Posted on 08/05/2019 3:31:33 PM PDT by Kaslin
President Trump addressed the nation Monday morning after two evil cowards carried out separate mass shootings over the weekend.
During his remarks, the President called for action and issued a number of proposals and directives.
1) He's calling on the DOJ and FBI to investigate white supremecy and other forms of hate or terrorism on the internet, with help from social media companies.
“The shooter in El Paso posted a manifesto online consumed by racist hate. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America – hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and devours the soul. We have asked the FBI to identify all further resources they need to investigate and disrupt hate crimes and domestic terrorism, whatever they need,” President Trump said. “We must recognize that the internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalize disturbed minds and perform demented acts. We must shine light on the dark recesses of the internet, and stop mass murders before they start. The internet, likewise, is used for human trafficking, illegal drug distribution, and so many other heinous crimes. The perils of the internet and social media cannot be ignored and they will not be ignored.”
2) He's offering support for Red Flag laws
"We must make sure that those judged to pose a risk to public safety do not have access to firearms—and that if they do, those firearms can be taken through rapid due process. That is why I have called for “Red Flag” laws, also known as Extreme Risk Protection Orders,” he said.
3) He's asking for Republicans and Democrats to work together
“In the two decades since Columbine, our nation has watched with rising horror and dread as one mass shooting has followed another, over and over again, decade after decade. We cannot allow ourselves to feel powerless. We can – and will – stop this evil contagion," he said. “In that task, we must honor the sacred memory of those we have lost by acting as one people. Open wounds cannot heal if we are divided. We must seek real, bipartisan solutions, we have to do that in a bipartisan manner, that will truly make America safer and better for all.”
“These are just a few of the areas of cooperation that we can pursue. I am open and ready to listen and discuss all ideas that will actually work and make a very big difference,” he continued.
4) He wants the death penalty for mass murder and hate crimes
"I’m also directing the Department of Justice to propose legislation ensuring that those who commit hate crimes and mass murders face the death penalty – and that this capital punishment be delivered quickly, decisively, and without years of needless delay,” he said.
5) He wants the mental health system reformed
"We must reform our mental health laws to better identify mentally disturbed individuals who may commit acts of violence – and make sure those people not only get treatment, but when necessary, involuntary confinement. Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun,” he said.
Whether these proposals will work is another story, especially when it comes to Red Flag laws, which often times infringe on a number of constitutional rights.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham announced Monday, shortly after the President's remarks, that a bipartisan agreement has been reached on funding for state based Red Flag laws.
Sounds like a plan to me. What you got Democrats?
Except for #3, Republicans and Democrats working together? It’ll take a lot more than mass murder to make that happen.
Well, two out of five I guess. Death penalty and nut hatches. This whole problem (and many others) seemed to start when America closed mental hospitals across the country.
Just my humble
All gun laws are unconstitutional.
“This whole problem (and many others) seemed to start when America closed mental hospitals across the country.”
They called it “mainstreaming” at the time. That was a lonnnnnnng time ago.
Couldn’t even get past the first one since over 90% of the mass shooters are black...
Oh, this won’t do at all! There’s money to be made and votes to be gained for the the ‘Rats while the bodies pile up!
God Bless You, President Trump! MAGA! KAG! :)
1) He’s calling on the DOJ and FBI to investigate white supremecy
The Ohio shooter was clearly Antifa. The Texas shooter is possibly linked to a “manifesto” that had racist stuff. Anyone asking the Democrats if they favor the death penalty for the shooters?
Never going to touch the crazies. ACLU will file a lawsuit before the ink dries from the President’s pen.
And these "Red Flag Orders"? Pretty soon, Demonrats will morph "take guns away from those who are a threat to others" into "no white Christian Republican needs a gun." Can't people see that?
I don’t see anything about tasking Betsy DeVos with getting God back in to the public school system.
Nor will you.
“..... This whole problem (and many others) seemed to start when America closed mental hospitals across the country.”
Republicans freed the slaves. Democrats freed their own.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) => The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 => deinstitutionalization if the mentally ill, a woefully inadequate community mental health system and now they are normalizing mental illness.
(Nope, everyone is NOT a "unique and precious little snowflake". Too many people are bat**** crazy.)
“...those firearms can be taken through rapid due process.”
Rapid due process? I want to hear some specific details about this. Rubber-stamp judicial orders based on anonymous denunciations?
And absent fathers ...
I didn’t see ... arming the citizenry
Your “humble” is absolutely correct.
Some people cannot help themselves. Unfortunatly someone has to help them. When a person is the shooting stage incarceration is a mercy for us all
I hope.
The dems will over reach anyway and never accept a Trump proposal.
Basically an exparte “FISA”-type court for gun confiscation.
The first you’ll hear about the proceedings is when SWAT knocks down your door.
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