I can never forgive Kelly Ayotte for voting against common-sense gun background checks after the Sandy Hook mass shooting. She was the only senator from North Carolina to Maine to oppose background checks despite the support of nearly 90 percent of her constituents. Ayotte kowtowed to the extremist leadership of the NRA and to gun manufacturers rather than stand up for her constituents. Now she wants our vote for governor.
Do you really believe taking away guns is going to protect children? Drugs are illegal and look at the epidemic! If guns were illegal, criminals would be the only one with guns. How safe will children be then? How safe will children be when a criminal breaks into a house and the homeowner is at the mercy of the criminal because they don’t have a gun when they need it? You are not living in reality if you believe gun law will reduce crime. Criminals don’t follow the law!! Laws only affect honest people.
Kelly Ayotte believes in protecting the freedoms our Constitution gives us. If you are against our freedom to gun ownership and self-protection, maybe you should move to a country that has a gun ban if that would give you the illusion of safety. I am voting for Kelly Ayotte because I believe in protecting our Constitutional rights.
Marince, you should really read the letters you comment on. Cornelia didn't say anything about taking away guns. Your reaction is right out of the NRA playbook, freak out at the mention of anything to do with anything less than allowing the proliferation of guns to continue to cause the deaths of Americans needlessly.
Gun owners are twice as likely to be murdered, your assumptions about gun ownership are easily disproven by the statistics. Stop listening to the hysteria of the NRA, start thinking for yourself. Start with some research into the facts and statistics.
JW, once again you are making baseless claims. Gun crimes are far higher in the states with the highest gun ownership. People with mental health issues are more likely to be the victims of violence than the perpetrators of it. The amount of guns and the ease with which one can procure one are the things that separate us from other countries, and why we have dramatically higher levels of lethal violence in our country. Changes made in other countries, like Australia, where they did a buyback program for guns, and the states that had the highest percentage of buybacks had the biggest drop in firearm homicide rates and the biggest drop in firearm suicide rates. Your assertions are baseless, please do some research and learn the facts.
You really should start reading things other than the left-wing propaganda you subscribe to.
Gun ownership does not increase crime. Many crimes are deterred by gun ownership.
Cities where the most crime occurs, have tough gun laws, yet high crime. Criminals don’t obey gun laws and will get a gun whether legal or not. Drugs are illegal, yet anyone can get drugs. Guns would be no different. If guns are outlawed, which they will be under a Harris regime, only criminals will have access to guns through the illegal gun trade. Guns won’t just magically disappear just because there is a ban or buyback program. You use Australia as an example. Just happens, I have a friend from Australia, and crime has gone up not down since guns were confiscated. So don’t believe everything you hear. The Left has an agenda to take away our Constitutional rights. They are going after free speech and gun ownership. They want power and control over all of us and you seem to be happy with being a puppet and letting the govt pull the strings.
If schools were protected with guns, it is only common sense that there would be less school shootings. If a criminal is going to break into a house and knows one person has a gun and the other doesn’t, don’t you think they would choose the easy target? Guns are a deterrent. There are many things that could be done to lessen gun violence besides take away our 2nd amendment right and deprive us of self-protection.
Under a Harris/Waltz administration, you won’t have freedom of speech, or freedom of self-protection. Harris wants to let most prisoners out of jail, defund the police, decriminalize illegal entrance into the country. She wants to tax unrealized gains and take away opportunities for people to achieve the American dream. All her free giveaways are not free, because we will get higher taxes to pay for the handouts. Excess spending is what caused inflation, so be prepared for higher prices, and less Constitutional freedoms under Harris. Look at the damage she’s done in the last 4 years. Why would anyone vote for more of the same? We were better off under Trump.
It's remarkable how ignorant of the facts you are, and how you manage to repeat the NRA's mantra of lies almost verbatim. Facts, statistics, and studies point out the ridiculousness of your claims, but since all you do is repeat their lies, it's no surprise.
As crazy as it is to ignore the facts like you do, your paranoid delusions that follow those lies are even crazier. NO ONE is even talking about taking all guns away. Congress won't even pass simple, common sense things like universal background checks or laws to eliminate loopholes for unregistered guns being sold at shows, etc.
