Gun Control, Public Hearing

Everyone involved in the gun control debate, or who has an opinion, or even those who chose to stay out of the debates needs to watch this video.




Newtown Connecticut resident Bill Stevens testifies about his own priorities when it comes to the defense of his family. 

Are You Stupid?

Literally talking about mugshots on HLN. "Is death row taking a toll on him?" Are you stupid? depending on the prison most inmates either bulk up, slim down and look the same in the face, maybe a little older but that's it!

In prison inmates get 3 meals a day, at least 1 hr a day out of their cells. They get full medical care, dental care, and contact with the outside world. Some get TV, books, can write to people outside of prison, phone calls etc etc. Are you kidding me?!?

So tell me again how Prison is a punishment? If we were going to punish them then give them nothing. i room with 4 walls and a toilet. Don't let them watch TV, listen to the radio. Limited/approved books, newspapers. Make them work every day till they die to pay for everything. The don't pay for the food they eat, the clothes on their backs, the guards, the medical staff etc. Who pays for all of that? Tax payers. If they die of starvation? So be it. If they get sick? So what? They are there for a reason. They were judged by a group of their peers and found guilty.  To put it lightly, fuck them. I feel no sympathy. I know people who have been to prison, i have friends who have been in prison since we were kids. I don't feel bad for them. They messed up, they made a choice to be a dumb ass and do the things they did.   So why are we all paying with our taxes. We pay all this money to feed them and make sure they get medical attention, what for? We are keeping the men and women who are on death row healthy and alive for what?!?! so that we can kill them in 10 years? that's 10 years worth of taxes we wouldn't have to pay.

Maybe i'm being hateful, or just plain ridiculous but i don't care. I think its ridiculous that we are paying to keep murderers and rapists alive. That we are keeping these sick twisted people alive so that one day if they get released that they can go out and "get a second chance". I dont think murderers and rapist should get second chances. I say once they are found guilty they should just go into another room, say goodbye to their families, and them get strapped down and get the lethal injection. there u go, one less fuck up in this world. one less person we have to keep alive.

I might have just rambled this entire thing but its what came to mind.

Guns & Stuff

Here we are, after a mentally ill, unstable man looses his mind and decides to kill 20 children and 6 adults the discussion of guns and the 2nd amendment are coming up left and right. Among teachers, students, adults teenagers, and grandparents, pretty much everyone and anyone who uses firearms or likes firearms. 

My Warning, if i refer to something wrong PLEASE let me know!

Im not from a state where guns are easy to get. Im from California so I had to go a little deeper to find out the whole process.

In Califonia There are typically three phases involved in the application process for obtaining a California permit to carry a concealed weapon.

-The first phase involves the paper application. All issuing agencies require that you submit a uniform application to carry a concealed weapon in California.

-The second phase involves the interview process. This is when the issuing agency will discuss your need for the license, your criminal history, and the consequences of choosing to carry a concealed weapon. It is also when they will take your fingerprints. Some agencies may require a second interview.

-The third phase does not apply to all counties / cities. This is the psychological evaluation. If conducted in your area, you will be required to undergo psychological testing. 

There are several fees involved. They will vary from agency to agency, but as a guideline:
$70 - $125 - Department of Justice (fingerprints & background check)
$100 – Local processing fee
Training – varies, typically no more than $250, at most.

In Texas The Concealed Handgun Law sets out the eligibility criteria that must be met. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age (unless active duty military) and must meet Federal qualifications to purchase a handgun.  A number of factors may make you ineligible to obtain a license, such as: felony convictions and some misdemeanor convictions, including charges that resulted in probation or deferred adjudication; pending criminal charges; chemical or alcohol dependency; certain types of psychological diagnoses protective or restraining orders, and defaults on state or city taxes, governmental fees, or child support. applicants must complete a minimum 10 hour class, taught by a DPS certified CHL instructor.

 I was skeptical on how reliable the info was so I asked my friend Skylar about it and he said:

 "Each teacher vary in there prices, but the prices that I've seen on average are between  

150-170 dollars. It's a 10 hour class."

Now that's a lot of information to take in and that's all just for a hand gun, can u imagine for a rifle? or "assault weapons" but After looking at all of that,  I am with the many Americans who are Pro 2nd Amendment. I think we should be allowed to purchase "assault weapons".

 In the state of Texas if you feel threatened or that your life is in danger (at least thats how it was explained to me) because of someone who is one your property, yeah thats right PROPERTY, you can shoot them. In 

California you have to wait until they are in your house before you can shoot them otherwise they can press charges on you!!  How crazy is that? Someone is coming to kill you or do bodily harm to you and your family you can't shoot them dead until they are inside your home. How ridiculous does that sound? Someone threatening your well being, your families well being and if you shoot them them too soon you could be arrested for (depending on your shot) murder!

Do we make Gun Laws stricter?

What good would that do? There are ao many guns out on the street as it is. If someone really wanted a gun, they wouldn't go take a class or get a permit. They call a friend of a friend and within a small time window they have a gun. If they are mentally unstable then we have school shootings, triple homicides  murders, suicides etc.

Today on Facebook Skylars status caught my attention, it said :

You know this gun control is a bunch of BS! Trying to ban "assault weapons" come on really? you can turn anything into a assault weapon! The first murder on this earth was by a rock! Why don't you try banning rocks! Or how about 9-11 the men hijacked airplanes using box cutters try banning them! Of course you won't...but don't want to accept that some people are just completely insane! That incident could of happened anywhere! It's a very tragic thing that happened, but why take it out on law abiding citizens. Guns are not just simply life takers. They're recreational as well and some people's way of life, and means of survival! You try taking them there WILL be ALOT of citizens pissed off! Then what are going to do? I am a very strong supporter of the 2nd amendment, and if you are too I think you may possibly feel the same way

 He is right. We can't ban all the things that have been used to kill people. I'm pretty sure you can kill someone with a fork, spoon, Pencil etc. When people have their weapons, guns "assault weapons" whatever you want to call them, there is less crime. Think about it. What person in their right mind is going to rob you, or try to assault you, or threaten you with a weapon if you have one as well? 

