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  1. Mar 2018
    1. raise the age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21,require a three-day waiting period for gun purchases, with some exceptions,ban the sale or possession of bump fire stocks, which can make it easier for a semi-automatic weapon to function like an automatic rifle, give law enforcement more power to seize weapons and ammunition from those deemed mentally unfit or otherwise a threat,provide additional funding for armed school resource officers and for mental health services.

      I feel like many of these would help, however there should be even stricter gun laws being considered and eventually put in place.

    1. they must have a prescription

      Thats the real trick here, it has to be prescribed.

    2. The Moscow-based Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a joint economic trade bloc of countries including Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, allows for certain banned narcotic and psychotropic drugs to be brought into the country with supporting medical documentation.

      Wow this is interesting, it does say however that they have to have medical documentation.

  2. Feb 2018
    1. “This is the most awful thing, not only that I’ve ever seen — that I’ve even imagined in some sick movie or imagination. This was hell on earth,” he said. “It’s awful because of what was done to these poor kids. It’s awful because of the families that will never be the same. It’s awful because of the community, and it’s awful to be involved representing anybody when the community hates and hurts so much because of that person.”

      Despite what happens to Cruz, this event was a horrible tragedy that hurt so many people mentally and physically, as Americans we must not forget to mourn the the lives lost.

    2. Continue reading the main story Advertisement Continue reading the main story “If it were my daughter, I would want to personally kill my client, make no mistake about it,” said Howard Finkelstein, the public defender, an elected position.

      Nobody disagrees with the feeling of the parents who lost their kids, however the debate seems to be whether or not the punishment of death is needed as he will face extreme public shame and most likely life in prison.

    1. At a meeting later Thursday with law enforcement and school officials from around the country, Trump suggested staff who are trained and carry a weapon could even get “a little bit of a bonus" for making their schools safer.

      Ok, now this is just stupid. By creating an incentive to carry guns, it is just going to increase the gung-ho attitude of getting guns, which is dangerous.

    2. WASHINGTON – President Trump offered a full-throated defense Thursday for his proposal to arm some teachers and staff in the wake of last week’s school shooting in Florida, despite opposition from law enforcement groups and teachers' unions who warn that more guns in schools would only make them more dangerous.

      I can see why he would want to give teachers guns, but I still don't think it would be a good idea, as it puts more guns into the public.

    1. The suspect in last week's Florida school shooting, in which 17 people died, bought his gun legally. Nikolas Cruz appeared in court on Monday.

      Changes need to be made, it is far too easy for people to obtain guns.

    2. US President Donald Trump supports efforts to improve background checks on gun ownership, the White House says.

      Finally, we may get some changes, but it shouldn't have taken many peoples lives to realize the dangers of guns.

    1. "If they are sentencing me to a certain death, and I am going to die, then why die in a place that I have not considered my home in a long time?" he asked.

      This is a very interesting statement because he has lived and served here for a long time, so why not punish him in country that he has lived in for a long time.

  3. Jan 2018
    1. The shuttered icons were some of the easiest-to-spot impacts of the partial government closure. Funds ran out at midnight Friday, leaving 48 hours before the most dramatic effect — the furloughing of nearly 1 million federal employees — takes place.

      This is very interesting, how the shuttered icons were some of the easiest-to-spot impacts of the partial government closure.

    1. "To increase the accuracy of sea-level estimates, the effect of ocean-bottom deformation should be taken into account, either based on modelled estimates of ocean mass change, as was done in this study, or using more direct observations."

      It is very important that we as humans work together to keep our Earth healthy.

    2. Overall, the researchers say purely satellite-derived assessments of sea level rise for the period could have underestimated barystatic sea level rise by as much as 8 percent – which is definitely something we need to think about in the future, especially this hidden variable will only become more significant as the world gets hotter and sea level rise accelerates.

      Something needs to be done to prevent our Earth from getting any worse, for us, and future generations.

    1. When it comes to disasters such as wildfires, every cleanup operation is different, and the magnitude of this effort will be much larger than previous ones, Klug said.

      As Californians, as Americans, and as humans, we must come together and work together to help eachother out and rebuild what we have lost.

    2. "All your life savings and work for all the years is gone," Penny Wright told CNN. "We lived here 10 years. I never thought that Santa Rosa would have a fire like this and we would lose everything."

      This is very sad for so many people, they have lost many of the things that they have worked so hard for. This really makes me put my life in perspective.

  4. Dec 2017
    1. Jones stopped to pick up lunch afterward and Keaton told her, "'Mama, I think I'm ready to do that video.' It was just as innocent as that." She didn't make it public until one of her 600 Facebook friends told her it might help others, she said.

      Using her son's sadness to make money, sad.

    2. And while rapper T.I. said he wouldn't donate money to Keaton's family, he took to Instagram to say, "I STILL support Lil dude."

      Well said, it is more on the people that raised Keaton.

    1. An undocumented immigrant from Mexico who had been deported 20 times and had been arrested for various offenses was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty to brutally assaulting two women in Oregon on the same day in July.

      This is bad for the view of immigrants that are not bad, not all immigrants are like this, however some can be dangerous.

  5. Nov 2017
    1. Authorities raised the alert to the highest level on Monday following the increased activity over the weekend. The move to close the airport came after tests showed the volcano’s ash had reached its airspace, making it dangerous to fly.

      This is scary, and it makes you wonder if people are going to be evacuated by other means of transport than plane, like boats.

    2. "Authorities will comb the area to persuade them," he said. "If needed we will forcibly evacuate them." About 25,000 people were already living in evacuation centers after an increase in tremors from the mountain in September sparked an evacuation.

      It is good that there are already people that have been evacuated, hopefully everybody gets to safety.

    1. His Asian hosts appeared to be running the Saudi playbook, greeting Trump with elaborate ceremonies and parades, and heaping praise on him during joint press conferences.

      It is surprising that he did not cause any controversy, after all that happens in the U.S. this is good for his presidency and America.