In the wake of this weekend’s shooting in Odessa, Texas, the Justice Department is drafting legislation to expedite the death penalty for convicted mass shooters.
Next up: stiffer penalties for suicide bombers.
I’m most cases, mass shooters either self-execute, or the police oblige them by doing it. More meaningless, do-nothing bullshit.
Seriously???
Those who don’t commit suicide at the end of their rampages expect suicide by police. There aren’t very damned many who are alive at the end of it.
Who the heck is stupid enough to fall for this???*
*rhetorical question, obviously.
I see others have beat me to the same comment…
How about drafting something that will keep guns away from crazies?
Isn’t it too soon to contemplate such legislation?
Besides, hasn’t this administration and most of their lackeys in Congress been telling us all these people are insane? That’s the first thing I’d be telling a judge. “See Your Honor…I’m insane. Everybody’s saying it.”
Pinheads.
Our government is only capable of thoughts and prayers, and precious little of those ineffectual tokens.
It’s time for a new government.
Oh not the dreaded gun control.
Oh yeah, that will stop them!
Most, Mass Shooters go in with a plan to either kill themselves or Suicide by Cop. Useless, GOP 
Just want to remind folks the House passed universal background checks legislation in February with bipartisan support. McConnell won’t let the Senate take it up.
What good will a federal death penalty do in these mass killing cases, most of which solely involve state crimes? This is just more of the all show/no go tactics of the Republican party.
The most interesting thing about this particular instance of our national pastime is Donnie Two-Scoops’ claim that “background checks wouldn’t have made any difference.” In this instance, we had someone with a gun who should not have been allowed to purchase that gun. In other words, the background check failed!
How is that not an argument for more effective background checks?
Now, background checks and red flag laws by themselves aren’t nearly enough. We need to move semi-automatics with external magazines into the same category as Thompson sub-machine guns. You can own one, but rigorous special permitting and licensing is required.
If mass shootings are all perpetrated by the mentally ill, then isn’t this legislation really aimed at quickly executing the mentally ill.
So Republicans want to kill sick people?
WTF?
Depends on who you ask…
The media should be much louder on this point.
For now, they’re either silent or whispering.
Yes, the sweet nectar of vengeance will solve everything.
Many states allow public gun shows where background checks or any sort of in depth vetting of buyers is minimal to nonexistent. Once you’ve made such a purchase it’s a simple matter to transport the gun in the trunk of your car to anywhere you want to cause mayhem and death. There are an estimated 393 million guns in private hands in the country. I think we’re beyond the ability to “control” them or their purchase, trading, borrowing or gifting in any substantive sense. Such efforts might dissuade the less motivated or creative person from going on a rampage, but stopping a determined, intelligent, cunning person via enhanced gun laws is probably futile for the most part,.
If you made up your mind, today, to buy a gun(s) capable of inflicting mass casualties, completely outside our laws, or even completely outside the laws reformers envision, you could do it. With 393 guns in circulation that will remain true for generations to come.
I knew this because of the media. They can’t talk about that one thing all day every day. Maybe the citizenry has a role to play too.
