(September 2, 2019 at 6:24 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Also, I heard on the news that Texas was in the process of loosening its gun laws between the El Paso shooting and this one. And between this and listening to the Last Podcast on the Left taking on Columbine and making the crucial point that, if anything, gun laws are more likely to loosen in the aftermath of major tragedies, the whole “government elaborately faking mass shootings so they can take away our guns” narrative makes even less sense. Thank Jah the “crisis actors” meme seems to have died out in recent years.
It all depends on what you define as loosen. These are what the bills in Texas did:
Allow licensed handgun owners to carry weapons in places of worship, including churches and synagogues.
Ban landlords and homeowners from prohibiting tenants to own, carry and transport guns on their property.
Prevent school districts from prohibiting licensed gun owners — including school employees — from storing guns and ammunition in school parking lots as long as it is not in plain view.
Allow foster homes to store firearms.
Prevent citizens for being charged for carrying a handgun without a license while evacuating or returning to a declared disaster zone.
Allow disaster shelters to take in evacuees who have guns.
Allow schools to have more armed marshals on campus.
Defend licensed gun owners who unknowingly enter designated gun-free zones as long as they leave after being told about the policy.
Texas also approved a $1 million statewide campaign for safe gun storage, which will begin within the next year.
Some think that allowing registered gun owners to have a gun in a public place such as a church will keep a mass shooter from killing more people than they would have. Why should the government prohibit a person from protecting their family in a public place? The problem seems to me to be one of access and the inability to prevent someone from having a gun that we just think may be dangerous. I also think that if the gun control side wants to restrict guns in public places the 2nd amendment needs to be revised.
We do know that prayers do not work so we should move on from that.
