Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by James Lacey

You may think it is logical, but as it turns out, crime statistics do support this conclusion.

The FBI released a study that covered mass shooting from 2000 to 2013. A total of 160 events. Over half, 90, of the incidents ended on the shooter's initiative. Only 5 of the episodes ended due to a good guy with a gun, and of that five, only one involved a citizen with a valid concealed carry permit. The other four incidents involved armed security guards. So, 1 out of 160 for good guys with a gun. The unarmed civilians are doing infinitely better than that.

Read the report for yourself:

https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/active-shooter-study-2000-2013-1.pdf/view

Our "president" has offered up his rationale for the shootings The two shooters were mentally ill according to him and nothing about assault rifles and high capacity mags.. If that's the case then Moscow Mitch needs to get the senate back in session so they can pass the house bill on background checks. Of course, that won't happen and neither will Trump's rhetoric cease about a lot of the stuff he said that sparked a lot of this shit. In fact, the Texas shooter's words in his manifesto are some of the same that he got from Trump...

California has taken the lead once again. Forget the magazines, we're removing the bullets to put in them!
https://abc7.com/politics/new-ca-law-kept-more-than-100-felons-from-buying-bullets-in-july/5448304/
Ah yes, removing the nastiness and cleansing the thoughts, one round at a time...

The new bullet law is working. 100 felons couldn't buy their ammo. I'd like to see them go out out of state, perhaps to Colorado or Georgia, to buy their ammo. Then, if we're lucky, Rich or Greg can deal with 'em. In the meantime, everytime you buy ammo in California you have to pay an additional dollar to go thru the background check:
https://ktla.com/2019/06/25/new-california-initiative-will-require-background-checks-for-ammo-purchases/

Originally Posted by Patrick Keafer

If a background check doesn't stop the gun purchase why would it stop an ammo purchase?

Because the ammo purchase is more likely to be an ongoing process over a longer period of time. So someone buys a gun last year, commits a crime, has a record and tries to buy ammo this year and is denied. Off to Colorado or Georgia they go to have a potential face-off with you know who...

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Really Rod, you are truly delusional you know that. Are you just fixated on Greg and Myself? 

Are we in your dreams?  

And your statements are completely illogical.  Why would they be off to Colorado?  Why Georgia?  

They can go right next door and buy all the ammo they want.  

Because I want them in your states(s), not next door. I want YOU to deal with 'em!
Now for the benefits of the new ammo law, in addition to what I've previously described Californian's get:
1 A dollar charge per purchase every time ammo is bought at a licensed gun store. If you buy ten bullets or only one, it's till a buck. For your the best bang for your buck, you get:
a. Immediate access to a statewide database, cross checked and verified for criminal behavior and arrest records of any potential purchaser.
b. Banned from sales of ammo if you don't muster-up.
c Free Wi Fi!
d. An armed escort out of the gun store
e Directions to either Colorado or Georgia

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Sorry you are so starved for attention Rod......

You must have me confused with somebody named Rich Davis, presently an advocate for the homeless in California...

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/08/04/jake-tapper-calls-out-lawmakers-dayton-el-paso-mass-shootings-sotu-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/mass-shootings-in-dayton-and-el-paso-within-13-hours/

Stop the production of high capacity mags/ stop the production of .223 caliber ammo/ stop the production of assault rifles
I can hear Hannity now: those shameful Dems, trying to politicize a tragedy(s)...

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

Rod, did he offer any solution to the problem or just whine?

Darian, I don't know who the "He" is that you're referring to since I've quoted multiple sources in my post.If you're not simply trolling, the short answer to your flippant post is neither. Nor is it up to any of the quoted sources to create a policy statement on their own. You want a potential solution? Go with Biden because he's the only candidate thus far that wants to form a global partnership against China's economic policies, unlike the go it alone and get screwed approach of your leader.
Now, if you want any further response from me, stop the trolling and think about what you write before you post it...

Here are the idiots for the trolls to ponder:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/trump-china-currency-manipulation
and:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/trumps-china-tariffs-not-affecting-us-consumer-prices-white-house-trade-adviser
No wonder the markets are going south...

The worst of the year, nearly a 1000 point drop on top of what happened last week.
"We have a trade situation that is going off the rails," Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, wrote in a note to clients on Monday. "The policy of using tariffs as a tool to address our legitimate beefs with the Chinese has failed miserably."
David Kotok, co-founder and chief investment officer of investment firm Cumberland Advisors, told CNN Business that "this stupid tariff war we're having" is raising the risk of a recession.
The Chamber of Commerce warned last week that these new tariffs "will only inflict greater pain on American businesses, farmers, workers and consumers, and undermine an otherwise strong US economy."
America's farmers won't get relief any time soon. China's Commerce Ministry confirmed that Chinese companies have halted purchases of US agricultural products.
FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams told CNN Business last week that the agency is "monitoring very closely" how banks in farm states are being impacted by the trade war.
"We may experience more delinquencies, which then become very difficult for those communities and our ag sector," McWilliams said.
"China is taking a darker and more cynical view of Trump's objectives with China," said Michael Hirson, Eurasia Group's practice head of China and Northeast Asia. "They're becoming increasingly pessimistic about their ability to steer Trump away from further escalation."
The bottom line? Trump's trade policy with China is an utter failure and it may very well lead to a recession sooner rather than later...