This is probably going to get a lot of pushback , but I thought I would share what we were able to accomplish in our state . The D party needs everyone in our coalition from , Joe Manchin to Bernie Sanders , if the party is going to win and keep the Gop out of power .
Some people are marching in the streets , protesting , and registering voters on the far left of the coalition , and others have to go after disgruntled Trump voters and try to win some swing voters and some races in swing states or districts . We need all hands on deck .
Gun debate is another one of these situations . Nevada used to be a blood red state . Now we have , D governor , 2 D senators and just 1 R congressman . We've done good work for decades and it pays off . I know I'm on the right side of the D spectrum but the Gop is still miles to the right of me . So while many on this site , will be at the forefront of limiting guns or even try to have them banned , I stick to what I can accomplish today , and this is where I think we have a tremendous opportunity . Once again the loudest voices in the room are the ones who either think
everyone should have a machine gun , to the 2A has to be repealed .
Nobody is saying ( and here is where our opportunity exists ) about school safety that doesn't address who can get a gun . The school my kids went to took decisive actions . Your kids will be just as dead if this gun debate drags on 40 years , and you do nothing to make your kids school a tough target .
Our school hired 2 vets . They limited entry and exit doors to 2 .
each has an outer door and 20 yards to the inner door . The vet guarding the inner doors are armed . You need proper ID and all the bags are checked . Then you must pass through an area and then you first get to an armed veteran .
Does it mean that 4 kids can't overpower the bag and ID checkers and shoot their way though the vestibule and take out the trained vet ? No , but the lone gunmen is not getting in . off the record as someone who has been active in the school , several teachers are also armed . I know of at least 4 . They all have extensive combat experience and they carry concealed .
Our kids are just too valuable , to keep doing nothing , just because we can't get a national consensus on the gun debate . Again this does not address who is right and who is wrong . It's like a highway wreck , if someone plows into you , your just as dead , even though it's not your fault .
On a political note , this appeals to so many suburban women . They are very liberal on social issues and look to vote for D’s but when , they don't feel safe they vote for R’s .
of course that's misguided but a subject for another diary .
Anyway , I'll let everyone tear me apart and be told that we don't need any suburban women , or anyone , who ever voted for Trump or Bush we don't need , but we do .
Kos mission is more and better democrats . ( both )
No way a traffic court 3 blocks from the school should be a much tougher target then our kids schools .