Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

During a White House ceremony attended by James S. Brady, President Bill Clinton signs the Brady handgun-control bill into law. The law requires a prospective handgun buyer to wait five business days while the authorities check on his or her background, during which time the sale is approved or prohibited based on an established set of criteria.

In 1981, James Brady, who served as press secretary for President Ronald Reagan, was shot in the head by John Hinckley, Jr., during an attempt on President Reagan’s life outside a hotel in Washington, D.C. Reagan himself was shot in his left lung but recovered and returned to the White House within two weeks. Brady, the most seriously injured in the attack, was momentarily pronounced dead at the hospital but survived and began an impressive recovery from his debilitating brain injury.

During the 1980s, Brady became a leading proponent of gun-control legislation and in 1987 succeeded in getting a bill introduced into Congress.

The Brady Bill, as it became known, was opposed by many congressmen, who, in reference to the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, questioned the constitutionality of regulating the ownership of arms.

In 1993, with the support of President Bill Clinton, an advocate of gun control, the Brady Bill became law.

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My 2cents …

Whenever you receive an election ballot, remember the video above as a move toward something foreboding, and no little girl, or Woman in their childbearing years in America, should be forced to become a mom at all, or before they are ready.

Yes, we are vessels of life, but not mere vessels, and the fact that not every woman can then choose IVF, or those who don’t want to be forced into motherhood, should be a choice between the woman, her family, and the doctor. This government doesn’t seem to believe that Miscarriages and Abortions are part of healthcare that more often than not need intervention of some sort, which includes affordable, safe procedures. #SafeAbortions can and have saved lives! Their political party seems to talk one way, yet they vote against women far too often on the floor of Congress. When they are voting to give guns and the people who make, sell, and use them more rights, it makes you wonder about any Woman voting for this current admin … they might not have reproductive issues, but they probably know someone who has on some level. It’s about having CHOICE and possibly needing help that the other person involved opted out of, or a whole family needing to be helped with the reproductive issue. The fact is, no one who has compassion can forget that 10-year-old or any little girl or boy, who really doesn’t give consent to any sexual encounter… Women need to protect their rights, too. I don’t understand people, let alone government officials who believe Abortion should be illegal nationally, unless they have every intention to support each one until the age of 21? Just because you have sex doesn’t mean you’re a responsible person who has the means or wants to provide for a baby, and that opens up a whole new Pandora’s box of religious freedom, or in this era, the inevitable control by the government?

~~~ be a seed for change

Undocumented immigrants inside the United States have several key rights, including:

** The right to a hearing before deportation;
** The right to apply for asylum or other forms of protection;
** The right to be represented by legal counsel at their own expense;
** The right to challenge unlawful government actions;
Protection against indefinite detention.

Source: forbes.com

United Nations Resolution 181

Palestinian history

HISTORY

United Nations Resolution 181, a resolution passed by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1947 that called for the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states, with the city of Jerusalem as a corpus separatum (Latin: “separate entity”) to be governed by a special international regime. The resolution, which was considered by the Jewish community in Palestine to be a legal basis for the establishment of Israel, and which was rejected by the Arab community—was succeeded almost immediately by violence.

Palestine had been governed by Great Britain since 1922. Since that time, Jewish immigration to the region increased, and tensions between Arabs and Jews grew. In April 1947, exhausted by World War II and increasingly intent upon withdrawing from the Middle East region, Britain referred the issue of Palestine to the UN. To investigate a suitable course of action, the UN formed the UN Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP), an inquiry committee made up of members from 11 countries. Ultimately, UNSCOP delivered two proposals: that of the majority, which recommended two separate states joined economically, and that of the minority, which supported the formation of a single binational state made up of autonomous Jewish and Palestinian areas. The Jewish community approved of the first of these proposals, while the Arabs opposed them both. A counterproposal—including a provision that only those Jews who had arrived before the Balfour Declaration (and their descendents) would be citizens of the state—did not win Jewish favour.

The proposal to partition Palestine, based on a modified version of the UNSCOP majority report, was put to a General Assembly vote on November 29, 1947. The fate of the proposal was initially uncertain, but, after a period of intense lobbying by pro-Jewish groups and individuals, the resolution was passed with 33 votes in favour, 13 against, and 10 abstentions.

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This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy McKenna, Senior Editor.

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The dominant mood in the Arab world was one of outright rejection. 

U.N. votes for partition of Palestine…

And as they say, the rest is, sadly, history! A history very few want to claim and or accept!

Today, the behavior of the 1900s continues!

What price for the beliefs, actions of Racism and control? It could be me, but it feels like how Native Americans were treated by White Settlers. The ultimate goal was to remove or burn out to gain land, legacy, and squash someone else and their religious beliefs … sad

1864 – The Sand Creek Massacre occurred in Colorado when a militia, led by Colonel John Chivington, killed at least 400 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians who had surrendered and had been given permission to camp.

The atrocities committed by the soldiers were initially praised, but then condemned as the circumstances of the massacre emerged. Chivington resigned from the military and aborted his budding political career. Black Kettle survived and continued his peace efforts. In 1865, his followers accepted a new reservation in Indian Territory.

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Sand Creek massacre

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HISTORY

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November 28, 2022

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November 13, 2009