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The Iron Triangle
The Iron Triangle
Megan Ritz
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Date 1
Donald Bacon
- U.S House (NE) from 2017 to present
- Republican Party
- Field Representative, U.S House of Representatives, 2014-2015
- Brigadier General, United States Airforce, 1985-2014
- Chair, School Safety Working Group, 2018-present
- Member, Armed Services Committee
- Member, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
The Iron Triangle
Protecting Our Kids Act
Votes
Iron Triangle
Politician
Speical interest group
Donald Bacon
The NRA
Top Donations
Top paid politicians by the NRA
Background behind top donations
Top Donations
Mike Johnson:
- Paid 9,900 dollars from NRA
- Background:
- Votes:
- No - Active Shooter Act of 2022
- No - Protecting Our Kids Act
- Yes - STOP School Violence Act of 2018
- Republican Speaker of the House
- House of Representatives for Lousiana
- Vice Chair, House Republican Conference, 2021-2023
Jim Jordan:
- Paid 9,900 dollars from the NRA
- Background:
- Votes:
- No - Active Shooter Act of 2022
- No - Protecting Our Kids Act
- No - STOP School Violence Act of 2018
- U.S House, Republican
- Ohio House Representative
Elise Stefanik
- Paid 9,900 dollars from NRA
- Background:
- Votes:
- No - Active Shooter Act of 2022
- No - Protecting Our Kids Act
- Yes - STOP School Violence Act of 2018
- U.S House, Republican
- Chair, House Republican Conference, 2023-present
Donald Bacon
This is how much Donald Bacon is paid by the NRA to support pro-gun laws and vote no on any that are restricted the 2nd Amendment
School Shootings
Background
Definition: An armed attack at an educational facility involving firearms
- Many different types such as Rampage, Mass, or targeted
Fast Facts:
- Since the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, more than 338,000 students in the U.S. have experienced gun violence at school
- In 2022, 34 students and adults died from gun violence while more than 43,000 children were exposed to gunfire at school
- 1 out of 10 gun deaths are kids age 19 or younger
Mass Shootings
This shows the amount of shootings in these specific years not directly corresponded to schools
Mass Shootings not in Schools
School Shootings
This graph shows the number of school shootings per these specific years
Shootings in Schools
By Statista.com
Protecting Our Kids Act
Voted - NO
- Make changes to various firearmlaws
- Prohibits sale of certain semiautomatic guns to individuals under 21
- New federal criminal offenses for gun trafficking and related screnarios
- New Framework to regulate guns without serial numbers or ghost guns
- Framework to regulate storage of guns in residential areas, at the federal, state, and tribal levels
- Bump Stocks will be subject to regulation under new laws (attatchment to semiautomatic that makes it fire more rapidly)
- Prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, and possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices
Protecting Our Kids Act
Other Approaches
Active Shooter Act of 2022
Voted - YES
- An officer of the Department of Juctice will act as the national coordinator of an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network with an emergency
- They will encourage federal, state, and trobal government agencies to have procedures for an Active Shooter
- The Government Accountability Office to study and report on state and local responses to active shooters and situtaions that need a public alert or warning
- Cost 2 million dollars from fiscal year 2023 to the Attorney General
Other Approaches
STOP School Violence Act of 2018
Voted - YES
- Edit the grant program for school security in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.
- $75 million for each fiscal year 2018-2028, %50 million will be used towards school security
- Grant money used for: training law enforcement, school personnel, and students. operating anonymous reporting systems for threats of school violence by hotlines, websites, etc. Security assessments and coordination with local law enforcement. And using metal detectors and locks for deterrent measures
National Rifle Assn.
THE NRA
- They are a gun rights organization
- promotes rifle shooting
- Run by Chief executive Wayne LaPierresince 1991.
- Founded in New York, in 1871
- They have pursued effective politcal lobbying as well as campaining against any legislative proposing to control firearms in the United States
- Prevents infringemnt on the 2nd Amendments
Donations:
Republicans: recieved $588,659
Democrats: recieved $130
Spending:
- spent $4.2m on lobbying in 2021
- roughly $140m to pro-gun election candidates
Response/Actions
Response to School Shootings
-On March 27th in the Nashville shooting, the NRA responded by calling for more security in schools instead of restrictions on gun ownership or laws
-“Let’s start by taking the ‘No guns allowed’ stickers off our schools. That’s not a school security plan. That’s an invitation to tragedy.” -Chris Cox
-They talk about making school zone not gun free to have protection readily available
-“The quickest way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun.” Mike Pence
- The NRA tends to value the benefits within guns and how to stop school shootings is by arming people with no only protection but education of guns
Works Cited here