green party views on gun control

Defend and expand cities' right to enact local rent control laws, including vacancy control/recontrol, that fit the needs of their communities. We oppose the militarization of our borders, (mis)using the National Guard as border police, and building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. We believe local decision-making is important, but we realize, as we learned during the civil rights era, that strict federal standards must guide state actions in providing basic protections. Increase compensation for jurors and provide childcare for those serving jury duty. The arts can only perform their social function if they are completely free from outside control. Fully 80% of gun owners say most people should be able to own guns, plus another 9% who say almost everyone should be able to. Attitudes about gun violence differ widely by race, ethnicity, party and community type. Support Farm-to-School programs that provide food from local family farms and educational opportunities. Enforce corrective justice, ensuring the rights of communities and local agencies to seek judicial redress. We strongly support the vigorous enforcement of civil-rights laws, the aggressive prosecution of hate crimes, and the strengthening of legal services for the poor. Employer abuses of undocumented workers are rampant. Mass incarceration fuels the proliferation of for-profit prisons while for-profit prison corporations encourage policies that increase the number of people behind bars. Youth have the right to an education that is stimulating, relevant, engaging, and that fosters their natural desire to learn. Greens also call attention to the fact that more than forty percent of those 2.3 million locked down come from America's black one-eighth. The Green Party supports a holistic approach to justice, recognizing that environmental justice, social justice and economic justice depend on and support each other. Any private organization that practices bigotry against certain religious beliefs and classes of people should not have a Congressional endorsement or access to public property and funds. We insist on adequate testing of equipment and funding of enforcement procedures. Provide incarcerated individuals the right to vote by absentee ballot in the district of their domicile, and the right to vote during parole. We believe that no one including people of color and the poor should be poisoned nor subjected to harmful levels of toxic chemicals and that no group of people should bear a disproportionate share of the pollution from industrial, governmental and commercial sources or policies. ASVAB testing is being used to mine public school student bodies for data to support military recruiting. We must take action that will end these brutal mass killings., According to media sources, the El Paso shooter used an AK-47, a military weapon, to commit the heinous bloodbath. Education has proven to reduce recidivism by 10%. About half of gun owners (53%) say the NRA has the right amount of influence and 29% say it has too much. We also call for new dialog and re-thinking that can lead to better language, ideas and solutions. Support increased funding for additional clinics to provide services which now are too often delayed or denied throughout the Veterans Affairs system because of over crowding and budget constraints. State governments continue to weaken or preempt local rent control laws, while landlords who violate housing code requirements by failing to keep their property in habitable condition, are often tolerated or given lenient penalties. Make incarceration more community-based, including through increased visitor access by families. Young people are one of the least protected classes of human beings, yet they represent our future. We support the complete clean-up of those mines and tailing piles, which are a profoundly destructive legacy of the Cold War. No mandated testing. The largest groups with HIV/AIDS in the USA are men who have sex with men, including gay, bisexual, and trans men, and men of color, particularly of African and Latinx descent. Strike from the record prior felony convictions for marijuana possession, sale, or cultivation. More comprehensive services for those who have special needs, including the mentally ill, the differently abled and those who are terminally ill; A mental health care system that safeguards human dignity, respects individual autonomy, and protects informed consent; Greatly reduced paperwork for both patients and providers; Fair and full reimbursement to providers for their services; Hospitals that can afford safe and adequate staffinglevels of registered nurses; Establishment of national, state, and local health policy boards consisting of health consumers and providers to oversee and evaluate the performance of the system, ensure access to care, and help determine research priorities; and. Three-quarters of Democrats and Democratic leaners including 78% of non-gun owners and 62% of gun owners say gun laws in this country should be stricter than they are today. We support the enactment of living wage laws that apply to all workers. Lack of funding also increases the necessity ofplacing them in long-term, locked facilities. Establish and fund programs to strengthen self-help and community action through neighborhood centers that provide legal aid, alternative dispute-resolution practices, mediated restitution, community team policing, and access to local crisis/assault care shelters. By taking control of our industries and natural resources, we can make progress for the common good. In 1993, the U.S. Congress passed, and President Clinton signed into law, the "Apology Bill" (U.S. Public Law 103-150). Conversely, four times more non-owners (20%) than gun owners (5%) say people should be able to carry almost nowhere. More than 50 million Americans have