You're being gaslighted by the Right's fearmongering. It's what they do because they have no policies, they know they're the minority, and they're desperately hoping there are enough people out there that won't bother to do even a few seconds worth of research before repeating their lies to others. So, people like you.
The facts are that our ridiculous levels of gun ownership is the only thing that sets us apart from other similar countries, and that's what leads to our wildly higher rates of gun violence and lethal violence. Oh, and by the way, gun owners are much more likely to be killed than people who don't own guns. Don't take my word for it, though I put all the facts and the sources in a letter to the editor some years ago you can still find on this site, do some research. I promise you it will only take a few minutes for you to find out that everything you're claiming flies in the face of the facts. The NRA is fervently hoping you won't, I hope you will.
Your friend in Australia is misinformed, the studies are quite clear, even to the point of showing the states with the highest buyback rates had the biggest decrease. Of course, if your friend is anything like you, it's hardly a surprise they're misinformed, they're probably watching the same right-wing sites that are lying to you.
No, it is not "common sense" to think that more guns in schools will improve the situation. Imagine the legal problems, imagine a teacher accidentally shooting a student, imagine the same thing happening in schools that happens on our streets every day, where an argument becomes lethal simply because someone has a gun handy. If someone's going to attack a school, they're going to plan to take out a guard or a police officer who's armed first. There's no way we can make schools armed encampments, but what we can do is make access more difficult to someone who is trying to cause harm.
By the way, I agree there are a lot of things we could do to lessen gun violence without taking away Second Amendment rights, I listed a few of them already, the problem is the NRA and its cronies fight ANY attempt to fix the problem as if it would strip them of their guns, and refuse to work on anything constructive, instead always falling back on the same lies you've parroted.
Where do you get this nonsense in your last paragraph? Free speech is a bedrock of the Democratic Party. Trump would censor or jail anyone that says anything less than fawning about him. It is sheer lunacy to claim your free speech or your Second Amendment right to self-defense is in jeopardy if Harris is elected.
Your nonsense about Harris with regard to crime is taken almost verbatim from Trump's list of recent rally lies. Get a clue.
Excess spending is, for the umpteenth time, not the primary cause of inflation, though both parties spend more than they should, and both Trump and Biden did stimulus checks, so it's not like you can claim Harris or Biden are any worse than Trump in that regard. The primary cause of inflation was supply chain issues from the pandemic. You remember that, right? The thing Trump bungled so badly he killed thousands of Americans with his lies? Probably not hearing a lot about that on your right-wing sites.
Harris, unlike Trump, at least spoke to a few details of her policies in the debate, pointing out how she'd help first time homeowners, first time parents, and the middle class with regard to taxes.
You do understand we have had the best economic rebound from Covid of any affluent country, don't you? Or do they not cover those facts on your sites? It's crazy how people on the right keep talking about how bad the economy is, when so many elements of it are better than they were when Trump (who was handed a booming economy saved from the brink of disaster by Obama) kept crowing about things he did nothing to bring about. Yet the right just keeps ignoring that Biden's numbers are better.
I also assume that you, unlike Trump, understand that the VP doesn't set policy. They may be a trusted adviser, as some have, or they may be mostly a caddy for the president, who goes out and represents the president's policies. They do not initiate policy because they don't have the power to do it.
We were better off under Trump? Really? After he bungled Covid, killing thousands of our fellow Americans, put someone in to head the Communications Office that would scour social media for any government employee who spoke in less than fawning terms about him, "deregulated" businesses so they could dump toxins in our waterways, gave the rich a huge tax break, tried the time-honored dictator method of undermining democratic institutions while telling everyone they should only believe him, committed treason multiple times, tried to coerce the FBI director to swear loyalty to him, tried to bend the DOJ to his will, terrified our allies and emboldened our enemies with his 3AM toilet tweets and his efforts to tear NATO down, tried to overthrow the government, made us the laughingstock of the world with his chaos, stupidity, bigotry, racism, and buffoonery, the list goes on and on. That's when we were better off? Get a grip on reality.
