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Sam Morris / Las Vegas Sun
Assembly members Tick Segerblom and Teresa Benitez-Thompson talk before an Assembly meeting on the third day of the 2011 legislative session Wednesday, February 9, 2011 in Carson City.
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 | 2 a.m.
Gun law debate
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KSNV reports on how the Newtown, Conn., shooting massacre has revived the debate over gun control laws in America.
The gun control debate in Nevada’s Legislature has in recent decades been focused on one front: How far should the state loosen restriction on gun owners’ rights?
But now, in the wake of last week’s elementary school shooting in Connecticut and a 2011 shooting that left four dead and 14 wounded at a Carson City IHOP, one lawmaker said he wants to steer the conversation another way, addressing the “third rail” of Nevada politics.
“I think the expansion of gun rights has reached its apogee,” said Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I look forward to spending the next decade trying to limit weapons of mass destruction.”
Segerblom said he “supports reasonable restrictions on handguns and assault weapons and concealed weapons.”
His statements reflect a break from Nevada Democratic and Republican party platforms, which historically have stressed a strict adherence to the rights of gun ownership.
Support for the Second Amendment’s right of individual gun ownership has a strong history in Nevada, a libertarian political environment with a strong distrust of the federal government. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been regarded as a pro-gun lawmaker.
But on Monday, Reid called for a change in the “laws and culture that allow this violence to continue to grow” and said “every idea should be on the table as we discuss how best to do just that.” He stopped short, however, of calling for a national discussion on gun control.
In Nevada, two Democratic lawmakers fell over each other in 2011 arguing about authorship of legislation that was advocated by the National Rifle Association.
Any effort to stir up a gun control debate is sure to get a response from both sides of the aisle. Gun rights supporters packed a legislative committee meeting this summer and successfully stopped a discussion about assault weapons, pushed by Assemblyman William Horne, D-Las Vegas.
“It’s a characteristic, really, of the Western states,” said John Cahill, president of the Nevada Outdoor Democratic Caucus and elected Clark County public administrator. He suspects some Las Vegas Democrats would like to tackle the issue, but “a lot of Democrats just want to leave it alone. They know it’s a third rail. Democrats want to win everywhere.”
Cahill, who stressed he was not speaking for the Democratic Party, said gun control is not the solution to gun violence.
“They need to look for a solution to the problem, and gun control doesn’t offer a solution to the problem,” he said.
Instead, he advocates putting two police officers in each school when children are there. He said he’d be willing to pay more in taxes to do so.
Roberta Lange, chairwoman of the Nevada State Democratic Party, said Monday that it wasn’t time to talk about gun control.
“Now is the time for reflection,” she said. “Now is not the time to have that discussion.”
But Nevada had its own mass shooting last year. In September 2011, a 32-year-old with a history of mental illness walked into a Carson City IHOP and started shooting an automatic rifle. Four died and 14 were wounded, including a table of uniformed Nevada National Guard troops.
That restaurant, which remains open, is 2.4 miles from the Nevada Legislature.
Segerblom has not yet filed bill requests on gun control. When he does, he will face steep opposition from those on the other side of the debate who will call for expansion of the right of people to carry firearms.
Freshman Assemblywoman Michelle Fiore, D-Las Vegas, told journalist Jon Ralston on Friday night that she planned to move forward with a bill draft that would allow guns on college and university campuses. A similar bill failed in 2011.
Segerblom understands Nevada’s tradition of Second Amendment support.
“With Nevada’s history with hunting and ranching, there’s a legitimate use for guns. And we also have one of the most expansive concealed weapons laws in the country,” he said. “But we’ve become increasingly urbanized. We have to recognize there’s no reason to have assault weapons and concealed weapons on campuses.”
Conn has a state ban on assault weapons law and a turn in your neighbor law but they did not work
Why is it that Liberals never ever want to hold the deranged killer responsibility.
Why is it Liberals refuse to address mental illness.
Why is it Liberals refuse to address the cultural environment of violence.
Killers will murder even if guns and clips are scarce but Liberal think that more gun control is the panacea of stopping murders.
The scam of Senate Diane Feinstein's bill is the exemption for all the guns and clip already in circulation in America and it exempt buying over 900 named guns restricting only 100 guns
The world has changed. Why are guns so important to Americans? What is this obsession with wanting to own objects that kill? Some respond to the shootings with, "If teachers had guns they might have stopped the carnage." So we protect ourselves with shootouts? The "right to bear arms" was a right given to citizens needing to protect themselves from an invasive nation, not to use for mass killings. This "freedom" holds us hostage to fear in our nation.
