If you see a MAGA Moron with a Gun in public... Call the Police! Tell 'em he is threatening people...

We Need Common Sense Gun Laws. Here's How to Contact Your Senator. Let's Motivate Congress To BAN ASSAULT RIFLES.

SENATE: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm 

HOUSE: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

 

I Wrote to Them and Said: "Let's Outlaw Guns, Collect Guns and Melt Guns. Too Many People Die Each Year in the USA From Gunfire and YOU May Pass Laws Disarming America. There is Historical Proof that Outlawing Assault Rifles Reduced Deaths. The Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 Worked!"

Scientific Study: CONCLUSION 

"Mass-shooting related homicides in the United States were reduced during the years of the federal assault weapons ban of 1994 to 2004."

https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Abstract/2019/01000/Changes_in_US_mass_shooting_deaths_associated_with.2.aspx

Did you Know that Trump Signed the HELP CRAZY PEOPLE BUY GUNS LAW? H.J.Res 40 - If a person is getting a Social Security DISABILITY Check Due to INSANITY... They No Longer have to report That Fact on a GUN BACKGROUND CHECK... Because... The One Sure Way to Make America Great is to Arm The Insane!

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/40

WAKE UP! That's a Crazy Law! #MAGAKillersSUCK

LINK: The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act or Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) was a subsection of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law which included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms that were defined as assault weapons as well as certain ammunition magazines that were defined as large capacity.

The 10-year ban was passed by the U.S. Congress on August 25, 1994 and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994.^[1] 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban

If we simply Outlawed Guns, Collected Guns and Melted Guns there would be Fewer Gun Deaths... Fewer Gang Related Deaths... Fewer Suicides... Fewer Massacres in Schools... Fewer Deaths by Accident... 

and Then AJ Said on FaceBorg: "If the teachers would have had a gun back when I was in grade school I guarantee we would have stole that thing."

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Trump's plan of ARMING TEACHERS is astonishingly stupid. What happens when a student grabs the gun and takes it away from the teacher? The Teacher gets DEAD. Many High School boys are bigger and stronger than their teachers and could wrestle away a gun. This is a classic BONEHEAD TRUMP IDEA... The answer to gun violence is making guns illegal... FEWER GUNS lead to FEWER DEATHS. #OutlawGuns

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Crazy Texas GUN LAWS!!!!

#TedCruzMustGo

#TedCruzHasBloodOnHisHands

#TedCruzDoesntCareAboutYourKids

#TheNRAIsATerroristOrganizarion

Please MARCH JUNE 11th for Gun Laws.

Please Please REGISTER And #VoteBlue

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Did You Know? For Unpopular Men, Guns are a Practical Alternative to Having a Girlfriend... Firing a Gun Causes a Massive Endorphin Dump similar to SEX...

Does Gun Ownership Cause Impotence? Look at a Field and Stream... The back of the magazine is PACKED with ads for erection pills... 

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Too many Children Dying... [A* C*]  
Too Many Families Crying... [A# A]
Everybody Realizes... [A* C*] 
We Should Collect 'em All... [A# A]
and Melt the Guns, Melt 'em... [G D A] 3X
Then They'll Never Kill Again... [E]

They say: "Guns Don't Kill People, [A* C*]
Bullets Kill People" [A# A] 2X
But If We Melt All the Guns... [G D A] 3X
The Bullets will be Harmless... [E]

Hey, Hey, NRA, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today? 4X
[CHANT - Knuckles Knock on the Guitar Body]

No, It's Not Video Games... [A* C*] 
No, It's Not Mental Health... [A# A] 2X
That's Just Our Puppet President Pretending... [G D A] 2X
When The NRA Jerks His Chain, He Jumps! Good Dog! OBEY! [E A] 3X

Too many Children Dying... [A* C*]  
Too Many Families Crying... [A# A]
Everybody Realizes... [A* C*] 
We Should Collect 'em All... [A# A]
and Melt the Guns, Melt 'em... [G D A] 3X
Then They'll Never Kill Again... and Again... and Again... [E] 
and Again... and Again... and Again... and Again... [E F F# G Ab A]

[Spoken] Are You Happy Buying Bulletproof Backpacks for Your Children?

A* = E0 A7 D7 G6 B0 e0
C* = E0 A0 D5 G5 B5 e0
A# = E0 A0 D3 G3 B3 e0

I like the fact that some lyrics are Sung over Very Discordant Chords and Others are Very Consonant. Like, Good Ideas are Consonant and Bad Ideas are Discordant... 

