Gun Control

[AndyinPA]

He's right.

[sugar magnolia]

Mamie Till did it.

[RTH10260]

Washington State

looks like some gun owners are not happy

[Dave from down under]

Merchants of death unhappy

So sad… hahaha

[keith]

WTF issa FFL?

[sugar magnolia]

WTF issa FFL?

Federal firearms license.

[keith]

Thanks

[chancery]

https://twitter.com/HeartlandSignal/sta ... 4372648080

Heartland Signal
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Minnesota State Sen. Warren Limmer (R-Maple Grove) says safe gun storage laws will keep farmers from protecting their families against cows.

"You even walk too close to a cow, and it'll take you down and trample you into dust."

[RTH10260]

Don't trespass onto farmland with grazing (not crazy) cows Farmers and their family and hands know how to treat cows in the fields. And farmers usually do not shoot their income generating critters, but later in life may send them to the hamberder factory ...

[Dave from down under]

Our walk takes us through a nearby farmers cattle… never had any trouble with them except an occasional one that wanted a hard head rub and got pushy… you just push them away.

OK there was a herd of Cattle at Stretton On Fosse in the cotswald that would rush public way ramblers in the hope of being fed apples etc.. they were a bit intimidating..

[Flatpoint High]

https://www.rawstory.com/guns-cows/

A Minnesota Republican justified his opposition to new gun safety legislation this week by raising the specter of cows trampling unarmed Americans "into dust."

"Farm animals can at times be very dangerous," he said. "Take, for example, a cow who had just recently had a calf. You even walk too close to a cow, and it'll take you down and trample you into dust. And many farmers have a readily available gun just for those emergencies. Fumbling around with a lock while a cow or a bull or any other animal is going after your daughter or your son, you can't fumble around with a key or try and find a lockbox or put your thumb on a biometric key of some sort in your home while the danger is outside."

[RTH10260]

A farmers kids know better by the time they play in a cow pasture. And you do not carry the gun with a lock attached out to the field. Locks are for extra security while in storage. Also too one does not use a handgun to kill a wild cow, a rifle is needed.

[Dave from down under]

It’s as if the merchant of death lawmaker is just making it up

I call BS !

[pipistrelle]

A farmer is going to shoot a valuable milk cow. Uh-huh. If he can’t handle a cow, he probably shouldn’t go into farming.

[pipistrelle]

It has been estimated that approximately 20–22 deaths occur each year in the United States from cattle, only 10 of which involved bulls. In five cases, multiple cows were involved in the attack, usually when walkers, joggers, or cyclists had entered pastures.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.10 ... 24-00786-8

[June bug]

It has been estimated that approximately 20–22 deaths occur each year in the United States from cattle, only 10 of which involved bulls. In five cases, multiple cows were involved in the attack, usually when walkers, joggers, or cyclists had entered pastures.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.10 ... 24-00786-8

Hmm...how does that compare to just the number of children killed by guns that weren’t stored safely?

[Uninformed]

Assisting the spread of the polite society…

“Haiti: US guns pour into Port-au-Prince, fuelling surge in violence”:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68668460

‘“All the guns here are from the US, everybody knows it. If the US wants to stop this, they could easily do it one month!" He pleads: "We are asking the US to give us a chance to live, just give us a chance."
For a country that does not manufacture weapons, a UN report in January found every type of gun was flooding Port-au-Prince: high-powered rifles such as AK-47s, 9mm pistols, sniper rifles and machine guns.
The weapons are fuelling the staggering surge in Haiti's gang-related violence.
There is no exact number for how many trafficked firearms are currently in Haiti.
The UN report said some estimates put it at half a million legal and illegal weapons here as of 2020.
It reported that guns and ammunition were being smuggled in from land, air and sea from US states such as Florida, Texas and Georgia.
There have been seizures in the country's main ports in Port-au-Prince, Port-de-Paix and in Cap-Haitien. Illegal weapons are hidden in shipping containers among toy and clothes donations.
In July 2022, Haitian authorities seized a huge haul of dozens of weapons with 15,000 rounds of ammunition. They were stuffed in a shipment from Florida heading to an Episcopal church in Haiti.‘

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[AndyinPA]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 30789.html

The Maine Legislature approved sweeping gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people before adjourning Thursday morning, nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history.

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and the Democratic-led Legislature pressed for a number of gun and mental health proposals after the shooting that claimed 18 lives and injured another 13 people, despite the state’s strong hunting tradition and support for gun owners.

“Maine has taken significant steps forward in preventing gun violence and protecting Maine lives,” said Nacole Palmer, executive director of the Maine Gun Safety Coalition, who praised lawmakers for listening to their constituents.

The governor's bill, approved early Thursday, would strengthen the state’s yellow flag law, boost background checks for private sales of guns and make it a crime to recklessly sell a gun to someone who is prohibited from having guns. The bill also funds violence prevention initiatives and opens a mental health crisis receiving center in Lewiston.

[roadscholar]

It’s as if the merchant of death lawmaker is just making it up

I call BS !

I have never, ever seen a farmer carrying a gun to protect himself from cows. Damn right he’s making it up.

[Dave from down under]

Jamie and Jennie, who I know, had just left the cafe where the Gunman started shootings

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/ ... /103709918

My wife was at school across the road..

I had an idiot from my school who had modified his SKS to full auto.

I still think our gun laws are too lax.

[Suranis]

It’s as if the merchant of death lawmaker is just making it up

I call BS !

I have never, ever seen a farmer carrying a gun to protect himself from cows. Damn right he’s making it up.

Hell, if the Cattle are used to the Farmer he is probably in no danger. My Mother is in her 70s and she does not own a gin. and until very recently she was herding Cattle and feeding them with no problems.

[Dave from down under]

Pssst America…

It can be done if you want to reduce gun violence

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-27/ ... /103774904

In short: The federal government has committed $160 million to implement a national firearms register after state and territory leaders agreed to the idea last year.
The register will be a central hub of data from each state and territory, allowing near real-time information sharing across the country.
What's next? States and territories now need to reform their firearms management systems, with the aim to have the register fully operational within four years.