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A new Republican-run House bill would make the AR-15 the
“National Gun” just like the Rose is the National Flower; the Oak tree is the
National Tree; and the Bald Eagle is the National Bird.
Article here from TRUTHOUT with this headline:
“House
Republicans Unveil Bill to Make AR-15-Style Rifle the National Gun”
AR-15-style weapons have been used in some of the deadliest
shootings in modern U.S. history.
A House Republican (Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) a gun store owner introduced a bill that would make the AR-15, which
has been used in many of the nation’s most horrific mass shootings, the
“National Gun of the United States,” positioning it alongside official symbols
like the bald eagle and Francis Scott Key’s “Star Spangled Banner” in
representing the U.S.
The bill was unveiled this week by Moore, and it
has been co-sponsored by Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO); Andrew
Clyde (R-GA), and pathological serial liar, George Santos (R-NY).
Moore while unveiling the bill referred to the Second Amendment, saying: “We must
send a message that we will meet every attack on any of our constitutional
rights.”
The AR-15 was used by the school shooter last year in
Uvalde, Texas, to massacre 19 elementary school children and two teachers.
It was used during the 2019 shooting in Parkland,
Florida, to murder 17 students and educators.
Of the roughly 24 guns that the 2017 Las Vegas shooter
brought to the deadliest mass shooting in modern history, in which he massacred
60 people and injured
hundreds, over
a dozen of the guns were AR-15s.
The effects of AR-15 style guns are brutal. The AR-15 is a
weapon built for war, designed
and manufactured to shred human flesh.
During the Vietnam War, the AR-15 left bodies of Vietnamese fighters looking
as though they had been hit with an explosive.
That
was much like the bodies of the children killed in Uvalde, TX,
some of whom first-hand witnesses said were only identifiable through the
clothing left intact on their ripped-apart flesh.
The bill is the latest Republican display of the party’s
worship of guns and their crazy attempts to normalize the violence the right is often associated with.
Below are twelve cases
were at least one the AR-15 was use in mass shooting (defined where more than 4
people are killed/wounded) in one incident).
1. Boulder, CO (King Soopers grocery store)
Date: March
10, 2021
Lives lost: 10
2. Orlando, FL (Pulse gay nightclub)
Date: June
12, 2016
Lives lost: 49
3. Parkland, FL (Marjory Stoneman Douglas H/S)
Date: Feb.
14, 2018
Lives lost: 17
4. Las Vegas, NV (along Highway 91 country music festival)
Date: Oct.
1, 2017
Lives lost: 58
5. Aurora, CO (Century 16 Movie Theater)
Date: July
20, 2012
Lives lost: 12
6. Sandy Hook Elementary School (Newtown, CT)
Date: Dec.
14, 2012
Lives lost: 27
7. Waffle House (Nashville, TN)
Date: April
22, 2018
Lives
lost: 4
8. San Bernadino, CA (office party at Inland Regional Center)
Date: Dec.
2, 2015
Lives lost: 14
9. Midland & Odessa, TX (both in West TX)
Date: Aug.
31, 2019
Lives lost: 7
10. Sutherland Springs, TX (at rural church service)
Date: Nov.
5, 2017
Lives lost: 26
11. Tree of Life Jewish Synagogue (Pittsburgh, PA)
Date: Oct.
27, 2018
Lives lost: 11
12. Poway Jewish Synagogue (near San Diego, CA)
Date: Apr.
27, 2019 (various weapons)
Lives lost: 1 plus 4 (Seriously wounded)
My 2 Cents: Depressing article I know but necessary to post,
too.
So, how do we define
insanity? I say it’s this crazy GOP act.
I can’t image how family
members and survivors of those shooting listed above must feel by this impact
on them by our government.
Words hardly can describe
this insane idea. Hopefully it will not pass but it’s equally important to see
who sign on to the bill and especially who votes to pass it in the House. Stay
tuned for that – more later will be posted.
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