christiefan915 (01-24-2023), Jarod (01-24-2023)
christiefan915 (01-24-2023), Jarod (01-24-2023)
morality is a set of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that facilitate voluntary, cooperative and mutually beneficial relationships.
Trump Wins,
by definition https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/trump
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There will come a day where Donald Trump is gone, but the dishonor of those who carried his water will remain.
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There will come a day where Donald Trump is gone, but the dishonor of those who carried his water will remain.
That's because mental health is an afterthought, the lesser priority. The first link doesn't even mention mental health but has a long laundry list of banning things.
The second link was an interview by a mental health group, not Beto's staff or election page: https://www.mentalhealthforus.net/about/platform/
My main point being that Democrats seek to ban guns first and treat mental health second...if at all.One in 5 American adults tens of millions of people will experience mental illness or addiction in any given year. However, the current system is not meeting the needs of millions of Americans.
We envision a future in which:
- mental health and addiction including suicide and overdose prevention are at the forefront of all policy conversations and improvement is prioritized at federal, state, and community levels;
- comprehensive, holistic approaches to mental health are integrated into physical health care; and
- our currently struggling systems are reformed to effectively care for and support the mental health of all Americans.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Cypress (01-25-2023)
The standard for due process is already there. Trial, conviction, and sentencing. One of the things I've been consistent in saying here is that if a person can't be trusted with a weapon, they can't be trusted in public.
The Government cannot say such things. WE THE PEOPLE make those determinations. IF, a big IF, our representatives in the house/senate decide that jaywalking is a felony offense worthy of removing rights, we the people have a simple resolution to that which is jury nullification.
Now, one of the things that is important to remember.........IF a citizen serves his sentenced and allotted time FULLY, they should have ALL rights restored to them upon release. No permanent removal of rights.
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
Republican redistricting helps keep it red, but the reality is that most Texans aren't Republicans: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion...y-affiliation/
39% Republican
21% No Lean
40% Democrat
When a large group of voters feel neither party represents their best interests, what should their strategy be on election day?
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
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18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
Ok, so I understand, IF the government makes ANYTHING the Supreme Court allows a felony and a jury convicts, that is one way of limiting gun ownership.
So, for example those who attacked the Capital on 1/6 AND have been convicted of seditions Conspiracy (a felony) can have their gun ownership removed? Right?
That takes care of criminal cases.
What about mental incapacitation? How does that work? If a judge declares someone mentally incompetent, than can restrict gun ownership?
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18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
It's actually not a bad argument. Sure it can be sort of an argumentum ad absurdum, but if one is debating the "absolute" nature of any right often times this is an effective argument. It forces the side that espouses an unfettered right to accept that limits already exist and limits that we should all be quite happy are there.
Indeed. The NRA's talking point about the need for better mental healthcare is actually just a disingenuous attempt to shift focus away from guns. They aren't actually interested in expanding mental healthcare. If they were they would be willing to accept a surcharge on all ammunition and gun purchases that goes to a fund for expanded mental healthcare.Nobody gives a shit about the mentally ill
The suicide number is scary. A lot of gun advocates want to ignore that but guns are a quantum step forward with regards to horrific outcomes. Not all suicide attempts need to be successful, but guns definitely bias that outcome. And studies continually show the presence of guns in a home correlates with higher rates of suicide. Likely it is because of the efficacy.or the 45,000 suicides in America every year...well, except for the half that use firearms. The Democrats love to use those numbers to puff up their "gun violence" stats.
That should be sufficient to keep suicides as a legitimate measure of the danger of guns.
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