Iran Nuclear Deal:
Trump just doesn't get it. Governing is on a continuum, not a 'takeover.' President Trump is out of the picture when it comes to the USA Congress to CERTIFY the Iran Nuclear Deal.
November 7, 2017
By Arshad Mohammad
Washington (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers signaled (click here) they plan to ensure the United States complies with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s misgivings about the pact, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Tuesday....
The USA Congressional leaders, Senator McConnell and Speaker Ryan, need to get this done. This is a simple bill to certify the findings of the IAEA as Secretary Tillerson stated after reviewing the document. Again, this is a simple bill that does not carry with it additional negotiations or rules. There is nothing to clarify.
Donald Trump has placed himself outside the authority of the certification when he refused to certify the findings of the IAEA after Secretary Tillerson stated Iran was in compliance. What is astounding about Trump, is that he refused to certify the agreement while demanding a new deal. Why would any ally or Iran enter into still yet more negotiations? Trump can't stand by the hard work of previous Secretaries of State and their allied members, why would there be any expectation that a new deal would be certified by Trump or Congress.
The USA is not a toy. It does not have shareholders. The USA is a country with a history back to 1776. Before that it was a British colony. The progress the USA makes as a country is played by completely different rules than Wall Street or the Trump gambling tables. When the USA enters into a treaty it is with the understanding the treaty is long standing and achieves it's intentions and goals. Governance in the Oval Office of the country is not accomplished by promising the new dice are not loaded.
November 7, 2017
By Gardiner Harris
Washington — The European Union’s top diplomat (click here) issued yet another stern warning on Tuesday that the Iran nuclear agreement that was reached in 2015 could not be reopened for negotiation or changed, as President Trump has vowed to do.
“Renegotiating part of the agreement or the entire agreement is not an option,” said the diplomat, Federica Mogherini, who serves as the bloc’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy.
Last month, Mr. Trump promised to walk away from the accord unless it was amended to permanently block Tehran from building nuclear weapons or intercontinental missiles. But Mr. Trump did not scrap the deal entirely, as he has the authority to do, instead kicking to Congress the immediate decision about how to address what he and many Republicans view as flaws in the agreement.
Preserving the nuclear accord is a top priority for the European Union, and Ms. Mogherini said that key legislators on Capitol Hill and White House officials had assured her that the United States would not violate the deal....
November 7, 2017
Paris (Reuters) - Europe must make clear (click here) how it will react if the United States pulls out of the multinational nuclear deal with Iran and do more to encourage international banks to return to the country, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday.
Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump broke ranks with European allies, Russia and China by refusing to re-certify Iran’s compliance with its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, reached during Barack Obama’s tenure....
Deadly Gun Bump Stocks:
The USA Congress while promising to standardize the safety of guns in ending the sale of the "bump stock," will no doubt fail to do so and simply call it a States Rights Issue. Congress needs to act on a federal level to ensure there are NO BUMP STOCKS for sale anywhere in the USA.
November 4, 2017
By Chris Benderev
Republican Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito of Massachusetts (click here) signed a bill Friday, approved one day earlier by the state's Democrat-led Legislature, outlawing so-called bump stocks, accessories that allow semi-automatic firearms to mimic the rapid firing action of machine guns.
Massachusetts is the first state to enact a ban on bump stocks in the wake of last month's shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in modern American history.
Authorities say the gunman responsible for the massacre, which left 58 people dead and hundreds wounded, used bump stocks to allow his semi-automatic weapons to rain down considerably more bullets on the unsuspecting crowd during the attack.
Bump stocks attach to semi-automatic weapons and enable sustained firing by using the force of the weapon's kickback to bounce the firearm against the shooter's trigger finger over and over.
The newly approved ban provides a 90-day grace period for bump stock owners to discard their devices....
The Massachusetts law is absolutely the best outcome to citizens. It ends the sale of the Bump Stock in Massachusetts, but, also removes it from influence within the state. Yes, influence. What occurs when these atrocities take place is the gun community running to buy up all the dangerous pieces and guns. Such mass killings should not have a profit motive or a money raising opportunity for the gun manufacturers or the gun lobby.
By removing the Bump Stocks from within the Massachusetts borders the danger AND REASON of ownership disappears. The warped ideology of the gun community is that once the public is aware of the capacity to kill, the danger is there forever, hence the rush to purchase the next greater danger, in this case the "Bump Stock." I am confident there is no allowance for importation from other states or any sales from the internet into Massachusetts. The danger is removed and not ever to be propagated again. The Massachusetts State Bureau of Investigation can now scan the gun sales on the internet and end the practice of illegal sales in the state.
Realizing the danger is INTERSTATE and not intrastate, the USA Congress has the greatest responsibility of ending this danger to citizens.
The manufacturer of the Bump Stock and the stores that sell them should take those monies and commit to a Victims of the Las Vegas Murders Trust Fund.
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November 7, 2017
By Brian Mann
One of America's (click here) leading and most controversial gun-accessory makers says it will resume sales Tuesday of a device known as a "bump stock."
Bump stocks dramatically accelerate the rate-of-fire of semi-automatic rifles, allowing them to shoot almost as fast as fully-automatic machine guns, which are far more tightly regulated and expensive in the U.S.
Slide Fire, a company based in Moran, Texas, suspended sales of its bump stock line of products in early October. The decision came after it was revealed that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock used similar devices when he sprayed a crowd of concert-goers with bullets, leaving 58 people dead. "We have temporarily suspended accepting new orders while we work to replenish inventory," the company said on its website at the time.
Bump stocks work by causing the firearm to bounce rapidly against the shooter's trigger finger. In a notice to customers emailed Monday, Slide Fire said that it will once again begin accepting orders for "limited sales of several products." The company lists a variety of bump stocks that are currently available, many of them designed for use with AR-15 assault rifles....