Here we go again! "Gun control." What they actually mean is more government control over our activities - be they speech, food, beverages, association, attitudes, thinking. "Careless use of smoking materials" recently killed a 66-year-old woman and destroyed 8 apartments in LV. Should we ban smoking and, too boot, matches? DUI's kill 1,000s each year. Should we ban alcohol? Oh, yeah, we tried that. How well did that work out? "Big rigs" slam into smaller vehicles on a daily basis squashing their occupants. Shall we ban "big rigs?" Then there are motor vehicles themselves. They kill many more than guns each year. Maybe we should ban them and go back to the horse & buggy. Only allow police, fire and military vehicles on the road. After all, that would be easier to enforce then a gun ban. You can't conceal a Hummer in your side pocket, can you? No, the answer is not to "control" guns; it's to have the government subsidize the ownership of guns so everyone can afford one to protect themselves from those who would harm them. Sort of food stamps on steroids. I believe it was George Carlin (I could be mistaken) who opined when airplane highjackings were at their heights, "The way to end the highjackings is to give everyone upon entering the plane a gun." Who can argue with that logic? If authorities who restrict access to defensive weapons had listened, there would have been no 9/11.
Blame the guns, blame the violence in video games, blame the violence in movies, why? Because they cant blame the shooter(or his mother)...
Do we blame the cars when drunk drivers kills someone? Do we blame the tall buildings when people jump off of them and commit suicide? That would be as ridiculous as blaming the choice of weapon when someone uses it to kill others.
Let's all remember Segerblom at the next election.
He certainly has a right to his opinion. However, if you (like me) disagree, you should express yourself at the ballot box.
(That's how democracy works in a republic.)
Democrats are always seeking to restrict the right to own guns and their main goal is the total ban or near total ban on gun ownership.
If you want to own guns or believe it is protected by the US Constitution then don't vote for Democrats.
Very insensitive to use a tragic event for political reasons.
Again the answer to a tragity from Democrats, the alleged defenders of freedom is more laws on top of more laws. Taking the constitutional rights away from law abiding citizens solves nothing.
These shooting have a common thread, mental illness, violent video games, a sick popular culture and others who recognized their was a problem and did nothing.
Laws did prevent the IHOP shooter in Carson City from using an illegal fully autimatic rifle to kill and more laws will not stop other crazy people from doing evil.
More mental health services are needed in schools and community's but, these services are the first to be cut in hard budget times. The answer to these shooting is their is no answer..
I m a gun owner, and i say the American gun culture has gone sideways and needs to change.
Just let the wacko pro-gun owners rant on this, then everything they say will be used to help push through sane and realistic new firearm restrictions.
Selah...
Do you think Republican Congressman Louis Gohmert of Texas is RIGHT when he said "if the Sandy Hook Elementary School principal had only had an assault rifle stored in a gun locker, lives would have been saved!" I don't know, do you think that principal deserves some blame for not having a gun in her classroom or on her? Then what about what Larry Pratt, Head of "Gun Owners of America" when he said: "Federal and State laws combined to insure that NO teacher, NO administrator, NO adult had a gun at the Newton school where the children were murdered!" Do you think when schools are doing their safety plans they should also include having every school employee packing a weapon on them? Should teachers be allowed to have a M4 assault rifle hanging from their shoulder? And then Old Paths Baptist Church Pastor Sam Morris told his congregation that the shootings happened in schools that were government "mind-control centers" that taught "Junk about evolution: and "how to be a homo." So, do school employees need to be armed and quit teaching evolution and how to be a homo so that their children can be protected from shooters?
Funny how no mention about funding mental health care......
If you go back and look at the individuals that are committing the horrendous crimes they have one thing in common.
Mentally unstable?
Let's get to the root of the problem instead of creating legislation that hinders law abiding citizens that do not have any type of mental issues.
How many bullets do you need in a clip ? Does anyone need fragmenting or armor piercing bullets ? How many rounds of ammo should you be able to buy without a permit ? Should gun owners be required to have trigger locks or keep guns secure ?
Assault weapons are used for one thing only, and that's to kill people quickly, in multitudes. For any muppet suggesting the principal have a gun locked up in her office would not be too bright given she was first off not in her office and secondly, by the time she unlocked and readied her gun, would have been in the same predicament.
