{"id":517,"date":"2024-09-07T19:34:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T11:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/?p=517"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:56:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:56:54","slug":"surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should there be a question mark or an exclamation mark. In the e-newsletter of the German ZeitOnline, published on the 6<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;of September 2024, we read \u2013 here translated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Biden disappeared on a beach holiday for a fortnight without anyone really noticing his absence. Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and their respective partners are travelling the country shaking hands. And the rest of us are enjoying being able to take a deep breath.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An interesting picture of \u201cactive democracy\u201d in the country that claims to be the utmost human rights advocate globally, where the rule of law determines the agenda. May be that this is the reason for maintaining Guant\u00e1namo \u2013 the extraterritorial camp? In the same edition of the e-newsletter we read, commenting on the 23<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversary of the 9\/11 incident<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trial against the suspects in Guant\u00e1namo has not yet begun.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the rule of law is as such an \u2026, well, lets say an \u201cinteresting concept\u201d. By and large it is legal to own and use firearms\/guns\/pistols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">US federal law establishes a basic national standard for the eligibility of individuals to acquire and possess firearms. Under this standard, a person is prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms if they have been convicted of certain criminal offences, particularly those related to domestic violence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, if customers buy their weapons from private sellers without a licence, no background check is required. Critics see a dangerous loophole here: people who would fail a background check for firearms due to their previous convictions for domestic violence could turn to private sellers to obtain weapons. (https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/nachrichten\/politik\/waffengesetz-usa-faq-100.html)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And indeed, what is legal is also practiced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If things continue in 2024 as they have in the first six and a half months up to mid-July, there will be more than 17,000 \u2018stranger killings\u2019 by firearms this year, or around 50 per day. (https:\/\/www.mdr.de\/wissen\/psychologie-sozialwissenschaften\/schusswaffen-usa-statistiken-100.html#:~:text=Nach%20FBI%2DSch\u00e4tzungen%20hat%20etwa,den%20vergangenen%2025%20Jahren%20ge\u00e4ndert.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That we witness an increasing number of people of minorities owning weapons does not speak against them. It is, instead, an expression of the fact that they are marginalised and on top of it under massive threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A leaderless country whose politicians are sunbathing \u2013 on the beach or in publicity performances. The old idea of the people&#8217;s militia in a new and truly dangerous guise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should there be a question mark or an exclamation mark. In the e-newsletter of the German ZeitOnline, published on the 6th&nbsp;of September 2024, we read \u2013 here translated: Joe Biden disappeared on a beach holiday for a fortnight without anyone really noticing his absence. Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and their respective partners are travelling the &#8230; <a title=\"Surprises\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/?p=517\" aria-label=\"Read more about Surprises\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-debates"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrug.legal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}