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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,111 posts)
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 01:27 PM Sep 2019

'Simply unacceptable': 145 executives demand Senate action on gun violence

Source: New York Times

In a direct and urgent call to address gun violence in America, the chief executives of some of the nation’s best-known companies sent a letter to Senate leaders on Thursday, urging an expansion of background checks to all firearms sales and stronger “red flag” laws.

“Doing nothing about America’s gun violence crisis is simply unacceptable and it is time to stand with the American public on gun safety,” the heads of 145 companies, including Levi Strauss, Twitter and Uber, say in the letter, which was shared with The New York Times.

The letter — which urges the Republican-controlled Senate to enact bills already introduced in the Democrat-led House of Representatives — is the most concerted effort by the business community to enter the gun debate, one of the most polarizing issues in the nation and one that was long considered off limits.

The debate and the decision to sign — or not sign — are a case study in how chief executives must weigh their own views and the political risks to their businesses.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/simply-unacceptable-145-executives-demand-senate-action-on-gun-violence/ar-AAHb3U3?li=BBnb7Kz

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'Simply unacceptable': 145 executives demand Senate action on gun violence (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 OP
If these rich CEOs can't get anywhere on this..... NO ONE CAN!?! Brainfodder Sep 2019 #1
"I don't care what you say about it" maxsolomon Sep 2019 #2
"one of the most polarizing issues" - sorry, it's not 'polarizing' when 90% want it groundloop Sep 2019 #3
I received a short video from an old friend who's a Republican, grumpyduck Sep 2019 #4
One of the key elements that needs to happen. LiberalFighter Sep 2019 #5
Republican view of life is Survival-of-the-Fittest "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #6
Oh boy, rich executives weighning on social issues and making demands Devil Child Sep 2019 #7
I might guess that it's because... a la izquierda Sep 2019 #8

groundloop

(11,488 posts)
3. "one of the most polarizing issues" - sorry, it's not 'polarizing' when 90% want it
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 02:05 PM
Sep 2019

When 90% of voters are in favor of universal background checks and 'red flag' laws it's not 'polarizing'. It's simply Moscow Mitch continuing to cave to the NRA.

grumpyduck

(6,199 posts)
4. I received a short video from an old friend who's a Republican,
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 02:06 PM
Sep 2019

the gist of which was that the mass shooting problem goes beyond gun control, and that violent video games have a lot to do with it.

I responded with some thoughts on the video, but then went on to say that I'm f*ing pissed that everything is this country seems to get politicized. Mass shootings are a huge problem that affects many people, not a political issue, but yet some of our "elected representatives" are spending their time on partisan bullshit instead of addressing the problem. It's about "what we want" vs "what they want," aka party before country.

Illegal immigration, health care, energy, take your pick. It all has to get politicized. Do our elected officials just have too much time on their hands?

I said to my friend that if these people don't want to do the job they were elected to do, they should get the hell out of Congress and let someone who wants to serve the country do the job.

He responded with "Calm down."

LiberalFighter

(50,504 posts)
5. One of the key elements that needs to happen.
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 02:25 PM
Sep 2019

Prohibit gun manufacturers from manufacturing any non-civilian firearms and ammo for sale to civilians.

I don't know what law enforcement agencies do to procure firearms. Whether they go thru a dealer or direct from the gun manufacturer. If thru a dealer there would need to be a tightening on who would be authorized. I'm sure our military deal directly with the gun manufacturers.

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
6. Republican view of life is Survival-of-the-Fittest "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 02:25 PM
Sep 2019

With grateful acknowledgement to Charles Darwin and Thomas Hobbes who coined those phrases.

Seriously, these CEO's see the writing on the wall. We'll all be staying home, hunkered down with what food we can purchase on as infrequent as possible grocery runs because life is too fearful and dangerous.

Mass murder shootings are not good for the economy. They are barbaric. And we as a country don't have to accept the idea that nothing can be done about them.

 

Devil Child

(2,728 posts)
7. Oh boy, rich executives weighning on social issues and making demands
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 02:31 PM
Sep 2019

Just the demographic I will look towards for leadership.



a la izquierda

(11,784 posts)
8. I might guess that it's because...
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 02:40 PM
Sep 2019

they can’t get foreign executives to come work in the US. My European friends cannot believe I’m going back in a few months. I don’t want to, but I need a job here to stay (and not get shot).

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