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6/3: Biden Job Approval, Rasmussen Reports |
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6/2: Biden Job Approval, Reuters/Ipsos |
Approve 42,
Disapprove 52 |
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6/2: Biden Job Approval, Economist You/Gov |
Approve 43,
Disapprove 51 |
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GIVEAWAY
Last Chance to Enter Our Flag Day Giveaway
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Although it’s complex and chaotic, our founding fathers created a framework with our constitution that allows anyone, from anywhere in the world, to come here, work hard, and wake up every morning feeling today is going to be better than yesterday.
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QUICK CLICKS
Deadly Shootings, POTUS Evacuated, What's with COVID?
US: Six dead in Philadelphia and Tennessee in latest U.S. mass shootings (Reuters)
US: Biden evacuated after plane entered airspace near beach home (ABC)
US: COVID-19 cases are on the rise. Does it matter anymore? (The Hill)
US: Inflation pushes retiree back into workforce after 20 years: 'I need compensation' (Fox News)
World: Kinzinger Mocks Macron Over Warning to Not Humiliate Putin: 'Feel Goodsies' (Newsweek)
US: 'What Is a Woman?' Director: People Don't Want This Film to Be Seen (Outkick)
US: 'Cancel it all or do nothing': Readers react to the chance of $10,000 in student loan forgiveness (CNBC)
US: Bipartisan gun measure 'close' but won't include assault weapons ban: Sen. Murphy (NY Post)
US: New Twist Emerges With The $10.35 Million In Damages That Amber Heard Owes Johnny Depp (Daily Wire)
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LEFT-LEANING SENTIMENT
Despite Rifles Being Used in Mass Shootings, the Law Lags Behind
- Biden’s speech was emotional and appealed to his left-leaning base, but it contained little substantive action or pathways toward potential compromise.
- It’s completely nonsensical that we have a rule prohibiting people under the age of 21 from buying a handgun, but no such rule for high-powered rifles.
- Congress can enforce a 21-and-over age limit on rifle purchases through the “power of the purse,” similar to how the drinking age was established.
“Biden’s Speech Shows He Still Hasn’t Embraced the Presidency” Jack Shafer, POLITICO Opinion: “The upside of his emotional appeal was that no Democrat and certainly no advocates of stricter gun control laws were disappointed by Biden’s heartfelt performance. He called for bans on assault-type weapons and high-capacity magazines, announced his support for red flag laws and stronger background checks, insisted that the legal age for purchasing assault-type weapons jump from 18 to 21, and more. The downside of the speech was greater. It’s hard to imagine that any of the gun rights faithful were swayed by Biden’s talk, as he provided no new argument for the cause of gun control, and aside from the recent examples of gun massacres, no new compelling data. As a veteran horse-trader from his years in the Senate, Biden knows all about high-stakes compromise, negotiation and persuasion. If the speech contained a persuasive lesson about gun control, it must have been written in code.”
“The hidden perversity behind our debate over AR-15s” Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent, Washington Post Opinion: “Right now, federal law dictates that you must be 21 years old to buy a handgun from a licensed dealer. But under federal law you can buy a rifle (including an AR-15-type assault rifle) at age 18, and while a handful of states have raised that age threshold higher, most have not. … that the threshold is lower in many places for semiautomatic rifles seems completely out of step with the last few decades of cultural change in America. … When the assault weapons ban passed in 1994, there were around 400,000 AR-15s in circulation … But that ban expired in 2004, and there are now around 20 million AR-15s in circulation. Which leaves us with the federal legal age to buy the most dangerous weapons, the ones favored by mass shooters, being lower than the age to buy handguns.”
One more opinion piece from the Left: The backdoor solution to gun reform in America Asha Rangappa, CNN Op-ed
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RIGHT-LEANING SENTIMENT
Talking Points and Unconstitutional Measures Won’t Result in Compromise
- Biden rolled out many of the same gun regulation ideas during his speech while ignoring the political reality, as Democrats lack the votes to enact sweeping legislation.
- Progressives want to redefine the founding father’s intentions regarding guns and their importance, including what they represent in the protection of freedom.
- It’s unlikely that a complete ban on a specific category of guns would survive a constitutional challenge.
“Biden Covers Familiar Ground in Address on Guns” Philip Wegmann, Real Clear Politics: “Reporters had asked earlier in the day if the president expected anything would be different during this round of congressional negotiations, or perhaps if he planned to announce new ideas to tackle the issue. After all, Biden has repeatedly called for gun control since coming into office. … All the actions Biden backed in prime time hours later – bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, stronger background checks, safe storage requirements, federal red flag laws, weakening firearm product liability protections – were ideas he had supported previously. … But the president’s plea will likely be overshadowed by simple political arithmetic. After a school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in 2013 … Democrats controlled the Senate then with a 53-47 majority. It wasn’t enough. Today, the president’s party controls that body once again, but by a slimmer majority. They only have 50 votes, well shy of the filibuster-proof majority needed to get new gun rules into law.”