Since this school shooting, death of 20 kids and 6 adults is what sparked this whole discussion, lets look back. If one of the 6 adults killed had a weapon on them, do u think they would have been killed? The shooter (Lanza) wouldnt have been able to rack up a total of 26 killed, 27 if you include his mother, THE OWNER OF THE GUNS!

I have ranted and raved and gone into too many directions. I'm done with this topic for awhile, maybe ill finish another day.

**Wanted to say thank you to Skylar for answering my many almost blonde questions about Texas and their guns, and for letting me use his status. THANK YOU SKYLAR!!***

http://www.census.gov
http://www.shouselaw.com/concealed-weapon.html
https://txapps.texas.gov/txapp/txdps/chl/
https://www.facebook.com/skylar.long.9?ref=ts&fref=ts

Shooters Family

I feel bad for the shooters family.

now before you come chasing me down with torches and pitch forks or sending me hate mail i want you to think for a second.

What if it had been your brother who killed 20 children?

what if it was your son? or cousin?

How would you feel?

Because of this mans evil acts, his family is now a target. A target for hate mail, and treats.

His brother was already accused of being the shooter because of the ID they found

. His father refused to talk anymore once asked about his sons mental state

. His mother, well, he killed his own mother. Just think of his grandparents. when they are asked "oh how did your daughter die?" they have to explain that their mentally unstable grandson murdered her.

 their own flesh and blood killed by their flesh and blood.

You can think what you like about it, but i feel bad for them. That whole family and their next generation will have to live with the fact that their flesh and blood, their son/brother/grandson/uncle etc was the cause of the 2nd worst massacre in history.

 IN HISTORY!!

Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting

On 12/14/12 there was a massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton,Connecticut.
 The death toll? 26 Dead
Out of those 26 deaths are 20 children as young as 5 years old and as old as 10.
The shooter? 20 year old  Adam Lanza
He killed 20 children and 6 adults including the Principal and himself. He was said to have a personality disorder and was possibly Autistic.
In his vehicle they found 2 Pistols and a rifle, and that's not including the weapons he had inside the school with him.

To me this is an unbelievably tragic event.  According to CNN:

 "Police say Lanza killed his mother, Nancy, at her Newtown home before going to the school, where he primarily targeted two classrooms."

"With the death toll at 26, the massacre in Newtown is the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, behind the 2007 Virginia Tech mass shooting that left 32 dead"

"Three weapons were recovered from the school on Friday: a semi-automatic .223 caliber rifle made by Bushmaster was found in a car in the school parking lot, and two pistols made by Glock and Sig Sauer were found with suspected gunman Lanza's body, a law enforcement source said previously."

"The weapons were legally purchased by Lanza's mother, said the official, who was not authorized to release details of the case to the media."

CNN also reported that its believed that Lanza killed his mother in her home before he went to the school.

In my mind I cant believe there are people out there who would target children. What kind of person are you to point your gun at an innocent child and pull the trigger? But he didnt kill just one child, he killed 20!! This event is sending the discussion of gun laws through the roof. "we need stricter gun laws". So that what? the people who are mentally unstable put a little more effort into getting one? making it harder to trace the guns they illegally possess?

 Others are going ape shit on mental health care. "maybe if he had the access to proper treatment" or "if it was as easy for mental health care patients to receive care as it is to get a gun.."..Fox News questioned whether or not his parents knew how much of a danger he was, when they asked people who knew him they described him as a "nerd" or "goth" and that "he didn't interact with others". So we have here a mentally unstable man who didnt socialize well with others and prefered to keep to himself, he gets ahold of his mothers guns, kills her and then goes and kills 20 children and 6 adults leaving one survivor(One survivor according to CNN).

Guns dont magically aim at people by themselves. Guns don't  miraculously decide to shoot women and children. The psychotic Mentally unstable people who get a hold of them do. Maybe instead of pointing the finger at the mental disease or the guns themselves that we point fingers at the man who pulled the trigger.

If the shooter has lived and gone to court whats to say he wouldnt have been executed anyway? The wouldnt determine it based on his actions, or te types of weapons he used. it would be determined based on his mental state, or whether or not he was mentally competent.

According to the Death Penalty Information Center:

Insanity or mental incompetency is a severe form of mental illness and is addressed separately by the legal system. Inmates who are insane, that is, so out of touch with reality that they do not know right from wrong and cannot understand their punishment or the purpose of it, are exempt from execution. The Supreme Court held in Ford v. Wainwright (477 U.S. 399 (1986)) that executing the insane is unconstitutional. However, if an inmate's mental competency has been restored, he or she can then be executed.  Inmates who are intellectually disabled (mentally retarded) also cannot be executed.  Inmates who are mentally ill, but not insane, have no such exemption

My heart goes out to all of the families, friends and anyone who was close to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. I am not a parent but this absolutely tragic event is unbelievable. I couldn't imagine getting the news that my little brother was killed in a shooting while at school. I cant imagine what it would be like to lose a child, especially after all of the different ways my parents made sure i realized that they loved me more than i could even know or understand.

There has been a Facebook made if you want more information, or if you would like to levae your heart felt note to the victims and survivorrs of this tragedy:

https://www.facebook.com/SandyHookChildren

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