I Heard The Chant in the Sixties: Originally it was: "Hey, Hey, LBJ, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?"

I Intentionally Misquoted the NRA Slogan: "Guns Don't Kill People, Bullets Kill People"

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Hey, Hey, NRA, How many kids did you kill today?

NRA chief calls for more guns at school. Arming teachers. Well, that wouldn't have done anything to prevent the Las Vegas Mass Murder... AND... The Florida High school Murderer was wearing full body armor and a helmet... Teachers with pistols would have had no chance to out gun an teenager with an Assault Rifle. AND... Reality shows that the more guns we have the more likely hood of gun accidents... Suicides... and what if an Armed Teacher "Goes Postal" and shoots up students and other teachers? Who will pay for all these new guns? We already can't afford to buy basic school supplies like chalk and books... Who will pay for Gun Training? The real solution is LESS GUNS... OUTLAW Assault Rifles and Raise gun ownership age to 21 and increase background checks.
Remember, President Trump signed a Law that makes it easier for mentally ill people to buy guns. People that are getting a Social Security Disability Check for Mental Illness would be allowed to pass background checks. That's what Trump's ACTIONS have been... The exact opposite of his words...

and NOW That Biden is President We Need to Get The US Senate to Act... Now is the Time!

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Why should we all vote against all Republicrimes Everywhere, Everytime? Because Republicrimes are the paid puppets of the NRA. The Gun manufacturers business plan depend on people that already own guns to buy more guns. Everyone who wanted a gun has already bought one and so the industry depends on people that want to increase their arsenal from 5 guns to 50 guns. The Gun Lobby publishes hysteria producing propaganda about dangerous evil strangers that plan to attack your family. The Brainwashing causes gun owners to spend money buying more and more and more guns to defend themselves from an imaginary enemy... In FACT, having a gun in the house increases the chance of having a gun accident... Families are LESS SAFE with firearms in the house because they are often used upon the family. 

Suicides and Accidents Outnumber the 

Lives Saved Shooting "Bad Guys" 

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On FaceBORG BZ Said: 

It’s scary that the tragedy of the gun violence epidemic is being re-framed exclusively as a mental health issue. The reality is that they are two very separate issues. Millions of people with mental health issues would never hurt or harm anyone ever. Millions of gun owners would never go on a rampage to kill innocent people.

Clearly, politicians desperate to dodge a “do nothing” label from their constituents are deflecting the issue to it being a mental health issue. In so doing, any progress made to destigmatize mental health issues will evaporate. And it is highly probable the proposed legislation from this myopic, misguided effort will cause great harm to those who suffer from mental illness without addressing the social evil of no background checks and assault weapons.

People with mental health issues may lose their rights or have them severely infringed upon. Law enforcement and EMTs are likely to treat this vulnerable, suffering segment of our population more severely because of proposals legislators are crafting solely to protect their major campaign donations from the NRA and gun manufacturers. Actions which will only exacerbate mental health issues for people who are already suffering.

Who will defend people with mental health issues from becoming the scapegoat of gun violence? Which agencies will advocate for the mentally ill? And which mental health experts will misguided politicians engage prior to crafting policy?

and then JB Said:

Yeah, I really don’t understand this stance. It is both a mental illness problem and a gun control problem. This isn’t a one issue agenda. The world doesn’t work like that. You don’t solve problems by piecemeal legislation. Everything is interconnected. We need healthcare, we need a living wage, we need childcare, a better educational system, we need more mental health care, affordable housing, ALL OF IT. Studies show that mass shooters have mental health problems.

BZ Replied: 

There’s a huge difference between mental illness and criminally insane. Obviously. As politicians rush to boost their poll numbers or the likelihood of their own re-election, will they recognize that critical distinction or blindly rush forward with harsh but ineffective policies to protect guns and the NRA?

and then I Said: I think Governor Greg Abbott is Just Using the Mental Health Issue so He Won't Have to ACTUALLY Outlaw Guns... He'll have Meetings... They'll Blame Video Games and Lack of Jesus in the Schools and in the End... People will forget about Mass Murder in TEXAS and People Will Be Outraged by the Mass Murder in Tulsa, Oklahoma... and then the NEXT Mass Murder... and Then The Government of Texas Will DO NOTHING... Not Even Fund Mental Health Help... because... The Public is Not Interested Anymore... Why Spend Money on Something No One Cares About? That's the Plan!

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Biden's Accomplishments by June 1 2022... 

