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Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign

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Post by willvarfar »

busymom0 wrote: post #144
tootie wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's so bonkers. America has the most unfettered gun ownership laws in the developed world by a mile and somehow it's still a political wedge that can outweigh healthcare, fair taxation, education.

New Jersey (along with NY, CA) has the most unconstitutional gun control laws in America. If I have a daughter who's returning home late at night from University, I would want her to be armed for her own protection. Things like "taxation" are not the most important thing to her.

It would be better to live in the kind of country where girls can walk home at night safely without guns?

Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign

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Post by vxNsr »

busymom0 wrote: post #52
LiquidSky wrote: post #30

Something's weird here: "State campaign finance records show a slate of candidates including Durr raised more than $10,000 during their campaign but spent only $153: $66.64 at Dunkin to buy food and drinks for staff and $86.67 for paper flyers and business cards." So he raised more than $10,000, but reports only spending $153. Then how much did he raise? Where did the remaining money go? And how did he pay for things…

> how did he pay for things like the video ads linked below Watch his ad: https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1455899165230354448?s=20 The "ad" looks like it could have been easily created on an old phone. It's a very basic ad, nothing special. Look at his twitter feed. The campaign material all looks very basic like it was created by his kids or someone. (Not saying that's a bad thing - I kinda like it as it looks mor…

I mean the transition from talking about his kids to a shot of gravestones is... jarring, it's def a home made video and that's what makes it work.

Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign

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Post by busymom0 »

subsubzero wrote: post #172
colinmhayes wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Democrats still control the senate in virginia so I'm not sure gun control is over. Biased because I live in Chicago, but it's legitimately impossible to stop gangs as long as it's possible to get a gun. As soon as someone is arrested there are 5 kids ready to take their place. The only solutions to gun violence here are end poverty or stop guns from out of state from entering the city.

You take guns away and they use knives and cleavers. Look to London for what would happen with guns being banned. The solution is to not ban an object but provide opportunities for people. Jobs, education, paths that pave roads to a career. Nothing drives more people to crime than feeling like they are in a hopeless situation.

> knives and cleavers

or vans here in Canada.

According to the FBI homicide stats for US, 297 people were murdered by a rifle in 2018 in the US.

1,515 on the other hand murdered with knives, 443 from blunt hammers, 672 with hands, feet:

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-...

EDIT: I specifically stated "rifle" not all guns. Because saying we need to take away all guns is pie in the sky thinking. Dems run on "taking away AR-15" but the stats show that isn't going to achieve anything.

In 2008, there were 800k-3 million defensive uses of guns.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29101364

Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign

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Post by colinmhayes »

busymom0 wrote: post #165
colinmhayes wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Democrats still control the senate in virginia so I'm not sure gun control is over. Biased because I live in Chicago, but it's legitimately impossible to stop gangs as long as it's possible to get a gun. As soon as someone is arrested there are 5 kids ready to take their place. The only solutions to gun violence here are end poverty or stop guns from out of state from entering the city.

> stop guns from out of state from entering the city Stop letting them use gun control to ignore the underlying issues in the community. ME: Chicago has strict gun control but high gun violence. Gun Control: They get guns from states with loose gun control. ME: But those states don't have the same gun violence Gun Control: Places in Chicago are poor & neglected so there's more violence. ME: BINGO, it's a socioeconomi…

> Stop letting them use gun control to ignore the underlying issues in the community.

I'm glad we agree that poverty is the root cause of gun violence, but realizing that does nothing to stop gun violence. Poverty isn't something that can be solved with the snap of a finger, although I certainly think we are on the right track. What do you think we should do to stop gun violence in the mean time? Nothing is a valid answer, but I don't think it's acceptable to a majority of people in this country.

Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign

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Post by fdemoz »

Covzire wrote: post #120
nostromo wrote: post #48

A Republican just won an election in Seattle City Government for the first time in three decades. This election has seen some big shifts in the electorate, even in some deeply-Democratic areas. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/republica...

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Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign

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Post by b9a2cab5 »

davidw wrote: post #67
rayiner wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

By how much, and is it worth it? The first is a scientific question. The second is a political question. Americans fail because neither side recognizes the difference. Other developed countries are not masking kids as young as we are doing. Countries like France are rescinding mask mandates now. For us, there is no end in sight, even in highly vaccinated areas.

We went to Italy over the summer, and mask usage was ubiquitous. Nothing fancy, just the basic surgical ones. They are required in schools there because children come into contact with adults. "Is it worth it" is an ongoing question; at some point, it's probably not, but we're not there just yet. Our vaccination rates are still pretty low. And remember: the bellowing about masks started before we even had vaccines.

"we're not there just yet" is a political decision, not a scientific one.

Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

post_break wrote: post #166
tootie wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's so bonkers. America has the most unfettered gun ownership laws in the developed world by a mile and somehow it's still a political wedge that can outweigh healthcare, fair taxation, education.

Show me someone who is for healthcare, unions, college, but also doesn't want to take a black marker to the second amendment, I'll wait. Until the left stops going after guns, single issue voters will keep voting the way they do.

Show me someone who opposes single-payer healthcare, unions, affordable college costs but also believes that the second amendment did not and does not constitute an unfettered right to do more or less anything with guns. I'll wait. Until the right stops viewing the 2nd amendment as the benchmark issue, progressives will continue to see their position on it as just another part of their uniform opposition to a more modern society.

Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign

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Post by onemoresoop »

FredPret wrote: post #146
PaulDavisThe1st wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

sort of like how GW Bush was the one you'd rather have a beer with (than Al Gore)? When will Americans realize that being "the sort of down to earth person you'd rather have a beer with" is not a qualification for political office?

Being on the same wavelength as the people is a critical quality in a leader. Otherwise you end up with arrogant technocrats

Sure, but how about a clueless puppet you can have a drink with in the office?

Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign

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Post by colinmhayes »

subsubzero wrote: post #172
colinmhayes wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Democrats still control the senate in virginia so I'm not sure gun control is over. Biased because I live in Chicago, but it's legitimately impossible to stop gangs as long as it's possible to get a gun. As soon as someone is arrested there are 5 kids ready to take their place. The only solutions to gun violence here are end poverty or stop guns from out of state from entering the city.

You take guns away and they use knives and cleavers. Look to London for what would happen with guns being banned. The solution is to not ban an object but provide opportunities for people. Jobs, education, paths that pave roads to a career. Nothing drives more people to crime than feeling like they are in a hopeless situation.

> Nothing drives more people to crime than feeling like they are in a hopeless situation.

Couldn't agree more, which is why eliminating poverty was the first solution I said. We're doing that. Unfortunately it takes decades to work because of the shit family dynamics that exist. Should we just let gun violence run rampant until then?

Re: Truck driver leads NJ Senate president after spending $153 on campaign

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Post by bingohbangoh »

Erik816 wrote: post #101
nostromo wrote: post #48

A Republican just won an election in Seattle City Government for the first time in three decades. This election has seen some big shifts in the electorate, even in some deeply-Democratic areas. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/republica...

A "Republican" who has previous run as a Democrat and has voted for Democrats in all recent presidential elections. This says less about any shift in the electorate than it does about the extremism of the Seattle left.

right, a shift in the electorate.
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