{"id":18133,"date":"2015-12-06T10:16:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T18:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18133"},"modified":"2015-12-06T10:16:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T18:16:07","slug":"on-the-edge1262015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/06\/on-the-edge1262015\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Edge–12\/6\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m already in rush mode, so I\u2019ll be brief.  Today is a holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  My Broncos meditate with the Chargers, but I can\u2019t watch it.  \"Crying The network is showing the Chiefs and Raiders instead.<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Bernie Sanders<\/a>: <\/font>Say You Support Commonsense Solutions to Make Our Country Safer From Gun Violence<\/p>\n

1. We can expand background checks<\/strong><\/span> to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill. This is an idea that over 80% of Americans agree with, even a majority of gun owners.<\/font><\/p>\n

2. & 3. We can renew the assault weapons ban<\/strong><\/span> and end the sale of high capacity magazines<\/strong><\/span> \u2014 military-style tools created for the purpose of killing people as efficiently as possible.<\/font><\/p>\n

4. Since 2004, over 2,000 people on the FBI\u2019s terrorist watch list have legally purchased guns in the United States. Let\u2019s close the \u201cterror gap\u201d<\/strong><\/span> and make sure known foreign and domestic terrorists are included on prohibited purchaser lists.<\/font><\/p>\n

5. We can close loopholes in our laws that allow perpetrators of stalking and dating violence to buy guns.<\/strong><\/span> In the United States, the intended targets of a majority of our mass shootings are intimate partners or family members, and over 60% of victims are women and children. Indeed, a woman is five times more likely to die in a domestic violence incident when a gun is present.<\/font><\/p>\n

6. We should close the loophole that allows prohibited purchasers to buy a gun without a completed background check after a three-day waiting period expires.<\/strong><\/span> Earlier this year, Dylann Roof shot and killed nine of our fellow Americans while they prayed in a historic church, simply because of the color of their skin. This act of terror was possible because of loopholes in our background check laws. Congress should act to ensure the standard for ALL gun purchases is a completed background check. No check \u2014 no sale.<\/font><\/p>\n

7. It\u2019s time to pass federal gun trafficking laws.<\/strong><\/span> I support Kirsten Gillibrand\u2019s Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking & Crime Prevention Act of 2015, which would \u201cmake gun trafficking a federal crime and provide tools to law enforcement to get illegal guns off the streets and away from criminal networks and street gangs.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

8. It\u2019s time to strengthen penalties for straw purchasers<\/strong><\/span> who buy guns from licensed dealers on behalf of a prohibited purchaser.<\/font><\/p>\n

9. We must authorize resources for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study and research the causes and effects of gun violence<\/strong><\/span> in the United States of America.<\/font><\/p>\n

10. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are over 21,000 firearm suicides every year in the United States. It\u2019s time we expand and improve our mental health capabilities<\/strong><\/span> in this country so that people who need care can get care when they need it, regardless of their level of income.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Please join me, and click through to sign! Bernie is spot on!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From TPM<\/a>: <\/font>The head of Oklahoma’s prison system, who presided over two botched lethal injections and a third that was called off because the wrong drug was delivered, announced his resignation Friday amid an investigation into what went wrong with the executions. <\/p>\n

Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton said in a news release that he will resign effective Jan. 31, but will begin taking accrued leave on Dec. 25. He said he has accepted a position in Arizona to be closer to family. <\/p>\n

While this murdering Republican may be incompetent, his resignation does not solve the problem. End state sponsored murder.<\/font> <\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. urged more students to carry guns on Friday, arguing that if the victims of Wednesday\u2019s attack in San Bernardino, California were armed, they would have been able to protect themselves from the attackers. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always thought that if more good people had concealed-carry permits, then we could end those Muslims before they walked in and killed them,\u201d he said during the school\u2019s convocation, before teasing the students about his own gun. <\/p>\n

That’s the Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christian solution: Assume that Muslims are terrorists and murder them.  Kill a Muslim for Republican Supply-side Jesus (the opposite of the real Jesus).<\/font> <\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font> <\/p>\n

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