THE PUBLIX SUPERMARKET CHAIN gave money to the National Rifle Association (NRA).
The liberals don’t like the NRA because it won’t give up its position on gun laws and simply go away.
Never mind that NONE of the mass shootings were done by NRA members.
Now the leftists are chalking body images on parking lots near Publix stores and and are planning a 12-minute lie-in at the cash register lines at Publix stores.
IN THE DARK OF NIGHT the leftists laid out on a parking lot near a Publix supermarket while a fellow leftist chalked outlines of the bodies, one of each of the 17 people slain at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school in Parkland FL shooting attack.
Next, according to one student determined to get much more than his “15 minutes of fame,” told tv cameras that he and his fans were calling for a lie-in in the cashier aisles at area Publix stores. The lie-in would only be for 12 minutes, he said.
The idea seems to be to inconvenience customers so they will take their custom to other stores, thereby convincing Publix executives to bow to their demands to distance the company from the NRA.
Hopefully Publix store managers will have police remove the obstructions to safe passage by request or by arrest.
It is one thing to boycott a business (or even a country as many leftist try to force others to do), but it is quite another to disrupt business as these leftists plan.
For the record, I am not a member of the NRA. As a matter of fact, I am not a member of any political organization.
I am as appalled by the murders at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school as well as other school (area) shootings as anyone, including families of the victims. Wikipedia1 has an all too long list of school shootings.
The GunViolenceArchive web site2 has a year-by-year list of mass shootings dating from 2013. The list is not limited to schools.
The FBI defines a "mass killing" as the killing of three or more people in a public place, but the federal agency also defines a "mass murderer" as someone who has killed four or more people in the same location. 3
It is interesting to note that the lists a number of “mass shootings” in California. California, with its liberal government and congress people, has probably the strongest gun laws of any state, yet despite its “tough-on-guns” laws, mass shootings still occur.
According to RoadSnacks.com4, California is the 19th most dangerous place to live, despite its laws controlling almost everything. Florida, with fewer laws controlling all aspects of its citizens’ lives is number 18.
The RoadSnacks site states
- Every year the FBI release two crime datasets, a preliminary dataset limited to the biggest cities in the country, followed by a more detailed release at the end of the year.
- Violent Crimes Per Capita
- Property Crimes Per Capita
For our analysis, we focused on the JUST released 2016 data, specifically the 2016 Crime In The United States Report. We will update the results when data becomes available in October 2018.
So what criteria did we use? Have a look:
An FBI study found that most guns used by killers were obtained illegally.
In the case of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shootings, the gun was illegally owned under Florida law. How did the alleged shooter acquire his weapons? He “fell through the cracks” of state AND FEDERAL agencies. This was not the first time the FBI had to admit it failed to protect the people by ignoring the obvious.
The bottom line, a line that leftists refuse to acknowledge, is that there ARE laws on the book to prevent most potential mass shooters from acquiring or keeping firearms. Adding laws that are not enforced will only benefit the bureaucrats and give the leftist a “warm fuzzy” feeling – until the next mass shooting.
The police have long begged the communities “If you see something, say something.’
Many people saw something before the the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shoot, but said nothing.
We have nearly daily shootings in several Dade County (Miami) communities.
Rarely do police have input from the residents of those communities to help capture the shooters.
People hear and see, but they don’t share the information with law enforcement.
This is NOT unique to Dade County or to Florida. It is, however, one of the reasons shootings – “mass” or otherwise – are wounding or killing people of all ages, usually with illegally obtained weapons.
Banning firearms won’t stop those who want them from getting them.
Making it a criminal offense won’t stop those who want weapons from getting them.
Suing gun makers for making legal weapons won’t stop those who want weapons from getting them.
Suing merchants for selling legal weapons won’t stop those who want weapons from getting them.
I will be first in line to ban rifle magazines that hold more than 10 cartridges. Hunters don’t need large capacity magazines to bring down an animal. (If they are that bad a shot, they need to spend more time at the shooting range.) Likewise pistols. My #1 son, a cop, carries a semi-automatic with 8 rounds in the magazine. To the best of my knowledge, he’s only fired his service weapon once in the line of duty and he didn’t need eight rounds. (Hearing about cops firing 20, 30 or more rounds at a suspect scares me; lots of bullets going astray.)
The laws are on the books.
Laws sans enforcement are useless.
Don’t demand new laws; demand that current laws be enforced.
Too bad the leftists don’t understand that.
Sources
1. http://tinyurl.com/y7ljjvao
2. http://tinyurl.com/y9petoeg
3. http://tinyurl.com/y9u56566
4. http://tinyurl.com/z5quuxe
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