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.
Yes
This does not mean the other ideas are not worth pursuing.
I agree that we need more mental institutions and in some cases involuntary institution. If this cuts the problem by half, it is doing a good job.
1 point plan: It’s time for the country to turn back to God and beg forgiveness for trying to make it on our own and screwing everything up. End the persecution of Christians in this country, allow prayer in public, promote the common good using God’s plan and word and I guarantee everything will start to turn.
Situational awareness. He knows what he’s doing.
I can !
Yup.
You can be rest assured that most of the red states will be all too eager to aid the Fedgov with enforcement of this law.
Will we see sanctuary cities for refugees from this new sanction?
Define “white supremacy”.
What bureaucrat decides someone is a threat and should have their weapons confiscated?
At the same time they went for “mainstreaming” in public school. These problem start with parents, but are exacerbated by the commie controlled public schools. We now have the second and generation of parents who went through the “PC” schools raising children. What our society is seeing now is the product of leftist indoctrination.
The only sinister ideology that has many adherents in the U.S. is Islam, but we can’t talk about that......
“...those firearms can be taken through rapid due process.”
It sounds too much like the unconstitutional FISA court nonsense. If a person is too dangerous to have a gun then they are too dangerous to remain free. If you are to deny someone’s God given rights the a trial by jury must be required with no plea bargains allowed and those found to be too dangerous must be institutionalized for treatment and public safety.
To do otherwise is an abuse of our natural, God-given rights and freedoms.
They’ve already normalized people who desire their own genital mutilation. Enough said.
Has anyone ever heard of the varsity quarterback being a mass murderer?
I haven’t.
There were photographs yesterday of the last three murderers.
They are almost identical.
They look like Harry Potter with a bad haircut.
“1) He’s calling on the DOJ and FBI to investigate white supremecy...with help from social media companies.”
The social media companies cover up the truth by deleting it. Copies are saved, though, and voters will know the truth in 2020.
Connor Betts: Twitter Posts on Being a Leftist, Guns [And drugs.]
Heavy.com
Jessica McBride
Aug 4, 2019
https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/connor-betts-twitter-politics-social-media/
Connor Betts: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Heavy.com
Jessica McBride
Updated Aug 5, 2019 at 5:30pm
https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/connor-betts/
[Excerpt:]
“His parents’ Facebook accounts are active. Their names are Moira and Steve Betts. On Facebook, his mom posted pictures of pumpkins, family, Christmas ornaments, Christian religious statues and a graphic that declared ‘stop the alt right.’ She labeled a photo of Betts and his sister Megan, ‘My loves.’ His dad wrote on Facebook that he was a technical lead for a technologies corporation. Betts’ father posted about net neutrality and funny parody videos. He also shared a video that criticized the rhetoric of President Donald Trump. Here’s his dad’s post the day after Sandy Hook:...”
EXCLUSIVE: El Paso Walmart mass shooter Patrick Crusius’ father admits to nearly 40 years of drug addiction which tore apart his family and claims he has spoken directly to Jesus
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7319821/El-Paso-Walmart-shooter-Patrick-Crusius-father-penned-book-life-drug-addiction.html
As I recall the ACLU was big on that, and in TX, Governor Ann Richards was happy to empty State Hospitals. Alzheimer/ Dementia pts were supposed to be placed in private institutions. Drug and Alcohol treatment, unless dual diagnosis pts were SOL.
The focus became “mainstreaming”, remuneration, and good old Ann replaced competent caring directors with her friends. One charged $35,000 cuff links on his state credit card, another a luxury sports car. it was a disaster. Beds were cut, catchment areas denied beds for emergency detentions.
I still feel anger that I had clients die while I was trying everything I could to get them in for treatment.
“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? “
That’s what the Satanic ‘justice’ minded Left is counting on.
I would call Progressivism a sinister ideology and it has far more adherents in the U.S. than Islam.
You cannot stop some individual from doing harm if they’ve a mind to.
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