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145 CEOs implore Senate to "take action" on gun legislation

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145 CEOs implore Senate to "take action" on gun legislation

“Doing nothing about America’s gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable,” the corporate chiefs urged senators in a letter.

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McConnell - sitting on gun reform legislation (R/KY).

9/12/19
With Congress now back in session after an August recess, the CEOs of 145 companies sent a letter to Senate leaders urging them to take action on gun background checks and "red flag" legislation. The push for more aggressive gun reforms comes in the wake of recent shootings in Texas and Ohio.

  • "As leaders of some of America's most respected companies and those with significant business interests in the United States, we are writing to you because we have a responsibility and obligation to stand up for the safety of our employees, customers and all Americans in the communities we serve across the country. Doing nothing about America's gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable and it is time to stand with the American public on gun safety."
The letter includes support from major companies like Conde Nast, Dicks Sporting Goods, AirBnB, Postmates and Bain Capital among others. Executives from social media companies including Twitter and Reddit also signed the letter.

In their appeal to Capitol Hill, the CEOs implored the Senate to follow the House's lead by passing legislation that would update the nation's background checks database in an effort to help "keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them." The Democratic-controlled House passed the bill back in February in a 240-190 vote, with eight Republicans and all but two Democrats supporting it. Business leaders also lent their support to expanding Extreme Risk Protection laws or "red flag" laws to allow families and local law enforcement to intervene via a court order when someone is deemed a serious risk of hurting themselves or others when having access to guns. "These proposals are common-sense, bipartisan and widely supported by the American public. It is time for the Senate to take action," the CEO's added.
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If there is one thing that Massacre Mitch understands, it is the purse string ... corporate campaign donations. Who has more gravitas ... 145 corporations or the NRA?

It's well past time Mitch got off his duff and actually do something to help curb gun violence in the country. Gun reform bills have been on his Senate desk since February 2019.

Related: 145 Business Leaders Call on Congress to Act on Gun Violence
 
"145 CEOs implore Senate to "take action" on gun legislation"

Considering that there are about 20K CEO's in the U.S., this would mean that more than 99% of American CEO's were not willing to implore the Senate to "take action".


Sounds about right.
 
Rogue Valley said:
145 CEOs implore Senate to "take action" on gun legislation

“Doing nothing about America’s gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable,” the corporate chiefs urged senators in a letter.

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McConnell - sitting on gun reform legislation (R/KY).



If there is one thing that Massacre Mitch understands, it is the purse string ... corporate campaign donations. Who has more gravitas ... 145 corporations or the NRA?

It's well past time Mitch got off his duff and actually do something to help curb gun violence in the country. Gun reform bills have been on his Senate desk since February 2019.

Related: 145 Business Leaders Call on Congress to Act on Gun Violence
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The left loves big corporations and loves government bureaucrats. Get the two to team up and most leftists will fall down in worship.
 
For a number of years now, NRA membership has supported background checks while leadership has been vociferously against. Yet, members continued to contribute money and renew memberships. I'm not so sure of that any more considering not just difference in opinion on gun law but also how leadership has been feeding itself at the membership trough. Perhaps gun manufacture will prefer to put their money to independent lobbying, not the stained NRA. In any event, the NRA, IMO, just won't have the money to spread around that keeps the politicians feeding at the NRA trough and knowing where their next meal is coming from.
 
Rogue Valley said:
145 CEOs implore Senate to "take action" on gun legislation

“Doing nothing about America’s gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable,” the corporate chiefs urged senators in a letter.

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McConnell - sitting on gun reform legislation (R/KY).



If there is one thing that Massacre Mitch understands, it is the purse string ... corporate campaign donations. Who has more gravitas ... 145 corporations or the NRA?

It's well past time Mitch got off his duff and actually do something to help curb gun violence in the country. Gun reform bills have been on his Senate desk since February 2019.

Related: 145 Business Leaders Call on Congress to Act on Gun Violence
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Nope he's passing the buck to the president. All he cares about is his own political survival and the party next. Country comes last.
 
expat_panama said:
"145 CEOs implore Senate to "take action" on gun legislation"

Considering that there are about 20K CEO's in the U.S., this would mean that more than 99% of American CEO's were not willing to implore the Senate to "take action".


