On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 1:04:14 AM UTC, ltlee1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 8:17:52 PM UTC, Freedom wrote:
> > On 02 Dec 2021, Molly Bolt <mollyth...@gmail.com> posted some
> > news:2216854d-8063-46b4...@googlegroups.com:
> >
> > > Kamala Harris is a dirty cunt and fucked everybody she ever worked
> > > for.
> >
> > Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Friday the NRA
> > should arm Taiwan’s citizens to prevent a Chinese invasion, according to
> > reports.
> >
> > Ramaswamy shared his thoughts on how to stop China from invading Taiwan
> > without American military intervention at the NRA Leadership Forum.
> > Ramaswamy claimed the NRA should open a branch on the island and give its
> > inhabitants weapons to defend themselves. (RELATED: Vivek Ramaswamy
> > Announces 2024 Presidential Bid)
> >
> > “You want China to not invade Taiwan, he’s something we can do. The NRA
> > can open its branch next time in Taiwan. And you want to stop Xi Jinping
> > from invading Taiwan, put a gun in every Taiwanese household. Have them
> > defend themselves, and see what Xi Jinping does then. That’s what it means
> > to be an actual American,” Ramaswamy said.
> >
> > The Presidential hopeful said training Taiwanese how to defend themselves
> > with firearms would be similar to how black Americans were allowed to
> > defend themselves after the Civil War.
> >
> > “Train them how to use guns, just like how we did to black people in this
> > country after the Civil War. Taiwan, we’re coming for you! We’re with you
> > Taiwan! Put a gun in every household. China ain’t gonna do peep,”
> > Ramaswamy added.
> >
> > Ramaswamy’s comments received a rapturous applause from the NRA audience.
> >
> > <https://dailycaller.com/2023/04/15/vivek-ramaswamy-tells-nra-arm-taiwan-
> > citizens-guns/>
> Ramaswamy’s speech certainly made the NRA audience happy.
>
> Still, the reality is that the hundreds of millions of privately own guns in the US
> could not stop Mexican drug lords from flooding the US with narcotics.
>
> In addition, the "U.S. Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy: 2020 identified
> the trafficking of firearms from the U.S. into Mexico as a threat to the safety and
> security of both countries. The Mexican government has estimated that 200,000
> firearms are smuggled from the United States each year."
> https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-21-322

From Down Under:
"Why does gun violence in the U.S. need to be stopped?

Among wealthier and developed countries, the USA is an outlier regarding firearm violence. The U.S. Government seems to have allowed gun violence to become a human rights crisis. Comprehensive access to firearms and loose regulations lead to more than 39,000 men, women and children being killed with guns each year in the USA.

Due to the gun culture, the USA has topped in civilian firearms owing in the top. It now has 120 guns per 100 population, even higher than Yemen, a country currently in one of the worst civil wars of recent times.

Right-wing role models and guns are killing America

An estimated 2,000 people are injured by gunshots daily and at least 2 million people live with firearm injuries around the globe. Among them, the United States has a far greater rate of gun violence than other nations, mainly developed nations. Millions of people suffer the severe and long-term psychological effects of gun violence on individuals, families and their wider community. While focusing a lot on data, statistics and ranking, we often forget the tragic stories behind each number. Each life matters and everyone has a different story.

Gun violence is not stopping just by killing a person or mass shooting; instead, it is becoming a vicious cycle where the growing number of gun violence creates insecurity in peoples’ minds, which result in buying new guns to ensure their safety. The ever-increasing gun suicide rate also reveals the vulnerability inside the country. The availability of guns and other factors contribute to the increasing rate of gun violence.

Given that the right to life is an essential human right, whether the U.S. can effectively curb gun violence should be an important yardstick for the international community to measure its human rights. The U.S. authorities should work more on improving the security situation by taking effective gun control measures before the situation gets out of hand. They should also establish a victim support mechanism to help the survivors and victims’ families to overcome the grief of losing their loved ones.

The NRA: Fear, hatred, and how to sell guns
Way forward

U.S. President Joe Biden said that gun violence must be tackled, but repeated shootings indicate that the problem is only worsening. Effectively implemented gun regulation and violence prevention projects can stop the carnage..

As a first step, states should recognise firearm violence as a threat to people’s human rights, particularly their rights to life, physical integrity and security of person, and health. For this, strict legislation and enforcement are required. The U.S. administration should concentrate on fixing the situation in its own country first rather than offering counsel or advice to others.

The USA must maximise the protection of human rights, creating the safest possible environment for most people, especially those at the most significant risk. If a state does not exercise adequate control over the possession and use of firearms in the face of persistent gun violence, it could breach its obligations under international human rights law."

https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/us-gun-violence-a-critical-human-rights-failure,17436