Of course you gun nuts miss the entire point of the film - that we need to reduce gun violence even further and focus on a few seconds that hurt your little thin-skinned feelings. Whine whine whine whine is all I hear from you crazies. Meanwhile over 40,000 people per year in the U.S. are killed or injured by gun violence (exclusive of suicides). What are you doing to help decrease that number? Whine?
Consider joining everytown.org to help make us safer instead of whining.
Dear
sonic and
Care4all
Sorry I missed your replies that you did try to research and cite where my friend was getting the gun violence stats from.
sonic what I propose is
1. medical research into spiritual healing methods that have been used BOTH to
a. diagnose and screen dangerous and criminal mental illness early and distinguish normal anger or mild abuse from truly chronic addictions or psychopathic/obsessed predatory type disorders that require either detention or treatment as the person poses a danger to themselves or others
b. to treat and either manage these or cure them. NOTE: if people are not cured fully physically of extreme conditions that relapse (such as pedophilia which can take 25 years to cure in mild to moderate cases while severe ones seem incureable even to the most experienced experts in spiritual healing, similar to cases of cancer that range in degree or stages of cureable to terminal/incureable) then if they are at least healed in spirit they will not desire to hurt others but will work WITH doctors and authorities to "stay safe" instead of rebelling and refusing to comply with help. So even that can be changed to the point they will comply with authorities instead of staying in denial and danger to others. They will agree to stay detained under treatment
c. in cases where the people start out in such denial and sickness they REFUSE to get help with their abuse and criminal problems, the cases where such people got help started with FAMILY or other friends getting the spiritual help of healers to intervene (see Scott Peck "Glimpses of the Devil" on healing two schizophrenic patients that refused treatment).
It may be necessary to add a legal clause, that if people are AWARE of such a criminal threat of sickness (on the level of AIDS or Ebola which pose threats of death to others) but fail to report it and enable others to get hurt by not doing so, then they become legally and financially liable for damages if the person is too legally incompetent to be held responsible. Something like that could be explored IF spiritual healing is proven and provided as a public resource where people agree to be required to call for help. In cases there are no criminal abuses it stays voluntary. But if criminal actions or threats already cause "disruption or breach of the peace" it could be made mandatory to report dangerous people who could kill others.
I would propose that districts look into citizenship education and tests to be required of people upon turning 18 similar to driver's licenses in order to confirm legal privileges, where people learn the laws similar to learning the laws of the road before driving a car. This would screen people out who refuse to learn or comply, possibly due to mental or criminal abusive addictions that require treatment. If school districts get a tax break, that if crime rates are reduced and fewer people are going to prison at a cost of 50K in taxes per year, then that district gets to keep more of its tax based to fund education, then this would reverse the trend we have of more Black men going to prison instead of college which can cost half as much as prison.
2. agree on policing procedures on "due process" and guns for defense and law enforcement
By having citizens, police and teachers in each district agree what are the procedures
for law enforcement or apprehension/detention processes, then this will screen out anyone who
is abusive and cannot comply but need psychological or medical help. And will train the capable
citizens and police on gun responsibility and safety so everyone is on the same page.
For example, I would teach the laws as
1. you have the right to free speech and free exercise of religion, but
within the context of the right of people PEACEABLE to assemble and to petition to redress grievances.
Ie your freedoms within the First Amendment cannot be taken out of context with
the REST of the First Amendment where you violate or abuse the same laws you are invoking.
So you can't abuse your freedom to disrupt the equal freedom and peace of others,
or else it causes objections and protests that can get violent. Don't abuse the law
to abuse others, but respect "equal rights freedom and protection" under law.
If you have a grievance, use freedom of speech and press to petition CIVILLY
and not use force or coercion because that starts the cycle of abuse and violence,
ie bullying to competing with greater force of exclusion or coercion.
2. you have the right to bear arms, but within the context of the REST of the Bill of Rights,
which include the right of people to SECURITY or peace within their persons houses and effects.
So you can't abuse arms to violate other laws within the same standards you are citing.
Another way to agree on this:
Agreeing to interpret the right of the people to bear arms
is the right of law abiding citizens to bear arms.
Law abiding includes police and military and govt
equally as civilians who aren't police military or official govt.
The law makes us equally where we commit to enforce it equally.
3. I would recommend that citizens teachers and police distribute the
basic laws and process that all people in each district should agree to follow
in order to live there. And if they do not agree to sign a statement on this,
they either need mental or medical help if they have a criminal issue,
or work out grievances legally if there is a conflict in how the ordinance is written,
or they can move to a different district if they AGREE that is easier than resolving
the conflict in how the local ordinance is written.
Examples of the Bill of Rights, Code of Ethics, Police Mission statement etc.
are posted here that fit on one page handouts:
ethics-commission.net
This process of discussing and resolving conflicts over law will help
teach conflict resolution, mediation and consensus on law, and screen out
abusive or truly impaired people who need help to follow the same standards of law.
That is the best approach to prevention and correction I have found.
And I would include the spiritual healing process to handle the otherwise
unresolvable issues with personality conflicts and mental/medical conditions
that otherwise prevent people from complying with law and respecting consent of others.
For resources on spiritual healing for further medical research and development:
freespiritualhealing