no medical insurance coverage. The Green Party urges a more thorough dialog and understanding of violence against women and girls, including from prostitution and trafficking, that causes health and injury damage that seriously degrades their lives, even to death or premature death including from HIV, syphilis and many other diseases, as well as causing severe economic hardships. Gun rights activists argue many of the Democratic proposals would violate the Second Amendment, which the Supreme Court determined in a 2008 decision to include . We stand with whistleblowers, who are often the public's best protection against corporate crime, fraud and waste. Attitudes about guns and gun policies divide gun owners and non-owners, Republicans and Democrats, and urban, suburban and rural residents. This right was guaranteed under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. We believe that health care is a right, not a privilege. We will support existing Historically Black Colleges and Universities, as well as new and existing Education and Development Funds. The Green Partys agenda for gun control laws includes a requirement that all purchasers of firearms attend a gun safety and first aid course; basic competency and mental hygiene for firearm purchasers; a moratorium on gun sales following any mass shooting that has gained national prominencethe copycat window; and a ban on assault rifles. Yet we see the federal safety net being removed and replaced with limited and potentially harsh state welfare programs. Facilitate procedural justice, ensuring the public's right to know. It is clear that we cannot rely on the rich to regulate their profit-making excesses for the good of society through "trickle-down economics." Support policies to encourage citizens, taxpayers, ratepayers and consumers to form Citizens Utility Boards to advocate for the public interest. must end. The mentally ill also have the right to live independently, circumscribed only by the limitations of their illness. Preserve and Increase Affordable Housing Supply. About half of Republican gun owners (52%) and 40% of Republican non-gun owners say gun laws are about right. Include information about the nutritional value and the vegetarian or vegan status of food products. We must prioritize family reunification for the sake of safety. We recognize both the sovereignty of Native American tribal governments and the Federal Government's trust obligation to Native American people. The Green Party will be inclusive of language in local, state and federal anti-discrimination law that ensures the rights of intersex individuals and prohibits discrimination based on gender identity, characteristics, and expression as well as on sex, gender, or sexual orientation. We understand that until significant steps are taken to reverse the ongoing abuses; to end the criminalization of the Black and Brown communities, to eradicate poverty, to invest in education, health care and the restoration and protection of human rights, that it will be impossible to repair the continuing damage wrought by the ideology of white supremacy which permeates the governing institutions of our nation. Establish a panel of independent medical doctors to examine and oversee the military policies regarding forced vaccinations and shots, especially with experimental drugs. We support the release of all political prisoners held by the USA. The United States is the only industrialized nation in the world without a national health care system. Nearly as many favor requiring background checks for private gun sales and at gun shows (84%) and barring gun purchases by people on no-fly or watch lists (83%). Sharply restrict police use of weapons and restraining techniques such as pepper spray, stun belts, tasers and choke holds. These boards will be empowered to hire and fire police officers and chiefs. ICEs mission, To protect America from cross border crime and illegal immigration that threaten national security and public safety. There have been 32 mass shootings in the United States this year. I'm a 5 feet 3 inches tall woman, so I am by no means an intimidating specimen. She connected gun violence with economic disparity. About twice as many gun owners (34%) than non-owners (15%) say people should be able to carry guns almost everywhere. Give K-12 classroom teachers professional status and salaries commensurate with advanced education, training and responsibility. About eight-in-ten Black adults (82%) say gun violence is a very big problem - by far the largest share of any racial or ethnic group. Fees for community colleges are up sharply, and many public universities must turn away qualified students. Young people should be provided with education regarding their own and others' sexuality at the earliest appropriate time. People must be provided the means and support to protect themselves from all sexually transmitted and blood & body fluid borne diseases. We must keep faith with our commitment to the United Nations, to assist in the resettlement, including to our own country, of refugees currently stranded in refugee camps in other parts of the world. Mainly, Stein wants gun control to be highly regulated. The ever-widening gap between rich and poor is destructive of democracy and creates an uneven playing field for economic opportunity. Forcing welfare recipients to accept jobs that pay wages below a living wage drives wages down and exploits workers for private profit at public expense. The public is closely divided over whether it is more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns or to control gun ownership. Students of color, English learners and students with disabilities used to be able to count on federal oversight of their basic rights in school. Meanwhile, courts, social service agencies, and all government agencies dealing with the public must provide trained and