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2ºMarie Anderson 1. Mental health issues and easy access to firearms are the biggest contributing factors in mass shootings. If you don't think guns are part of the problem, ask yourself this. If you were a 4th grader trapped in a classroom, like the Uvalde victims were, would you rather the intruder have a knife or a gun? You can't deny the unfortunate efficiency of firearms. If they weren't so effective, criminals would be using other weapons more often for mass attacks. Pertaining to the scenario this post is about, are you saying the victim would've been better off had the guy used his fist?

2. You say it's a people problem. If you're referring to mental health, keep this in mind. Leaders on the Right often blame mass shootings on mental health issues but then often cut funding for mental health services. For example, Gov. Abbott blamed the Uvalde tragedy on mental health issues but then cut over $200 million from his health budget. You'd think that if a group truly believes that mental health issues are the cause of mass shootings that they would CONSISTENTLY address that issue, but the Right doesn't do that.

https://finance.yahoo.com...-140136065.html

https://truthout.org/arti...ealth-services/

3. If it's a "people problem" why not limit who has access to firearms more strictly? Also, why do leaders on the Right fight for CONVICTED domestic abuse perps to have guns? It's well known that the majority of mass shootings are domestic related. The Right's actions just don't make sense for this.
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3ºMike Petty H (RFLs): When child abuse is suspected in a home a judge removes a child quickly. We use the "better safe than sorry" approach and then lead an investigation afterward. We should act even quicker with a potential mass shooter who could take out many people quickly. Do you oppose removing children from homes temporarily when child abuse is suspected or is that too "unconstitutional"?

By the way, the Constitution was designed to be changed and the younger generation isn't as attached to gun culture. Change is coming from the Lockdown Generation.

Speaking of criminals and guns, leaders of the Right fight for CONVICTED domestic abuse perps to have firearms. Explain that one considering that the majority of mass shootings are domestic related.

https://finance.yahoo.com...-140136065.html

K. Look up Ethan's Law.
L. Awesome. Book it.
M. This calla for an age requirement, not a race requirement. Also, there is an age requirement precedent already.
Sure, be tougher on criminals. That's an obvious start to address some of this.

4ºTravis Christopher h. if someone is dangerous enough to necessitate the confiscation of their legally owned firearms, then they should just be arrested, but you can’t put that in a red flag law because it would be unconstitutional to arrest someone who hasn’t committed a crime. (Same goes for taking there guns)

Same goes for convicted violent criminals. If someone is deemed too dangerous to own firearms, then they are too dangerous to be free. Rehabilitation doesn’t work.

J. Social media is terrible at monitoring themselves. You’re inviting people to be swatted by ai algorithms.

K. We already have storage requirements.

I. Why stop at guns? Hold parents responsible for all their child’s crimes.

M. If you want to ban certain sects of the public from owning firearms based on the statistical data of who uses them in violent crime the most, you’re gonna get called a racist.

How about we stop codling violent criminals? It’s not accidental. When anyone proves themselves violent against innocent people, remove them from existence.

We haven’t tried that.

5ºDora Yeary My prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference."
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6ºMike Petty 1. I never said anything about gun confiscation. We can, however, limit who can buy new ones, which will help since 80% of mass shooters obtained firearms legally. I'll post info about gun law effectiveness below along with well-researched proposals for how to address our school shooting crisis.

No single solution will solve our school shooting crisis, so we need to address the problem from as many angles as we can.

a. Require that teachers have classroom doors completely closed and locked when students are in the room unless the teacher is at the door. No school shooter has ever completely breached a locked classroom door. (Sandy Hook Advisory Commission)

b. Require every adult who works in a school to have completed basic First Aid, CPR, and "Stop the Bleed" training.

c. Require that every classroom has wound packing materials and at least one tourniquet for if they’re trapped in a room with an injured victim.

d. Require schools to conduct an annual safety and vulnerability assessment.

e. Require 'See Something, Say Something' programs in schools that teach kids to identify warning signs that someone may harm themselves or others and how to report them.

f. Make mental health services free and easily available

g. Increase school security

h. Adding and/or strengthening well-written red flag laws in every state

i. Preventing the gun industry (or ANY others) from donating to political campaigns

j. Legally require social media companies to monitor for and report threats

k. Storage requirements for firearms that are stored in homes where children live

l. Hold parents responsible if their child uses their gun illegally

m. Increasing the purchasing age to 21 for all firearms and ammo. ("Data shows at least 59 percent of the 2,275 school shootings researchers recorded since 1970 were committed by someone under 21 years old." (Hearst Connecticut Group, 2022)
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What we've been trying hasn't worked well, so doing nothing will only result in more school tragedies. We don't have to agree on everything. Just talking through ideas to find a things we agree on and then encouraging our senators and representatives to make those changes happen is how we make progress and save lives.

Start by reviewing the multi-faceted plan that addresses our school shooting crisis. Then you can use the links provided to find contact info for your senators and representatives. Share with them the parts of the plan you agree with and encourage them to write and pass life saving legislation as soon as possible.

You have the opportunity to push for life saving changes to be made. It's our responsibility to protect our nation's youth and we have to make progress NOW. Inaction makes us no better than the 370+ officers in Uvalde who stood around doing nothing for 70+ minutes.

http://www.house.gov/repr...-representative
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm