BIade 737 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 On Tuesday, less than a week after the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, students who survived the massacre looked on as Florida's House of Representatives voted along party lines to shut down a bill banning assault rifles. According to Florida's legislature the real threat to the health and safety of the state's teens isn't how easy it is for their classmate to legally purchase an AR-15. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the pressing, immediate danger is in all those erotic tumblrs out there: The state's House of Representatives approved the resolution by a voice vote on Tuesday. The resolution states a need for education, research and policy changes to protect Floridians, especially teenagers, from pornography. Republican Rep. Ross Spano says there is research that finds a connection between pornography use and mental and physical illnesses, forming and maintaining intimate relationships and deviant sexual behavior. Spano is also a candidate for attorney general. The most twisted part of this is the demands by Florida Republicans to research the public health impact of porn, while the CDC is implicitly banned from doing research on gun violence. The 1996 Dickey Amendment specifically blocks the CDC from using its budget to "advocate or promote gun control," and since objective, peer-reviewed, scientific studies consistently show effective gun control would reduce gun violence, there's no research the CDC can do that won't sacrifice its funding. This is a clear example of Republican priorities, where gun control isn't a public health issue or a matter of literal life and death, but rather it's a political wedge issue that lets you clobber Democrats or out-rightwing other Republicans in primaries. This is the political world where news of 17 people shot to death in a high school is received gladly by a president's administration because it means their incompetence won't take up as much space in the news cycle. Most people would probably be ashamed to basically kill a gun control bill with teenage survivors in the room with them. But shame isn't enough of an incentive to get a legislator to flip on such a lucrative and politically useful issue. Unfortunately for them, these students are organized, angry, and soon to be voting age. https://www.gq.com/story/florida-republicans-porn-guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timpa 6,547 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Guess the porn industry doesn't pay Republicans like the NRA does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeong jaehyuns boyfriend 10,627 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 what i never understood about the pro-gun argument is that canada has very strict gun laws but our rate of school shootings and gun violence is much lower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shota 564 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Scumbags, politicians like them disgust me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseLikeACrowTit 862 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Are they trying to take away the girls and boys teens their porn!?..... they are so naive , gambaro hirashai Republicans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swirl900 2,201 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 what i never understood about the pro-gun argument is that canada has very strict gun laws but our rate of school shootings and gun violence is much lower I mean - personally I think the laws should be tighter. But on the flip side - Mexico and Brazil have way stricter gun laws than both Canada/US and their gun violence is much higher. So the strength of gun laws clearly isn't the only factor (if even the major one) at play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YuMing 4,176 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 literally wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeong jaehyuns boyfriend 10,627 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I mean - personally I think the laws should be tighter. But on the flip side - Mexico and Brazil have way stricter gun laws than both Canada/US and their gun violence is much higher. So the strength of gun laws clearly isn't the only factor (if even the major one) at play. oh yeah for sure, i think it's definitely a lot more complex than just that. but i think the comparison between canada and the US is more precise than a comparison to mexico or brazil since canada and america are developed countries and are closer in terms of wealth, the economy, politics, societal values, ideals, and beliefs, etcetc. idk T_T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swirl900 2,201 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 oh yeah for sure, i think it's definitely a lot more complex than just that. but i think the comparison between canada and the US is more precise than a comparison to mexico or brazil since canada and america are developed countries and are closer in terms of wealth, the economy, politics, societal values, ideals, and beliefs, etcetc. idk T_T Yeah I get what you mean *sighs*. I just wish there were an easy solution to all this and that people actually worked towards it. My friends and I were talking yesterday that we all think every day about how our school might get shot up. And that it's become a normal thought at this point. The fact that it's normal is sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaminkit 4,579 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Yeah I get what you mean *sighs*. I just wish there were an easy solution to all this and that people actually worked towards it. My friends and I were talking yesterday that we all think every day about how our school might get shot up. And that it's become a normal thought at this point. The fact that it's normal is sick Twenty years ago with Columbine, it was "how could this happen here?" now it's not a shock to anyone at all. What are people doing where a kid needs a bulletproof backpack to feel even a little safer to go to school like wth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeong jaehyuns boyfriend 10,627 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Yeah I get what