You can support the 2nd amendment (as I do, tho I disagree with the
top court’s interpretation) and still not want to see any more school
shootings such as Columbine Virginia Tech, Newtown...and how many others?
So current moves to take back mental health checks (involved in
many shootings, remember Virginia Tech,) or drop the requirement for
background checks, or training programs in gun use and safety
(especially handguns) are not just wrong...they run contrary to common
sense.
You don’t have to get involved in AK-47 issues, or ammo sizes or
muzzle lengths to know that the issues listed above CAN—and should—be
in our laws WITHOUT any dangers to the 2nd amendment.
Get real, gun lovers—or prepare for more stupid, unnecessary school shootings and more children dying.
And as for Wall Street, some years ago I interviewed CBS News’s
economics reporter, asking him what made Wall Street run. “Fear and
Greed,” he shot back immediately.
Have we forgotten the Savings and Loan scandal, the mortgage
frauds, the banks' involvement in our last recession (only 8 years ago) and several others...all foisted on Main Street by the Fear &
Greed---mainly Greed on the part of those Big Banks, and some not so
big?
Attempts to cut back on consumer protections, to allow banks free range in areas they really shouldn’t be in, more freedom for hedge
funds and derivatives (these are but legalized gambling on a national
scale) and the “fiduciary issue...which requires people who sell you
retirement plans to put you first, not their commissions...these are now
under attack. (Did you see the cartoon in my fave Lexington morning
paper recently? The salesman says to his customer,"this last paragraph
simply provides that I can’t lose any money, and you can lose lots and
lots of money.” That’s the fiduciary issue at work...and it will be
foisted on us if the Trump administration and the GOP-controlled
Congress has its way.
I'm just sayin'...
These run, IMHO, contrary to common sense....and good politics!.
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