goes to a doctor for relief of stress liberals have largely caused and, say, gets a prescription from a confederate doctor, Bang! -- oh, sorry -- they got him.

    IMHO, it is just not possible to even entertain any gun control proposals because the intent is so clearly duplicitous. What they want has nothing to do with what they tell the public. These lying liberal lawmakers don't even look at the tons of evidence pointing out excellent reasons for opposing gun control and all the political BS, let alone argue with any of it. Have you ever seen a single one of them actually argue against the pros of gun ownership? I haven't, and I don't ever expect to.

    They are lying like crazy about this issue and as much as possible, one must not give them one inch of slack.

    I'd be happy to read any "Plan B", but "red flag" laws are just folly.
     
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    Well Bonded Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Here's the problem, most states already have laws that allow law enforcement to confiscate a firearm that was used as a threat, they just don't enforce them.

    So since a law is not being enforced, the CGA's want to layer another law on top of the one not being enforced, however Red Flag laws are really not laws, they are bypass's to the existing right of presumed innocent until proven guilty, Red Flag laws assume one is guilty, until proven innocent, and in many cases the accused is not given a chance to defend himself, the firearms are confiscated and them the person must prove he is not a threat to himself or others and that, because of medical negligence suits will never be possible, no doctor in this country is going to risk his practice by signing off on a person never being a future threat.

    Red flag laws are nothing more than a backdoor method of confiscation, an ex gets pissed, your guns are gone, you didn't call that date back, your guns are gone, you fired a shot and scared off an intruder and a liberal neighbor see's you as a threat to the community, your guns are gone .

    And since you have been Red Flagged, you can no longer buy a firearm, as you now have a mental health record and are disqualified under federal law from buying any firearms or ammo.

    And Red Flag laws are just the tip of the spear, if the GCA's and their wealthy backers can suppress the Second with them, the First is next and many more rights will follow down that path after.

    Just look to England where people are being jailed for speaking out against Islam on-line, that's where we could be heading.
     
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    Shook Well-Known Member

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    Thank you for a most informative post. :)
     
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    If the wife bugs me again during the 'phins game I'll have a definitive answer for you tomorrow. :steamed:
     
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    Nightmare515 Ragin' Cajun Staff Member Past Donor

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    Oh trust me I am not in favor of Red Flag laws for the exact reasons you've mentioned here. It would be abused to no end and I am not in favor of guilty until proven innocent. I was simply saying that there are certain times where I can understand the argument for Red Flag type laws and my friend I mentioned is a pretty good example of how complex of an issue this is.

    Red Flag type laws open up a can of worms and send society down a rabbit hole that we are not mature enough to go down. Where would the line even be drawn? Who would be "too dangerous" to own firearms? Those with mental illness? What definition of mental illness are we using? Even professional medical personnel can't agree on what actually constitutes a mental disorder. Someone who has shown any outward signs of violence maybe? I've seen plenty of "boys will be boys" type ordeals in my local bar and being roughed up a bit and tossed out on your ass by one of the regulars for getting a bit too disorderly is a fairly common practice there. That's "violence", are they too violent to own firearms now?

    Hell we live in a society nowadays to where a lot of folks think that speech is "violence". I don't exactly trust society to be given the power to point their finger at folks they believe may be "violent".
     
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    The matter is further complicated by the reveal that those who favor these so-called "red flag laws" have gone on record as opposing any efforts to include the names of known or suspected gang members and their affiliates for who the supposed protection orders can be taken out against. Thus demonstrating the laws have absolutely nothing to do with the notion of public safety.
     
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    Nightmare515 Ragin' Cajun Staff Member Past Donor

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    Yeah seriously. I remember reading that and I literally laughed out loud. They aren't even trying to hide it anymore as time goes on more and more of the truth is coming out. What did that lady say on the Today Show the other day? Stop telling them you're gonna take their guns, get elected first and then take their guns lol.

    I would seriously like for someone to provide a rational and thought out argument as to how exactly it makes sense to implement Red Flag laws but exempt gang members from being put on it....

    The entire point of these laws is supposedly to intervene before somebody uses their firearms to hurt others. "Red Flag". Well I'm pretty sure that somebody who chooses to join the street gang that wears red flags as their gang colors is probably a RED FLAG.

    I'm no professional criminal investigator but I'm pretty sure folks don't join the Bloods gang to conduct charity fundraising events....
     
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  8. Well Bonded

    Well Bonded Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Well they do something similar by causing rival gang members to become involuntary blood donors. ;-)
     
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    Nightmare515 Ragin' Cajun Staff Member Past Donor

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    The funny thing is this actually demonstrates the actual reason why Red Flag laws aren't good ideas. The very folks who propose this ADMITTED that accidentally by saying gangs don't get put on it by default. Why? For the same reason why there is even such a thing as "known gang members". We have due process in the United States, we can't just arrest you without evidence. We know you're up to no good but we have to prove it first.

    Hell we have criminal organizations who walk around wearing straight up uniforms. Look at those 1% Motorcycle Clubs. Yeah yeah I know they aren't all as dramatic as the Sons of Anarchy show but some of them are way closer to that then you'd think. We have Hells Angels in my neck of the woods, I see them riding around all the time and they own a pretty popular bar nearby. They actually do a lot of pretty cool stuff for our little community and you'll see them out there during Christmas time doing charity work and whatnot. They are not all bad folks but lets make no mistake about it, they a small chapter in the largest criminal motorcycle gang in the world...I'm pretty sure by any rational definition of "Red Flag" law that can be defined being a member of the Hells Angels or Mongols or something would certainly qualify even if you haven't done anything "wrong".
     
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    No. You're not serious. Did you make up that URL and website? Nobody (Left or Right) could be that confused or that hypocritical. Here, let me use the very "evil" tool that I rail against each day to take the life of my family members and then myself? My gawd. Who are these confused people and where the hell do they come from - Mars or Jupiter?

    Got to be a joke (*spoofed*) website. I don't buy it. Too bizarre.
     
  11. Well Bonded

    Well Bonded Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    To bad pal that is reality, it's a shame you cannot accept it!
     

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