***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Belgium]

Da hiphop intelligentsia has spoken once more b.
During J Cole's tour in Scandinavia, I think it was Denmark or Norway, the crowd started chanting **** Donald Trump and Cole joined in.

 

[gry60]

Within his first two months as president, Donald Trump repealed without public display an Obama administration gun regulation that prevented certain individuals with mental health conditions from buying firearms. Prior to Trump’s overturning the rule on February 28, four Democratic senators and an independent who are up for re-election in 2018 had sided with their Republican colleagues by voting to revoke it.

Related: Under Trump, what will happen on guns?

The Social Security Administration finalized the standing rule in December under President Barack Obama. With the regulation, the SSA was required to identify and report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) individuals who are unable to work because of severe mental impairment and can’t manage their own Social Security financial benefits, and therefore were ineligible to buy guns. The thought was that those certain Social Security recipients could pose a danger to themselves or others.

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-set-overturn-guns-mental-health-regulation-557237

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-set-overturn-guns-mental-health-regulation-557237

This is the type of **** I don't understand. Like who benefits from this? What is there to gain? On the surface it's an act of terror within itself

 

[Belgium]

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-set-overturn-guns-mental-health-regulation-557237

The regulation we have here regarding mental health and firearms is generally on a case by case basis with one exception. Other than that specific instance mentioned below there is no blanket ban here on firearm permits for individuals with mental health issues in their history.
Mental health issues don't necessarily disqualify you from acquiring a firearm permit. In the process of a hunting firearm license application or maintaining your license after acquiring it, the law states that for each indivual a medical examination must be conducted to determine if you are physically and mentally fit to understand our gun laws and responsibly own and use a firearm.

The exception to this is if the individual has been forcibly committed to a psychiatric facility. This does not necessarily apply to all individuals who have spent time in a psychiatric facility.
The process is a bit different for firearm permit applications for shooting club members. These generally do their own in-house testing and technically don't require a medical review to be submitted to the provincial governor for approval. But from what I know in my area they do it anyway, if only for their own safety.

 

[Cashflow]

Showtime just launched a series on Saturday about the various mass shootings in American history. The timing of all of this is quite unsettling

 

[gry60]

 

[elpablo21]

 

[EddieDoyers]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...ifi_push_breaking-news&utm_term=.ac4040d4f704

Trump’s company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators

 

[iamdef]

Just think of the things we could be focusing on more if we didn't need to investigate this Russia bull and pretending Repubs care about the working class

 

[IATT]

 

[dreamer23]

damn...

 

[gwap]

well he did pay for the guns himself....

not like he used a universal guncare system to get them...

just playing devils advocate.... terrible false equivalency tweet

 

[Based Jesus]

I fail to see what's wrong with the tweet. It's perfectly accurate in that gun ownership is considered a right, but healthcare is considered a privilege.

 

[wavycrocket]

 

[Armada]

Some pretty big news out of my City today

ATLANTA - Atlanta City Council unanimously passed legislation that would reduce the penalties for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana on Monday afternoon.
Councilman Kwanza Hall introduced the legislation last month.

The current law allows for a penalty of up to $1,000 and up to six months in jail for anyone caught in possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana. The new legislation would lower that to just a $75 ticket and no jail time.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/ord...es-for-marijuana-passes-unanimously/618391639

 

[Based Jesus]

6 months for less than an ounce. That is disgusting. Glad they changed the law.

 

[Belgium]

Coincidentally, Felix Sater who is mentioned in this article has acted as a government witness against the 1998 stock scam involving a number of NY mob figures. One of the key prosecutors involved in that case, Andrew Weissman, is serving on Mueller's team.

 

[northoaklandfc]

I fail to see what's wrong with the tweet. It's perfectly accurate in that gun ownership is considered a right, but healthcare is considered a privilege.

He was playing devils advocate, maybe he ment to admit that he was playing it terribly.

 

[Nike Jordan]

I fail to see what's wrong with the tweet. It's perfectly accurate in that gun ownership is considered a right, but healthcare is considered a privilege.

It should be the other way around.

 

[niketalker23]

Fully automatic weapons shouldn't be a right.

 

[Mark Antony]

6 months for less than an ounce. That is disgusting. Glad they changed the law.

This is what I'm talking about when dudes on here talk about 6 months for dui. The system would definitely treat the person who had a couple glasses of wine the same as someone who downed a bottle of Jameson.

 

[IATT]

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Once the NRA defeated, school children being massacred in their classrooms, the gun control debate was officially over.



Probably celebrated like Jordan hitting the shot over Ehlo when they some overcame that.

 

[whywesteppin]

well he did pay for the guns himself....

not like he used a universal guncare system to get them...

just playing devils advocate.... terrible false equivalency tweet

sure, the parallelism breaks down, but how about this one: you can legally own an arsenal of deadly weapons and the law can't do anything until you use them to kill fellow humans, but get caught with a trace of marijuana and you get sent to prison for 6 months.

 

[whywesteppin]

Probably celebrated like Jordan hitting the shot over Ehlo when they some overcame that.

I'm thinking it was more like the rod tidwell celebration in show me the money.