certified translators. This is a basic human right that the Green Party should be committed to help in abolishing the secrets and lies that surround many adoptions around the world by creating necessary transparency between adoptees, their mothers and adoptive parents. A majority of Americans (64%) say most people should be able to legally own guns, but some people should not. The gunman was an 18-year-old Florida resident. Limiting the discussion to population numbers and birthrates diverts attention from over-consumption in the industrial world and historic patterns of exploitation of developing countries. Amend the Controlled Substances Act to reflect that drug use in itself is not a crime, and that persons living in the United States arrested for using drugs should not be incarcerated with those who have committed victim oriented crimes. Eliminate police officers from our schools. Current backlogs must be brought up to date as soon as possible. Strict financial penalties need to be enforced when birth/adoption records have been lost or destroyed while under the care of agencies, hospitals, lawyers, etc. Make reduction of recidivism a primary goal of parole. Among those who do not currently own guns, about as many say they could see themselves owning a gun at some point as say they could never see themselves owning a gun. Thoughtful, carefully considered gun control such as is contained in the Brady Bill (1993). Inform workers of workplace hazards. Less than half of those in suburbs (45%) and urban areas (38%) support increased concealed carry. And as union membership falls, so do the wages of all working people, union and non-union alike. Our current health care system lets tens of thousands of people die each year by excluding them from adequate care, while its exorbitant costs are crippling our economy. Establish a national database to record excessive force complaints, to be used in hiring decisions of police officers. Those living in the industrialized world must end the habits of waste and over-consumption that place as much stress on the environment as does population growth in developing nations. Contraception and abortion must be included in all health insurance policies in the U.S., and any state government must be able to legally offer these services free of charge to women at the poverty level. We must recognize that there cannot be any true solutions to the conflicts created by immigration until we are able to organize globally to overcome the power of multinational corporations, which are engaged in an unending campaign to drive down workers living standards everywhere. Democrats and Republicans seem to be saying the country cannot afford to care for children and poor mothers. Today, however, our country is among the most extreme examples of industrialized nations that have a widening gap between the wealthy and the rest of its citizenry the working poor, the struggling middle class, and those who increasingly cannot make ends meet. Proposals for easing gun laws draw much less support. What critics say about gun control. To ensure a livable income for all people, we support additional measures such as implementing a universal basic income [see Chapter IV, Section D, of this platform for more information]. Excluding these people from society alienates them; excluding them from the work force denies them the chance to use their potentials. Alternative, community-based systems treating neither the artwork nor the artist as a commodity. Since Heller, the Court has drawn a straight line. We will pursue legislation where offenders must pay compensation to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA) people who have suffered violence and injustice. All essential workers such as farm workers must be granted permanent residency and a pathway citizenship. We urge renewed efforts and campaigns to ratify the ERA. The Green Party recommends the following actions: Guarantee tenant's rights, including: freedom from harassment and evictions without just cause; well-enforced habitability standards; strong anti-discrimination enforcement, including family protection laws and domestic partnerships; continuation of established services and amenities; the right to reasonable guest visitation; maintenance of roommate privileges; and the right to communicate with other tenants about conditions or circumstances in their buildings. Enact a universal, comprehensive, national single-payer health plan that will provide the following with no increase in cost: The Green Party calls for comprehensive, humane, and competent care of all people with HIV/AIDS. Eliminate the gun show loophole that permits sale of weapons without background checks. Green Party leaders are calling for Congress to take swift and decisive action following an horrific mass shooting on August 3 at the Cielo Vista Mall Walmart location in El Paso, Texas, that has left at least 20 dead and dozens injured; and an early morning shooting on August 4 in a Dayton, Ohio, entertainment district that left 9 people dead and 16 wounded.. Previously, there was a shooting in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay Hotel killing 58, one of the . We demand new policies and laws that deal more effectively and humanely with the victims of illegal international trafficking in humans primarily women and children who are bought, kidnapped, coerced, brutalized, defrauded, tricked, sold and marketed for forced sex (rape) and prostitution, with an estimated 50,000 trafficked to the U.S. We call for stiffer, more appropriate policy, structure and laws to deal with traffickers, and also demand that procedures to deport victims before the traffickers are prosecuted must be changed to allow the victims to testify against the traffickers, which plays a major role in bringing these cases to justice and helping stem the tide of this heinous crime. We