<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/patrick-crusius-texas-el-paso-massacre-shooting-gun-laws">https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/patrick-crusius-texas-el-paso-massacre-shooting-gun-laws</a> <div><br></div><div> <br></div><h1 class="gmail-po-hr-cn__title" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Antwerp,serif;line-height:1.3em;color:rgb(25,25,25)"><font size="4" style="">The World That Made the El Paso Mass Shooter</font></h1><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(25,25,25);font-family:Antwerp,serif">After the August 3 mass shooting in El Paso that left twenty-two dead and twenty-four injured, <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2019/01/09/dan-patrick-says-bathroom-bill-fight-settled-won" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:inherit">Dan Patrick</a>, the right-wing-radio-host-turned-Texas-lieutenant-governor, <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/04/dan-patrick-video-games-el-paso-shooting/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:rgb(255,224,0);color:inherit;outline:0px">offered a glib explanation</a> for what turned Patrick Crusius, the twenty-one-year-old who drove ten hours from his home in the Dallas–Fort Worth area to an El Paso Walmart in hopes of slaughtering the highest number of Mexican immigrants possible, into a mass murderer. It was the lack of school prayer and the popularity of violent video games, Patrick insisted. “We’ve always had guns, always had evil, but I see a video game industry that teaches young people to kill,” he said on <cite style="box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat">Fox and Friends </cite>the next day, as the nation reeled from massacres not just in El Paso, but also in Dayton, Ohio.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(25,25,25);font-family:Antwerp,serif">For self-styled “pro–Second Amendment” politicians like Patrick, <a href="https://www.danpatrick.org/patrick-endorsed-by-national-rifle-association-nra-pvf/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:inherit">who in 2018 received an A+ rating</a> from the National Rifle Association, the focus on <cite style="box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat">Call of Duty </cite>and other shoot-’em-up entertainment certainly diverted attention from the state’s Wild West–like gun laws. In Texas, handguns <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/06/texas-gun-laws/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:inherit">can be carried openly</a>or concealed in most public places. The AK-47-style weapon Crusius used in his spree is legal in the state. And Texas’s lax gun regulations will become even looser on September 1, when gun owners will be able to carry concealed weapons into churches, synagogues, and other houses of worship, and without a license for up to forty-eight hours anywhere under a mandatory evacuation order following a natural disaster. (In spite of all that legally permitted firepower, Texas <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/02/21/states-most-and-least-gun-violence-see-where-your-state-stacks-up/359395002" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:inherit">recorded</a> 434.4 violent crimes per 100,000 persons in 2017, seventeenth-highest in the country and outranked only by states with similar gun laws.)</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;background-repeat:no-repeat;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(25,25,25);font-family:Antwerp,serif">.......</p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 6:39 PM J.B. Nicholson via Peace-discuss <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">News from Neptune #433<br>
A "Ferragosto" edition<br>
Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-gPghwla-M" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-gPghwla-M</a><br>
<br>
Ferragosto<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferragosto" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferragosto</a><br>
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Peterloo Massacre<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre</a><br>
<br>
Michael Roberts on "The political economy of Peterloo"<br>
<a href="https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2019/08/16/the-political-economy-of-peterloo/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2019/08/16/the-political-economy-of-peterloo/</a><br>
<br>
Michael Roberts' blog: The Next Recession<br>
<a href="https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/</a><br>
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Kurt Hackbarth on "An $8 Billion Murder Industry"<br>
<a href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/el-paso-shooting-us-mexico-weapons-arms" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/el-paso-shooting-us-mexico-weapons-arms</a><br>
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Lyndsay Jones on "Chicago teacher, 'Nazi expert' to lead Bend the Arc event <br>
on white nationalism in schools"<br>
<a href="https://www.news-gazette.com/news/chicago-teacher-nazi-expert-to-lead-bend-the-arc-event/article_5772a027-b6cf-574c-b078-83919e382c7d.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.news-gazette.com/news/chicago-teacher-nazi-expert-to-lead-bend-the-arc-event/article_5772a027-b6cf-574c-b078-83919e382c7d.html</a><br>