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1) $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package Passed

2) The $1.9 trillion COVID relief deal Passed

3) Highest appointment of federal judges since Reagan

4) Commitment to Combating Climate Change

Biden re-joined the international Paris Climate Accord,Last November, the President joined an additional agreement aimed at reversing deforestation as well as presenting a 100-country strong pledge to reduce greenhouse emissions by at least 30 percent by 2030. Additionally, in December, Biden ordered all government agencies to immediately halt the financing of new international carbon-intensive fossil fuel projects, and instead work towards clean energy use.

5) Support for Transgender Service Members

Within his first week at the White House, Biden issued an executive order to overturn Trump-era ban on openly transgender members of the U.S. military.

6) Reduced unemployment

The Biden administration has also been faced with the challenge of restoring a semblance of normalcy to an economy burdened by the pandemic. In his freshman year, Biden has managed to reduce the rate of national unemployment.

In December, the national unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent while jobless claims sunk to their lowest levels since 1969. When Biden took office, the unemployment rate stood at 6.3 percent.

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Arrest Trump Now! - That way he can serve as a living example of why doing evil for your entire life is a bad idea. Much better than @$$@$$iNATION... No chance of him being granted martyr status... That Christ-like Zeitgeist!

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Everyone Everywhere should do Everything that We Can... I made an END WAR sign by cutting apart a shopping bag from the grocery store with scissors... And felt pens...

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Lets Make Birth Control and Abortion Legal and Free Worldwide... We Have too Many People On Planet Earth Already... Forcing Women to Give Birth to Unwanted Babies is INSANE.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT... 

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What is Bubble Up Economics?

How Does it Work? Simply Raise the Minimum Wage to Fifteen Dollars an Hour. Then all Those people will spend the extra money in their paychecks at American Businesses. Increasing Profits. Making Stockholders Happy! Then those businesses will have to hire more people to handle the extra Customers. Decreasing Unemployment Insurance Payments. Everybody WINS! With EMPLOYMENT AT A JOB becoming a Viable Alternative to Selling Drugs for a Street Gang, Some teenagers will choose Employment... Reducing CRIME... Reducing Costs for Prisons... Reducing Costs for Law Enforcement... People will buy more food for their Children. Causing Better Health and Smarter Kids... Starvation is Not Good for Children's Brains... Farmers will sell More. Truckers will move more merchandise to stores. Increased Competition for Workers will cause Everybody's Wages to Go Up. All those Workers will pay more in Income Taxes... That would make the Government happy... Right NOW, we are having a National Debt Ceiling Crisis because the Government is Spending More that it Takes in with Taxes... Bubble UP Economics would reverse that trend... The Money Bubbles UP Through Every Layer of Society... With a rising tide, every boat floats! We Tried Ronald Reagan's "Voodoo" Economics and It Has Failed... "People" Say That Bubble UP! Economics WILL MAKE Employers LAY OFF Workers... However... Employers HAVE ALREADY LAID OFF EVERYONE THEY POSSIBLY CAN... Have you Ever Seen a Business where People Work There but Have Nothing To DO? Never! Who Could Possibly be Opposed to the JOY of Bubble UP! Economics? Well, there are people in this world that have COMPULSIVE HOARDING OF MONEY SYNDROME. It's a Mental Health Disease just Like The Crazy Cat Lady

66  Million Dead Trees pose a Fire Hazard in California. Fortunately, we have Many BIOMASS Power Plants that are able to Use the Dead Wood to Create Electricity... A Practical Alternative to Coal, Nukes or Natural Gas. Sadly, the Federal Subsidies that Fund the Biomass Power Stations have dried up and MOST of California's Biomass Power Plants Have Been Closed, due to Market Conditions... Endangering People and Animals to Wildfire Hazards. SEE: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Turn-California-s-dead-trees-into-electricity-9204001.php


Arrest William Barr...  He Helped Trump Make CRIME LEGAL for his Friends. Billy is Obviously Corrupt... Lock Him UP! ---> 1,100 Former DOJ Employees Call On Barr To Resign After Intervening In Stone Case https://www.npr.org/2020/02/16/806525297/1-100-former-doj-employees-call-on-barr-to-resign-after-intervening-in-stone-cas

Classic... Trump CAUGHT LYING Again... No Great Photographs of Trump's Trip? Use a Picture of George Bush's Trip instead... The Baby TrumpNiks Won't Know the Difference. ---> Trump campaign manager deletes dramatic Air Force One photo after people point out it's from 2004 
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Climate Change is Real and Caused by Human Action... Stop all that Flying Around in Jet Airplanes... Drive Cars and Trucks Less... MUCH LESS. Why are people rushing around so madly? Where are they Going? What is the NEED? Why Not Grow Where You Are Planted? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/13/climate/manila-san-francisco-sea-level-rise.html