Perhaps if there had been some sort of an alarm in each room that could be set off swiftly, we would not be talking about school administration taking on another role as Dirty Harry.
Stricter gun control, better mental health assistance and revamping the American obsession with violence has been needed for a long time. Many people bury their heads in the sand until it happens on their front porch. Regardless of political agendas, we need to come together and realize collectively, these are real issues affecting everyone.
Given the fact that the shooter in this particular event in Connecticut was wearing a bullet proof vest , a teacher or administrator with a gun would have been more than likely ineffective. Gun control is not the answer.
And this is not a "liberal" or "conservative" issue unless you consider the fact that we have ignored the need for mental health services across the entire country for far too long. Instead, we have concentrated on spending more money to build new jails. OUr priorities are completely messed up and we need to have a serious discussion about the importance of providing services to those in need and education. That would be a small step in the right direction in my humble opinion.
For LVS - I believe Michele Fiore is a republican. Cheers.
For decades the NRA and its gun lobby has worked tirelessly to create a sense of fear and paranoia, the kind of government-hating fear-mongering that was so effective on the Newtown shooter's mother. After President Obama's reelection she was preparing for a civil war and had trained her creepy son in the use of a military-style assault weapon, Bushmaster's M4A3 rifle, the rapid-fire slaughter machine of choice used in of many of the mass shootings in recent years.
Nutty mom and creepy son were not so different from many others on the right who believe the black helicopters are coming any day now.
I know Ron and Nicole wish they would have had a gun.
"Why is it that Liberals never ever want to hold the deranged killer responsibility."
"Democrats are always seeking to restrict the right to own guns and their main goal is the total ban or near total ban on gun ownership."
"if the Sandy Hook Elementary School principal had only had an assault rifle stored in a gun locker, lives would have been saved!"
"I know Ron and Nicole wish they would have had a gun."
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Yep, let the gun nuts rant away, this "viewpoints" will help pass more gun restrictions, you betcha.
This is a democracy, not a republic. In a republic, only those qualified by property, wealth, family or religious affiliation are allowed to vote. In a Democracy, everyone is entitled to vote regardless of economic, religious or social status (except criminals).
Democracies cannot be church and state organizations because democracies are "godless" by their very nature. Fascist Governments are always church and state affairs and mostly organized as republics, controlled by a select few.
Thus, in the governing of a republic, slavery and religious domination by one faith are possible, which is why the GOP is working so diligently to create one.
The constitutional right to bear arms addressed CITIZENS who could carry long arms / single shot rifles. There is no right for a non-citizen. There were no pistols or concealable weapons. There were no automatic or semi-automatics with scopes and laser accuracy.
I own personal protection. I'm former law enforcement. I also utilize other forms of security--cameras, fences, security gates. And those of us who know, KNOW that the absolute best-performing form of protection is common sense AND common courtesy. In unanticipated circumstances, it would be nice to know that the Perps don't have assault weapons. The best-selling safety experts that advise on how to get out of an attempted kidnapping / hostage situation includes the advise that you "outrun" the gun. Yup. Says that the victims who get into the hostage vehicle NEVER COME BACK. So, your odds are greatly improved by zig-zagging a getaway BEFORE you get in the car.
The United States of America, with it's democracy, offers a better life than does the United States of Special Interests. I suggest that had we maintained democratic principles in the nation we'd have no reason to be discussing gun ownership today as our citizens behaved sensibly with their weapons while democracy was in play.
I disagree we live in a democracy, the U.S. is a representative Republic. Voters do not vote on each and every issue, they elect representatives who vote for them. As Benjiman Franklin said when asked what form of government the Constitutional Convention was proposing he said, "a Republic, if you can keep it".
Hows that ban on drugs working out for you? We need more prisons for the drug arrests, we will need more prisons for the people who don't buy health insurance, now you will need to build more prisons for people who still follow the law and the constitution...
If the teachers were ever allowed to pack a weapon, they would have to keep it in a real safe place so those little kids wouldn't get at it. Yes, I know, the shooter also had a bullet proof vest on, but if we would equip all of our teachers with bullet proof kevlar it would have evened out both sides! I tell you, we TeaPublicans ARE taking back America in 2014 and 2016".and we WILL take back all those liberal anti-gun laws too! Then our children will again be able to feel safe in our schools!
We have a city police force now that kills innocent people without penalty, can you imagine what will happen if they are the only ones allowed to have guns??
