I definitely agree that getting this type of legislation passed at the state level represents some important progress. I (naively) hope that there can be a National movement. In an attempt to offer a positive post, I don’t know anything about CRED in Chicago but based upon this excerpt from an article in The Economist about modest declines in gun violence I think CRED is heroic:
On a hot Wednesday afternoon the office of Chicago cred, a charity run by Arne Duncan, a former secretary of education, is buzzing. In the car park and inside, dozens of workers dressed in bright vests reading “Peacekeeper” mill around. Each morning they meet at the squat building off 103rd Street in Roseland, a neighbourhood on the far South Side, to share information—who is arguing, what fights or gunshots have already been reported, where gangs might be feuding. The workers then spread out into the neighbourhood in an effort to stop shootings before they happen. By 2.30pm the place is quiet.
As a USA citizen I’m very concerned about the rapid expansion of assault weapon access and ownership across the country. However, I’m skeptical that a patchwork of state-level laws could result in meaningful progress on a national issue.
Example: 17 yr old Illinois resident Kyle Rittenhouse obtained the AR-15 he used in Kenosha from his sister’s boyfriend, who bought it for him at a hardware store in Ladysmith, WI
Don't go back to bed. Hard to believe that anyone would vote against an assault weapons ban. Is that 2nd amendment so immutable that it can't be made to recognize current situations. If supreme court justices won't recognize the problem, we don't need supreme court anymore. Much like Israel..Lloyd
Thanks for sharing this good news, Fred! As you know, the Illinois assault-style weapons ban "came about six months after the July 2022 Highland Park, Illinois, shooting." But it "faced immediate lawsuits in state and federal court that argued it violated the Illinois and US constitutions," as CNN reports. https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/politics/illinois-assault-weapons-ban/index.html
I am glad that cooler heads prevailed!
I live in New Jersey, where voters don't select judges. But I lived in Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1997, where they do. I have an acquaintance who is a Democratic committeewoman, and at election time she writes a letter in which she offers advice about whom to vote for. Her letter is very helpful in down-ballot races, including for judges, because she is left-wing and I trust her judgment; so I share the letter with my Pennsylvania friends. I wish I knew someone in New Jersey who wrote a similar letter.
I definitely agree that getting this type of legislation passed at the state level represents some important progress. I (naively) hope that there can be a National movement. In an attempt to offer a positive post, I don’t know anything about CRED in Chicago but based upon this excerpt from an article in The Economist about modest declines in gun violence I think CRED is heroic:
On a hot Wednesday afternoon the office of Chicago cred, a charity run by Arne Duncan, a former secretary of education, is buzzing. In the car park and inside, dozens of workers dressed in bright vests reading “Peacekeeper” mill around. Each morning they meet at the squat building off 103rd Street in Roseland, a neighbourhood on the far South Side, to share information—who is arguing, what fights or gunshots have already been reported, where gangs might be feuding. The workers then spread out into the neighbourhood in an effort to stop shootings before they happen. By 2.30pm the place is quiet.
As a USA citizen I’m very concerned about the rapid expansion of assault weapon access and ownership across the country. However, I’m skeptical that a patchwork of state-level laws could result in meaningful progress on a national issue.
Example: 17 yr old Illinois resident Kyle Rittenhouse obtained the AR-15 he used in Kenosha from his sister’s boyfriend, who bought it for him at a hardware store in Ladysmith, WI
https://www.westernjournal.com/rittenhouses-friend-still-charged-intentionally-giving-dangerous-weapon-minor-causing-death/
Reference: although published back in 2014 I doubt gun “trafficking” across state borders has been reduced since then
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/Assets/downloads/20151102-Tracing-Guns.pdf
Don't go back to bed. Hard to believe that anyone would vote against an assault weapons ban. Is that 2nd amendment so immutable that it can't be made to recognize current situations. If supreme court justices won't recognize the problem, we don't need supreme court anymore. Much like Israel..Lloyd
Thanks for sharing this good news, Fred! As you know, the Illinois assault-style weapons ban "came about six months after the July 2022 Highland Park, Illinois, shooting." But it "faced immediate lawsuits in state and federal court that argued it violated the Illinois and US constitutions," as CNN reports. https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/politics/illinois-assault-weapons-ban/index.html
I am glad that cooler heads prevailed!
I live in New Jersey, where voters don't select judges. But I lived in Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1997, where they do. I have an acquaintance who is a Democratic committeewoman, and at election time she writes a letter in which she offers advice about whom to vote for. Her letter is very helpful in down-ballot races, including for judges, because she is left-wing and I trust her judgment; so I share the letter with my Pennsylvania friends. I wish I knew someone in New Jersey who wrote a similar letter.
Thanks again!
Susan