Biden should declare a national emergency on gun violence

[liberalmediaaddict]

Trump declared one for his stupid "border wall crisis," President Biden should declare gun violence a national emergency and force Congress to address the issue. Considering the number of mass shootings in the last 7 days this has become as big a threat to America's health and safety as Covid and climate change.

April 12th:
Chicago, IL

April 13th:
Baltimore, MD

April 15th:
Chicago, IL, Pensacola, FL, Washington, DC & Indianapolis, IN

April 16th:
Detroit, MI

April 17th:
Laplace, LA & Columbus, OH

April 18th:
Shreveport, LA & Kenosha, WI

Injured: 48
Killed: 14

Source: Gun Violence Archive

[SoCalDavidS]

1. Better To Just Accept And Get Used To It

Some things will never change. Just something you have to live with in America. You never know when you might be a victim of gun violence.

Thinking that President Biden can do anything significant, will only get you more disappointed.

It is who we are as a country, and always will be. It didn't stop when 21 1st graders were killed. It didn't stop when 61 concert goers in Vegas were killed. It's certainly not going to stop over a few mass shootings over a few weeks.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Like this?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215349264

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Hi, liberalmediaaddict. Do you have a link or multiple links that will lead me

And everyone else, to the source(s) for this information? I'm doing a research project on gun violence state by state and would like to check this out.

What do you think we should do after such a declaration by the president? It's certainly a heavy lift.

Thanks, in advance.

❤ pants

[liberalmediaaddict]

4. Here's the source link

[link:https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/|
They're also on Twitter.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Thanks! ❤ nt

[abqtommy]

6. Guns are not violent but people are. There are many mentally ill persons who would

benefit from diagnosis and treatment and there's no reason to allow them access to
firearms. It's a people problem, people!

[JI7]

7. THis is just stupid . Guns allow people to easily kill others .That's what they were made to do

you can't control people unless you want to live in some authoritarian state.

And many of these shootings are not due to mental illness.

[hack89]

8. He really can't force Congress to do anything

Declaring a national emergency is not some magic act that will make all obstacles disappear. You still have to get legislation through the Senate and the president doesn’t even have the Democratic votes he needs.

[hack89]

9. Is stopping gun violence one of the 136 distinct emergency powers available to him?

The law is very explicit what can be declared Ann emergency.

[Maxheader]

10. no solution is perfect and that's what the wingers want..

That is their oft repeated mantra...fuck reduced

school slaughterhouses, fuck fewer stray bullets

killing people in their home. If it ain't perfect , the

gop is against it...

[jimfields33]

11. Add 2 deaths in Chicago and 22 injured.

[Baked Potato]

12. Any action on guns must be bipartisan. Need smart politics to do it.