Saturday, October 1, 2016

John Legend: Second Amendment, NRA Prevent U.S. from Following Australia’s Gun Confiscation


John Legend: Second Amendment, NRA Prevent U.S. from Following Australia’s Gun Confiscation
by AWR Hawkins 30 Sep 2016
During an interview with The Breakfast Club, John Legend praised Australia’s gun confiscation plan and lamented that the U.S. cannot follow suit because of “the Second Amendment and the NRA.”

When asked about policing and how to make neighborhoods safer, Legend said, “I think we do have to do something about guns. We shouldn’t live in a society so awash with guns that [it] makes the cops fearful and makes them suspicious of everybody.”

The Breakfast Club host DJ Envy said, “You travel a lot. You’ve been to Toronto, you’ve been to Japan, and you notice when you go to a lot of these countries, people are not allowed to have guns.” Legend interjected, “Yes, and their murder rates are way lower. Their suicide rates are lower, too, because when people have guns, they end up using them.”

Envy asked, “So banning guns in full, you’re saying?”

Legend responded:

I’m not saying that necessarily would work. But if we look at Australia, they did something over there. They had a few mass shootings, and they said, “You know what? We’re going to take a pretty significant approach to reducing the amount of guns on the streets.” And it worked. They didn’t have another mass shooting, their murder rate went down, and we won’t do it here because we got the Second Amendment. We got the NRA that’s going to lobby against it. And maybe it won’t be constitutional to do that, but at the end of the day, it actually worked. And if we want to talk about what makes us safer, that would make us safer.
 
First, Australia’s gun confiscation scheme was fashioned as a gun buyback–a mandatory buyback–where people with guns the government wished to ban were required to turn in those guns. The scheme resulted in the confiscation of somewhere between 650,000 and 1,000,000 firearms during the years 1996-1997. (Figures vary.) On September 13, 2016, Breitbart News reported that Australia is considering a new body of gun laws to fight the rising gun crime that is marring Melbourne, Australia, and much of Victoria. In fact, Melbourne has had more than one shooting a week since January 2015.

But the Australian model is Legend’s solution?

Second, part of what Australia is now considering to fight gun crime is an “amnesty” whereby criminals will have a period of time to turn their guns in without penalty. Ironically, during Legend’s appearance on The Breakfast Club, he was told a lot of people do not turn in their guns during buybacks because they are afraid that the gun–and the crimes committed with it–will somehow be traced back to them. Legend responded by suggesting some type of “amnesty” period to get guns off the street.

So he is pushing the Australian gun buyback that did not prevent criminals from having guns in the first place and is also pushing the second phase of that failed policy: “amnesty” for criminals with guns.

Legend also blamed Chicago’s gun crime on Indiana, claiming that criminals in Chicago go to Indiana to buy their guns. This opened the door for him to criticize the differences in gun laws from state to state in the U.S. He said, “We’d have to do something nationally that was much more pervasive to get rid of guns.”

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Jeffrey L. Bleich was a U.S. ambassador for Australia, a special counsel to the president for the Barack Obama administration, is a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and a director at the American Security Project.

Note: Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.
Dennis Mehiel was a contributor to the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), and is a director at the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary).
Donald S. Beyer Jr. is a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, a director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and a director at the American Security Project.
Rajiv K. Fernando is a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, a director at the American Security Project, and was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).   
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, the Robin Hood Foundation, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Michael R. Bloomberg was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, New York (NY) mayor, a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, is the founder of Bloomberg LP, and Emma Bloomberg’s father, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, the founder of the Independence USA PAC, and a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Emma Bloomberg is Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter, and was the chief of staff for the Robin Hood Foundation.
Harlem Village Academies was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation.
John Legend is a director at the Harlem Village Academies, and made the National Rifle Association (NRA) enemies list listed in 2013.
Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Gabrielle Giffords is a co-founder for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.
Gary W. Hart is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and the chairman emeritus for the American Security Project.
Jeffrey L. Bleich is a director at the American Security Project, a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, was a special counsel to the president for the Barack Obama administration, and a U.S. ambassador for Australia.
Julia Gillard was the prime minister for Australia, and is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Warren E. Buffett is an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and an advisory board member for Everytown for Gun Safety.
Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Independence USA PAC is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.

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