Trump's anniversary statement mentions bumpban and ERPO:
A thorough mix of some okay (maybe) and some very bad ideas, and the resulting policies. I didn't quote all of them.
Notes: NRA not mentioned as part of the origins and/or promotion of some bad ideas, but the part they played in bumpban is proven. Parkland is a rich area, not poor. It seems that intergovernmental collaboration (to overlook crime and warning signs among favored groups of students and youth) was one of the contributing factors that enabled the Parkland shooting, not a missing factor that would have prevented it.
Needs: Very often bad ideas and inaccurate stories are believed when they are repeated. People have that weakness. 2A supporters need to have their voices heard along with truthful and factual accounts, and good ideas to combat the bad. It's an ongoing struggle for hearts and minds that started before our time and will never end. It's life. Not always easy - requires time, energy, health, and money to promote the good. Be heard with your legislators and the WH, but also with the general public and youth - they determine future policy.
Issued on: February 14, 2019 [...]
The day after the tragedy in Parkland, I told the Nation that school safety would be a top priority for my Administration. [...]
Carson Abt, a survivor and now a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, suggested that we need to ensure that all schools have the resources necessary to institute active shooter protocols and drills. Julia Cordover, another Parkland survivor, asked that my Administration take action to ban bump stocks. [...]
We have made tremendous strides. One month after that important meeting, I signed the STOP School Violence Act and Fix NICS Act into law. The Departments of Education and Health and Human Services began the process of expanding health and other services to low-income public elementary and secondary schools. The Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation also convened a School Safety Summit that discussed how to better identify troubled students, conduct threat assessments, and institute anonymous reporting systems. Additionally, my Administration has completed a regulatory process, which it had started in October of 2017, to ban bump stocks. [...]
The report offered nearly 100 diverse and evidence-based policy recommendations, ranging from use of Extreme Risk Protection Orders to improved mental health and counseling services in our schools. To protect against acts of violence on school grounds, the Commission also recommended a structure of interagency and intergovernmental collaboration, strengthening the working relationship between educational personnel, law enforcement, and State and local leadership.
A thorough mix of some okay (maybe) and some very bad ideas, and the resulting policies. I didn't quote all of them.
Notes: NRA not mentioned as part of the origins and/or promotion of some bad ideas, but the part they played in bumpban is proven. Parkland is a rich area, not poor. It seems that intergovernmental collaboration (to overlook crime and warning signs among favored groups of students and youth) was one of the contributing factors that enabled the Parkland shooting, not a missing factor that would have prevented it.
Needs: Very often bad ideas and inaccurate stories are believed when they are repeated. People have that weakness. 2A supporters need to have their voices heard along with truthful and factual accounts, and good ideas to combat the bad. It's an ongoing struggle for hearts and minds that started before our time and will never end. It's life. Not always easy - requires time, energy, health, and money to promote the good. Be heard with your legislators and the WH, but also with the general public and youth - they determine future policy.