Many On Twitter Would Like Trump To Ban Assault Rifles Before E-Cigarettes
Today, the Trump Administration announced that it was considering a ban on flavored e-cigarettes following the sixth vaping-related death to happen in the United States this week. Trump announced in a video that it was actually First Lady, Melania Trump, who brought the issue of underage vaping to his attention.
I am deeply concerned about the growing epidemic of e-cigarette use in our children. We need to do all we can to protect the public from tobacco-related disease and death, and prevent e-cigarettes from becoming an on-ramp to nicotine addiction for a generation of youth. @HHSGov
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) September 9, 2019
Following this news report, many on Twitter responded with incredulity, since the President has yet to ban the selling of assault rifles following countless mass shootings in the United States.
480,000 people die due to cigrettes each year, and roughly 88,000 die from drinking each year. and 33,636 deaths from injury from firearms each year.However, Trump wants to ban vaping from six deaths.We really live in a society that needs to refocus it's priorities. pic.twitter.com/GXeuTbxqxx
— Love's Devotion (@MusumeShi) September 11, 2019
9 millions kids die from gunsTrump: 😴 6 adults die from vapingTrump: pic.twitter.com/IGoff4inbu
— lana’s manchild (@tequilanosalt) September 11, 2019
I used to make fun of SF for banning silly things while individuals continued to defecate on the streets in broad daylight. Trump banning flavored vaping products is of the same ridiculous caliber.
— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) September 11, 2019
It's just been reported that the Trump administration is taking action against vaping. It proposes that the same people who will have access to assault weapons cannot safely be allowed to choose flavoured e.cigarettes.
— David Aaronovitch (@DAaronovitch) September 11, 2019
Now do AR-15s https://t.co/aQmyIOplVK
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) September 11, 2019
The Trump administration is cracking down on vaping but has no problem with people buying AR-15s https://t.co/6HPnKb6mmS
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 11, 2019
So vaping kills 6 and the trump administration looks into a banBut mass shootings and guns kill hundreds and it’s all thoughts and prayers
— Caleb (@CalebClasen) September 11, 2019
TRUMP ON KIDS- Kid vaping, ban the vaping- School shooters, save the guns
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) September 11, 2019
Trump administration when 6 people die bc of vaping: this is UNACCEPTABLE! We have to take action NOW!! ASAP!!!! BAN THE E CIGARETS! trump administration when millions die due to gun violence: pic.twitter.com/rxrA7UmDDU
— adela ♡ (@Psychadelaa) September 11, 2019
6 people die from vaping related illnessestrump administration: bans flavored e-cigaretteshundreds die at the hands of assault weaponstrump administration: ¯\(ツ)/¯
— Josh Hara (@yoyoha) September 11, 2019
Trump woke up this morning, thought "Hey it's 9/11 why don't I go say some stupid shit about vaping?" pic.twitter.com/CI9MPQ1e59
— Andy Swan (@AndySwan) September 11, 2019
Trump is going to ban flavored e-cigs amid vaping related deaths but they won't ban weapons of war! 🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/pl4D26raL8
— Adam X. Bernal (@axbjazz) September 11, 2019
They’re really out here banning JUUL before they ban AR-15s
— Jared Sclar (@JaredSclar) September 11, 2019
if assault rifles used freakin… juul pods then maybe republicans would ban nicotine… bullets for, children? kinda lost the thread here but plaese RT
— 𝖊𝖑𝖎 (@eliyudin) September 11, 2019
only a good guy with a juul can stop a bad guy with a juul
— aída chávez (@aidachavez) September 11, 2019
I live in a country where buying a juul is harder than buying an AR-15. Lmaoo what a world we live in. Lemme guess, “guns don’t kill people. People kill people.”? Man go ahead.
— A man is no one (@Teen_Taitin) September 11, 2019
They banned the juul before they banned guns, alcohol, cigarettes, cars, pharmaceutical drugs, and other way more harmful things and substances. Let that sink in. Vaping is the actual focus of our government right now.. pic.twitter.com/QLsEptoMHQ
— Beyouforyou (@Beyouforyou1) September 11, 2019
Banning certain E-Cigs and Vapes before banning assault rifles is like saving your hamster before your baby when the fuckin house is on fire…
— Cyrus McQueen (@CyrusMMcQueen) September 11, 2019
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Kenetic Kups
JustTheWind
Neither.
WarLordM
These politically illiterate Twitterers, including the one tweeting from the White House, are so preoccupied with whether or not they should, they don’t stop to think if they could.
Neither a firearm nor a nicotine ban are legal options in America, there are rules against both that would take political upheaval unprecedented since the 19th century to change.
White Wolf
Prohibition of alcohol wasn't an option until it actually was one.
