Texas Sen. Cornyn Announces RESPONSE Act to ‘Prevent (Mass) Attacks......

[MechAg94]

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/texas-sen-cornyn-announces-response-act-to-prevent-mass-attacks-and-make-communities-safer/
Texas Sen. Cornyn Announces RESPONSE Act to ‘Prevent (Mass) Attacks and Make Communities Safer’

I got the same thing in an email from TSRA.  It seems to have a number of things in it, but I couldn't find a good paragraph to sum it up.  I thought I would ask y'all what you think about it.  I am suspicious in part because most of the press release is a sales pitch rather than explaining what is in the bill. 

Here is the big quote.

Giving New Tools to Law Enforcement

    Encouraging Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to Better Collaborate with Law Enforcement to Prevent Mass Shootings —Clarifies that internet service providers and online platforms have the authority to share information with law enforcement concerning acts of mass violence, hate crimes, or domestic terrorism.
    Prosecuting Illegal Unlicensed Firearms Dealers—Creates nationwide federal, state, and local law enforcement task forces (modeled on Project Exile) to investigate and prosecute criminals who are violating current law by engaging in the business of selling firearms without a license or who provide false statements as part of a background check. Provides grant funding and reimbursement to state and local law enforcement who participate in these task forces.
    Expediting the Death Penalty for Terrorist Mass Violence—Expedites administration of state death penalties for individuals who commit mass murder as part of a crime of international or domestic terrorism by limiting the scope of federal appeals.

Expanding Resources for Mental Health Treatment

    Increasing Access to Mental Health Treatment and Crisis Intervention Teams —Requires HHS to develop and disseminate guidance for states to fund mental health programs and crisis intervention teams under the Medicaid Program.
    Expanding Assisted Outpatient Treatment—Expands the ability of states to receive federal funding for assisted outpatient treatment programs so that family members of the mentally ill can help them receive treatment outside of the criminal justice system and before their condition deteriorates.
    Bolstering Mental Health Funding in the Criminal Justice System—Makes up to $10 million of existing DOJ state and local law enforcement funding available for law enforcement to partner with mental health providers to provide mental health treatment and compliance through the use of long-acting medically assisted treatment.
    Expanding the Mental Health Workforce—Requires HHS to issue a report to Congress on best practices to expand the number of mental health practitioners and access to care.

Bolstering School Safety for Students and Teachers

    Incentivizing School Internet Safety to Prevent Mass Violence—Incentivize schools to enforce Internet safety polices that detect online activities of minors who are at imminent risk of committing self-harm or extreme violence against others in order to provide students with the services they need and prevent possible violence.
    Increasing Access to Active Shooter Training—Increases law enforcement and first responder access to active shooter training funds provided by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security.
    Assisting School Behavioral Intervention Teams—Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to identify and facilitate the development of best practices to assist elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to operate behavioral intervention teams to identify students whose behavior indicates a threat of violence and ensure they receive the assistance and services they need.

It just seems to me that only a small part of this will actually accomplish something.  Some of it sounds like it could be bad depending on the details. 

[Perd Hapley]

Clarifies that internet service providers and online platforms have the authority to share information with law enforcement concerning acts of mass violence, hate crimes, or domestic terrorism.

"This guy says he'd use guns on peaceful protestors! (Nevermind that he was actually talking about violent mobs.)"

Assisting School Behavioral Intervention Teams—Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to identify and facilitate the development of best practices to assist elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to operate behavioral intervention teams to identify students whose behavior indicates a threat of violence and ensure they receive the assistance and services they need.

"We've got your number, Pop-tart-gun kid!"

[Hawkmoon]

It just seems to me that only a small part of this will actually accomplish something.  Some of it sounds like it could be bad depending on the details.  

Much of it sounds bad irrespective of the details. Bye-bye Constitution ...

Clarifies that internet service providers and online platforms have the authority to share information with law enforcement concerning acts of mass violence, hate crimes, or domestic terrorism.

Translation: ISP's would be legally allowed to rat out their customers. No more need for warrants to poke around anyone's social media, e-mail, or browsing history.

And we thought the Patriot Act was bad ...

[230RN]

Much of it sounds bad irrespective of the details. Bye-bye Constitution ...


Translation: ISP's would be legally allowed to rat out their customers. No more need for warrants to poke around anyone's social media, e-mail, or browsing history.

And we thought the Patriot Act was bad ...

It is the essential function of government to progressively limit freedom.

[MikeB]

RICO will only be used on the Mob. The Patriot Act will only be used on Terrorists. Etc, etc....

[makattak]

Aside from all the really bad ideas in this:

Can we stop with the Cutesy NAMES for your stupid bills, Congress? I'd much prefer to go back the the naming conventions of:

Graham-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act or Riagle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act

Those tell me who was involved, and what they at least intended to do. Stop with the stupid acronyms, already.

[Fly320s]

I don't need to read the bill to know that is it crap.

We already have laws that "prevent" assault, murder, terrorism, etc.  All this bill wants to do is increase government power and decrease individual liberty.

[Ben]

I don't need to read the bill to know that is it crap.

We already have laws that "prevent" assault, murder, terrorism, etc.  All this bill wants to do is increase government power and decrease individual liberty.

It all comes down to the above. Laws on murder and assault already handle 99% of this stuff. Anything else they pass is appeasement for the "think of the children" crowd, and straight up government control and freedom reduction, because the laws are all geared to stop the law abiding, not the criminals.

[Pb]

OK- why doesn't the FCC or CDC come up with a voluntary policy on stopping glorification of mass killers, and ask the networks to sign on to it?

To prevent first amendment claims, it would have be strictly voluntary... but this is something news folks should have done themselves a long, long time ago...

Suicide Prevention groups in different parts of the world have had some success in preventing copycat suicides by requesting media change the way suicides are reported (or not reported, as the case may be).

https://jech.bmj.com/content/57/4/238

[DittoHead]

What a bunch of vague political speak all beating around the bush.
Just come out and say what you want:"Take the guns first, go through due process second"

[MechAg94]

I don't know what will happen.  Cornyn has a habit of introducing good sounding bills (and doing press releases about it) that never see the light of day.  Given a lot of the "we have to do something" attitude in D.C. it may move forward. 

[kgbsquirrel]

Aside from all the really bad ideas in this:

Can we stop with the Cutesy NAMES for your stupid bills, Congress? I'd much prefer to go back the the naming conventions of:

Graham-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act or Riagle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act

Those tell me who was involved, and what they at least intended to do. Stop with the stupid acronyms, already.

But they don't want you to think about that, just to feel good because it has a good backronym.