Great interview Adam! I don't like how she seemed to cut you off most times. You made great points that are not allowed on the MSM. You stray away from the narrative of guns are bad. You speak about mental health and how in 2 weeks this will all be forgotten. Biden or Harris will visit Maine, talk about the evils of guns, hug the families of victims and then, with Secret Service agents in tow, head back to the safety of the White House. The main issue of mental health will still go unaddressed.
That's the nature of television because they have tight time constraints. You have to talk about something complex in about 4 minutes. That's why I'm very direct on TV appearances because they're trying to adhere to a short time frame. It's not personal or because I'm making a point & they don't like it.
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I'm predicting perpetrator was found to have mental issues- that's already been reported in the media.
I'm also predicting nothing was done to disarm him of any guns he possessed. Or, nothing was done to prevent him from purchasing firearms.
This happened a couple of times before....Dylan Roof, who killed several people at a black church in Charleston SC, and another individual who shot up a church in Sutherland Springs TX, killing 26 people. Both were not qualified to purchase firearms, but the background check system let them slip through.
How 'bout we work on government competence before we take away the rights of law-abiding people.
Actually, he is an Army Reservist and was a weapons trainer in the military. Already, they're bringing up how they have a record of him having mental health issues and saying he is hearing voices in his head.
Does the law in Maine require those who threaten violence to lose the right to own firearms? If it does, then somewhere someone messed up. The church shooter was due to someone in the USAF that did not do his or her job and report the separating service member to civilian law enforcement for his domestic violence conviction. Most of these stories I read about involve someone not doing their job. There needs to be firings.
Adam, I think you framed the issues properly and put them into the correct context. Our society comes with some complex issues that result in these events taking place. In a country, like you said, of 330 million people, multiple-victim shootings are relatively low probability, but they happen nonetheless. Nobody hearing voices in their head should be driving a car, much less carrying a firearm in public; they should be hospitalized and getting treated for their severe mental illness.
The fact this fellow slipped through the cracks is probably more indicative of how isolated we can become even when surrounded by people rather than a problem with firearms. Human beings tend to look past even obvious problems because they don't want to get involved; it's called the bystander effect and it happens every day.
The way to right this ship is, again as you said, with culture. We need to develop a culture of dealing with problems head on. We need to know it is for the good of all of us to get involved, even in uncomfortable and unpleasant things. Looking the other way allows tragedies to happen.
And I agree with your statements. These are hard issues that won't get fixed overnight but that's not a good selling point. People want solutions now, which is why things never get fixed. We end up getting superficial "solutions" and then people move on with their lives until the next mass shooting occurs.
Great interview Adam! I don't like how she seemed to cut you off most times. You made great points that are not allowed on the MSM. You stray away from the narrative of guns are bad. You speak about mental health and how in 2 weeks this will all be forgotten. Biden or Harris will visit Maine, talk about the evils of guns, hug the families of victims and then, with Secret Service agents in tow, head back to the safety of the White House. The main issue of mental health will still go unaddressed.
That's the nature of television because they have tight time constraints. You have to talk about something complex in about 4 minutes. That's why I'm very direct on TV appearances because they're trying to adhere to a short time frame. It's not personal or because I'm making a point & they don't like it.
I'm predicting perpetrator was found to have mental issues- that's already been reported in the media.
I'm also predicting nothing was done to disarm him of any guns he possessed. Or, nothing was done to prevent him from purchasing firearms.
This happened a couple of times before....Dylan Roof, who killed several people at a black church in Charleston SC, and another individual who shot up a church in Sutherland Springs TX, killing 26 people. Both were not qualified to purchase firearms, but the background check system let them slip through.
How 'bout we work on government competence before we take away the rights of law-abiding people.
Actually, he is an Army Reservist and was a weapons trainer in the military. Already, they're bringing up how they have a record of him having mental health issues and saying he is hearing voices in his head.
Does the law in Maine require those who threaten violence to lose the right to own firearms? If it does, then somewhere someone messed up. The church shooter was due to someone in the USAF that did not do his or her job and report the separating service member to civilian law enforcement for his domestic violence conviction. Most of these stories I read about involve someone not doing their job. There needs to be firings.
Adam, I think you framed the issues properly and put them into the correct context. Our society comes with some complex issues that result in these events taking place. In a country, like you said, of 330 million people, multiple-victim shootings are relatively low probability, but they happen nonetheless. Nobody hearing voices in their head should be driving a car, much less carrying a firearm in public; they should be hospitalized and getting treated for their severe mental illness.
The fact this fellow slipped through the cracks is probably more indicative of how isolated we can become even when surrounded by people rather than a problem with firearms. Human beings tend to look past even obvious problems because they don't want to get involved; it's called the bystander effect and it happens every day.
The way to right this ship is, again as you said, with culture. We need to develop a culture of dealing with problems head on. We need to know it is for the good of all of us to get involved, even in uncomfortable and unpleasant things. Looking the other way allows tragedies to happen.
Thank you!
And I agree with your statements. These are hard issues that won't get fixed overnight but that's not a good selling point. People want solutions now, which is why things never get fixed. We end up getting superficial "solutions" and then people move on with their lives until the next mass shooting occurs.