"Bipartisan" is funny to me, because it basically comes down to 10 R's actually doing something outside of what the NRA says they should do. That's fucking wild to me, as children and minorities are shot in cold blood by 18 year olds.
Have you ever been in Gadsen? I've been there a few times. That's where I found a sign saying Whites above one drinking fountain and Colored above another. I think most of them have half their teeth and are trigger happy. It doesn't surprise me that the suspect was shot dead.
'Bipartisan' Senate Deal on Guns Deemed "Pathetically Weak" "This bill is a joke! This makes it sound like mental health is the cause for gun violence. It’s the fucking guns!" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/12/bipartisan-senate-deal-guns-deemed-pathetically-weak
Just at immature and illogical lies people tell themselves to make them feel better. It's quite humorous. Like your suggestion that anybody said the kind of deal that is being discussed here would never happen. It's funny that you have to try and trick yourself like that. That's all.
My statement was "" The old "That will never happen" excuse needs to end"". I don't think that statement says what you think it says? It most certainly is not a suggestion that this deal is what needs to happen or that anyone here said it wouldn't. Maybe go back and read it again. Then please quit putting words into my mouth. I again stand by my statement that HAS been said on this thread. The old "That will never happen" excuse needs to end. (This is in reference to many statements that i feel are very valid. Many people feel this way). I will add to that. "More...Much Much more needs to be done". This is not a LOL matter to me. I will spare you the details. Just take my word for it. I feel it's more "Immature" and even more "Illogical" to think this is "Quite Humorous" and i also feel it is a "Lie" to tell yourself over and over again "It will never change" to make yourself "Feel Better" and "Trick Yourself" about it not changing.
Except it has been said in this thread while trying to advocate for some progress. Rather than holding out for things which will not happen, start focusing on things which can. The suggestion has been to start working on things most people can agree on, funding schools and the mental health aspect. Possibly raising the age to purchase guns. The implication you made was laughable. It still is. I agree. Many people feel that way. When a large group of people act afool, as the gun control advocates and MAGA fools tend to do, I Iaugh at them. Sure, a lot of what they both do costs lives. That's the reality of the world we live in. But their mental gymnastics need to be called out, and laughing at that kind of self dilusion is just a natural response. The whole political cult thing is a fucking joke, and it needs to be laughed it.
Guns will never be unavailable in the US. The sooner we get used to that and stop trying to push our political agendas real progress can be made. It appears that they are finally getting realistic about that and at least trying to do something logical. Finally. So no, you're wrong. Guns will not be restricted enough to save any lives in the US. It will never happen. Holding out for that as democrats have been has just been killing more people. Every bit as much as the republicans.
I disagree on many levels. Sorry you can't figure that out but keep banging that drum and telling that lie.
The bipartisan bill is a start. Both sides got a few things they wanted. Though an actual raise in age for purchase of guns would have been better, an enhanced review process for buyers under 21 is a start. Background checks, a green light for red flag laws, and movement on consequences for straw purchases (though they should have just made that illegal...looks like it will just be a fine maybe). The Republicans got what they wanted in securing schools better and better access to mental health (which the Dems want to). This is all a start. It's progress that shows progress can be made. What this can't be is a one-off thing. This can't be an oh we did something and we are done. It needs to be a we did something and how can we improve on this? How can we make more progress because if this can be done, more can be done, even if it takes time. We have to keep pushing the envelope so that fewer and fewer incidents like what happened in Uvalde, occur again across our country. It's called progress for a reason, because it's a move forward, and we have to keep moving forward or we move backwards and we lose what little progress we have just made.
Or we could just say "That will never happen" and stop there. Change never happens in a blink of an eye. Takes time and rightfully so. One thing I have figured out over the years is "NEVER" is a very long time.
Which is a false narrative. You're arguing against a position that doesn't exist. Here's hoping our political leaders can be more mature than that.
