They quote an article from Vox, but have to say why and that ruins their show.
The new data, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shows that the gun death rate hit 12.2 per 100,000 people in 2017, up from 12 in 2016 and 10.3 in 1999 (the earliest year of data available). The gun suicide rate increased to 7.3 in 2017, from 7.1 in 2016, while the gun homicide rate remained flat at 4.5.
Guns killed more people than car crashes in 2017.
Suicides are not being addressed other than to pass Red Flag laws which are not really a help in this case. We need to figure out how to help people who would need treatment without branding them as dangerous and treat them like shit. You cannot expect people in trouble to seek help if your default mode is “FUCK! He/She is dangerous! Quick, send cops to his/her house, break in (legally) take away their belongings and leave them there without even counseling them to see a therapist.”
I predict we will see cops wounded and killed because of this crap and same for the persons in need. And Brady and the rest will be there to tap dance on their blood and start a fundraiser.
It already happened in Maryland. Some woman filed an ERPO on her father. He resisted, and somehow, someone’s gun went off in the struggle. The cops all fired away, and murdered him. I wonder if she regrets it.
Those of you who think this law is good, remember that you might get that person killed. And a lot of us know about it. If we find out that we’re targeted, well, forewarned is forearmed, as they say. It could get the enforcers killed as well.