Andy1

Gen Z is the most diverse generation this nation has seen. Corporations know this and are messaging to appeal to them. Republican Party is a big turnoff for most of them and the party isn’t doing anything to appeal to them. You all can say it’s indoctrination or whatever but unless the R party changes, it will die.

Will be interesting to see the reaction from Tennessee. I think it will be motivating for independents and Gen Z next election.

The whole point of listing the rate per 100,000 people is to compare apples to apples with respect to population. Of course a city with 5 million people will have a higher absolute number than a rural county of 50,000 people, but that doesn’t mean it is more likely to occur there, just that more people live there. Rep vs Dem would be interesting to see.

In recent years, rural counties' proportional gun homicide rates outnumbered those of urban counties Top 20 U.S. counties or county equivalents with the highest gun homicide rate, 2016–2020 Table showing 20 counties with the highest gun homicide rates from 2016 to 2020, with rural counties appearing more frequently in the list. Table with 2 columns and 20 rows. Currently displaying rows 1 to 20. Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 Phillips County, Arkansas 55.45 Lowndes County, Alabama48.36 City of St. Louis, Missouri45.36 Macon County, Alabama44.34 City of Petersburg, Virginia42.45 Leflore County, Mississippi38.61 City of Baltimore, Maryland38.56 Dallas County, Alabama37.25 Dillon County, South Carolina 35.57 Washington County, Mississippi 34.19 Jefferson County, Arkansas34.08 Orleans Parish, Louisiana32.83 Holmes County, Mississippi32.31 Hinds County, Mississippi 31.68 Adams County, Mississippi28.26 Mississippi County, Arkansas27.80 Sunflower County, Mississippi 27.61 Coahoma County, Mississippi 27.19 Vance County, North Carolina 25.85 City of Danville, Virginia25.75 Media attention on large cities misrepresents the reality of gun violence in the United States Despite negative media attention, many large cities are proportionately safer from gun violence than their rural counterparts: Chicago is within Cook County, which ranks 79th for firearm homicide rates. Philadelphia County ranks 38th for firearm homicide rates. The five counties that encompass New York City rank between 360th and 521st for firearm homicide rates: New York County (Manhattan) ranks 521st. Kings County (Brooklyn) ranks 404th. Bronx County (Bronx) ranks 360th. Richmond County (Staten Island) ranks 488th. Queens County (Queens) ranks 502nd. Los Angeles County ranks 316th for firearm homicide rates.

Strange, none of my republican friends have ever called me a commie. I only get that here on PPP. Do you call everyone you meet whom you disagree with politically a commie? Sounds like you need to relax a bit BB.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gun-violence-in-rural-america/

Those Republican laws (platform?) are a loser. Independents think they are crazy. Gen Z is rising and will vote in force against them. Wisconsin is the latest state to flip. After they lose enough, maybe the party will change.

So is government subsidizing industry is a communist tenet?

Anyone know size wise how he compares to Milano?

Yea Trumps best friends are Putin, rocket man and the Saudi crown prince. But dems are commies? No logic there. Total projection but they probably don’t understand that either. In my experience, people who scream about communism have no clue what real communism is. They should speak to someone from a communist country to learn something. Everyone I have spoken to laughs at the comparison. Stupid American….

You can add Republicans banning travel to other states for women’s health care. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/31/idaho-abortion-travel-ban-women-girls-social-trust

I would call that a budget agenda rather than an official party platform. Platforms are usually big wordy documents describing a longer term vision for the future. When they release their budget we will see what their priorities are. Hopefully the House and the Pres can reach compromise without crashing the economy.

Party platforms are developed ahead of presidential elections. In 2020, the Republican party chose not to develop an official platform. Their simple platform statement was basically: whatever Trump wants for America First. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/resolution-regarding-the-republican-party-platform

This country needs political marriage therapy.

Lindsey Graham is collecting donations for the orange guy in his time of great need. It’s time for all you fanboys to open up your wallets and give him your credit card number for your recurring monthly donations. It’s up to you.

Another Trump speech full of lies. Just remember, if you say it enough times, it becomes true. Michael Cohen had an interesting take… said Trump can’t get competent lawyers because good attorneys know he won’t follow their advice and in the end they all know they won’t get paid.