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Cornelia,
Do you really believe taking away guns is going to protect children? Drugs are illegal and look at the epidemic! If guns were illegal, criminals would be the only one with guns. How safe will children be then? How safe will children be when a criminal breaks into a house and the homeowner is at the mercy of the criminal because they don’t have a gun when they need it? You are not living in reality if you believe gun law will reduce crime. Criminals don’t follow the law!! Laws only affect honest people.
Kelly Ayotte believes in protecting the freedoms our Constitution gives us. If you are against our freedom to gun ownership and self-protection, maybe you should move to a country that has a gun ban if that would give you the illusion of safety. I am voting for Kelly Ayotte because I believe in protecting our Constitutional rights.
Marince, you should really read the letters you comment on. Cornelia didn't say anything about taking away guns. Your reaction is right out of the NRA playbook, freak out at the mention of anything to do with anything less than allowing the proliferation of guns to continue to cause the deaths of Americans needlessly.
Gun owners are twice as likely to be murdered, your assumptions about gun ownership are easily disproven by the statistics. Stop listening to the hysteria of the NRA, start thinking for yourself. Start with some research into the facts and statistics.
GUNS DON'T KILL !
PEOPLE DO !!
Stop blaming gun manufacturers, gun store owners, or the government.
Ever notice how gun crimes are lowest in states where everybody can carry a gun ?
Instead, blame people, weather mentally ill, or just careless.
People of age, should not buy guns or any kind for children. Gun owners of any age should secure their weapons.
People with mental issues should be prohibitted from gun access.
Good standing citizens should no hinderances to gun access or ownership.
When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns....
JW, once again you are making baseless claims. Gun crimes are far higher in the states with the highest gun ownership. People with mental health issues are more likely to be the victims of violence than the perpetrators of it. The amount of guns and the ease with which one can procure one are the things that separate us from other countries, and why we have dramatically higher levels of lethal violence in our country. Changes made in other countries, like Australia, where they did a buyback program for guns, and the states that had the highest percentage of buybacks had the biggest drop in firearm homicide rates and the biggest drop in firearm suicide rates. Your assertions are baseless, please do some research and learn the facts.
Mikerins,
You really should start reading things other than the left-wing propaganda you subscribe to.
Gun ownership does not increase crime. Many crimes are deterred by gun ownership.
Cities where the most crime occurs, have tough gun laws, yet high crime. Criminals don’t obey gun laws and will get a gun whether legal or not. Drugs are illegal, yet anyone can get drugs. Guns would be no different. If guns are outlawed, which they will be under a Harris regime, only criminals will have access to guns through the illegal gun trade. Guns won’t just magically disappear just because there is a ban or buyback program. You use Australia as an example. Just happens, I have a friend from Australia, and crime has gone up not down since guns were confiscated. So don’t believe everything you hear. The Left has an agenda to take away our Constitutional rights. They are going after free speech and gun ownership. They want power and control over all of us and you seem to be happy with being a puppet and letting the govt pull the strings.
If schools were protected with guns, it is only common sense that there would be less school shootings. If a criminal is going to break into a house and knows one person has a gun and the other doesn’t, don’t you think they would choose the easy target? Guns are a deterrent. There are many things that could be done to lessen gun violence besides take away our 2nd amendment right and deprive us of self-protection.
Under a Harris/Waltz administration, you won’t have freedom of speech, or freedom of self-protection. Harris wants to let most prisoners out of jail, defund the police, decriminalize illegal entrance into the country. She wants to tax unrealized gains and take away opportunities for people to achieve the American dream. All her free giveaways are not free, because we will get higher taxes to pay for the handouts. Excess spending is what caused inflation, so be prepared for higher prices, and less Constitutional freedoms under Harris. Look at the damage she’s done in the last 4 years. Why would anyone vote for more of the same? We were better off under Trump.
Marince,
It's remarkable how ignorant of the facts you are, and how you manage to repeat the NRA's mantra of lies almost verbatim. Facts, statistics, and studies point out the ridiculousness of your claims, but since all you do is repeat their lies, it's no surprise.
As crazy as it is to ignore the facts like you do, your paranoid delusions that follow those lies are even crazier. NO ONE is even talking about taking all guns away. Congress won't even pass simple, common sense things like universal background checks or laws to eliminate loopholes for unregistered guns being sold at shows, etc.
