The National Rifle Association (NRA) is suing Florida after it passed a gun control law in the wake of a school shooting that left 17 people dead.
Governor Rick Scott, a staunch ally of the gun lobby, enacted the bill, which the NRA says violates the constitution.
The law raises the legal age for buying rifles in Florida, but also allows the training and arming of school staff.
It does not ban semi-automatic rifles like the one used in the 14 February massacre in Parkland.
But it does introduce a three-day waiting period on all gun sales and a ban on bump stocks, a device that enables semi-automatic rifles to fire hundreds of rounds a minute.
The NRA filed its lawsuit on Friday just an hour after the bill was signed by the governor.
One of its arguments is that the legislation violates the rights of young women as they are unlikely to commit violent crime.
Oh yeah, it's all about protecting young women. THAT sounds like something the NRA is well known for giving a shit about.
By the way, whatever happened to all that "state's rights" rhetoric that the conservatives are famous for?
Not when it interferes with gun sales dammit!
It's not going to make a difference however.
As the great Joy Reid pointed out in her recent Daily Beast article, the NRA is losing.
We all know the Republicanos are all about rights for women. What a fucking joke these death merchants are.
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DeleteThe funny thing is, there is a portion of NRA supporters that don't want women armed. Namely the domestic abusers. Part of the gun debate has been about having domestic abusers be included with the mentally ill and other criminals on the "no sale" list when it comes to buying guns. The last thing these insecure asshats want is for the little women to be able to defend themselves against their beatings by whipping out a gun and standing their ground.
ReplyDeleteNot that women get equal consideration under the law. I recall a woman in FLORIDA pulled out a gun and shot, not her boyfriend but the wall behind him, because he was beating their child or some such. He had a history of beating her too. She was convicted of attempted murder even though her attorney used the stand your ground Florida gun law as a defense. Since he had beaten her before it was reasonable to believe she feared for her life. But....woman. Oh, and she was black.
I remember that case. Wonder how she's doing now?
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Dana Loesch must have Depends on by now at the mere thought. Just like Keebler Elf Sessions in California, read your damned constitution you go on and on over about states' rights.
ReplyDeleteAh the old days....
ReplyDeleteNo shirt
No shoes
No service
We never had to bother about any of this shit.
OT..60 Minutes just revealed their segments for tonight. No Stormy Daniels interview!?!? Did Trump’s attorneys succeed?
ReplyDeleteTrump should not be allowed to curtail free speech as to this interview. Fuck him!! 60 Minutes needs to go ahead and do it and let him sue them. Fight him in Court and expose all the nastiness about his affair - plus - and, most especially - release the photo of his tiny dick for the world to see!
DeleteOops! It wasn’t airing until the 18th.
DeleteHe sure is worried about a woman he supposedly never met.
DeleteThe NRA is in the same position as the tobacco companies were. They are going down.
ReplyDeleteDon't know how they sleep at night.
I don’t know how Dubya does either. What was his statement (paraphrasing), “at least there’s some worse than me,” or whatever his quote was.
DeleteNO, asshole, you caused MORE than enough of this being Cheney’s butt boy and then some. Assault weapons ban lifting his and his alone!
Sorry for the rant, but his painting book “Profiles Of Courage” burned my butt. You needlessly sent them into that, asswipe!
Who can’t forget?
DeleteI’ll finish what you couldn’t do, daddy!
Not even close.
DeleteThe 2nd amendment was about flint lock rifles and a right for all people to protect their property. The 2nd amendment does not have anything to do with assault rifles in the arms of criminals, kids, and idiots.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you go find the exact wording of the second amendment and copy and paste it here... and find the exact spot where it says the 2nd amendment is for 'flint lock rifles and a right for people to protect their property'. don't remember seeing that wording.
DeleteAnd further, where does the 2nd Amendment say anything about criminals, kids, and idiots?
Do you have a different copy of the Amendments than the rest of America?
OT?
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"He was a decorated soldier and was awarded the Expert Marksmanship Badge. But that also meant Wong was tasked with dangerous assignments, where he saw "really horrible things" that affected his mental well-being"
"d Wong was taking medication to assuage his PTSD and "level out some of those mood swings."
The victims were identified as Executive Director Christine Loeber, 48; Clinical Director Jennifer Golick, 42; and Jennifer Gonzales Shushereba, 32, a clinical psychologist with the San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.
After the shooting, John Dunbar, the mayor of Yountville and a member of The Pathway Home's board of directors, said Wong was "one of our heroes who clearly had demons.""
blow JOB$?
ReplyDelete“A countervailing factor would be a reluctance of the Germans to ‘reward’ this behavior, especially if it's unclear where trade policy is going,” Ikenson told POLITICO. “His unorthodox and sometimes erratic behavior ultimately discourages investment in the United States.”"
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/11/trump-european-cars-tariffs-454722
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teens-lawsuit-battling-climate-change-wins-victory-over-justice-department_us_5aa20a12e4b01b9b0a39c53c
ReplyDelete"A federal lawsuit filed by a group of young people accusing the federal government of violating their constitutional right to life with fossil fuel policies that promote climate change has won a key ruling.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that the case can proceed toward trial. The ruling rejected the Trump administration’s request to throw the lawsuit as a “drastic and extraordinary remedy” for which Justice Department attorneys failed to make a case.
The 2015 complaint filed in Oregon by 21 young people, ages 10 to 21, argues that government policies have exacerbated climate change, in violation of their rights to life, liberty and property ― and those of future generations. The policies have also failed to protect “essential public trust resources,” the suit argues."
What did that bitch in Florida say? Children don't make laws?
Maybe not. But they're not going to sit down and shut up either.
They are going to PERSIST!
http://blogs.findlaw.com/ninth_circuit/2018/03/youth-win-9th-circuit-ruling-in-climate-change-case.html
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Teens are suing the government and winning.
So much for that bitch in Florida dismissing children in such a condescending manner. I think she may just lose her next re-election bid if the young voters decide to take her out. If I were them, she'd be tops on my hit list.