Michael Cohen went to prison for tax fraud and campaign finance fraud. He has stated that he was coordinating with, acting at the direction of and for the benefit of Trump through his actions. It would seem logical that Trump would then be charged for violations of the law in the same matter.

I don’t know how the trans issue relates to guns. I don’t know anything about trans issues other than people who identify as such should be free to live without harassment or discrimination. I also don’t understand the desire by some to flaunt their sexuality. Drag queens and weekend GI Joe with his AR meet at the parade. Welcome to America today!

I’ve always viewed guns as tools to harvest food, protect your home or use at the range for target shooting. I have no issue with responsible ownership. Lock them up so kids can’t get them. However, I do not understand the gun culture in this country. People posing their kids with assault weapons is sick. Politicians posing with military weapons like they are some pretend tough guy are morons. Weekend warriors pretending to be GI Joe are stupid and need a life. The glorification of Kyle Rittenhouse is sick. There is nothing worse in this world than killing another human. It is not something to be celebrated. A political party embracing guns at all costs is bizarre.

That’s great to hear that the problem is all solved in FL. May your kids be safe.

Ok, I may be a little dense but I’m just trying to imagine how this school good guy with a gun works. Schools now have a resource officer (which is great) but that seems inadequate to deal with the threat we are talking about. So I assume our good guy(s)/gals will be armed with AR-15s, I mean they need to fight fire with fire and shouldn’t be outgunned when their service is called for. Bullet proof vests and combat helmets, Glock on the hip too with plenty of ammo on them. Maybe the ARs can have Hello Kitty stickers on them to not scare the kids. They would train urban assault tactics with the local SWAT team. Frequent training is critical, we want them in shape and sharp when they are needed. This isn’t a job for fat retired mall cops. The high school I went to had 2,000 kids with four wings on the building, 2 floors. Since an 18 yr old screwed up kid with an AR can kill 20 people in 30 seconds, reaction time is critical. My school would need at minimum 8 trained guards, one per building wing and floor to watch over the students each and every day. We will need protection at the school during classes and school events like plays, concerts, club activities, volleyball, baseball, etc. Since these events are during off hours or weekends, we’ll need more good guys trained to cover the time slots. School nurses will need annual combat medic training in tourniquets, battlefield wound care, etc. to be prepared for that fateful day. Now it would be stupid for the school to not have adequate insurance to cover the chance of accidental death as a result of the armed good guy who is a school employee. So I would assume their insurance premiums will rise to cover the increased risk. I think that about covers it, but that just keeps the kids safe at school. Or we can do something to limit who gets guns.

I still believe Trump loves all this. He loves playing the role of the billionaire victim. He is once again relevant and in the news. His greatest fear is becoming mute and irrelevant. Good news or bad news doesn’t matter to him. The time elapsed since the alleged crime is irrelevant provided the charge is within the scope of the law. Remember Barr and everyone else claiming a sitting President can’t be charged. As far as it never happened before, well Trump intentionally wanted to be unlike prior Presidents. A first is what he is in many ways. It’s the path he has chosen.

Eventually we will be spending more on training security guards and hardening schools than paying the teachers who can only teach and say the words the politicians allow them. Since we have to cut taxes too, schools will end up cutting teachers but keep the guards. It’s no wonder teachers are leaving the profession.

You may be right, but I think “conservative” 20 yrs from now will be different than what is conservative today. Just as todays Trump brand is different from the Bush brand.I could see a version of conservatism that is somewhat more restrictive on guns. Ideologies of both parties evolve over time.

Eventually, as the demographics change, as more horrendous slaughters occur, the politics will change. At some point in the future , Gen Z will vote in change if politicians don’t act. People in other developed and less developed nations think we are absolutely nuts tolerating this in our society. The problem with these guns is their killing power far outlives the lives of, or the desire of, their owner to possess them. They sit in homes for decades, waiting for some tragic event of human error to occur. Taxes on guns and ammo should be used for aggressive gun buy-back programs to get unneeded guns out of society. A lot of other changes can be done too regarding safe storage, background checks, etc too.