More on Guns

MORE ON GUNS

Three things happened to me today concerning guns.  First, I was cleaning out old files and came across a clipping from the Sacramento Bee on Sunday December 13, 2015 after the San Bernardino killings, written by Mr. Garen Wintemute.  The title “End to gun killings requires our passion and Persistence.”  He pointed out the shootings  at Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Sandy Hook and San Bernardino resulted in 97 deaths not counting the shooters.  He went on to point out that in the 10 years ending in 2013 we lost 89 people PER DAY to firearm homicide and suicide.  In the same 10 year period we lost more civilians to firearm violence than we lost in combat in World War II—more than we lost in combat during all other conflicts in our nations history.  I have to ask, when do these kinds of figures begin to sink in to our thinking.  My own father committed suicide using an WW II 45 caliber pistol.  I refuse to have a handgun in the house for fear I’ll injure myself or one of my family.   SECOND:  The Bee carried an article today “Australia Law may offer US a Lesson.”  Australia passed a law in 1996 following a mass murder of 35 people and wounding of 19 others.  They passed the National Firearm Agreement, banned with a mandatory buyback of semi-automatic rifles like those used recently in the US.  They bought back thousands of rifles and handguns.  Since then there hasn’t been a single mass shooting of more than 5 people.  Is Australia safer?  Who knows, but in my view the results speak for themselves.  THIRD, the House Democrats staged a sit in trying to force the Republicans to vote on the gun issue.  What goes around comes around.  Obama has only himself to blame.  He forced Obama Care through congress  without ONE Republican vote.  The Republicans got the message immediately that dealing with Obama and the democrats was going to be bare knuckle politics.

HOWEVER, reason has to prevail for the good of the country and the Republicans need to compromise and reach a satisfactory conclusion to this gun problem.  The NRA is in an untenable position.

                                                    Mr. Trump and Judge Curiel
The unprovoked outburst of Mr. Trump at Judge Curiel again tells a lot about Mr. Trump but nothing about judge Curiel.  First, Mr. Trump never apologizes; second, he never forgives;  third, he never forgets and fourth he never never wrong and if things go south it is not his fault.  He is quite paranoid.  He is unable to take any criticism  and call all who might oppose him "losers" or even worse names.  He is vindictive.  I am unable to respect a man with these qualities.

Asking Mr. Trump to lead our country without any sort of a plan is akin to asking him to perform major surgery on a patient even though he never went to medical school or had surgical training.  He could say he will know what to do when he gets there, which is his frequent reply.

I take Mr. Trumps campaign very seriously and ask all my friends to consider if he represents the kind of man they want to lead and UNIFY our country as we struggle to meet the demands of modern day society

More on Mr. Trump

A few months ago I wrote a blog about Mr. Trump and compared his rise in popularity to that of Hitler after lWW I.  This week one of the members of our Sacramento bike club, David Kirk, wrote a long treatise on the dangers posed by Mr. Trump comparing his rise to power as similar to that of Hitler and Mussolini.  He very eloquently details the issues here and how the german and italian people were taken in by his message of power to correct all ills and make “Germany Great Again.”

I am greatly alarmed by Mr. Trump and believe his message represents a real and ever present danger to our country and our cherished freedoms and institutions.  He must not be elected to the presidency.   Mr. McConnell, Republican leader of the senate, stated this week that he supports Mr. Trump and thinks there are enough checks and balances to prevent him from doing too much harm.  I disagree with that assessment.  The executive branch has almost unlimited power to do what they want to do.  Look at all the upstanding citizens he has threatened this week.  I do not visualize his approach or attitude will change if he becomes president.

I want to call everyone to think seriously about the threats posed by Mr. Trump and to do whatever you can to prevent him from being elected to the presidency.  The Sacramento Bee published an article today by Adam Liptak of the New York Times “Scholars  say Trump threatens the rule of law” and he suggests the checks and balances will not be enough to stop Mr. Trump.  Mr. Trump is not a good man and he threatens everything we stand for as Americans.  Lets make great use of the social media to prevent him from becoming president.

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