(August 6, 2019 at 9:42 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: I mean...maybe if he had been denouncing white supremacy and the prominent white supremacists who endorse him, consistently throughout his campaign and first three years as president, it would feel a bit more sincere. But, then again, if he had done that he probably wouldn’t be president right now so... *shrugs*
Calling white Supremacists terrorists I am fine with. But that motive still does not address ease of access. The Congressional baseball shooter targeted Republicans, you could call him a terrorist too. But still doesn't change that both had easy access to firearms.
If America wants to truly reduce firearm fatalities. Sure it is great to challenge hate and call it out. But even outside politically and religiously motivated violence, we still have an average of 100 people a day dying from thing like suicides, domestic murder, accidental, not just mass shootings.
Supporters of firearms can be reasonable, in fact, even MOST NRA members WANT universal background checks. So the real reason nothing gets done is because we get stuck in this game of "Motive Whack A Mole".
Again, it is great to call a terrorist a terrorist and condemn them. But regardless of hate groups or guns, reactionary bullshit doesn't solve shit. Just like if you want to avoid cancer, you don't wait until you are at stage 4.
And trying to claim that Trump tried to do the right thing after this weekend's shooting is hollow. Just today he tried to gaslight and distract trying to play victim saying neither Clinton or Obama were blamed for the mass shootings under their watch. And Trump will go right back to scapegoating and vilification once he thinks the news cycle has moved on enough.
This is simply muddying the waters to avoid only one party is obstructing and bowing to the CEOs of firearm companies.
