6-Year-Old Girl in Washington DC Is Fatally Shot While Riding Scooter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Poor baby. I hope she gets justice.

Not likely if teens involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let’s blame Bowser for allowing the city to go to hell under her watch. She is spending taxpayer money on her middle of the city graffiti park while this poor baby gets shot. Bowser is such a political hound with no ethics.

+1. We all know certain Black Lives Matter more than others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks, Scalia.

Republicans blocked the gun control laws that we want — that DC citizens want.

Listening to Warren Burger, Nixon’s extremely conservative Chief Justice, is informative:
“The Gun Lobby’s (Federalist Society’s) interpretation of the Second Amendment is one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American People by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime. The real purpose of the Second Amendment was to ensure that state armies – the militia – would be maintained for the defense of the state. The very language of the Second Amendment refutes any argument that it was intended to guarantee every citizen an unfettered right to any kind of weapon he or she desires.” – Warren Burger, Conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice.

Lots of issues are at play, but guns are probably the biggest issue.

RIP to the child. And let’s all fight to have stronger gun control laws. Since DC already voted overwhelmingly for those laws, let’s fight the Fed Soc.

I am all fir taking guns away but DC has a strong gun control law and a huge rate of gun usage in crime. You can control guns until there are nine but how do you make the lives better for people who get guns easily despite gun control. If you have nothing to live for it is easy to kill

It’s not guns. It’s not poverty. 99.99% of gun owners are responsible citizens. 99.99% of poor people are responsible citizens. It’s culture.

Nope. If it were truly 99.99% then there wouldn't be nearly this many guns in the hands of criminals.

[Anonymous]

It's guns.

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Blaming guns is a cop out. It’s easy. It’s not guns that led to this little girl’s death. It’s the wanton disregard for the lives of others that did. That’s a cultural problem and it has to change. I have no problem with the district enforcing restrictive gun laws but until this self-centered culture of death that devalues human life changes the criminals will still get the guns and more little girls will die in the crossfire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks, Scalia.

Republicans blocked the gun control laws that we want — that DC citizens want.

Listening to Warren Burger, Nixon’s extremely conservative Chief Justice, is informative:
“The Gun Lobby’s (Federalist Society’s) interpretation of the Second Amendment is one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American People by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime. The real purpose of the Second Amendment was to ensure that state armies – the militia – would be maintained for the defense of the state. The very language of the Second Amendment refutes any argument that it was intended to guarantee every citizen an unfettered right to any kind of weapon he or she desires.” – Warren Burger, Conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice.

Lots of issues are at play, but guns are probably the biggest issue.

RIP to the child. And let’s all fight to have stronger gun control laws. Since DC already voted overwhelmingly for those laws, let’s fight the Fed Soc.

I am all fir taking guns away but DC has a strong gun control law and a huge rate of gun usage in crime. You can control guns until there are nine but how do you make the lives better for people who get guns easily despite gun control. If you have nothing to live for it is easy to kill

It’s not guns. It’s not poverty. 99.99% of gun owners are responsible citizens. 99.99% of poor people are responsible citizens. It’s culture.

Nope. If it were truly 99.99% then there wouldn't be nearly this many guns in the hands of criminals.

Exactly. If 99.99% of gun owners were responsible, that implies there are only 33,000 irresponsible gun owners in the entire country. Shoot, there are probably 33,000 irresponsible gun owners in DC alone.

[Anonymous]

Guns are not jumping out of holsters and cabinets shooting people anymore than cars are self-aware and running over pedestrians or knives are escaping kitchens and stabbing people up in the streets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's guns.

Yep. If these guys were forced to fight their battles via knives and hand-to-hand combat, Nyiah Courtney and Jeremy Black would both be alive right now. We don’t allow citizens to own RPGs or anti-aircraft guns and everybody is fine with that and no one complains that their second amendment rights are being violated because of it. So Americans are comfortable with gun control, we’re just drawing the line in the wrong place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's guns.

Yep. If these guys were forced to fight their battles via knives and hand-to-hand combat, Nyiah Courtney and Jeremy Black would both be alive right now. We don’t allow citizens to own RPGs or anti-aircraft guns and everybody is fine with that and no one complains that their second amendment rights are being violated because of it. So Americans are comfortable with gun control, we’re just drawing the line in the wrong place.

+1

It's guns.

In the Wild West, when gunslingers, cowboys, and outlaws would ride into a town, they'd have to check their guns, right at the entrance. For town safety. Nowadays, we've forgotten that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's guns.

Yep. If these guys were forced to fight their battles via knives and hand-to-hand combat, Nyiah Courtney and Jeremy Black would both be alive right now. We don’t allow citizens to own RPGs or anti-aircraft guns and everybody is fine with that and no one complains that their second amendment rights are being violated because of it. So Americans are comfortable with gun control, we’re just drawing the line in the wrong place.

+1

It's guns.

In the Wild West, when gunslingers, cowboys, and outlaws would ride into a town, they'd have to check their guns, right at the entrance. For town safety. Nowadays, we've forgotten that.

