If you agree with Hamas, just a few links:
https://www.dni.gov/nctc/ftos/hamas_fto.html
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-hamas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hamas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governance_of_the_Gaza_Strip
And I could go on. There are no “good guys” in this conflict. Only human victims. What the Israeli government is doing is terrible and indefensible. I’ll never pass your impossible purity test, so I’m not even going to try.
Hamas, the government of Palestine, is the enemy. The Palestinian people are humans and humans need help. The US has long standing treaties with Israel and we have to honor those. Not doing so would put a lot more people at risk and could lead to chaos around the world. The president is working through diplomatic channels to reign in Israel’s response. In the meantime the US can send out humanitarian aid to those that need it.
It’s a heritage of hate.
Absolutely. But a certain subset of people see that as an infringement on their rights. If it prevents injury or death, it’s not an infringement but a reinforcement.
This is one of those programs that was long overdue. You can’t address gun violence if you’re not allowed to share basic data about it. You can’t have good safety measures in place without knowing what the trends are or where the issues occur. There have been several good studies that have come out recently that show important trends.
From the article about a study on gun injuries in Utah:
Nearly three-quarters of all unintentional injuries in the state are to males between the ages of 15 and 44, most of whom accidentally shoot themselves while mishandling or cleaning the weapons. With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Utah streamlined its data collection on gun injuries and used that information to create a public service campaign to help prevent accidental gun injuries.
Sounds like basic gun safety training would help in Utah…
I’ll add a scoop of coco powder and a dash of cinnamon to my coffee grounds. Gives it a deeper chocolate flavor with a spicy touch. If that’s a bit too much, just a dash of either to your coffee cup would do.