Polices changing around guns by Ryan Rusiewicz https://padlet.com/ryanrusiewicz/tqe4s5gombq3tcc1 en-us 2023-04-13 12:34:40 UTC 2023-04-20 12:35:11 UTC hello@padlet.com #backroundchecks #exuctiveorder #massshooting ryanrusiewicz https://padlet.com/ryanrusiewicz/tqe4s5gombq3tcc1/wish/2558481176 Normal Right

The president’s order does not change U.S. government policy but directs federal agencies to ensure compliance with existing laws and procedures — a typical feature of executive orders issued by presidents when they confront the limits of their own power to act without cooperation from Congress.

The order directs the Cabinet to work on a plan to better structure the government to support communities suffering from gun violence. The plan calls on Attorney General Merrick Garland to shore up the rules for federally licensed gun dealers so they know they are required to do background checks as part of the license.

President Biden said he was determined to, one again, ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.]]> 2023-04-18 12:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ryanrusiewicz/tqe4s5gombq3tcc1/wish/2558481176 #supremecourt #Gunsaftey #Assualtweapons ryanrusiewicz https://padlet.com/ryanrusiewicz/tqe4s5gombq3tcc1/wish/2558482770 Normal Left

This means government officials have discretion over whether to issue a permit even after an applicant satisfies certain requirements. The concurring justices emphasized that this ruling does not affect so-called “shall issue” laws, which provide that government officials must issue concealed carry permits once certain objective criteria are satisfied.

The court’s opinion dictates that Second Amendment cases must be analyzed under a strict originalist perspective. That means a legal standard which relies only on the text of the Second Amendment, as informed by history. In other words, the court’s decision means we do not take current circumstances into account when analyzing issues of gun control.

 The court painted New York’s law as an outlier, noting that while seven states have “may issue” laws, 43 states have “shall issue” laws. Again, these now-illegal permitting schemes require that even after certain requirements are met, a government official still has discretion to deny the permit.]]> 2023-04-18 12:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ryanrusiewicz/tqe4s5gombq3tcc1/wish/2558482770 #parrentsworrried #gunlaws #massshootings ryanrusiewicz https://padlet.com/ryanrusiewicz/tqe4s5gombq3tcc1/wish/2558495178 Normal Center

"Guns ... That's the biggest problem in this country," the parent told WTKR. "The statistics in the U.K., for crime, is zero for guns. Why is it so bad [in the U.S.]? Why is there a 7-year-old with a bloody gun? Come on, think about it! Let's do something. We've got a new governor now, let's change [the laws]


Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, who spoke out against new gun laws before winning the Republican primary in 2021, issued a statement about the shooting on Twitter a short time later. The governor vowed to "monitor the situation" and keep "praying" but did not mention any gun legislation


Speaking at the same press conference, Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones praised law enforcement for effectively responding to the incident.


Jones also noted that the incident was "still raw" and pledged to work with local officials to make ensure the city has the "right policies so this doesn't happen again."

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In 2019, Lee told religious leaders he believed if Tennesseans prayed to God to favor the state, God would answer those prayers — ranging from diminishing the state’s opioid epidemic and improving Tennessee’s educational outcomes, to avoiding school shootings.

But last year, when asked if he would support restricting firearms in response to recent mass shootings across the U.S., Lee voiced his opposition.

“We can’t control what we can’t control,” he said in the days following the gunning down of 19 elementary school students and two teachers in Texas.

Instead, Lee signed an executive order calling for enhanced safety measures, but without any mention of guns. He has also called for adding a school resource officer in every school while stating that he has not considered arming teachers to help boost school security.

In his video statement Monday, Lee said steps have been taken to strengthen school safety “and that work was not in vain.”]]> 2023-04-19 11:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ryanrusiewicz/tqe4s5gombq3tcc1/wish/2560071662 #fighting #polticalsides #Election ryanrusiewicz https://padlet.com/ryanrusiewicz/tqe4s5gombq3tcc1/wish/2560073967 Normal Right

Too many of our states have introduced rules seemingly designed to invite fraud, while Democrat lawyers convinced courts to eliminate sound laws in the name of far-fetched civil rights claims, 

A 1982 consent decree sidelined the party from conducting so-called “election day operations,” – a fact often used by party insiders as an excuse, to this day, for complete legal inaction on just about every front. But starting in 2018, when the consent decree expired, the party could have done much more to oppose legal challenges to sound voting laws,

We prepared a detailed action plan … which gathered dust throughout 2020 as COVID was used to shred our voting laws on a wholesale basis nationwide, even as the party sat inert, doing little to fight back. At times, the party claimed it was the Trump campaign’s problem to do the legal heavy lifting in 2020 – but how can an ephemeral campaign, focused on winning a single, presidential election, address long-seated, structural problems in voting nationally, or the storm of changes wrought by COVID? It couldn’t — and it didn’t.]]> 2023-04-19 12:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ryanrusiewicz/tqe4s5gombq3tcc1/wish/2560073967