Reproductive rights

Stricter gun laws

Per Harris For Alabama: Purpose; methods (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com), this blog entry gives links to work I have previously done related to obtaining stricter gun laws. My work is for consideration by other Alabamians possibly to do similarly in their campaigning for Kamala Harris, to make suggestions to me, and/or to come up with their own ideas for campaigning for Kamala Harris related to obtaining stricter gun laws.

My work for the past two years has been mainly to try to get Alabama city councils and county commissions to pass resolutions calling on the Alabama legislature to enact stricter gun laws and for police departments and sheriff's offices to do similarly. Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Draft statement to Birmingham City Council re gun control laws (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)

Email to H.I.V.E. Alabama (and included emails0
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>
Cc: Moms Demand Action Alabama <alabama@momschapterleaders.org>; paulawilson.al@gmail.com <paulawilson.al@gmail.com>; Melissa Bailey <melissa.bailey.al@gmail.com>; Dana Ellis <danaellis865@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2024 at 07:45:18 AM CDT
Subject: Availing of next 80 days to advance cause of gun control
Good morning, H.I.V.E. Alabama:
In your posts at https://hivealabama.com/, I saw a couple of times you had gun control related events with Moms Demand representatives.
Per Harris For Alabama: Stricter gun laws (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com), I am especially interested in finding ways to use the Harris-Walz campaign to advance the cause of gun control in Alabama.
If H.I.V.E. Alabama is interested in this, I would like to discuss with you things that could be done during the next 80 days.
In this regard, I offer for your consideration the below email I sent yesterday to UAB Professor Jeffery Walker, who is on the Board of Directors of Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama (including some attached emails).
Please email me or call me (205-967-5586) if I might have a discussion with H.I.V.E. Alabama about this.
Thank you.
Rob Shattuck
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Walker, Jeffery T <jeffw@uab.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 06:15:41 PM CDT
Subject: Re: I believe stricter gun laws are critical for reducing gun violence
Dear Professor Walker,
Thank you very much for getting back to me.
The extensive amount of emails may have led to confusion. I am only Citizen Shattuck and not a Chief Shattuck.
We are agreed that, as you say, "Gun control . . . is difficult to address because of politics."
I would link the intractability of the politics of gun control to America's unique national culture of guns and love of guns. From that, I contend that gun violence will not get reduced until there is a change in America's culture of guns and love of guns, and such cultural change leads to an overcoming of the intractability of the politics of gun control.
In proceeding with you, first I am interested in the extent to which you agree with what I am arguing for in the emails I have sent and that appear below. To the extent you and me talking will help determine how much you agree with what I am arguing for, please let's talk (205-967-5586).
Depending on the extent to which you agree with what I am arguing for, I would next like to suggest presenting our thoughts to the Board of Directors of Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama.
This could be in the form of your forwarding our email correspondence to the Board, accompanied by such introductory commentary as you would care to make to the Board.
Alternatively, I would be very amenable to our making a presentation to the Board at a Board meeting physically in person or via Zoom.
Maybe you have some other ideas for how to push this forward (assuming you share my desire to push this forward).
Just let me know.
Again, thanks so very much for your getting back to me on this.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
On Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 08:04:14 AM CDT, Walker, Jeffery T <jeffw@uab.edu> wrote:
Hi Chief Shattuck,
Sorry if you haven’t heard back from me about a meeting – I haven’t received anything on that. I would like to talk with you about gun control it is a complicated concept that requires multi-layered responses. Gun control is certainly one that is difficult to address because of politics. Let’s talk before long.
Jeff