<a href="https://www.news-gazette.com/news/expert-in-hate-groups-gets-call/article_5772a027-b6cf-574c-b078-83919e382c7d.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.news-gazette.com/news/expert-in-hate-groups-gets-call/article_5772a027-b6cf-574c-b078-83919e382c7d.html</a><br>
<br>
The Great Replacement<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Replacement" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Replacement</a><br>
<br>
Bat Ye'or<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Ye%27or" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Ye%27or</a><br>
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Rebecca Kheel on "Trump to meet with national security team on Afghanistan <br>
peace plan"<br>
<a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/457703-trump-to-meet-with-national-security-team-on-afghanistan-peace-plan" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/policy/defense/457703-trump-to-meet-with-national-security-team-on-afghanistan-peace-plan</a><br>
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"No More Cages" coverage<br>
<a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/no-ice-no-prisons-no-more-cages-banner-unfurled-over-fenway-park-green-monster/28583049" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wcvb.com/article/no-ice-no-prisons-no-more-cages-banner-unfurled-over-fenway-park-green-monster/28583049</a><br>
<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/no-ice-no-prisons-no-more-cages-banner-unfurled-over-green-monster/ar-AAFdT5w" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/no-ice-no-prisons-no-more-cages-banner-unfurled-over-green-monster/ar-AAFdT5w</a><br>
<br>
Jean-Yves Camus<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Yves_Camus" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Yves_Camus</a><br>
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Zealots for Zion: Inside Israel's West Bank Settlement Movement by Robert <br>
I. Friedman<br>
ISBN-10: 0394580532<br>
ISBN-13: 978-0394580531<br>
<br>
Yoram Hazony<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoram_Hazony" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoram_Hazony</a><br>
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The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virtue_of_Nationalism" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virtue_of_Nationalism</a><br>
ISBN-10: 9781541645370<br>
ISBN-13: 978-1541645370<br>
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Related:<br>
<a href="https://theintercept.com/2019/05/05/israel-virture-of-nationalism-book/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2019/05/05/israel-virture-of-nationalism-book/</a> -- <br>
Murtaza Hussain on "Why Yoram Hazony Book “Virtue of Nationalism” Gets It <br>
Wrong"<br>
<br>
Gun buyback program<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_buyback_program" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_buyback_program</a><br>
<br>
Beto O'Rourke on gun buyback<br>
<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/16/beto-orourke-buyback-gun-1466128" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/16/beto-orourke-buyback-gun-1466128</a><br>
<a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mandatory-buy-back-means-confiscation/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mandatory-buy-back-means-confiscation/</a><br>
<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/beto-orourke-gun-control_n_5d556fc8e4b0d8840fef8cea" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/beto-orourke-gun-control_n_5d556fc8e4b0d8840fef8cea</a><br>
<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/456445-orourke-open-to-mandatory-gun-buyback-program" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/456445-orourke-open-to-mandatory-gun-buyback-program</a><br>
<br>
Aaron Maté: "Trump starves Venezuela, Democrats are silent"<br>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-PILH78Ys" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-PILH78Ys</a><br>
<br>
Anatoly Kurmanaev and Isayen Herrera on "Venezuela’s Maduro Cracks Down on <br>
His Own Military in Bid to Retain Power"<br>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/world/americas/venezuela-military-maduro.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/world/americas/venezuela-military-maduro.html</a><br>
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Jennifer Matsui on "La Danse Mossad: Robert Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein"<br>
<a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/08/16/la-danse-mossad-robert-maxwell-and-jeffrey-epstein/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/08/16/la-danse-mossad-robert-maxwell-and-jeffrey-epstein/</a><br>
<br>
"Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead"<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo_Francisco_Franco_is_still_dead" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo_Francisco_Franco_is_still_dead</a><br>
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J.B. Nicholson's notes<br>
<a href="https://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/peace-discuss/2019-August/051144.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.chambana.net/pipermail/peace-discuss/2019-August/051144.html</a><br>
<br>
-J<br>
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