Yes, let's arm everyone. This way when a gunmen opens fire in a crowded theater or restaurant 25 other people can start blasting away from 25 different directions. The death toll will likely be double if there had been just one shooter. Dumb is dumb.
The real tool is the congressman from Texas, Gohmert (sp) advocating arming teachers.
Eliminate assault weapons. Enforce current laws. No more 10-20 clips.
Personally, I like the idea of muskets if you want to own a gun.
"The gun control debate in Nevada's Legislature has in recent decades been focused on one front: How far should the state loosen restriction on gun owners' rights? ..... "I think the expansion of gun rights has reached its apogee," said Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "I look forward to spending the next decade trying to limit weapons of mass destruction."
Segerblom has perjured his oath to support, protect and defend the Constitutions. "Gun rights" are not the state's to expand or contract according to any other standard than what those Constitutions provide and protect against. In Nevada that's found @ http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Const/NVConst...
Too many are ignorant of the fact Connecticut already has some of the most restrictive gun laws in this republic. Yet that shooting happened.
"Here we go again! "Gun control." What they actually mean is more government control over our activities - be they speech, food, beverages, association, attitudes, thinking."
lvfacts -- good post!
"How many bullets do you need in a clip ?"
wedo -- as many as one chooses. "bullets ... in a clip" aren't the problem, nor is rounds fired, it's what the shooter chooses to aim at. Duh!
"This is a democracy, not a republic."
SunJon -- did you take an ignorant pill about half a year ago? Your posts used to be reasoned and logical, for the most part. Our federal Constitution mandates a republican form of government. You'll find that in Article IV, 4.
"The constitutional right to bear arms addressed CITIZENS who could carry long arms / single shot rifles. There is no right for a non-citizen."
Roslenda -- assuming you're referring to the federal Second Amendment, where exactly do you get that from "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed"?
"...the enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table." District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. (slip opinion at 64) (2008)
I just love reading the self proclaimed experts. I'm a retired cop, I was in the military, blame the gun, blame the shooter, pencils miss spell words, spoons make people fat, vehicles cause traffic accidents! Unless you are a congressmen, it doesn't matter what you think. The federal government will decide one way or another and we will all have to live with their decisions. The states can say what they want, but the only thing they can do is try and make it more stringent then the federal government. So now, as one famous man had said, Ronny King, "can we all just get along?"
In Arizona - EVERYONE who is not a convicted felon can carry concealed firearms -just about anywhere! Sporting events, financial institutions, casinos and liquor establishments included!
Just a few months ago, this quack tried to pass a law for "campus carry" as well
Controversial legislation to allow concealed weapons on Arizona university and college campuses is dead, the proposal's sponsor said Tuesday.
State Sen. Ron Gould, a Republican from Lake Havasu City, told The Associated Press that there is not enough support among lawmakers for the bill.
"Oh, it's dead," Gould said, adding later: "I think they just got weak-kneed because it's an election year, and the universities put on a full-court press because they knew that if I could get it up to the governor, the governor was willing to sign it."
The measure, which would have allowed gun owners with concealed-carry permits to bring their firearms on campus, drew strong opposition from university officials and police chiefs, among other critics.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/a...
Segerblom said he "supports reasonable restrictions on handguns and assault weapons and concealed weapons."
What is reasonable to one person may not be reasonable to others. The young man that did the killing at the school stole the guns from his mother after he killed her. That is the way the bad guys usually get their guns.
Gun control sends shivers down my spine because it is a knee jerk reaction to a horrible event. Knee Jerk Reactions usually go from one extreme to another and accomplish little to fix the problem.
It's not about what is "reasonable". We are going to have to use logic here. No one needs nor should they be allowed to acquire automatic weapons discharging hundreds of rounds in the time it takes to blink. That's not reasonable or unreasonable, that's just plain right and wrong to common sense people. The guns don't kill people people kill people argument is old and tired. If that was truly the case then legalize hand grenades, submachines guns, howitzers, gatling guns for purchase. At some point the lethality of the weapons has to come into play.
The coarsening of our society is seen here and unfortunately in the pages of the hate sheet that passes for another newspaper in town. Concern citizens are refereed to as "jackals and trolls" ..why must we have irresponsible member of the right wing media name call at a time like this? At least Mr Greenspun has tendered a thoughtful opinion piece, it is a shame that we must hear such angry words from such people as Sherm of the other newspaper.