call for implementing innovative programs that work with the particular and special needs of motherhood. The Green Party calls for military spending to be cut by 50% over the next 10 years, with increases in spending for social programs. Rural residents are more likely than urban and suburban residents to identify as Republicans or lean Republican; people who live in rural areas also are more likely to own guns than those in other communities. Educating incarcerated individuals in HIV transmission prevention and supplying them with condoms, dams, and gloves. Here at home, we must also promote the policies, as outlined in the Economy and Workers' Rights sections of this Platform, that can help us achieve a full employment economy at a living wage, including strictly enforcing and expanding the rights of all workers to form unions. Conduct racial and ethnic disparity impact studies for new and existing categories of offenses. The differently abled should participate fully in the allocation decisions of state rehabilitation departments' funds. This cumbersome immigration process along with unreasonable Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and lawyers fees must be streamlined. Young people should be kept free from coercive advertising at their educational institutions. This security applies to farm workers as well. We support the establishment of a 4-day work week with no cut in pay and at least one month of paid vacation per year for all workers. We believe that federal, state, and local governments must remain neutral regarding religion. We commit to full and complete reparations to the African American community of this nation for the past four hundred plus years of genocide, slavery, land-loss, destruction of original identity and the stark disparities which haunt the present evidenced in unemployment statistics, substandard and inadequate education, higher levels of mortality including infant and maternal mortality and the practice of mass incarceration. At the same time, rent control and tenant eviction protections do not exist in most jurisdictions, and where they do, they are often inadequate and under attack. [See section A.1. The "war on drugs" has been an ill conceived program that has wasted billions of dollars misdirecting law enforcement resources away from apprehending and prosecuting violent criminals, while crowding our prisons with non-violent drug offenders and disproportionately criminalizing youth of color. Provide treatment to parolees and probationers who fail a drug test instead of re-incarceration. Redirect funds to alternatives to incarceration. Democrats broadly favor making gun laws stricter than they are today. We oppose the provision of current law which allows local police to become agents of the immigration agency. Expenses for businesses currently providing coverage would be reduced, while state and local governments would pay less because they would receive reimbursement for services provided to the previously uninsured, and because public programs would cease to be the "dumping ground" for high-risk patients and those rejected by health maintenance organizations (HMOs) when they become disabled and unemployed. Full reparations for historical injustices in adoption. We encourage local artists and the community to contribute time, experience, and resources to these efforts. Citizen workers who have been propagandized to support "tougher" measures to identify and apprehend undocumented workers need to carefully consider what they are asking for. Some respondents who said most, but not all, people should be able to own guns legally were asked to describe in their own words what should disqualify someone from being able to legally own guns. Many gun owners and non-owners said people with mental health issues should be disqualified, as well as those who have felony convictions or histories of violent behavior. The crisis in publicly subsidized housing is intensifying, while publicly funded "corporate welfare" continues unabated. For the first time in this countrys history, students of color represent the majority of the PK-12 public education student body. By Marcie Young. Our goal is for the many diverse immigrant communities to possess true freedom and equality. Eliminate the gun show loophole that permits sale of weapons without background checks. About three-quarters of Republicans and Republican leaners (76%) say protecting gun rights is more important, compared with about a quarter of Democrats and Democratic leaners (22%). The U.S. is one of the very few countries, and the only industrialized nation, that have not ratified it. Prohibit property forfeiture and denial of due process for unconvicted suspects. to creating expanded access to music, arts, sciences and languages as mandatory, academic subjects. The New York Times, Dec. 18, 2018, Close the Private Gun Sale Loophole, Finally.Editorial Board. We need to repeal the Real ID Act and resist the establishment of any system that would suppress freedom to travel and require citizens and non-citizens alike to "show their papers" and reveal their private information to government monitors at every turn. But when interaction with the government is limited to the English speaking, persons are put at additional risk of exploitation. Increase teacher training in regard to the needs of differently abled students. International cooperation and solidarity among labor organizations, to advance the rights of labor and raise such living standards globally, are essential to combat this trend. The Green Party supports the ratification of the United Nations Convention on Rights for Persons with Disabilities as well as the Optional Protocol. A majority of gun owners say people should be able to carry guns at least most places, while non-owners are more divided on the issue.

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