Links for 8/8/19

Links for 8/8/19
Chaput should be ignored. Tobin went as far as he could on guns. GOP Catholics should take the hint on Trump and the culture they participate in. There are ways to stop the flow of guns and ammo completely through restrictions on government contractors. The GOP should take the deal.

Dealing with unfettered liberty on hate speech and on mental illness takes political will. We know how to do both if we have it. Simply offer people with a diagnosis and the chance to put themselves on the no firearms  background list. Put White supremists on a watch list and ban people on the list from buying guns and ammo. They can speak however they want, but if they do, they should not be considered part of a well regulated militia. That is doubly true for racist cops. Their actions have caused Democratic Socialists to call for banning policing altogether.

The criterion on capital punishment should be danger, not retribution. Permanent incarceration, especially in solitary confinement, is slow torture. Euthanasia should always be an option for untreatable sociopaths. Many, if not most, lifers would probably take the needle. Cathecism and speeches are not doctrine. Papal appointees using Eucharist as a tool is seditious.

That I am agreeing with Burke on capital punishment and Michael on Warren is a sign that Hell should rev up the snow blowers. Steyer or Huntsman should still run in the GOP primary. Trump, Pence or Graham are all unacceptable, regardless of the economy. Biden may get the nomination because the DNC thinks it is his turn. He is a good public servant but a lousy campaigner. We cannot take the chance.