"No one needs nor should they be allowed to acquire automatic weapons discharging hundreds of rounds in the time it takes to blink". They weren't automatic weapons. Try reading what it says in the stories, not what you want to read in the stories.
"No one needs nor should they be allowed to acquire automatic weapons discharging hundreds of rounds in the time it takes to blink."
TomD -- only Gatling guns do that, and I don't believe any person has free access to them. Try again without the exaggeration and maybe you'll get some credibility here.
"Concern citizens are refereed to as "jackals and trolls" ..why must we have irresponsible member of the right wing media name call at a time like this?"
mred -- it's called free speech
"To exaggerate is to weaken." -- Jean Francois de La Harpe, 1770 "Melanie"
Some remember Kent State University when the rifled muzzels of government madmen gunned down defenseless school children -- Some recall the civil disobediance and chaos of the LA Riots and those who successfully defended their life, liberty and property utilizing semi-auto rifles hosting ammunition magazines sporting numerous rounds while law enforcement personnel were no where to be found.
While some are determined to forget and/or ignore important lessons history aptly provides -- how social/individual liberty is actually obtained and defended -- with clear minds and steady hands the sons and daughters of liberty must rise against the madness which threatens the foundation of their freedoms -- as the call for enhanced personal armament is being sounded against the crys of restrictions.
Few things are more frightening and unjust than staring down the muzzel of armed madmen with nothing more than a fool's promise for protection.
"When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered." -Dorothy Thompson.
"He who forfeits his liberties for the promise of security, deserves neither." --Ben Franklin
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Killer: Automatic and semi-automatic discharge dozens of rounds in a minute. Mucho differente than single shot long rifles.
"Some remember Kent State University when the rifled muzzels of government madmen gunned down defenseless school children..."
Harley -- I remember that, and the protest song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. You forgot to mention it was National Guard who did the shooting -- essentially the Ohio state militia.
"Killer: Automatic and semi-automatic discharge dozens of rounds in a minute. Mucho differente than single shot long rifles."
Roslenda -- what's your point? You should check those Heller and McDonald cases before you respond.
"Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rulemaking or legislation which would abrogate them." -- Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 491 (1966)
"if we would equip all of our teachers with bullet proof kevlar it would have evened out both sides! I tell you, we TeaPublicans ARE taking back America in 2014 and 2016"
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Teahead Republicans are gonna help the Democrats take the House in 2014, stay the course please..
:)
Last Throes from your earlier post please provide some link where you can show us that this woman trained her son how to use assault rifles after the President was re-elected. If you can't then I submit that YOU are the NUT on the Left that fears the coming of the black helicopters.
Nobody needs, nor has a right to, automatic and semi-automatic fire arms.
Make possession of over 10 bullets a felony with mandatory minimum 10 year sentence PLUS one year for each bullet over the 10.
Then you can have your guns and your bullets. As many as you wish and are willing to go to prison over.
"This is a democracy, not a republic. In a republic,..."
I pledge allegiance to the flag,
and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.
Respectfully, you are mistaken.
"Make possession of over 10 bullets a felony with mandatory minimum 10 year sentence PLUS one year for each bullet over the 10".
That makes perfect sense for all of those who legally own firearms. This while criminals get probation or maybe a year in prison for having illegal firearms now. Genius idea!
"Nobody needs, nor has a right to, automatic and semi-automatic fire arms".
What qualifies you to know what other people need? And as of the writing of this post, you couldn't be more wrong about my right to own a semi automatic weapon. Really, for someone who claims to be former "law enforcement", you don't seem to know much about guns. Did they have revolvers in those days?
Where is the line drawn? What do we do with the existing firearms in circulation? This question is for all those who are saying to do away with guns. I got it, after we stomp on the second amendment, we just keep going and trash the fourth while we are there. We can just send in the police to search houses and round them up. Geez
Where is the line drawn? Why limit any weapon then? Hand grenades. Make them legal. Gatling gun. Make them legal. Saying "where you draw the line" is meaningless.
It's more about common sense. If someone can explain why an automatic gun is needed, I'm listening.
Says a lot about a politician when he admits that he looks forward to limiting people's rights for the next 10 years!
@ TomD1228..."No one needs nor should they be allowed to acquire automatic weapon..." And no one outside of the Military can. Or are you suggesting that our troops man the fence in Gitmo with muskets?
Does anyone NEED an assault rifle? I doubt it, but does anyone NEED a car that goes 200 MPH. Does anyone NEED 20 bedroom house. Does anyone NEED to read your drivel? Again I doubt it.