Generate Electricity and Clean Drinking Water AT THE SAME TIME. A Solar Powered Desalinization Plant Would Convert Seawater into Energy, Pure H2O and NaCl. https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/08/lets-build-solar-powered-desalinization.html

Practice The "Scientific Method" - Collect Fact, Draw Conclusions... It's The Opposite of The "Republicrime Method" - Ask the Rich what they want to Hear, Create Facts to Support their Desired Conclusions. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/do-you-trust-science-these-five-factors-play-big-role

COAL KILLS. Remember the London Fog? We are all living in a London Fog Situation Right Now... Here is an article Trumpeting the Wonders of COAL... Written by A "Reporter Prostitute" - Whatever You Pay Her to Say, She will Say it... and No Opportunity to COMMENT on this Article... NO FEEDBACK or DEBATE Allowed... Pure Propaganda... https://www.inforum.com/opinion/letters/4952761-Grande-A-dangerous-push-towards-renewables

We went to Disneyland... We ALSO went to Fairyland at Lake Merritt in Oakland. The Place that INSPIRED WALT DISNEY to build Disneyland. My Favorite Ride at Disneyland was The Carousel of Progress... Here is a Behind the Scenes Look at How The Robots are Programmed... Quite Revolutionary...
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 EPCOT is Better... In Orlando Florida... The Experimental Planned Community of Tomorrow - AND - The Magic Kingdom - AND - Other Bizarre Shows Nearby Like the Medieval Jousting Dinner Theater... I Camped Out There for Five Days and Visited Epcot Every Morning, then slept during the heat of the day and went back at Night... Too Many Mosquitos...

And then SE said:
I get really sick and tired of people bashing California and saying things that aren't true. Yes, it's extremely expensive to live here, and yes, there are a lot of homeless people here, and yes, that's a bad thing. But it's NOT TRUE that our streets and sidewalks are covered with human waste. I realize that homeless people living in encampments don't usually have access to a proper bathroom, so they have to go somewhere, and that's not good. But they're not just using the streets and sidewalks everywhere. That is ridiculous, and it's a lie being perpetuated by right-wing media...but other people are hearing that lie and repeating it as if it's the truth, but it's not. If you listen to right-wing media, they'll lead you to believe that the streets of San Francisco are covered with feces and syringes and that there's tons of crime everywhere, like some kind of war zone or something. But every time I go to San Francisco, it looks exactly the same as it always has. I've never seen human waste anywhere on the streets or sidewalks of San Francisco or San Jose. I'm not denying that it's probably there somewhere, probably in areas with the biggest homeless encampments. But unless you're walking through an encampment, you're not going to see that. San Francisco is a beautiful, vibrant city with a lot of energy and a lot of interesting things to see and do. It's not some filthy war zone, and it gets really tiring having to explain that to people who blindly believe everything they hear on Fox news.
From what I've been told by multiple different people, homelessness is a problem in big cities all over the US right now. The right-wing media loves to focus on San Francisco, and they love to say that it's only cities run by Democrats that have homelessness. But from my understanding, this is absolutely not true. Big cities all over the country are dealing with homelessness, and it has nothing to do with whether or not the city is run by Democrats. Again, this is a right-wing LIE.
The only thing wrong with California is overcrowding. This is due to too many people wanting to live here, and we just don't have room for so many people, so the cost of living keeps going up and the homeless population continues to grow. Many people think the solution to this is building more housing. I have mixed feelings about that, because they ARE building housing on every available piece of land, and yet the cost of housing continues to go up. Every new high-density apartment building is more expensive than the last. So basically, what they're doing is building housing that only the wealthy can afford. If they would actually build housing which is affordable to lower-income people, then maybe I'd agree that it's a good thing. But endless luxury housing is not helping the situation.
Bottom line: people want to be here. They can't build housing fast enough to keep up with demand, and it doesn't matter how expensive the new housing is, people always pay whatever it costs because that's how badly they want to be here. Do you think people would be willing to pay $5000 a month for an apartment if the streets were really littered with human waste and syringes? If that were true, CA would be a barren wasteland of empty apartments because nobody would want to live in such a filthy place. But it's NOT filthy. It's beautiful and desirable, and that's why people are willing to pay so much to live here. Don't believe the right-wing LIES.