[included email to Police Chief Wood, the new President of the Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police] 
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 19:11
To: aacop@aacop.com <aacop@aacop.com>
Cc: hmack@baldwincountyal.gov <hmack@baldwincountyal.gov>, Walker, Jeffery T <jeffw@uab.edu>
Subject: I believe stricter gun laws are critical for reducing gun violence
You don't often get email from rdshatt@aol.com. Learn why this is important
Dear Police Chief Wood,
I am writing this email to you by reason of your becoming the new President of the Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police.
In July I wrote the below email to Sheriff Huey 'Hoss' Mack, who has become the new executive director of the Alabama Sherrif's Association.
In that email, I said:
I contend that (i) stricter gun laws are an imperative for reducing gun violence in Alabama, (ii) Alabama Republicans are opposed to reducing gun violence in Alabama through stricter gun laws, and (iii) the Republicans' reasons for opposing stricter gun laws may be that they do not believe stricter gun laws will reduce gun violence; or that stricter gun laws impair the capacity of citizens to defend themselves against tyrannical government; or that opposing stricter gun laws is part and parcel of the Republicans fighting the culture war.
I believe Alabamians should reject the reasons Alabama Republicans have for opposing stricter gun laws and Alabamians should rise up against the Alabama Republicans who are harming the health and welfare of Alabamians through the Republicans' control of the Alabama legislature and refusal to pass stricter gun laws.
I think Alabama sheriff's offices and police departments should not be cowed by politics and they should point fingers publicly at the Republicans in Montgomery who are opposed to stricter gun laws for reducing gun violence in Alabama. This will be supportive of Alabamians rising up against the Alabama Republicans in Montgomery who are harming the health and welfare of Alabamians.I have sought an appointment with UAB Department of Criminal Justice Professor Jeffrey Walker, who is on the Board of Directors of Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama, to discuss my above views with him. I will let you and Sheriff Mack know what I learn from Professor Walker.
Thank you for reading this email.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook
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To: hmack@baldwincountyal.gov <hmack@baldwincountyal.gov>
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Sent: Friday, July 19, 2024 at 10:01:51 AM CDT
Subject: Your new role as Executive Director of the Alabama Sheriffs Association
Dear Sheriff Mack:
This email is prompted by Rep. Ensler's July 8th post on X announcing your new role as Executive Director of the Alabama Sheriffs Association, and saying, "Together, we can work at the state legislature towards enhancing community safety for all and saving lives." https://x.com/EnslerPhillip/status/1810304011934851544
Donald Watkins, in a July 5th post on Facebook, set forth ten crime-fighting measures for the City of Birmingham to aggressively implement. Birmingham Can Retake Control of City Streets from Drug Dealers and Gang Members by Implementing this Crime-Fighting Plan (donaldwatkins.com).
A comment Donald put on his Facebook post said:
Last Friday, Mayor Woodfin suggested that violent criminals must police themselves by walking away from conflicts that lead to deadly violence. Several media pundits have suggested the implementation of new social programs that are aimed at reducing poverty. Some have advocated for more gun control laws. None of these people has pushed for a return to effective policing with a fully staffed 900-member police department.
I urge you (and all of the persons copied on this email) to review Donald Watkins' suggested crime-fighting measures; think about the feasibility of the measures, their cost and their possible effectiveness; and decide whether you (and they) wish to try to push for the City of Birmingham (and possibly other Alabama cities) to implement some or all of the measures.
I wish to focus on measure 1 ('1. Declare war on violent crimes within the city and mean it. Put the city’s money on the front-line of the fight against violent crime.") and the above quoted comment that says, "Some have advocated for more gun control laws."
I sent the below July 8th email to Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed's office, to the Montgomery City Council and to other persons, concerning the City of Montgomery's publicized spike in violent crime. In the email, I say:
I contend that (i) stricter gun laws are an imperative for reducing gun violence in Alabama, (ii) Alabama Republicans are opposed to reducing gun violence in Alabama through stricter gun laws, and (iii) the Republicans' reasons for opposing stricter gun laws may be that they do not believe stricter gun laws will reduce gun violence; or that stricter gun laws impair the capacity of citizens to defend themselves against tyrannical government; or that opposing stricter gun laws is part and parcel of the Republicans fighting the culture war.
I believe Alabamians should reject the reasons Alabama Republicans have for opposing stricter gun laws and Alabamians should rise up against the Alabama Republicans who are harming the health and welfare of Alabamians through the Republicans' control of the Alabama legislature and refusal to pass stricter gun laws.
I think Alabama sheriff's offices and police departments should not be cowed by politics and they should point fingers publicly at the Republicans in Montgomery who are opposed to stricter gun laws for reducing gun violence in Alabama. This will be supportive of Alabamians rising up against the Alabama Republicans in Motgomery who are harming the health and welfare of Alabamians.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook
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From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: rscott@aptv.org <rscott@aptv.org>; tstacy@aptv.org <tstacy@aptv.org>; bbritt@alreporter.com <bbritt@alreporter.com>; jmoon@alreporter.com <jmoon@alreporter.com>; sbritt@alreporter.com <sbritt@alreporter.com>; derrickcunningham@mc-ala.org <derrickcunningham@mc-ala.org>; darylbailey@mc-ala.org <darylbailey@mc-ala.org>; chip.hill@montgomeryal.gov <chip.hill@montgomeryal.gov>; egrimes@montgomeryal.gov <egrimes@montgomeryal.gov>; jbeard@montgomeryal.gov <jbeard@montgomeryal.gov>; mtjohnson@montgomeryal.gov <mtjohnson@montgomeryal.gov>; friley@montgomeryal.gov <friley@montgomeryal.gov>; cccalhoun@montgomeryal.gov <cccalhoun@montgomeryal.gov>; omitchell@montgomeryal.gov <omitchell@montgomeryal.gov>; aszymanski@montgomeryal.gov <aszymanski@montgomeryal.gov>; gpruitt@montgomeryal.gov <gpruitt@montgomeryal.gov>; cjinright@montgomeryal.gov <cjinright@montgomeryal.gov>; mdiaz@montgomeryal.gov <mdiaz@montgomeryal.gov>
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Sent: Monday, July 8, 2024 at 04:43:34 AM CDT
Subject: Guns and Montgomery crime wave
Montgomery's spike in violent crime caught statewide attention the past couple of weeks.
Capitol Journal a week ago Friday interviewed Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham and Montgomery D.A. Daryl Bailey, Capitol Journal on X: "We have a great line up in store Tonight on Capitol Journal. Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham, Montgomery D.A. Daryl Bailey, Alabama Dept. of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington, and Dr. Scott Harris of the Alabama Department of Public Health. Tonight at 7:30 on https://t.co/UTupaaGI6E" / X
On The V, the V team discussed Alabama gun deaths. Alabama Political Reporter on X: "This week on The V the team discusses AMCC’s legal delays, Dems review session, Reggie Jackson’s remarks, AL gun deaths, and LA’s Ten Commandments. All this and much more coming up next on The V. https://t.co/1jF1P0GenH" / X
1819 News published Montgomery County DA Daryl Bailey blames parents, legislature, judicial backlog for Capitol City's crime wave (1819news.com).
This past Tuesday the City of Birmingham's gun violence problem got highlighted per Mayor Woodfin gives himself, Birmingham 'a bad grade' on gun violence, crime (1819news.com).
I contend that (i) stricter gun laws are an imperative for reducing gun violence in Alabama, (ii) Alabama Republicans are opposed to reducing gun violence in Alabama through stricter gun laws, and (iii) the Republicans' reasons for opposing stricter gun laws may be that they do not believe stricter gun laws will reduce gun violence; or that stricter gun laws impair the capacity of citizens to defend themselves against tyrannical government; or that opposing stricter gun laws is part and parcel of the Republicans fighting the culture war.
I believe Alabamians should reject the reasons Alabama Republicans have for opposing stricter gun laws and Alabamians should rise up against the Alabama Republicans who are harming the health and welfare of Alabamians through the Republicans' control of the Alabama legislature and refusal to pass stricter gun laws.
Alabama police departments and sheriff's offices and Alabama city councils and county commissions should aid Alabamians in rising up against the Alabama Republicans in control of the Alabama legislature by such police departments, sheriff's offices, city councils and county commissions, as loudly and publicly as they can, calling on, demanding, and begging, the Alabama legislature for stricter gun laws. Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Draft statement to Birmingham City Council re gun control laws (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com)

