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Topic: NRA chief: Enforce the existing gun laws |
NRA chief: Enforce the existing gun laws
Washington Times, by David Sherfinski
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 12/23/2012 11:10:52 PM
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| The National Rifle Association does not plan to support any new gun control measures in the wake of the shooting rampage in Newtown, Conn., the head of the organization said Sunday, arguing that the government should vigorously enforce laws already on the books and reiterating the group’s push for more armed guards in schools as part of the solution. Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre, answering questions for the first time since the Dec. 14 shootings, said legislation to impose restrictions on clip sizes or bans on so-called assault weapons
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
clw54, 12/23/2012 11:12:24 PM (No. 9081341)
They get a donation tomorrow.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
hamrman, 12/23/2012 11:26:30 PM (No. 9081350)
Amen!!!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
voxpopuli, 12/23/2012 11:42:22 PM (No. 9081362)
i joined last night..
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Doc Obiwan, 12/24/2012 12:06:19 AM (No. 9081375)
Actually, most of the existing laws should be repealed as well; but maintaining the status quo is better than what the gun-grabbers want.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
flatwater, 12/24/2012 1:42:43 AM (No. 9081418)
NRA representatives should go on ABC, NBC, PMSNBC and CNN and start publicly asking precisely WHY Barack Obama and Eric Holder were FORCING American firearms dealers to sell weapons to Mexican drug cartels, and WHY they are hiding behind "executive privilege" in refusing to answer questions, and WHY these media outlets have REFUSED to report on the story!
Obama REFUSES to address "Operation Fast & Furious." Let´s FORCE him to. If Wise King Barky wants to have a "national conversation" on gun control, let´s FORCE him to answer for his own administration´s actions!
More than three hundred people are DEAD because of Obama and Holder, almost TWELVE TIMES the number of dead in Sandy Hook, Connecticut....
WHY was Obama FORCING GUNS into the hands of Mexican drug cartels?
WHY is he hiding behind executive privilege?
WHY are these networks refusing to seek the TRUTH in this matter?
If the NRA is going to be persecuted for standing up for Second Amendment rights, Barack Obama and his Palace Guard in the MFM should be persecuted with the FACTS!
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Spidey, 12/24/2012 3:08:43 AM (No. 9081438)
The gun laws aren´t aimed at criminals but average law abiding citizens.The worst shooting areas in the country all probably have assault weapons bans.
Just watch how many school districts go with LaPeirre´s advice rather than the gun grabbers.
To really figure out wy these mass shootings happen,they really need to dig into the background of the shooters. But they won´t because they want the gun to be a free standing criminal itself.
These last 3 shootings were done by weird looking people,that has to be a part of it.I don´t think it´s as hard to spot a loon as they make it out to be.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bpl40, 12/24/2012 7:13:15 AM (No. 9081513)
Almost all school shooters are on SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) a very powerful class of psychotropic drugs. The American Psychiatric Association keeps insisting it is the underlying condition and not the drug that is responsible. But the evidence to the contrary is becoming overwhelming. Misguided privacy laws prevent effective monitoring of patients. The MSM maintains a silence conspiracy because it will focus attention on something other than legal fire arms. Pathetic.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Bad Dog, 12/24/2012 7:56:55 AM (No. 9081569)
See, if the pro-regressive elites manage to outlaw everything, then everybody becomes a law-breaker. Just like that.
And of course law-breakers have to be - uh - corrected.
So, three hots and a cot await us all. Oh - and ´dependable´ medical care (for our homemade shiv wounds).
Those wacky elites! They´ll need special facilities for those of us who ... remember. Nurse! Time for her injection!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Catherine, 12/24/2012 8:01:34 AM (No. 9081575)
I´ve purposely stayed away from the Newtown story. I can´t bear the thought of those little children........
Anyway, the answer to someone like Lanza (?) not sure of the name-the shooter, is to allow certain designated teachers to carry guns. All must have attended training, both on the weapon they carry and with someone with the know-how to determine if they are responsible enough to be trusted with them. You don´t protect anyone by disarming. Simple as that.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 12/24/2012 8:09:24 AM (No. 9081593)
The Second Amendment enshrines the God-given right to bear arms. It does not ´grant´ it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
fishbone, 12/24/2012 8:21:54 AM (No. 9081623)
Correct #4. I´d say block new laws to begin with and, then, begin repealing all the idiotic ones (all?).
