As America is once again bathed in the blood of innocents – from sea to shining sea, we are stuck in an obscene Ground Hog Day of never ending murder masquerading as rugged individualism and the right to bear arms.
When all is said and not done in America, after all the empty thoughts & prayers, beyond the toxic bad faith arguments, the simple fact remains, teenagers shouldn’t be able to buy machine guns…
…Whenever a gun atrocity occurs in America, the NRAs response is always ‘more guns’
Always.
We must NEVER allow these gun nuts to gain the power they have in America here in NZ!
The jackboot of the State must be forever on the throats of those who seek to own machine guns.
For those screaming at me that I’m calling semi-automatic rifles ‘machine guns’, go get fucked.
If it walks like a machine guns, quacks like a machine gun and kills like a machine gun, it’s a fucking machine gun and we shouldn’t;t allow you gun nerds to derail the debate with technicalities.
Meanwhile, Jacinda’s courage to force a gun buy back and make a stand against these gun. fetishists shines righteously on the international stage before she gives the Commencement speech at Harvard this year…
Texas shooting dominates Jacinda Ardern’s whirlwind morning in Washington DC
Guns and gun control were high on the list of topics for discussion as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern mounted a quick series of meetings in Washington DC.
The talks, which were originally going to be on China’s rise and New Zealand reconnecting with the world, took a turn towards gun control in the wake of Wednesday’s shootings in Texas.
In particular, New Zealand’s legislative response to the March 15, 2019 mosque shooting has captured lawmakers’ interest. There is also significant interest in the Christchurch Call, which has been a signature foreign policy push of Ardern’s to combat extremism online.
…imagine if that film about Jacinda had gone ahead instead of the woke cancelling it because Paddy Gower is our new chief Censor?
Remember that?
Remember how that film ‘They Are Us’ could have been a catalyst for a Country desperate to see leadership on gun laws?
Consider the impact of ‘They Are Us’ on America. The script alone of a young white female leader passing gun laws in the wake of a tragedy would get an Academy Award nomination.
‘They Are Us’, could speak to Americans in a way argument and debate doesn’t.
What if a movie about a young white female Prime Minister is the catalyst for Americans to propel some culture change on guns?
What if this art inspires something momentous in America?
We won’t ever know of course because the Wellington Identity Politics crew called the Writer and director Andrew Niccol a white supremacist for placing Jacinda at the centre of a story about her and Paddy Gower felt guilty fucking up the Southern & Molyneux he turned into our chief censor and led a social media Lynch mob and the movie was cancelled because that’s what we do in NZ now, cancel art for woke dogma.
Meanwhile the mountain of dead in America eclipses the sun as the Home of the Brave continue to butcher each other.
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americans are (careful snowflakes trigger word coming) not civilised and enjoy killing their own children…that’s the top and bottom of it…toxic culture.
a better interview of the grieving parents would be A-did you vote rep and B- are you in favour of gun control….
Jacinda Ardern has done so well lately in representing New Zealand. She has been incredibly brave and not held back. She is very determined to make a difference and she has the courage of her convictions.
Stunning AND brave.
too bad she can’t do the same at home
Ahh so you are the person she was talking about when she mentioned ” keyboard warriors spreading misinformation.”
Or maybe our PM could stop behaving like an aging popstar and start showing some dignity and being a prime minister.
what now – I think you lost everybody but a select few numbnuts with that.
Don’t be childish.. Repeating the rank stupidity that underpins the leadership of what passes for an opposition in NZ simply proves the adage that “It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt”… Think about that, if you understand it that is..
What now and x straight get a life you both sounds like disgruntal out of touch old men. There is nothing wrong with our young PM or would you prefer Mr lowball Luxon who only cares about the rich and is quick to but the boot into bottom feeders.
What a ridiculous comment
‘What Now’ that is
China would be on that list if it included school stabbings.
America glorifies its gun culture and inflicts it on the rest of the world with its long continuous war since 1945. Its no wonder its children see it as normal to shoot up a school in texas as no different to shooting up kids in Iraq or Viet Nam or Afghanistan or Nicaragua or …. too many countries to name. What is the NRA but a feeder gang for the military industrial complex.
The NRA are massive donors to the Republicans, that’s why the Republicans will vote against any bill to minimize gun harm, a lot like ACT.
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Meanwhile back in the land of nod Auckland is being shot up by gangs everyday
shot up houses are not dead children control the comparison is odious
(and desperate)
“Nothing to see here”
Good grief.
Yes Control. All those houses had so much life ahead of them.
The issue isn’t the guns.
The problem is a very small percentage of the vast number of undiagnosed and untreated mental health cases in the US who have largely unrestricted access to guns.
New Zealand shouldn’t be smug. We also have the same mental health problem, but with more difficulties getting a gun….(unless you live in Southland)
Ada. The USA issue is both guns and mental instability, not that dissimilar from persons here, too unstable to even be behind the wheel of a car.
ada if the as the reps always lie mental health is the issue…does that mean the very act of wanting a gun makes you a nutter? it would seem so going by the incidence of mass murder in the states. Plus why do reps cut mental health funding and oppose any form of checks before purchase..it’s like ‘guns don’t kill people do’ a sad little lie that’s worn VERY thin with use.
and yup I favour bolt action for hunting/target shooting etc even handguns for home defense with the proviso that ‘public carry’ is a mandatory jail sentence with no excuse… BUT no one needs an assault rifle for any lawful purpose
Americas problem is their political system you can win the presidency but still have no power to make legislative changes as their political system is set up to benefit and give extensive power to the very rich.
Their constitution enables them to take up arms it is seen as a god given right and god help those who try to take it away.
‘within a well regulated militia’* funny how that bit is never mentioned
*ie-the national guard
and no a bunch of thick lard arsed good ‘ol boys isn’t a well regulated militia any more than they are ‘patriots’
What now and x straight get a life you both sounds like disgruntal out of touch old men. There is nothing wrong with our young PM or would you prefer Mr lowball Luxon who only cares about the rich and is quick to but the boot into bottom feeders.
yet the semi-auto nutbars oppose mental health checks…look at the laws texas has passed recently, frankly they get what they ask for….it’s what they want.
The murderer in the latest atrocity was not old enough to go into a bar and buy a beer. Oh imagine the likely horrors if he did just that.
But he could go into a gun shop and buy assault rifles.
Peter but, but it’s not the guns fault, imagine what would happen if he walked into an ice cream shop and armed himself with a snowfreeze, mentally well or not?
There is legislation in the Senate – being held up by Republicans (filibuster) to require background checks.
90% of Americans support background checks.
The Washington Post editorial board want to add a minimum age, such as 21 ,to gun rules. Thus the mental health problem of some youth by/around/from school leaving age would be identified before they can get a gun.
The GOP promote school security without appreciating anyone at the school is casing the joint for years before they act – and would have the inside knowledge of how to beat the security system being used. So dumb.
hey bert you can do a lot of damage with a squeezy bottle of raspberry syrup
It’s not guns that kill people – it’s bullets.
No comment about PM’s performance on the Late Show, as I haven’t watched it yet.
Jacinda’s gun control measures were almost as successful as her attempts to solve child poverty. Roll on 2023…
NZ gun control = we must protect the Police from the consequences of their incompetence & corruption at all costs.
Nothing else matters.