You're being gaslighted by the Right's fearmongering. It's what they do because they have no policies, they know they're the minority, and they're desperately hoping there are enough people out there that won't bother to do even a few seconds worth of research before repeating their lies to others. So, people like you.
The facts are that our ridiculous levels of gun ownership is the only thing that sets us apart from other similar countries, and that's what leads to our wildly higher rates of gun violence and lethal violence. Oh, and by the way, gun owners are much more likely to be killed than people who don't own guns. Don't take my word for it, though I put all the facts and the sources in a letter to the editor some years ago you can still find on this site, do some research. I promise you it will only take a few minutes for you to find out that everything you're claiming flies in the face of the facts. The NRA is fervently hoping you won't, I hope you will.
Your friend in Australia is misinformed, the studies are quite clear, even to the point of showing the states with the highest buyback rates had the biggest decrease. Of course, if your friend is anything like you, it's hardly a surprise they're misinformed, they're probably watching the same right-wing sites that are lying to you.
No, it is not "common sense" to think that more guns in schools will improve the situation. Imagine the legal problems, imagine a teacher accidentally shooting a student, imagine the same thing happening in schools that happens on our streets every day, where an argument becomes lethal simply because someone has a gun handy. If someone's going to attack a school, they're going to plan to take out a guard or a police officer who's armed first. There's no way we can make schools armed encampments, but what we can do is make access more difficult to someone who is trying to cause harm.
By the way, I agree there are a lot of things we could do to lessen gun violence without taking away Second Amendment rights, I listed a few of them already, the problem is the NRA and its cronies fight ANY attempt to fix the problem as if it would strip them of their guns, and refuse to work on anything constructive, instead always falling back on the same lies you've parroted.
Where do you get this nonsense in your last paragraph? Free speech is a bedrock of the Democratic Party. Trump would censor or jail anyone that says anything less than fawning about him. It is sheer lunacy to claim your free speech or your Second Amendment right to self-defense is in jeopardy if Harris is elected.
Your nonsense about Harris with regard to crime is taken almost verbatim from Trump's list of recent rally lies. Get a clue.
Excess spending is, for the umpteenth time, not the primary cause of inflation, though both parties spend more than they should, and both Trump and Biden did stimulus checks, so it's not like you can claim Harris or Biden are any worse than Trump in that regard. The primary cause of inflation was supply chain issues from the pandemic. You remember that, right? The thing Trump bungled so badly he killed thousands of Americans with his lies? Probably not hearing a lot about that on your right-wing sites.
Harris, unlike Trump, at least spoke to a few details of her policies in the debate, pointing out how she'd help first time homeowners, first time parents, and the middle class with regard to taxes.
You do understand we have had the best economic rebound from Covid of any affluent country, don't you? Or do they not cover those facts on your sites? It's crazy how people on the right keep talking about how bad the economy is, when so many elements of it are better than they were when Trump (who was handed a booming economy saved from the brink of disaster by Obama) kept crowing about things he did nothing to bring about. Yet the right just keeps ignoring that Biden's numbers are better.
I also assume that you, unlike Trump, understand that the VP doesn't set policy. They may be a trusted adviser, as some have, or they may be mostly a caddy for the president, who goes out and represents the president's policies. They do not initiate policy because they don't have the power to do it.
We were better off under Trump? Really? After he bungled Covid, killing thousands of our fellow Americans, put someone in to head the Communications Office that would scour social media for any government employee who spoke in less than fawning terms about him, "deregulated" businesses so they could dump toxins in our waterways, gave the rich a huge tax break, tried the time-honored dictator method of undermining democratic institutions while telling everyone they should only believe him, committed treason multiple times, tried to coerce the FBI director to swear loyalty to him, tried to bend the DOJ to his will, terrified our allies and emboldened our enemies with his 3AM toilet tweets and his efforts to tear NATO down, tried to overthrow the government, made us the laughingstock of the world with his chaos, stupidity, bigotry, racism, and buffoonery, the list goes on and on. That's when we were better off? Get a grip on reality.
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