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
lonestarm3, 12/24/2012 8:30:52 AM (No. 9081645)
The truth is politically incorrect and so is difficult to get into the national debate about guns:
The last thing the anti-gun crowd - from the president on down - want is an end to mass shootings, especially in schools.
From their point of view, the deaths of a few, or a few dozen, kids every couple of years is a small price to pay for the chance effectively nullify the second amendment.
The left is forever telling us that this or piece of the constitution was a mistake - even that the whole thing is out of date in a modern world, or at least subject to creative interpretation as a "living, breathing document."
The founders did make one mistake, probably because they gave freedom´s heirs more credit than we deserve: They used the amendment process to incorporate an affirmation of the unalienable rights which are beyond the legitimate authority of any government - especially one based on individual freedom.
The inclusion of what we call the bill of rights was required for and a condition of ratification of the constitution and therefore the removal of any of them violates the contract and renders the whole document invalid.
The whole point of the progressive movement is to free the government from the restrictions of the constitution and thereby replace freedom with a socialist dictatorship.
To conflate two quotations from Marx and Soros, "The principal impediment to the attainment of world socialism is the unreasonable attitude of the average american citizen" - i.e., the average american believes that he or she - individually - has rights.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
chicodon, 12/24/2012 9:23:53 AM (No. 9081723)
Just like we know why they don´t want Voter ID or to purge dead voters from the rolls, we also know why the want to render the 2nd Amendment meaningless. They want the tentacles of the federal government to continue spreading over the land unopposed. The only legal owners of firearms in their world will be the military, police and Democrat goons.
It really annoys me that people on our side have given up the argument the founders made that only an unarmed people can be an enslaved people. It´s all now about self defense and hunting. This is NOT what the founders intended.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
TCloud, 12/24/2012 9:59:53 AM (No. 9081786)
Prepped yet fellow Pats?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
RancherJack, 12/24/2012 10:11:19 AM (No. 9081808)
There were gun laws in the Colonies. All benefitted the Crown.
Remember how that worked out.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy, 12/24/2012 11:43:23 AM (No. 9081999)
Been an NRA member for six years now. Bought my Smith 45 M&P the day after Obie stole the 2008 election. Now have my CWP and carry a Smith bodyguard 380. Became convinced needed protection after experiencing our first break-in at the house. Let´s see how tough these tough-talking elected libs would be if they had to go about their jobs with no security details protecting them....with guns. How about you Obie?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
hicokid, 12/24/2012 12:02:19 PM (No. 9082032)
Correct me if I´m wrong, but wasn´t the so-called assault weapon left in the trunk of the Newtown shooter´s car? If so, it appears that that info is being suppressed in the news.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
glcinpdx, 12/24/2012 2:16:26 PM (No. 9082225)
The first reaction of government to these acts is to try and restrict the freedoms of law abiding citizens. The reaction to 9/11 is a great example withe new beast Department of Homeland Security and all the restrictions on air travel, etc. This is what government does and we need to be more vigilant than ever to their attempted power grabs.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 12/24/2012 3:20:20 PM (No. 9082285)
Best slogan on Facebook: ´SEALS didn´t kill Bin Ladin. Guns did!´
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
alto, 12/24/2012 3:35:19 PM (No. 9082308)
I don´t own an assault rifle. I do own, what I call, a HDR ( Home/homeland defense rifle) My AR never has, or will, assault anyone besides someone attacking me.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
eoddad, 12/24/2012 3:45:52 PM (No. 9082319)
If my Republican Party showed half the courage of The Head of the NRA we would not be in the mess we are in. Standing up and saying what is right and Weathering the Media hysteria. Refreshing.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
typhoon, 12/24/2012 4:56:15 PM (No. 9082361)
Facebook is packed with liberal creeps who want to take away our second ammendment rights.
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