Monday, January 4, 2016

Obama details executive action on gun restrictions - The Washington Post

Obama details executive action on gun restrictions - The Washington Post 

There can be few amongt reasonable people disputing the need of these.

As Obama stated, the American public vastly supports these regulation improvements.

"One key provision would require more gun sellers — especially those who
do business on the Internet and at gun shows — to be licensed and would
force them to conduct background checks on potential buyers."

Is it possible this hasn't happened yet? You can get a gun easier than a beer?

The GOP is far from reality thinking this is not a safe measure that preserves 2nd Amendment rights. Jeez, alcohol was prohibited, and then regulated. Guns need to be better regulated too.

The rest are also completely common sense measures Obama proposes that I support as well.  That the GOP will try to block this somehow (and hasn't been able to pass legislation to the same end) is beyond aggravating. MISDIRECTED, IRRESPONSIBLE, NEGLIGENT, BOWING TO THE NRA BULLSHIT. There are many lies to be saved here. Common sense must prevail. Or leave it to a full vote from the people.

"He reminded those gathered, including many who have lost family members to gun violence, that other people also have rights — the right to peaceable assembly and the right to practice their religion without being shot."

"As Obama said, tearing up at the mention of the Sandy Hook shooting that took the lives of 20 first-graders, if we can keep children from opening aspirin bottles, surely we can prevent their pulling the trigger on a gun."

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Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012

Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012
I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.

What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.

Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?

Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.

Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)

Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.

But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)

Still we are finite on this ride.

It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.

For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.

Antidotes to Violence, a.k.a., Take Charge of Where Your Head's At - here

Tell Congress to Strengthen Gun Control Laws NOW - here

Good News & Brain Food News -
Christians & Muslims Gather, for Peace here
Good News - Top RIO+20 Summit Posts here
The 'Busy' Trap - NYTimes.com
here