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More logical discussion that soundly refutes left wing Democrat's obsession with gun control.   Quote: "In trying to measure the effects of guns on society -- not just the Americans -- it pays to be careful about what we are describing. The Washington Post explains that there is no direct relation between the number of firearms in circulation and the number of ordinary gun-related murders."  And,  "Ordinary murder is apparently driven by more than the weapon. An observed reduction in the propensity of Americans to shoot each other offset the greater availability of weapons. The federal assault weapons ban and its subsequent removal without detectable effect showed how weak a factor it was by itself."  And,  "For a variety of reasons having to do with social and economic factors the firearms murder rate went down. What the current debate really seems to be about is whether rapid-fire guns increase the frequency of a special kind of crime called mass shootings. However, this is a somewhat artificial category. Mass shootings are a subset of the larger phenomenon of mass killings, sometimes referred to as rampage killings. "A rampage involves the (attempted) killing of multiple persons at least partly in public space by a single physically present perpetrator using (potentially) deadly weapons in a single event without any cooling-off period." It is one killer, one place, one time, many victims in a setting outside of war. The data collected on this type of even notes the type of weapon used, which is not always a firearm. It is mass killings that one would want to reduce, not just mass shootings. What differentiates rampage killings from regular homicide is they were (and still are) by comparison extremely rare. Wikipedia lists only 1,850 incidents worldwide in recorded history, which is very small compared to the number of ordinary homicides."  And,  "While this discussion of the subject is far from scientific, it may throw light upon the problem from a novel angle. The next Belmont Club post will examine the relationship between civilian weapons ownership and that other form of mass killing: extrajudicial killing. What can go wrong if civilians don't have weapons?"    https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/mass-killings-vs-mass-shootings/?    Do you think Democrats care about these facts???   Probably not.  Facts that do not fit their narratives do not count as reasons not to do what they want done.

This is an incredible piece by the Washington Post. The people running that paper are just as demented as most Democrats. Their misperception of reality is simple amazing. Quote: "In arguing that Sanders and Warren are unrealistic, grandiose ideologues, the Washington Post points to, of all people, former President Obama. The same man who, upon becoming the [ https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/us/politics/03text-obama.html | presumptive Democratic nominee on June 3, 2008 ] , told supporters in St. Paul, Minnesota, that, “we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless.” “This was the moment,” Obama continued, the applause growing louder and more enthusiastic, “when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal, this was the moment when we ended a war, and secured our nation, and restored our image as the last, best hope on Earth.” Obama, who coasted into the White House in 2008 and 2012 on grandiose promises, and with little to no vetting from the national press, is the person the Washington Post editorial board has in mind when it says, “Candidates who promise big ideas should also be pressed on how they will realize them.” “[T]he United States is a vast, pluralistic country, and Congress will continue to reflect its ideological range,” the newspaper warns. “Big donors and billionaires may exercise too much influence, but Democratic primary voters should be wary of candidates who use that fact to explain away all opposition to their ideas. Even if you undid Citizens United and enacted campaign finance reform, sustainable policy in America would emerge only by means of principled compromise.” It is almost as if the Washington Post forgets or ignores that its ideal U.S. president rather famously muscled though parts of his agenda via a “ [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6tOgF_w-yI | phone and a pen ] .” Does the newspaper believe all those [ https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/barack-obama/2016 | executive orders overturned by President Trump ] appeared out of nowhere? “The next president should have a vision of progress for the nation that is expansive and inspiring. It also should be grounded in mathematical and political reality,” the editorial concludes. The Washington Post is not wrong when it says a president should be both pragmatic and have a realistic vision that includes compromise. But the paper’s nostalgia for Obama, who over-promised as a candidate and gave the bird to compromise as president, suggests the paper is really more anti-Sanders and anti-Warren than it is concerned with strict practicality."

Bad news keeps piling up on former FBI Directory Comey. This is the latest revelation. The facts piling up are strongly suggesting he was indeed a dirty cop. Quote: " As was [ https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/08/exclusive-rep-nunes-was-right-in-their-first-month-mueller-gang-was-already-working-on-obstruction-trap/ | reported yesterday ] , in less than a month after the Mueller Special Counsel was created, the Mueller gang was already working on their obstruction efforts against the President. However, a further review indicates that the Comey memos were the key to the Mueller obstruction trap as indicated by Nunes and they likely were edited by Comey. Judicial Watch uncovered evidence that the FBI went to Comey’s house on June 7, 2017. This visit took place the day before Comey admitted leaking the Trump memos to his friend-turned-lawyer-turned-unpaid-FBI-official Daniel Richman, who then leaked the contents of the memos to the New York Times. “I asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter [for The New York Times ] … I asked him to because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel,” Comey said before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8, 2017 ."

The Chinese are working hard to help Americans kick Trump out of office so he can be replaced by a weakling they can push around like they did Obama, Bush and Clinton. https://freebeacon.com/national-security/china-covertly-subverting-trump-reelection/? This is Trump's explanation...seems consistent with my opinion. https://trumptrainnews.com/articles/trump-reveals-why-china-is-delaying-trade-talks

Way too many people on the political left are simply void of any ethics whatever. They will do anything to hide bad behavior from their side of the political aisle and willingly cast responsibility for their bad behavior on to the political right. Even change facts to satisfy their narratives. This is an example. Quote: " [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyLife | MyLife ] is an American information brokerage founded in 2002 as [ http://reunion.com/ | Reunion.com ] . MyLife gathers personal information through public records and other sources to automatically [ https://www.mylife.com/help/#gi1 | generate a “MyLife Public Page” ] for each person, described by MyLife as a “complete Wikipedia-like biography on every American.” At 2:46 PM today MyLife had this profile for the deranged killer Patrick Crusius. His original profile at 2:46 said he was a registered Democrat ." And, " At 2:50 PM leftists changed his political affiliation from Democrat to Republican." Decent human beings do not do things like this. But, then again, how many sane people think left wingers are decent people if things like this are what they are willing to do? https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/08/leftists-change-shooter-patrick-crusiuss-mylife-page-after-saturday-shooting-from-democrat-to-republican/

The abject stupidity of the political left's embrace of the goodness of transgenderism is unbelievably stupid any way it is looked at. This illustrates just one of countless reasons. Quote: "YouTuber Jamie Raines sat down with [ https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/25/transgender-man-youtuber-jamie-raines-having-periods/ | PinkNews  ] to discuss what it’s like to have menstrual periods as a man. If you think that’s ridiculous, you’re not alone. Join the club of those refusing to be reeducated by the left. Raines is a transgender man, which means she is a woman who believes she is a man and has chosen to alter her body to appear as such." https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/trans-male-youtubers-new-complaint-feminine-hygiene-products-female-oriented/? The stupidity of left wing's support of the whole LBGT thing is overwhelming. Regardless of what people embracing LBGT doctrine seem to think, biological science proves there are only two genders. How they can think otherwise proves their inability to accept long accepted facts. People who embrace LBGT lifestyles are in some way emotionally and mentally unstable. They deserve our sympathy but not our endorsement of their immoral and mental illness, whatever it is.

George Burns