After the worst mass shooting in Swedish history (ten killed), the Swedes are moving quickly to pass legislation to restrict weapons. The bill will tighten the requirements for acquiring a license to own guns, including weapons knowledge, criminal history, and medical history. It will become much more difficult to access semiautomatic weapons such as AR-15 style rifles.
Nothing about “thoughts and prayers” is in the bill.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., Trump has issued an executive order to eliminate restrictions on gun ownership.
I taught Con Law. I seem to have forgotten the section that allows a president to do whatever he wants by executive order.
Note on word choice: I mulled over using the term “brownnoser” in last night’s post because I thought it might be too disgusting. Today it was an answer in the New York Times crossword puzzle.
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