Sounds about right.
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Sounds about like the ratio of climatologists who deny AGW to the ones who accept it, and yet the Right wants to exclusively listen to the former.

Why doesn't our side get to listen to an allegedly tiny minority? Fun fact, the overwhelming majority of Americans, even many Republicans, want tighter gun safety laws.
 
expat_panama said:
"145 CEOs implore Senate to "take action" on gun legislation"

Considering that there are about 20K CEO's in the U.S., this would mean that more than 99% of American CEO's were not willing to implore the Senate to "take action".


Sounds about right.
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Depends greatly on who those CEO's are and how much they contribute. Numbers mean nothing.
 
Wasted effort... the NRA owns Trump and Republicans in Congress, and they will do nothing on this subject.

And to be completely transparent I am still on the fence on what action should be taken, and how it can be equally applied assuming it results in some legislation based on restrictions. I am not sold on background checks stopping all of these incidents, and I am not sold on bans avoiding the pitfalls of criminal enterprise fulfilling that demand.

Worse, I am always concerned about unequal application of red flag laws, background check efforts, what have you.

Traditionally those end up thrown into the political spin machine... eventually weaponized (horrible use of the term I know)... and finally these sort of efforts end up targeting minorities and/or those with little means to deal with law coming down on them.

Ultimately we should always be concerned about the will of the person wanting to do something that results in one of these events that ends up with calls for legislation to go after other people.

If someone wants to harm many, in a very short period of time, all without much interest in how their lives turn out I am unconvinced these efforts will stop them. We have to focus on the person. A bunch of rich, sheltered, and protected CEOs calling for "action on gun legislation" seems like a publicity thing to me.
 
OrphanSlug said:
Wasted effort... the NRA owns Trump and Republicans in Congress, and they will do nothing on this subject.
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Right, because it's impossible that they simply disagree with the push for more useless gun laws, without the NRA "owning" them.
 
Phys251 said:
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You can laugh but we all know it’s true. Leftists hear that over a hundred CEOs have agreed on something, and they show their reverence. Their gods have spoken, so no further discussion is needed.
 
OrphanSlug said:
Wasted effort... the NRA owns Trump and Republicans in Congress, and they will do nothing on this subject.

And to be completely transparent I am still on the fence on what action should be taken, and how it can be equally applied assuming it results in some legislation based on restrictions. I am not sold on background checks stopping all of these incidents, and I am not sold on bans avoiding the pitfalls of criminal enterprise fulfilling that demand.

Worse, I am always concerned about unequal application of red flag laws, background check efforts, what have you.

Traditionally those end up thrown into the political spin machine... eventually weaponized (horrible use of the term I know)... and finally these sort of efforts end up targeting minorities and/or those with little means to deal with law coming down on them.

Ultimately we should always be concerned about the will of the person wanting to do something that results in one of these events that ends up with calls for legislation to go after other people.

If someone wants to harm many, in a very short period of time, all without much interest in how their lives turn out I am unconvinced these efforts will stop them. We have to focus on the person. A bunch of rich, sheltered, and protected CEOs calling for "action on gun legislation" seems like a publicity thing to me.
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I don't think there exists one monster panacea solution. But as the CEO's stated, doing nothing at all is no longer a sensible and viable option.
 
This is a welcome and positive development.
 
Tlrmln said:
The Senate, including each any every one if its Democrats, is doing nothing to prevent drunk driving and speeding deaths. Why is that acceptable to these geniuses?
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Perhaps you were not yet born when Congress took strong action to make cars much safer and this led to a decrease in highway deaths. Perhaps you have heard the name Ralph Nader and his book UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED?
 
Meanwhile, they are going to ban flavored e-cigarettes.

:screwy
 
haymarket said:
Perhaps you were not yet born when Congress took strong action to make cars much safer and this led to a decrease in highway deaths. Perhaps you have heard the name Ralph Nader and his book UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED?
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Perhaps you weren't yet born when Congress passed a bunch of gun and crime laws, and the murder rate fell by half. So if we're done with cars, why can't we be done with guns? Why do we need to have new felony level criminal laws enforceable against individuals regarding guns, when nobody is even remotely considering the same with respect to cars? It's almost like gun control advocates don't really care about saving lives if they personally have to give something up.
 
