President Trump did well with his speech. I congratulate him on denouncing White Supremacy/Nationalism and naming Domestic Terrorism as a reality in the USA. I appreciate his words to the Mexican President. 

I hesitate to criticize any of the measures President Trump called for to protect the American people. There will have to be academic support in passing such a bill to ensure their validity and tenacity when opposed in the courts.

Most of the measures he mentioned have been called for before without success. The "Red Flag" laws might actually have teeth to bring about the arrest of people believed to be domestic terrorists. What comes to mind is the episode with the Boston Bomber that was interviewed by the FBI. He was never removed from society to protect people from his plans. It gets tricky when finding people acting in anticipation of killing. Perhaps these new laws will result in protections of the people.

Video games have been criticized before and resulted in a code to maintain control by adults over violent content. If indeed this continues to be an issue, what measure will finally end indoctrination of violence? 

There is an element missing in his plans and that is a moratorium of any further sales of assault weapons. They aren't needed. They aren't used in hunting and they have only one purpose to kill people. Some states have passed laws that contain these guns from killing people. Those state laws have survived the scrutiny of the Supreme Court and need to be considered for national application to end the availability of these guns.

I thank President Trump for bringing strong words to end the danger to people within the borders of the USA. I can only hope Congress acts and soon and these deaths end once and for all.

August 4, 2019
By Igor Bobic

Democrats on Sunday (click here) called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to reconvene the upper chamber to vote on House legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers in the wake of deadly mass shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend.

“One awful event after another. Leader McConnell must call the Senate back for an emergency session to put the House-passed universal background checks legislation on the Senate floor for debate and a vote immediately,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement.

Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Bernie Sanders (I-V.t.) similarly urged McConnell to bring the Senate back into session following the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, which took place within 24 hours of each other. At least 29 people died and scores more were injured in the two shootings....