It is guns. We've been posted to Asia and came back this summer. I'd forgotten what it was like to open the American news and see the never ending gun violence. Of a 6 year old!! God help her family as they process this unimaginable loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks, Scalia.

Republicans blocked the gun control laws that we want — that DC citizens want.

Listening to Warren Burger, Nixon’s extremely conservative Chief Justice, is informative:
“The Gun Lobby’s (Federalist Society’s) interpretation of the Second Amendment is one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American People by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime. The real purpose of the Second Amendment was to ensure that state armies – the militia – would be maintained for the defense of the state. The very language of the Second Amendment refutes any argument that it was intended to guarantee every citizen an unfettered right to any kind of weapon he or she desires.” – Warren Burger, Conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice.

Lots of issues are at play, but guns are probably the biggest issue.

RIP to the child. And let’s all fight to have stronger gun control laws. Since DC already voted overwhelmingly for those laws, let’s fight the Fed Soc.

Which laws is it that DC is not being allowed to have. You may not have noticed, but firearm laws in the District of Columbia are among the most restrictive in the country. Indeed, at least the following are in effect in DC:

1. All firearms must be registered.
2. Unlawful to possess unregistered firearm.
3. Unlawful to possess ammunition without registered firearm.
4. Lengthy list of banned long guns by name and/or characteristics.
5. Specified list of handguns allowed -- no "Saturday Night Specials."
6. Unlawful to carry firearm openly.
7. Unlawful to carry pistol without a license.
8. Training with actual target exam required for license.
9. Places where licensed pistol can be carried highly restricted.
10. Ammunition carried with licensed pistol extremely limited.
11. No open or vehicular long gun carry.
12. No possession of firearms or ammunition by minors, prohibited persons (felons, drug users, violent mentally ill).
13. No private sale of firearms.
14. Prepurchase safety training.
15. Background check on all purchases.
16. Longstanding (at least the 1970's) limit to 10 round magazine capacity.
17. Negligent firearm use unlawful
18. Criminal firearm use unlawful.
19. Use of firearm in crime of violence, drug crime, etc., unlawful.

How many of these laws do you suppose the person(s) involved in this shooting violated? To make it easier, how about guessing how many they COMPLIED with?

There are plenty of laws. What there is not is any appetite to enforce them. Why aren’t felons in possession of firearms not being sent away for five years? Why aren’t people doing at least a year or two for carrying guns without a permit? Why are the cases bargained to nothing and the slam-dunk convictions being foregone? Why are people charged with gun crimes and/or crimes of violence being held until trial instead of being released?

^THIS!

These violent criminals make a risk-benefit analysis. Most of them are not stupid. They are immoral, but not dumb.

They think they can 1) get away with their crimes and 2) are not terribly worried about consequences if caught with a handgun. The penalties are not a deterrent and they know the consequences won't be severe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's guns.

Yep. If these guys were forced to fight their battles via knives and hand-to-hand combat, Nyiah Courtney and Jeremy Black would both be alive right now. We don’t allow citizens to own RPGs or anti-aircraft guns and everybody is fine with that and no one complains that their second amendment rights are being violated because of it. So Americans are comfortable with gun control, we’re just drawing the line in the wrong place.

+1

It's guns.

In the Wild West, when gunslingers, cowboys, and outlaws would ride into a town, they'd have to check their guns, right at the entrance. For town safety. Nowadays, we've forgotten that.

Well, build walls around towns and cities and perhaps we can talk.

In the meantime, cracking down on criminals commiting these violent crimes in the first place instead of pleading down and out and letting them back out quickly to victimize others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's guns.

Yep. If these guys were forced to fight their battles via knives and hand-to-hand combat, Nyiah Courtney and Jeremy Black would both be alive right now. We don’t allow citizens to own RPGs or anti-aircraft guns and everybody is fine with that and no one complains that their second amendment rights are being violated because of it. So Americans are comfortable with gun control, we’re just drawing the line in the wrong place.

Actually, it’s entirely lawful for private citizens to own RPG’s and anti aircraft guns provided they comply with the relevant formalities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's guns.

Yep. If these guys were forced to fight their battles via knives and hand-to-hand combat, Nyiah Courtney and Jeremy Black would both be alive right now. We don’t allow citizens to own RPGs or anti-aircraft guns and everybody is fine with that and no one complains that their second amendment rights are being violated because of it. So Americans are comfortable with gun control, we’re just drawing the line in the wrong place.

Actually, it’s entirely lawful for private citizens to own RPG’s and anti aircraft guns provided they comply with the relevant formalities.

I’m not a lawyer, but FWIW…

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2332g

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's guns.

Yep. If these guys were forced to fight their battles via knives and hand-to-hand combat, Nyiah Courtney and Jeremy Black would both be alive right now. We don’t allow citizens to own RPGs or anti-aircraft guns and everybody is fine with that and no one complains that their second amendment rights are being violated because of it. So Americans are comfortable with gun control, we’re just drawing the line in the wrong place.

Actually, it’s entirely lawful for private citizens to own RPG’s and anti aircraft guns provided they comply with the relevant formalities.

I’m not a lawyer, but FWIW…

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2332g

That section does not reference an anti aircraft gun. It is applicable to a surface to air missile.