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In response to folks willing to comment on my blog about gun control … an attitude formed way before 2009
an article i posted about guns in – 10/2011 by mayor nutter
On 7/22/09 Congress decided to vote down this effort by 2 votes !!!!!
— It is only my opinion, but Congress should not be voting yes to allow people to carry guns across state lines … the Police should be the only people being able to cross state lines with a gun !!! and assault weapons should never never be in the hands of civilians at all
no civilian should be able to carry a gun across state lines … legally or not … this is just an absurd idea !!!
— Well, I am against hand guns because of incidents my family and friends have experienced. I am against automatic weapons because i don’t think we civilians need to have them at all. I definitely understand states rights but after the Giffords attack and what may have been said or done that led up to it is another issue to be considered . I am not an expert but i do receive newsletters and interesting articles that are meant to start a dialogue. I will admit i cringe anytime I hear states rights and while I did post an article by a Mayor I did not say he was speaking up for any citizen but what he has experienced as a Mayor. Your 2nd Amendment rights? will stay intact but the facts are what they are guns in the wrong hands kill innocent people. I don’t think the rules laws or policies State by state should be different unless there are statics to back maybe a strict process. i just feel a dialogue is needed now not later and all guns should be registered and the owner vetted …everyone. I respect your rights though i don’t understand “Government is damaging the whole country.”
— First, you assumed i wrote the article, yet the title has the Mayor’s name on it, did you even bother to read it? NO … don’t be so willing to be nasty to people unless and until or before you try and convict folks -try to get the facts … That article was written by Mayor Nutter – It says … “Listen to Philly’s top Cop Mayor Michael Nutter” …So, write a nasty letter or whatever to him. FYI – I get information that i share from various newsletters, email and subscriptions… I post most because I think some are very informative others are of topics close to me and feel need more PR , i get Petitions and some articles are meant to produce a dialogue but i find it interesting that folks feel like they assume this that or the other … don’t . I get it, you do not agree with what he wrote but it was his opinion as a Mayor. I have to say your comment was just rude and if you had read it all the way to the end, you would have seen he signed off with his full name and position.
I do not believe in concealed weapons because i (had) friends and relatives who were victims of concealed handguns and I will admit i totally want automatic weapons out of the hands of civilians.
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The article … Tell President Obama: Listen to Philly’s Top Cop … by Mayor Michael Nutter
American Mayors, Police Chiefs and Sheriffs do not speak for the Citizens of this country.
The ability to carry a weapon for non-felonies and non-adults is our rights. We are more afraid of the Government (local, state and federal) than we are of criminals. Criminal damage is usually local. Government is damaging
the whole country.
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According to you, “dangerous people, including sex offenders and domestic abusers, could get a permit in one state and then carry hidden, loaded guns nationwide.” Now, read the facts for yourself:
Congress passed the first blanket prohibition on felons carrying guns in the Gun Control Act of 1968, which made it illegal for felons to possess a gun any under circumstances. The Firearm Owners’ Protection Act, passed in 1986, reinforced the ban on felons carrying guns, and also banned people who have been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment from possessing guns.
Congress later expanded federal gun control laws by passing what is commonly known as the Lautenberg Amendment, which prohibits persons who are subject to protective or restraining orders as a result of domestic violence, or who have been convicted of misdemeanor crimes involving domestic violence. Incidentally, these federal laws not only ban felons from possessing guns, but also from possessing any type or amount of ammunition.
In addition to the long-standing federal prohibition on felons possessing guns, there are also many state laws that limit the ability of a felon to legally carry a gun, some of which even predate the federal law. At one extreme, some states prohibit anyone who has been convicted of a felony, and even of certain misdemeanor crimes involving violence, from ever legally carrying a gun.
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Trader Joe’s: Stop selling meat fed with drugs!
Started by: Melissa Lee
The night we rushed my 10-month-old daughter Ruby to the hospital is a night I will never forget, especially the terror of not knowing what was making her sick. It took doctors a very long week to figure out that it was Salmonella, and another two months for us to determine that it came from some ground turkey we ate.
Ruby spent 7 days in the hospital, one of 136 victims of a Salmonella outbreak last summer that led to a massive ground turkey recall. To make matters worse, that strain of Salmonella was resistant to several kinds of antibiotics, which made it more difficult to treat.
Like over 86% of Americans, I want to buy meat raised without antibiotics at my local grocery store. Big supermarket chains can play a critical role in changing the food system.
Trader Joe’s is a progressive grocery store with high standards for the food they sell (and is not where the meat came from that made Ruby sick). But in my community, many people shop at Trader Joe’s for products that are good for their health and good for the environment. Help me tell my story to Trader Joe’s, and encourage them to sell only meat raised without antibiotics.
I’m grateful every day that the doctors saved Ruby’s life, but we can’t take for granted the antibiotics that allow us to successfully combat serious infections.
80% of the antibiotics sold in the US are going to farm animals–used to make them grow faster and prevent disease in crowded, unsanitary conditions. In such an environment, “superbugs” can develop– and they can get into our food, as Ruby found out.
Whole Foods has already made the commitment to only selling meat raised without antibiotics. We need more grocery stores to step up to the plate.
Tell Trader Joe’s to be a leader in saving our antibiotics and making food safer.
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