Thompson Statement on President’s Plan to Reduce Gun Violence
Washington, D.C.
– U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, R-Howard, today released the
following statement in response to President Obama’s plan to reduce gun
violence:
“The
President has proposed a broad set of recommendations, which I plan to
review carefully. There are no easy solutions when it comes to
preventing violence, but we have an obligation to take every effort
possible to better protect our communities, especially our children.
“I
believe there are areas of policy that can be improved upon, especially identifying gaps in our mental health system, better detection of
mental illness, and enhanced communication and coordination among
community organizations, law enforcement agencies, and offices of public
safety. I also believe that school safety and the broader issue of
child safety should remain a focus at all levels of government and
society as we move forward.
“While
the nation has enacted many responsible limits on firearms, including
long-established restrictions of gun ownership by the mentally ill and
convicted felons, I do not believe that additional gun restrictions on
law-abiding citizens will serve to prevent future acts of mass
violence.”
View the President’s recommendations: click here.
View the President’s executive actions: click here.
12 comments:
Of course 90% of the Republicans are going to disagree with the President & Vice Presidents potential plans for guns. Suprise suprise. So typical.
Just like drugs. They are illegal but guess what, people still find a way to get them.
6:56 yeah and u are a typical liberal
Tell ya what, Glenn, my boy...you guys end the drug war, repeal the patriot act and cancel the global war on terror that enables indefinite detention.
Maybe then we'll consider an end to the arms war you guys started.
Banning ALL guns will only force the crooks to buy them out of the country and send the money out of the US instead of keeping the money here at home.
Banning guns is unconstitutional.
I believe the issue of assault type weapons should be a state by state regulation - adopted by a vote from the citizens of that state.
Also ALL firearms should be registered and a background check done on anyone who owns or buys a gun.
Even with that there will still be people who commit violance so they need to be delt with HARSHLY!
If Obummer would hand in his drones that would surely save alot of lives
People may want to read the fine print in some of these proposals, especially those being implemented by executive order.
It's alarming what is being said about "mental health" issues in particular.
There are instructions from the White House for government agencies to share data more readily.
So I asked myself, what agencies? What agencies would have information about the mental health staus of American citizens, and how difficult would it be to access this data?
Social Security and the Veterans Administration have data bases with millions of diagnostic coding showing specific mental health impairments. So does the Health Care Financing Administration. All that is needed is a few computer runs, and the info is right there. To whom this would be released, and how it would be processed should be a concern of everyone, not just the people being labeled as far right.
Returning troops with PTSD. People taking anti-depressants for migraines and other reasons. Anyone with a primary or secondary diagnosis involving mental health.
There are millions of citizens who pose no threat but have a data trail in the hands of the government.
We are still a free society and supposedly protected by constitutional decree and other safeguards. When these are whittled away or surrendered outright we need all be alarmed about that.
All those who are proponents of gun control, be forewarned!
We who take the defense of our Constitution as a personal responsibility are coming after you, armed with FACTS !!!
Not one item that was discussed would prevent a criminal from getting a weapon and committing a crime. all that was done was to punish the lawbiding citizen.
He's right. Nothing they do could have prevented this. It's a mental health issue. It's the human beings not some hunk of metal.1800t
Well, actually, when 40% of gun sales occur with no background check, that's a pretty damn large loophole for criminals and schizophrenics to purchase guns through. Closing that loophole actually WILL reduce illegal gun purchases.
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