"Saving democracy"

Per Harris For Alabama: Purpose; methods (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com), this blog entry gives links to work I have previously done related to "saving democracy." My work is for consideration by other Alabamians possibly to do similarly in their campaigning for Kamala Harris, to make suggestions to me, and/or to come up with their own ideas for campaigning for Kamala Harris related to "saving democracy."  

My work related to "saving democracy" matter includes the following:

I have been trying to get history professors in Alabama to speak up about Hitler and Trump, per Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Similarities and differences between Hitler and Trump (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com).

I have been trying to get the Alabama law profession to speak to Alabamians about the rule of law. See Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Interim Alabama report to ABA Task Force for American Democracy (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com).

I have been trying to get Secretary of State Wes Allen to work with his fellow secretaries of state, Republican and Democratic, to engender a national political situation in which the results of the 2024 election will be accepted by the candidates and the voters. Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: So, here we Alabamians are in the 2024 elections (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com).

I have been trying to get Alabama TV stations to do a better in their coverage of the 2024 elections.  Be An Alabama Rootstriker* with Rob Shattuck: Getting AL TV stations to do better in 2024 elections (al6thcongdist-ihaveuntiljan13.blogspot.com). This would extend to the "saving democracy" matter.

Protest of Harris for Alabama FB removing my comments

A couple of days ago the administrators of the Harris for Alabama | Facebook removed three comments of mine. I requested a phone conversation to discuss the objections that the administrators had to my comments that were removed. The administrators declined to afford me a phone conversation to discuss the objections they had to my comments. I am drafting a protest, which I am posting here.

The "About" of Harris for Alabama | Facebook says:

Welcome to Harris for Alabama. We are an official group of the Joe Biden campaign whose purpose is to:
1. Bring together Kamala’s supporters in Alabama to create a community of supporters who can encourage activism and volunteer efforts in the campaign
2. Serve as a point of interaction between supporters and campaign staff
3. Be a source of information about the Vice President & her campaign that supporters can share to their wider networks.
As an official group of the campaign, it is crucial that we embody his vision of restoring dignity and respect. This begins with what we post and how we personally interact here. 

I created Harris For Alabama (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com). I say at Harris For Alabama: Purpose; getting started (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com) this:

The purpose of this is to be a tool for Alabamians to campaign for Kamala Harris.

There is currently a Facebook page Harris for Alabama | Facebook.
It seems reasonable for Alabamians campaigning for Kamala Harris to have additional social media platforms and tools for doing their campaigning.
This "blog" is amateurish as an additional social media tool for Alabamians to campaign for Kamala Harris.

On Harris for Alabama | Facebook I have been trying to solicit the views of other members of the group of what they thought about additional social media platforms and tools for campaigning for Kamala Harris. I did this by making individualized comments on posts made by other members of the group, which individualized comments included links to Harris For Alabama: Purpose; getting started (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com).

I am attempting individualized interaction with other members of the group in the community of supporters as legitimately seeks to encourage activism and volunteer efforts in the campaign. Not all members of the group see individualized comments by me to another member of the group, and I don't think my efforts at individualized comments to members of the group should be disallowed.

7/28/2024
Yesterday I requested the Facebook administrators to read this protest. After making that request, I was removed from Harris for Alabama | Facebook by the administrators of the group. I wish to understand the objectionableness of what I have done.

[possibly to be continued]

Purpose; methods

The purpose of this is to be a tool for Alabamians to campaign for Kamala Harris.

There is a big national campaign for Kamala Harris, and Kamala Harris will set the tone, themes, and objectives of that campaign. 

