Country artists Larry Gatlin, Larry Stewart, & Don MacLean pull out of NRA convention performances where Trump & Cruz will speak following TX shooting

[basquebromance]

who's ready to step up next? losing Lee Greenwood would be a big deal, but i think he's gonna stick around for the show

Larry Gatlin Pulls Out of NRA Memorial Day Concert

A day after Don McLean pulled out of the NRA's Memorial Day concert in Houston, Larry Gatlin and Larry Stewart have pulled out

variety.com

 

[basquebromance]

Families are still raising money to bury their little ones.
How is the NRA hosting this conference tomorrow?

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Families are still raising money to bury their little ones.
How is the NRA hosting this conference tomorrow?

Fear pays their bills--how many people are so horrified at the shootings that they go out and buy a gun? More than you'd think.

 

[Sunsettommy]

Families are still raising money to bury their little ones.
How is the NRA hosting this conference tomorrow?

How about YOU focus on how this killer passed the Federal Background Check instead?

 

[Sunsettommy]

Fear pays their bills--how many people are so horrified at the shootings that they go out and buy a gun? More than you'd think.

How about addressing WHY people are doing mass killings these days.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

How about YOU focus on how this killer passed the Federal Background Check instead?

He had no felonies. He was not listed as mentally ill and he was the legal age--of course he checked out.

 

[basquebromance]

If I was running for president I would say something like “the world would be better with a little less NRA and a little more NPR” and then I would win the democratic primary in a landslide

 

[basquebromance]

He had no felonies. He was not listed as mentally ill and he was the legal age--of course he checked out.

yea except for killing his grandmother .."no big deal"?

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

How about addressing WHY people are doing mass killings these days.

Sure. Population density...video games that numb the youth....a population inured to violence....a desire for notoriety and fame, a moment of power...the availability of weapons....and a lot of powerlessness and anger.
To start with.

 

[Sunsettommy]

He had no felonies. He was not listed as mentally ill and he was the legal age--of course he checked out.

And that is the problem because it is INCOMPLETE information since he was on record a year earlier of being threatening and abusive and such which was never posted.

 

[Sunsettommy]

Sure. Population density...video games that numb the youth....a population inured to violence....a desire for notoriety and fame, a moment of power...the availability of weapons....and a lot of powerlessness and anger.
To start with.

Then a background check system needs to improve to stop people like who was already sending clear threatening signals a year earlier.

Just passing more standard gun control laws would never work on people like him.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

yea except for killing his grandmother .."no big deal"?

LOL! Hey, he wounded his grandma..shortly before going to the school..with the gun he had already bought, right? Thus kinda hard for the check to have caught him~

Who was the gunman in the Texas elementary school mass shooting and why did he attack?

Salvador Ramos legally bought his weapons soon after his 18th birthday, which was days before the attack. His cousin said he had been bullied at school over a speech impediment.

www.pennlive.com

 

[basquebromance]

LOL! Hey, he wounded his grandma..shortly before going to the school..with the gun he had already bought, right?

that's what i saw on social media

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

And that is the problem because it is INCOMPLETE information since he was on record a year earlier of being threatening and abusive and such which was never posted.

Yup..juvenile and all. Thing is..where does one draw the line....normal teen..or mass murderer? How does one tell..before the fact?

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

that's what i saw on social media

Dat shit will rot yer brain..just sayin'

 

[Ralph Norton]

yea except for killing his grandmother .."no big deal"?

Which occurred after buying the gun.
Not even sure what your comment is supposed to mean?

 

[basquebromance]

Dat shit will rot yer brain..just sayin'

i got nothing better to do...wrestling random muscular dudes is the only alternative

 

[Vrenn]

How about YOU focus on how this killer passed the Federal Background Check instead?

In Texas? A 14 year old that looks like a 17 year old can purchase an AR without even an ID.

 

[debbiedowner]

Then a background check system needs to improve to stop people like who was already sending clear threatening signals a year earlier.

Just passing more standard gun control laws would never work on people like him.

Maybe gun stores should be looked at a little closer?

For Example: How would you answer the following question on the application if you had a medicinal marijuana card if the state you lived legalized it and if advised by the gun shop just put no would you turn them in?

Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance? Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.

 

[Vrenn]

Maybe gun stores should be looked at a little closer?

For Example: How would you answer the following question on the application if you had a medicinal marijuana card if the state you lived legalized it and if advised by the gun shop just put no would you turn them in?

Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance? Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.

In Texas, the person would either lie out their ass or go just down the street to the nearest Denny's parking lot and make the purchase there with no ID required.