Rogue Valley said:
145 CEOs implore Senate to "take action" on gun legislation

“Doing nothing about America’s gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable,” the corporate chiefs urged senators in a letter.

images

McConnell - sitting on gun reform legislation (R/KY).



If there is one thing that Massacre Mitch understands, it is the purse string ... corporate campaign donations. Who has more gravitas ... 145 corporations or the NRA?

It's well past time Mitch got off his duff and actually do something to help curb gun violence in the country. Gun reform bills have been on his Senate desk since February 2019.

Related: 145 Business Leaders Call on Congress to Act on Gun Violence
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Please! Please! Somebody Please start taking away the rights of law abiding citizens


AirBnB has had customers raped in the properties they list. Maybe they should add an app to their site that allows prospective customers to do a complete background check on all listers.

Postmates delivers food and beverages. They don't check dietary restriction of the people they deliver to and that could easily result inn an allergic reaction and even death. Postmates should have an obligation to obtain their customer's meedical history and prrovide them only with healthful, nutritious foods.

Twitter has made the entire world more stupid by roughly 98%. Shouldn't they require Tweeters to only post truthful, helpful and caring words so that nobody gets triggered and goes off to shoot someone?
 
Mitch the talking turtle isn't going to piss off boomstick hobbyists this close to an election.
 
Tlrmln said:
The Senate, including each any every one if its Democrats, is doing nothing to prevent drunk driving and speeding deaths. Why is that acceptable to these geniuses?
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The weird thing about your post is that it leads people to the conclusion that localities aren't taking measures to prevent and punish drunk drivers.


That's wild.

Sent from the Matrioshka in the WH Christmas tree.
 
bluesmoke said:
For a number of years now, NRA membership has supported background checks while leadership has been vociferously against. Yet, members continued to contribute money and renew memberships. I'm not so sure of that any more considering not just difference in opinion on gun law but also how leadership has been feeding itself at the membership trough. Perhaps gun manufacture will prefer to put their money to independent lobbying, not the stained NRA. In any event, the NRA, IMO, just won't have the money to spread around that keeps the politicians feeding at the NRA trough and knowing where their next meal is coming from.
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If there's one thing that trumps money it's votes, especially loud ones. Otherwise Jeb Bush or Hillary would be president.
 
Tlrmln said:
The Senate, including each any every one if its Democrats, is doing nothing to prevent drunk driving and speeding deaths. Why is that acceptable to these geniuses?
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DUI laws.
Differs by state, but most are pretty tough.


And it's disingenuous to claim that laws must be 100% effective to be valid...
 
beancounter said:
DUI laws.
Differs by state, but most are pretty tough.
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No they're not. Dems want to be able to put people in prison for up to 5 years for owning an 11-round magazine. If they were actually serious about actually saving lives, they'd propose that for drunk driving and speeding.

And it's disingenuous to claim that laws must be 100% effective to be valid...
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Good point. So our existing gun laws are good enough, then?
 
Rogue Valley said:
145 CEOs implore Senate to "take action" on gun legislation

“Doing nothing about America’s gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable,” the corporate chiefs urged senators in a letter.

images

McConnell - sitting on gun reform legislation (R/KY).



If there is one thing that Massacre Mitch understands, it is the purse string ... corporate campaign donations. Who has more gravitas ... 145 corporations or the NRA?

It's well past time Mitch got off his duff and actually do something to help curb gun violence in the country. Gun reform bills have been on his Senate desk since February 2019.

Related: 145 Business Leaders Call on Congress to Act on Gun Violence
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What a farce.

Dems are criticizing the Senate for not having a useless show vote, when 2.5 years after gaining control of the House, they still have not even voted on their own precious AWB, or even their somewhat less precious "High Capacity Magazine" ban.
 
haymarket said:
This is a welcome and positive development.
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Do you think that Dems in the House voting on their own "assault weapon" and magazine legislation, finally after 2 and a half years after gaining control of the House, would be a positive development?
 
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