Sabreviper
Yeah, but look how it turned up.
Kenetic Kups
Because it wasn’t enforced, not to mention we have more technology now
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I Need Tea
People who want to either of these things to be banned:
Benoc
You would think these people would understand that both government banning of vaping and guns are massive overreaches of government power.
Kenetic Kups
Niether are, a government is perfectly within it’s rights to ban weapons, and narcotics
Benoc
Lol sure.
Nevermind that the opioid crisis is still ongoing, there’s poison in the water system, micro plastics in food, and even more poison in pesticides. But yes guns and vaping juice are the real problems in America.
Kenetic Kups
You do realize this isn’t a video game, and we can do multiple things at once
opiods should be banned outside of hospitals, all plumbing should be certified safe, and we need to cut down on microplastics, thiough i don’t know how
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𝓢𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖊𝖑 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓔𝓞 𝓸𝓯 𝓗𝓸𝓻𝓷𝔂
Aren't they already banned though?
Commissar Eski
Every time I hear the words "Assault weapon" I die a little inside.
pilongadello
anything is an assault weapon is you use it right. an AR-15, an AK-47, a pole lamp, a power stapler, a brick, dry ice in a mason jar, a bottle of bleach, gravel, your hands, a piece of pipe, a pressure cooker-
I am AHO Right?
Everything can be an assault weapon, but not every assault weapon can be a daily utensil.
supergoron
Says you !
*proceeds to eat breakfast using a shotgun
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Aydensnake
Are these idiots really going to ignore the mental health aspect of the mass shooting epidemic yet again? Banning assault weapons isn't going to do shit, the people who are committing crimes are probably willing to commit another crime to get the weapon they want. Also, assault weapons are just any semi-automatic firearm that can take a magazine in addition to any of the following features
>Telescoping or folding stock
>Bayonet lug
>Barrel shoud
>Threaded barrel
>Pistol grip
Notice how NONE of these actually increase the legality of the firearm, even the bayonet lug doesn't since nobody uses bayonets nowadays. All an assault weapons ban would do is ban features that have nothing to do with the effectiveness of a firearm
Your Uncle Yonkers
Ah good old free market job creating anti government regulation Republic president wants to ban an industry and tell you what you can and can't put into your own body
usename_546
Oh look, everyone complaining is a vaping millennial, no surprise here.
Also, the reason for his ban is that values are a metric fuck ton more accessible and useable by underage people than guns. This is the 6th death, and it sure as hell ain't gonna be the last.
maybe you should, oh, I dunno, check yourself before complaining? All you're doing is helping Big Tobacco, they don't give a Damn about your health, and already own Juul's ass, you think they'll let smoking die? I don't think so.
Your Uncle Yonkers
Adults deciding what they can and can't put into their own bodies?
The loss of an entire industry and thousands of jobs?
Banning an addictive drug and opening up a black market for crime?
Nah fuck all that THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
Nico
I don't vape but still think this is stupid considering that there are substances out there that cause even more harm (cigarettes and alcohol) yet they aren't calling for a ban on them.
Kenetic Kups
We should though
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Nico
I-I actually think this confirms (to me at least) that Trump is a shill and that lobbyist have influence that reaches all the way to the oval office. This is the only way this shit makes sense to me I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE TOP CONCERNS FOR HEALTH FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION IS VAPES CAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE A LOT MORE HARMFUL AND MORE READILY AVAILABLE THAN FUCKING VAPES I DO NOT WANT TO BELIEVE THIS CAN GET MORE STUPID PLEASE SOMEONE SEND ME TO THE END OF 2020 I DON'T WANT TO LIVE THROUGH THIS STUPIDITY ANYMORE
digital_m3m3
A good chunk of the U.S. is rural farmland, which needs guns to keep wild animals from going after crops, while tobacco products are a harmful, addictive luxury which vapes and e-cigs are a part of that have little to no regulation and kids can get a hold of easily.
Nico
All that is fair but I want to clear up my opinions a bit. First, I don't think we need more gun control, I believe the amount we have right now is fine and we should focus more on providing people with more chances to help their mental health. Second, tobacco is harmful and would honestly prefer if humanity as a whole would stop smoking and a complete ban on it would be my ideal outcome, but that outcome would also involve the banning of other incredibly harmful recreational substances such as alcohol which probably will never happen. Third, while it is true that regulation with e-cigs is pretty wonky and kids can get them easily, this is calling for an all out ban on them, not increasing regulation and laws to make it harder for kids to get and to decrease the overall harmfulness of them. For them to come out and say they are planning on banning them sounds to me more like a move that the cigarette companies would want since it would eliminate a substitute good off of the market.