Thursday, February 15, 2018

17 DEAD and the NRA-BOUGHT CONGRESS SENDS THEIR CONDOLENCES

FROM ATIRA AURA: AT WHAT POINT ARE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF AUTOMATIC WEAPONS OR GUN CONTROL, COMPLICIT IN THE KILLINGS OF INNOCENT LIVES? READ ON TO HAVE YOUR EYES OPENED.

"President Donald Trump has often pointed to mental illness as the underlying cause for mass shootings, but one of his earliest actions as president was to undo a regulation that would have made it more difficult for people with a known mental illness to buy guns." -ABC News

"A little over a month after his inauguration, on Feb. 28, 2017, President Trump signed HJ Resolution 40, a bill that made it easier for people with mental illness to obtain guns." -CBS News
 

Allegedly the shooter, Nickolas Cruz, was wearing a 'Making America Great Again' cap during his killing spree.

Bess Kalb, a writer for “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” is responding to each lawmaker tweeting condolences over the murders by listing how much they’ve taken from the National Rifle Association, which has consistently fought any move to tighten gun control laws.
Here are some of those tweets and Kalb’s replies:
Just spoke to Broward School Superintendent. Today is that terrible day you pray never comes.

I am heartbroken for the students & family of those involved in this horrible tragedy & I'm praying for our first responders as they act swiftly to contain the situation. https://twitter.com/ap/status/963865321135378438 

Heartbreaking news out of Florida. Jane and I send our prayers to the school, the community, and the victims of this tragedy.

Praying for the students, teachers and first responders affected by the tragic shooting in Florida. Our hearts go out to the victims and their families.

Tragic news out of Florida. Please keep the victims, their families, first responders and the community in your thoughts and prayers.

I'm devastated to hear about the tragedy in Florida. Praying today for the students and all those impacted.

Please join me in praying for the students, faculty, and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, as well as their loved ones. Let us also show our gratitude to the courageous first responders.
She also replied to Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel:  

My heart breaks for all the families, teachers, and students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Praying for all affected by the tragic shooting in Florida today.
Before she started replying to tweets she also shared a few other choice words about lawmakers collecting cash from the gun lobby: 

God have mercy on your NRA-kept souls:

Richard Burr
$6,986,620

Roy Blunt
$4,551,146

Thom Tillis
$4,418,012

Cory Gardner
$3,879,064

Marco Rubio
$3,303,355

Joni Ernst
$3,124,273

Rob Portman
$3,061,941

Todd Young
$2,896,732

Bill Cassidy
$2,861,047https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/04/opinion/thoughts-prayers-nra-funding-senators.html 
One final question: why do parents promote gun use with teens, give them gun access, and pay to have them trained on the use of automatic weapons? In reviewing school shootings, almost all the perpetrators were given parental blessing to be instructed on the use of automatic weapons (e.g., Sandy Hook, Columbine), and ignored obvious warning signs of their child's unstable and threatening behaviors. Instead of focusing on teens, why are we not engaged in discussions with parents on the impulse control issues with their adolescents/young adults, their paucity of judgment, and recognizing alternative solutions to conflicts? Identifying at risk behaviors is not enough when the parents are the root of the problem.
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