Showing posts with label christchurch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christchurch. Show all posts

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Sadly, nothing new about Newtown

What to write?  Kids killed in a CT school and universities breaking conference contracts.
 I'm blurring my literary tablecloth with lines from two old tunes, one from Grandmaster Flash and one from Warren Zevon, . Ain't a damn thing funny, it's all about lawyers, guns, & money.

If I could trust government , I'd be tempted to say, tighten the gun laws a little. It's clear that criminals have and always will be able to acquire guns so making  it tougher for law abiding citizens to carry will not clear the streets of  lunatics and terrorists.

The old adage of do as I say not as I do: Hollywood heavyweights and gun grabbing lawmakers have armored guards and special gun permits while waving  more alleged common sense restrictions  at the common folk.

News networks , please leave the citizens of Newtown, CT alone. We know what happened and how horrible it was . Get the cameras out of their faces and let them deal with their grief.

The University of MD violates the MD sunshine laws  while breaking it's contract with the ACC, and then says we won't pay the exit fee. I wonder what the pre-law students think about that. Then I just have to laugh as big time universities proclaim their admiration for the student athletes while breaking contracts and loyal connections in pursuit of the almighty $$$.

Let's see if I can  return to a sunny outlook for the rest of Sunday.


6/14/13
The gun grabbers are bemoaning the lack of federal action six months after Newtown. Obama and crew have proven that your privacy is not sacred and Nixonian enemies' lists are back in vogue. Bloomberg, the #1 nanny statist, is bent on hurting Dems in red states. Keep the hits coming.
Plenty of gun laws on the books: ENFORCE them

8/16/13
Request for gun permits doubles in Newtown


9/11/13 
Colorado  recalls to Dem state senators for their gun votes and sends a message to the nannies from New York and elsewhere.  link
"In Colorado, we don't need some New York billionaire telling us what size soft drinks we can have, how much salt to put on our food, or the size of the ammunition magazines on our guns," he said.


9/23/13
After the Naval Yards shooting in DC, our Prez mentions more gun laws not better base security. One note Johnny
 10/13/13
I was surprised this week that Ed Brown, the California Governor, veteoed some gun control bills push by his Dem  buddies in the Cali legislature.
1/27/14
MD is one of the toughest gun control states and yet the shooting occurred at Columbia Mall on Saturday 1/25. Many of these shooting occur in the burbs

6/2/15
DOJ tough gun restrictions.  Another end run around Congress.
“The Obama administration is trying very hard to disqualify people from owning a gun on the basis that they are seeing a psychologist,” Hammond argued.
4/7/16
There has to be more to  this story: "Jason M. Adams, a teacher at Newtown Middle School, was carrying a concealed firearm for which he had a permit, .............. Due to staff meetings, none of the Newtown schools were open to students when the arrest occurred, the paper reported. " newtown arrest
2/4/18
Hey #gungrabbers: How about charity funds  to domestic abuse and to suicide hotlines to combat  violence, particularly involving the use of guns. 
3/25/18
My response to the latest gun protests: Obviously high school teachers in the USA are not instructing students well on history and civics. Thank God we live in a Republic which requires 38 states to repeal an amendment. Plus, I'm still looking for proof that the #NRA has been using guns to kill high school kids. 
5/17/18
It's disturbing to hear the  Las Vegas police chief  #Lombardo whining that his Dept was forced to turn over documents  relating to the 10/1/17  mass shooting at a country music concert . Plus, they haven't turned  over all the requested documents . Apparently he doesn't grasp that the lack of any transparency breeds distrust across the political spectrum. More and more public officials are using labor costs as an excuse to not  inform the public. 
11/16/18
News from #browardcounty and it isn't about  poor vote counting: Former Broward County deputy #ScotPeterson, who retired and is enjoying a pension, failed to appear before the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission to answer questions on why he did not enter the building to try to stop the gunman who killed14 students and three staff members on February 14.
june 6, 2019
You can describe  #scotpeterson 's inaction  many ways but calling it a crime is a head scratcher. 
He was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges on Tuesday for his lack of response to the 2018 mass shooting at #Parkland .
june 29, 2019
 I suppose it was inevitable: #newzealand police have "some concerns" about people trying to "illegitimately" access the city's victim fund, Victims Support #Christchurch, which began distributing its final payments to mosque shooting victims on Thursday.
aug 9, 2021
#JarrodRamos was found criminally responsible last month in the legal case stemming from the June 28, 2018, murders of Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters in the Capital Gazette newsroom.   Circuit Judge Michael Wachs is required to sentence Ramos to some type of life sentence for first-degree murder, but he can offer the possibility of parole. We'll know sometime in September, 2021.
Dec 4, 2021
 Nevada’s Supreme Court ruled gun manufacturers cannot be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 Las Vegas Strip mass shooting because a state law shields them from liability unless the weapon malfunctions. Wow, the NVSC stuck to the law.
A follow-up to Aug 9 post: #jarrodRamos got sentenced to five life terms, no parole for the 2018 Capitol Gazette shootings in MD. 
April 7, 2022
Sacramento shooting: California has stringent guns laws. 
Two(not named) gangs were involved in this melee. 
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg has “serious questions” about why two of the combatants, the Martin brothers, were out on the streets.
Feb 15, 2024
Shooting at KC Chiefs parade. the gun control freaks are preaching again.

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