Schietpartijen als in Parkland Florida zijn niet te voorkomen met antiwapenwet, aldus Ron Paul......

Ron Paul gaf afgelopen maandag commentaar op de schietpartij in Parkland, Florida.

Paul wenst deze zaak niet te politiseren en volgens hem helpen antiwapenwetten niet....

Meneer Paul, hoe kan u iets dergelijks zeggen als de voorbeelden in het buitenland voor het oprapen liggen, nergens ter wereld, in landen waar geen oorlog heerst (hoewel wat betreft de VS..??)  worden zoveel mensen neergeschoten als in de VS......

Waarom deze zaak niet politiseren meneer Paul? De NRA, groot voorstander van wapenbezit, doet niet anders dan lobbyen in Washington, waar deze organisatie godbetert zelfs lobbyisten in de politiek heeft! (dat is zonder meer misdadig, al zal u daar waarschijnlijk anders over denken)

Voorts kan ik me wel vinden in wat u zegt over psychofarmaca, meneer Paul, maar ook hier vergeet u een belangrijk component: de uitzichtloze armoede van vele miljoenen in de VS, een motor voor psychische ellende en misdaad! 

Meneer Paul, u haalt de FBI aan, die wist welk gevaar de schutter vormde, maar haar werk niet heeft gedaan, inderdaad schandalig (maar bepaald niet op zichzelf staand). Over een 'veiligheids-overheidsorgaan' gesproken: in uw 'land', de VS heb je ook nog de 'trigger happy' politie, voor wie de kleur van een persoon leidend is in wel of niet schieten >> een slechter voorbeeld kan je als 'volk' niet wensen............

Uw overheid is voor het grootste deel van de VS bevolking totaal onbetrouwbaar en kiest keer op keer voor de welgestelden en het (grote) bedrijfsleven, ook dit kan leiden tot grote frustraties, die op den duur in geweld kunnen uitmonden.....

Tot slot wil ik u het volgende voorleggen meneer Paul: bij elke eigenaar van wapens, sterker nog, bij ieder van ons, met wie psychisch tot op heden niets aan de hand is, kunnen morgen de stoppen doorslaan, door een verbod op wapenbezit kan je ten minste voorkomen, dat deze personen een wapen binnen handbereik hebben...... Nogmaals, zie de voorbeelden in het buitenland!

Ron Paul: Gun Control Won’t Solve the Problem — Let’s Look Beyond Politics

February 19, 2018 at 10:50 am

Written by Ron Paul

(RPI) — Another terrible school shooting took place in Parkland, Florida last week and unfortunately many politicians and pundits have used the tragedy – as they often do – to push their own agenda.

Many will use the tragedy to argue that Americans should be prohibited from owning guns. As if anti-gun laws would dissuade a disturbed or violent individual intent on causing harm. Those intent on mass murder don’t obey gun laws.

It’s unfortunate that while many are quick to demand that guns be taken away from peaceful Americans, they don’t seem to have much to say about guns when they’re in the hands of government authorities shooting innocent people. If we need any gun control, it is to get control of the guns in the hands of thousands of government employees who use them against innocent people with impunity.

For example, why do those calling for more gun control remain silent when armed federal agents raid Amish farms to stop them from selling raw milk? This shows the hypocrisy of those who call for restrictions on private firearms ownership while supporting the use of government violence as a means of controlling our lives.

Unfortunately there are many key questions lost in the race to score political points from the shooting.

Why does it always seem that the shooter in these mass killings has been on some kind of psychotropic drugs? As the New American magazine pointed out this week, at least ten high profile mass shootings have been committed by individuals who “were either on — or just recently coming off of — psychiatric medications.” The young killer in Florida was no different. According to his aunt, he had been on these medications to treat mental problems.

Why is no one questioning these medications – all of which come with labels warning of horrific side effects? Perhaps one reason they are ignored is that the pharmaceutical industry spends billions of dollars lobbying Congress.

Also, how is it possible that the FBI once again missed so many obvious clues that a violent person intent on causing massive harm to others was about to strike? Is the FBI actually this incompetent, or perhaps its focus was in other areas — like meddling in our own elections by presenting “evidence” they knew was flawed to the FISA court to get permission to spy on the Trump campaign?

We’ve heard many stories of how alert FBI field agents tried to alert their bosses before 9/11 that foreigners were taking flight lessons but were not interested in learning how to land the planes.

Is giving the federal government more power to spy on us – as they demand – the answer to stop these terrible crimes? Hardly!

Those who think that giving federal authorities greater surveillance powers might prevent mass shootings should consider that the FBI has been alerted that the latest school shooter had made Facebook posts and YouTube comments talking about his intention to be, as he put it, “a professional school shooter.” But the Bureau failed to properly investigate the tips. If the FBI fails to stop someone who openly boasts about their intentions on social media why should we believe that giving them the power to snoop on every American would increase our safety?

We cannot stop tragedies like this by banning guns. We need to look seriously into the psychotropic drugs that more and more Americans are being prescribed. We need to demand that our elected Representatives demand a real day of reckoning at the FBI. We need to keep focused and ignore those who politicize such events.

Op-ed by Ron Paul / Republished with permission / RPI / Report a typo