“Yes, They’re Coming for Your Guns” Ned Ryun, American Greatness: “In this discussion of rights, understand that the founders also viewed as inherent the right to property. … Because of that, the founders also believed that a free populace had the right, if not the responsibility, to protect their God-given rights with anything and everything at their disposal … It was to that end the Second Amendment was written. When all arguments and words failed in the defense of natural rights, the last defense is an armed one. The Second Amendment is for when the talking is done and the shooting begins. … The founders defined a well-regulated militia as one well armed with the best muskets, supplied with copious amounts of ammunition, and regularly drilled to maintain proficiency with those weapons. Again, revisionists want to define words in terms suited to their altered telling of history, but that’s antithetical to the historical method, real history, and the founders’ use of the terms.”
One more opinion piece from the Right: Biden's proposed assault weapons ban has a serious constitutional problem Gregg Jarrett, Fox News Opinion
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FLAG THIS
6 in 10 Back Assault Weapons Ban, but How Is That Defined?
Assault weapons are not well defined, although semi-automatic fire capability and the ability to accept high-capacity magazines are considered by some to be defining characteristics. A highly debated class of firearms is the AR-15, variations of which have been used in several high-profile US mass shootings.
That said, a common misnomer is that the "AR" in AR-15 stands for “assault rifle,” given it actually refers to "ArmaLite Rifle," as in the original manufacturer. Intended for civilian use, the gun’s rapid-fire capability is said to be useful against dangerous animals such as feral pigs and faster targets like jackrabbits, who are easy to miss.
Polling data released this past fall found 60% of Americans favor a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. This was true for over 8 in 10 Democrats, while closer to 40% of Republicans agreed (Pew Research).
Flag Poll: Would you support a federal ban on “assault rifles” and high-capacity ammunition magazines? Click here to share your thoughts.
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WATERCOOLER
Snowden Leaks, Grilling Season, Personal Thermostat
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On June 6, 2013, Americans learned that their government was spying broadly on its own people when Edward Snowden, an NSA contractor, disclosed the US government's operations.
The Takeout: 15 Ways to Make the Most of Summer Grilling Season
Fast Company: Your ultimate guide to ace the most common interview questions
The Atlantic: The Perks of Being a Hot Mess
Today I Learned a 1982 Harvard study confirmed that Tibetan monks can raise their body temperature with their minds. Practitioners of "g-tummo" yoga demonstrated the ability to raise the temperature of different parts of their bodies through meditation alone.
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No I would not support a ban on any of this. The problem is not the gun it’s the people. You show me a person who likes(or thinks it’s ok) to kill another human being and I’ll show you person of unsound mind. I would support raising the legal age to 21 to buy a gun but that should be up to each state not the federal government.
No. I don’t support the ban on any specific firearms. We have the right to bear arms and the government should not be trying to infringe on that right by restricting our choices. Why aren’t they addressing the obvious metal health issues that nearly all these perpetrators shared? When these perpetrators voiced their intent via various means why didn’t anyone pay attention? Over the weekend a vehicle was the means of violence. Again, people kill people. You can’t blame the car, the knife, the bomb or the gun. Think of the impact if these mentally challenged people were forced to switch to bombs. The fatality rate would skyrocket. And it’s my understanding you can find plans on the internet. The root cause needs to be addressed, not the tool. Banning guns won’t stop criminals from committing crimes, it will stop law abiding citizens from protecting themselves.
Absolutely no gun bans of any kind. They are completely ineffective. The reality is that the majority of mass shootings are committed with handguns despite the outsized coverage from the media on the rare events that include commonly owned semi-automatic rifles. The “Do Something” rhetoric is nothing more than feel good noises that won’t help anything. Columbine happened during the Democrats first attempt at banning “assault weapons”. Banning a specific tool isn’t going to make anyone safer.
No! This is a mental health crisis not an inanimate object problem. The vast majority of gun owners are responsible. We need to come to an agreement on when a person’s right to gun ownership needs to be restricted due to mental health. The police have been our default mental health resource for far too long and we see the sad results. Mental illness is ignored in this country and has been for decades! We label people “toxic” and push them aside. Why are we not asking about the true root causes of this? Why so many angry young men are lashing out? There will always be the black market if someone truly wants to get a gun. To restrict guns is ignoring the true problem. To take away law abiding citizen’s access to self-defense is not the right choice!
No, guns do not kill people; people kill people! Put criminals behind bars especially those who use guns illegally. If a criminal intentionally kills someone, then they should be executed for their crime and it should be done publicly. This is the only deterrent that has a proven record. Put mentally sick people in Mental hospitals.