https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb What can we do to make our country better? en-us 2018-02-02 13:23:14 UTC 2018-02-22 13:58:44 UTC hello@padlet.com 863711 https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/228084386 - Bump stocks gun violence
- Death penalty
- Commercial drug use
- NSA domestic surveillance
- Muslim surveillance]]> 2018-02-05 13:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/228084386 863711 https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/228092802 Bump stocks in gun violence:
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2018-02-05/cities-and-states-take-the-lead-on-banning-bump-stocks
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/massachusetts-bump-stock-ban_us_5a708397e4b0a52682ffa243
http://www.wmur.com/article/state-senate-considers-ban-on-bump-stocks/15888104
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/05/handful-of-cities-states-adopt-bump-stock-gun-control/
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/01/28/tanner-gun-show-attendance-sales-down-denver-bump-stock-ban/]]> 2018-02-05 13:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/228092802 863711 https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/228569232 NSA domestic surveillance:
https://theintercept.com/2018/01/09/nsa-surveillance-fisa-section-702-reauthorization-fbi/
https://theintercept.com/2018/01/09/nsa-surveillance-fisa-section-702-reauthorization-fbi/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-surveillance/house-passes-nsa-spying-bill-after-trump-tweets-cause-confusion-idUSKBN1F01XD
http://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/13224133-74/focus-on-privacy-how-to-fight-mass-surveillance-that-congress-just-reauthorized
https://threatpost.com/opponents-vow-to-continue-the-fight-after-trump-reauthorizes-domestic-spying-law/129577/]]> 2018-02-06 13:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/228569232 863711 https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/228582086 Muslim surveillance:
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Court-overturns-order-on-FBI-surveillance-of-12544542.php
http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-spying-muslims-court-surveilance-798219
http://www.newsweek.com/chinas-muslim-minority-rounded-and-sent-political-education-camps-amidst-800009
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/02/asia/china-xinjiang-detention-camps-intl/index.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/international/travel-ban-to-surveillance-how-us-legalises-discrimination-against-muslims-118013000176_1.html]]> 2018-02-06 13:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/228582086 863711 https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/228590014 The combination of banning bump stocks, and the already present regulations on semi-automatic and fully automatic guns, will allow for more gun control. In the first 23 days of the new year, there were 11 school shootings. Many states are making strides toward adequate gun control. Without satisfactory gun regulations, the United States will always have gun violence. Every day, an average of 96 people die from gun violence. This stat can only be decrease with an up in gun regulations.]]> 2018-02-06 13:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/228590014 wolskim https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/229109126 Good sources. Careful with the .com sites....they can be good, but tricky

usa.gov is really going to help you as STATES are mainly in charge of gun regulations!

]]> 2018-02-07 14:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/229109126 863711 https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/230563883 - 95 mass shootings have occurred since 1982, from which approximately 76 semi-automatic handguns and 85 assault weapons were recovered.
- At Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. in 2012, Adam Lanza reportedly fired more than 150 shots in less than five minutes
- Nearly 20 American children are shot everyday
- The U.S accounts for 91% of children killed by guns in high-income countries
- 40 percent of parents wrongly believe their kids don’t know where their guns are stored
- In the last 46 days, there have been 18 school shooting
- 102 children ages 0 – 3 injured or killed themselves or relatives with a gun between September 1, 2014 and September 1, 2016
- More than 135,000 children have experienced a school shooting
- Medical costs for pediatric gun-related injuries top a third of a billion dollars a year
- One in three gun-owning families keeps a loaded firearm in their house]]> 2018-02-12 13:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/230563883 863711 https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/230570017 https://www.thetrace.org/2017/07/gun-violence-america-children-kids-facts/
https://injury.research.chop.edu/violence-prevention-initiative/types-violence-involving-youth/gun-violence/gun-violence-facts-and
https://www.thetrace.org/features/gun-violence-facts-2017/
https://www.vox.com/cards/gun-violence-facts
http://www.businessinsider.com/14-stunning-facts-that-show-how-gun-violence-hurts-american-kids-2017-7]]> 2018-02-12 13:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/230570017 863711 https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/233237313 a) Power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce
b) Provide for the laws necessary and proper for carrying out all other listed powers
c) Grant patents and copyrights
d) Power to tax and spend for the defense & general welfare of the U.S.]]> 2018-02-20 13:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/233237313 863711 https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/233246961 a) The government can handle all gun sales and do thorough background checks for every gun sale.
b) The government can create laws based on the needs of the country, in regards to gun violence.
c) The government could not grant patents or copyrights on guns or gun accessories that could be used in a shooting.
d) The government can impose higher taxes on guns to dissuade people that may turn to gun violence.]]> 2018-02-20 13:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/863711/w8y8hspvz1hb/wish/233246961