As soon as we disarm those who have declared war against the American Citizenry (ie the police), then we can talk about disarming the Citizenry.
@bgh
Ugh, another "police are jack booted thugs" right wing, paranoia drivel. No wonder the republican party is disappearing. Keep up the rhetoric. It will ensure your party remains insignificant.
@tomd,
You can get permits and licenses for hand grenades, fully automatic rifles and pistols, and pretty much any other weapon that you can think of. You just have to have the money and do the background checks. So, I ask again, where do you draw the line? Why would you limit any weapon? I am a free person living in the United States of America. I have used those "automatic weapons" in the military defending my country. But you say that I should have restrictions. If I agree to that, will you give up your first amendment right and stop posting on here? Maybe give up your fourth, and allow police to search you without a warrant any time they feel like it? Doesn't sound very nice to give up your rights does it?
I take a little different stance on the 2nd amendment than most people do. Most people talk of self defense and hunting. In my eyes, the founding fathers saw necessary to keep the power in the hands of the people. They saw the flaws in the kings and power hungry leaders of nations in the past and saw fit to leave the power with the people. The second amendment keeps the people of this country armed in case the government gets out of control. It is as simple as that.
Excuse me but what parallel universe do some of you posters live in? I've had a drivers license for more than 60 years and have had occasion to be stopped by police officers during that time for various infractions of the law - for exceeding the speed limit or making a "rolling" stop. I cannot recall a time when I was shown disrespect by an officer and I suspect those that have, were uncooperative or boorish towards the guy or gal just doing what we pay them to do. I never argue, but do plead my case and, in some instances, I have been sent on my way with merely a warning; other times, I was cited. Either way, it was not the officer at fault; it was I. I know we all feel like schmucks when pulled over and tend to blame others, but that's a bad attitude which can only lead to confrontation and posts such as we read here from cop haters. So, for those folks, next time you have need of police protection - don't dial 911; dial up the ACLU and see what good that does you.
@tomD...Some say Stanley Gibson was "paranoid" to believe that the armed officers who tried to detain him were "jack booted thugs" out to do him harm. So, was his fear justified? Was he right to fear for his safety? After all they let him go without a scratch, save the seven bullet holes in his skull.
It's because of my "right wing, paranoia" that Cook County Taxpayers shelled out nearly $600,000 to Michael Tillman, a man tortured for days and not the "jack booted thugs" who waterboarded and severely beat him.
It's because of my " right wing, paranoia" that NYPD paid out $22.8 million from June 2011 to June 2012 not the "jack booted thugs" who ignored the United States Constitution violating the rights of three dozen people.
It's because of my "right wing, paranoia" the NYPD expects to pay out $735 million in 2012 and not the "jack booted thugs" who continue to arrest people for charges deemed unconstitutional 20 years ago.
I can go on and on and on and on and on and on.......
What's sad is how you see this as a partisan issue, when most conservatives label me a "crazy lib" for daring to talk about police misconduct.
I guess you prove ignorance knows no party.
There are in the neighborhood of 240 million 911 calls a year. How many cases of police misconduct?
You need to take your medication and relax.
This politician has a lot of guts. He'll be lucky if somebody doesn't blow his head off. Nevada is one of the most violent states in the country.
The police have declared war against the American citizenry?? What planet does this guy come from. I believe there were 1.2 million calls for police and fire services in Vegas last year. People call the police. The police don't call them.
The steady expansion of gun-rights has diminished the rights of those who choose not to carry, own, stockpile or use weapons. All individuals, even unarmed ones, have a reasonable right to safety. The irrational proliferation of guns in America has simply eradicated all presumptions of safety in public venues. Gun-lovers may have rights, but so do those with no proclivity toward worshipping weapons.
The path to gun sanity will be a struggle, but there are many things we can do. An easy first step can be taken by our legislature and municipalities around the country. Sporting goods distributors like Scheel's and Cabela's depend on public subsidies in every state, including Nevada. The use of local, state or federal sales and property tax revenue to promote the advertising and sale of guns and ammo is no longer acceptable. Taxpayers should not be paying the retail industry to distribute weapons.
Far as I am concerned, if you dont like guns, pack a uhaul and move.. there is ZERO room for a law like this in Nevada and ZERO tolerance for it as well. ANYONE who proposes it will be bounced out of office if it passes or not.
I REFUSE to give up my rights. end of story.