you mean *sighs*. I just wish there were an easy solution to all this and that people actually worked towards it. My friends and I were talking yesterday that we all think every day about how our school might get shot up. And that it's become a normal thought at this point. The fact that it's normal is sick dont let the fear get to you! just remember to always be vigilant and aware of your surroundings. it's really sad and terrifying that things have gotten to this point. im from a quaint suburban community in canada with a low crime rate but there was a kid that was pretty badly bullied at my school, and also mentally unstable (and im not being mean, he was in special classes with other special education students because of it). he's also been suspended a few times for physically assaulting other students, once with a chair, another time with a knife, and ANOTHER time with... i think it was a screwdriver? if it was normal to own guns and have guns at home, God forbid but he might have brought a gun to school one day and opened fire. if we were in america, that may even have been a reality... but in canada, because of the strict gun laws here, virtually nobody in my neighborhood owns a gun or has a reason to. the only people that have guns are (1) policemen, (2) people who own special permits to possess guns (but these people almost always own guns simply to hunt wild game way up north) and (3) gang members who smuggle guns through other means (but these kinds of people wouldn't be present in our neighborhood since i grew up in a pretty wealthy and safe town). i guess what im trying to say is that in canada, guns simply aren't accessible to the general public. sure, these people can use other weapons, but a knife (which is probably as bad as it could get) is nowhere near as dangerous. anyway i hope you're safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swirl900 2,201 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Twenty years ago with Columbine, it was "how could this happen here?" now it's not a shock to anyone at all. What are people doing where a kid needs a bulletproof backpack to feel even a little safer to go to school like wth MTE :( dont let the fear get to you! just remember to always be vigilant and aware of your surroundings. it's really sad and terrifying that things have gotten to this point. im from a quaint suburban community in canada with a low crime rate but there was a kid that was pretty badly bullied at my school, and also mentally unstable (and im not being mean, he was in special classes with other special education students because of it). he's also been suspended a few times for physically assaulting other students, once with a chair, another time with a knife, and ANOTHER time with... i think it was a screwdriver? if it was normal to own guns and have guns at home, God forbid but he might have brought a gun to school one day and opened fire. if we were in america, that may even have been a reality... but in canada, because of the strict gun laws here, virtually nobody in my neighborhood owns a gun or has a reason to. the only people that have guns are (1) policemen, (2) people who own special permits to possess guns (but these people almost always own guns simply to hunt wild game way up north) and (3) gang members who smuggle guns through other means (but these kinds of people wouldn't be present in our neighborhood since i grew up in a pretty wealthy and safe town). i guess what im trying to say is that in canada, guns simply aren't accessible to the general public. sure, these people can use other weapons, but a knife (which is probably as bad as it could get) is nowhere near as dangerous. anyway i hope you're safe! Thanks for the kind words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigo 16,433 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 if only there was a way to teach kids the pitfalls of porn consumption, something like comprehensive sexual education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrasil 2,724 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 The power of the gun lobby. Pathetic. Stay angry, kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanSince2012 247 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I love how Republicans are trying to deflect. What really needs to be talked about is how an 18 year can buy an assault rifle in Florida, but you can't buy a handgun until you're 21. That sounds really backwards. https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/ar15-mass-shootings-guns.amp.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakki 27 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I love how Republicans are trying to deflect. What really needs to be talked about is how an 18 year can buy an assault rifle in Florida, but you can't buy a handgun until you're 21. That sounds really backwards. https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/ar15-mass-shootings-guns.amp.html Handguns are concealed weapons and regulated more strictly in most places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanSince2012 247 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Handguns are concealed weapons and regulated more strictly in most places. What I was trying to say is if you need to be 21 to buy a handgun, you need to be 21 to buy an assault rifle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeong jaehyuns boyfriend 10,627 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 What I was trying to say is if you need to be 21 to buy a handgun, you need to be 21 to buy an assault rifle. why the fuck does a 21 year old even need an assault rifle lmao (btw im not directing this at u, im just saying in general lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanSince2012 247 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 why the fuck does a 21 year old even need an assault rifle lmao (btw im not directing this at u, im just saying in general lol) No one needs an assault rifle, something I wish the NRA and Republicans would understand. This weapon has been used in just about all of the recent mass shootings, and yet they still want to make it available to the public for civilians to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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