No one thinks that Kamala Harris can win in Alabama, and that should affect the campaigning that Alabamians do for Kamala Harris or in tandem with Kamala Harris' campaigning.

Kamala Harris' campaign issues will bring enormous public attention to those issues and Alabamians can avail of that public attention to push on them in Alabama, such as regarding reproductive rights and guns.

Alabamians for Kamala Harris should also be for Shomari Figures and against Caroleene Dobson in the 2nd Congressional district, and Alabamians can beneficially do campaigning for Figures.

There is currently a Facebook page Harris for Alabama | Facebook which Alabamians can join and use to do campaigning for Kamala Harris.

This "blog" is intended to help provide additional social media platforms and tools for Alabamians campaigning for Kamala Harri

This "blog" is amateurish as an additional social media tool for Alabamians to campaign for Kamala Harris. (This "blog" was originally started in 2020 for Biden/Harris/Jones, and for the time being "blog" entries from 2020 remain.) Other Alabamians with website design knowledge and capability are solicited to create a professional looking Harris for Alabama website to be used, as will allow this "blog" to be discontinued.

A Harris for Alabama "X" account would seem desirable.

Other Alabamians may think there should be Instagram, TikTok and other social media platform accounts for Harris for Alabama to be created and used and might proceed to create those accounts.

#HarrisforAlabama seems an appropriate hashtag.

Campaigning regarding particular issues and matters

I have previously done a lot of work regarding issues and matters involved in the Presidential election and that can potentially built on by others or inspire others to come up with their own ideas about campaigning regarding the same.

I will make separate blog entries for these issues and matters, where I will link the work I have done and post any ideas or contributions that others wish to make.

For "saving democracy" matter, go to Harris For Alabama: "Saving democracy" (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com).

For stricter gun laws matter, go to Harris For Alabama: Stricter gun laws (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com).

For campaigning re battleground states, go to Harris For Alabama: Campaigning re battleground states (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com).

For matter of Christian Nationalism, go to Harris For Alabama: Christian nationalism (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com).

For economy and inflation, go to Harris For Alabama: Economy and inflation (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com).

For COVID-19 pandemic response, go to Harris For Alabama: COVID-19 pandemic response (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com).

Email to H.I.V.E. Alabama
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: HIVEAlabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>
Cc: Fiona Shattuck <fmshattuck@aol.com>; Conor Shattuck <conor.shattuck@gmail.com>; Thomas Shattuck <thomas.w.shattuck@vanderbilt.edu>; rudipa@yahoo.com <rudipa@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 06:58:23 AM CDT
Subject: Re: What's next after Wednesday's postcarding event for Shomari Figures?
Dear H.I.V.E. Alabama,
I have reviewed all your posts at HIVE Alabama | Huddle. Inquire. Validate. Enact, going back to your March 2017 start.
I would say that, in the life of your organization, there has never been a more important 80 days for what your organization says and does than the remaining 80 days until the November 5, 2024, election day.
I would like to call to your attention the American Bar Association Task Force for American Democracy and its August 2, 2024, report posted at Task Force for American Democracy (americanbar.org).
The report places a lot of emphasis on taking steps to ensure the democratic carrying out of our elections, and your “Trust the Vote” Zoom event on Tuesday, August 27th, seems excellently in this vein.
If you are willing, I would like to discuss with you other activities H.I.V.E. Alabama might undertake between now and election day. Please email me or call me at 205-967-5586 if we might meet or at least have a phone conversation.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook
On Friday, August 16, 2024 at 04:22:34 AM CDT, Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com> wrote:
I believe H.I.V.E. Alabama had a postcarding event for Shomari Figures on Wednesday this week.
I would appreciate any suggestions or ideas H.I.V.E. Alabama has for melding campaigning for Harris-Walz with campaigning for Shomari Figures. In this regard, please read Harris For Alabama: 2nd Congressional district election (al4bidenharrisjones.blogspot.com)
Thank you.
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook