Gun Control or some other bullshit

[SmokeyTheBear 5562]

Timely article 

https://apnews.com/article/gun-background-checks-blocked-record-high-sales-e0c3105b6632740b8f15858cd930441a?utm_medium=ap&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow&s=09

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The number of people stopped from buying guns through the U.S. background check system hit an all-time high of more than 300,000 last year amid a surge of firearm sales, according to new records obtained by the group Everytown for Gun Safety.

 

The FBI numbers provided to The Associated Press show the background checks blocked nearly twice as many gun sales in 2020 as in the year before. About 42% of those denials were because the would-be buyers had felony convictions on their records.

 

The increase in blocked gun sales largely tracks with the record-setting surge in sales that took hold along with the coronavirus pandemThe increase in blocked gun sales largely tracks with the record-setting surge in sales that took hold along with the coronavirus pandemic and has continued into this year, through historic demonstrations against police brutality, deep political divisions and an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.ic and has continued into this year, through historic demonstrations against police brutality, deep political divisions and an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

 

[Prepuce of Doom 20988]

 

 

[TexLonghorn 5593]

 

[Post Oak 20187]

29 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

 

 

Wow.  How fucking heartbreaking 

[Nivek 16861]

Weapons grade fucking irony coming from the CR twats...

Proof?

[Guest Lobo]

what did they tell him he was doing so he'd accept the invitation?  

[cabowabo 4453]

So Biden blames unscrupulous licensed firearms dealers without mentioning the whole defund the police movement and the undermining of law enforcement which has emboldened the shitbags committing these crimes. Obviously, any FFL illegally dealing firearms needs to have the book thrown at them. But what about the individuals who lie on the application to buy a firearm like Biden’s crackhead son did?  Should we not get tough on them too? I guarantee you that is a shitload prevalent than dishonest FFL holders. Typical liberal ideology to blame the system rather than the responsible individuals. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23356]

6 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

So Biden blames unscrupulous licensed firearms dealers without mentioning the whole defund the police movement and the undermining of law enforcement which has emboldened the shitbags committing these crimes. Obviously, any FFL illegally dealing firearms needs to have the book thrown at them. But what about the individuals who lie on the application to buy a firearm like Biden’s crackhead son did?  Should we not get tough on them too? I guarantee you that is a shitload prevalent than dishonest FFL holders. Typical liberal ideology to blame the system rather than the responsible individuals. 

Biden isn’t going to do shit on guns. He just wants to appear like he’s doing something. I don’t know why y’all worry about this so much.

[immamac 42519]

3 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Biden isn’t going to do shit on guns. He just wants to appear like he’s doing something. I don’t know why y’all worry about this so much.

correction - biden isn't going to do shit about shit. 

[GW Hayduke 1952]

In memory of McAfee, I found this debate about government licenses both entertaining and sad. Oddly, Gary Johnson comes in with the common sense.

 

 

[GRHorn 105]

 

[Satchel 6908]

1 minute ago, GRHorn said:

I’ve never understood you shoot the government types.

 

[crash_davis 23084]

Fucking liars lying again. Who the fuck still votes for these assholes? Hint, you might also be an asshole.

 

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3667508-house-passes-bill-addressing-mental-health-concerns-among-students-families-educators/

The House passed a bill on Thursday that seeks to address mental health concerns among students, families and educators aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which lawmakers say had a “severe impact” on those three groups.

The bill, titled the Mental Health Matters Act, passed in a largely party-line 220-205 vote. One Republican, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), joined all Democrats present in supporting it.

The legislation, if passed by the Senate and signed into law, would provide grants to establish a pipeline for school-based mental health service professionals. Additionally, it would grow the number of mental health experts at elementary and secondary schools that are based in high-need locations.

The measure would direct the Department of Education to allocate those grants.

The Department of Education would also be ordered to administer grants to state educational agencies to go towards recruiting and maintaining school-based mental health service providers at public elementary and secondary schools that are considered high need.

Passage of the bill comes roughly two-and-a-half years into the COVID-19 pandemic, which has made mental health conditions more widespread.

The World Health Organization revealed in March that, in the first year of the pandemic, the prevalence of anxiety and depression around the globe grew by roughly 25 percent.

The 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book, which was released in August, revealed that about 1.5 million children in the U.S. experienced depression or anxiety throughout the first year of the pandemic.

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.), the sponsor of the bill, said his legislation is needed to address the ripple effect student that mental health concerns are having on schools and educators.

“Educators have been forced to play an outsized role in supporting and responding to students’ mental health needs, leading to increased depression and trauma among educators, their students, and the families and the community. However, our schools do not have the specialized staff necessary to respond to the increased prevalence and complexity of students’ mental health needs,” he said.

“Simply put, the Mental Health Matters Act delivers the resources students, educators, and families need to improve their well-being,” DeSaulnier added.

Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.), the top Republican on the Education and Labor Committee, said the “country would be better off without” the legislation on the floor.

She specifically took issue with the provision that allows the Labor Department secretary to levy civil monetary penalties on sponsors of plans and administrators of group health plans if they do not fulfill parity requirements regarding mental health.

“Providing [the Department of Labor] with the authority to level civil monetary penalties against plans and increase their risk of litigation will only force plans to drop mental health coverage,” Foxx argued.

“This money would be better spent on compliance assistance instead of targeting employers based on ambiguous standards,” she added.

The legislation also mandates that disability accommodations be available to incoming students at higher education institutions if they have documents outlining their disability, and it establishes a grant program to bolster access for students to evidence-based trauma support and mental health services through projects that connect schools and local education agencies with trauma-informed assistance and mental health systems.

[crash_davis 23084]

The party of life votes against a mental health bill which would help saves lives, school children's lives, because they are worried about financial penalties to companies. 

Read that slowly. 

[safe sex 11684]

And they'll be rewarded for it.

[mchookem 16224]

im so shocked

 

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