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Topic: Father of Conn. victim
urges enforcement of laws |
Father of Conn. victim
urges enforcement of laws
Associated Press, by Susan Haigh
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 1/28/2013 1:14:06 PM
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| HARTFORD, Conn. — The father of a 6-year-old victim of the Newtown elementary school shooting says Connecticut´s existing gun laws need to be more strictly enforced and the nation needs a return to civility. Mark Mattioli appeared Monday before a legislative subcommittee reviewing gun laws in the wake of the Dec. 14 massacre, which left 20 first-grade students and six educators dead. Mattioli´s son, James, was among the children killed.Mattioli says he believes in "simple, few gun laws" and that there are "more than enough on the books." But he said they´re not being properly enforced.
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Comments:
At least one of the parents is not blindly following 0bama. If we enforced the laws on the books in this country relating to everything (i.e., immigration) We wouldn´t have the constant need to keep generating new burdensome and unconstitutional legislation.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Conservativegirl, 1/28/2013 1:25:44 PM (No. 9144415)
Another parent said, "The sole purpose of those AR-15s or the AK-47 is put a lot of lead out on the battlefield quickly, and that´s what they do. And that´s what they did at Sandy Hook Elementary on the 14th"
I certainly sympathize with his loss, but that doesn´t give him the right to LIE. The weapons used at Sandy Hook were pistols!
Girl´s Hubby
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Dante, 1/28/2013 1:46:02 PM (No. 9144463)
Looks like barry will have to send someone out to this rational man to get him on board with the hysterical fear mongering.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
PChristopher, 1/28/2013 1:46:38 PM (No. 9144465)
Return to civility? First pen up all ´Progressives´.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
JoniTx, 1/28/2013 1:48:09 PM (No. 9144473)
Just saw this video on Fox News, Meghan Kelly.....riveting!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
rarebear, 1/28/2013 1:56:03 PM (No. 9144499)
But, Whackadoodle Biden said we don´t have the time and wherewithall to enforce all the existing gun laws .... and, therefore, we need to make more gun laws. This makes perfect sense .... if you´re a Democrat. Don´t mess with Joe ... or you just may wake him up.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Scrubber, 1/28/2013 1:56:33 PM (No. 9144501)
I just have to axe it: exactly what law would have prevented this? How about the extremely stiff laws against murder?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Michaelus, 1/28/2013 1:59:24 PM (No. 9144508)
They are going to have to quit letting these parents speak in public.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
nimby, 1/28/2013 2:33:28 PM (No. 9144608)
While I am sorry for this parent´s loss, enforcing stricter gun laws = civility?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Liberal like Jefferson, 1/28/2013 2:37:55 PM (No. 9144620)
Existing gun laws WORKED. The psychotic kid was prevented from buying a firearm because he failed the background check. Sadly, the person most repsonsible is dead - an indulgent mother who left weapons and ammunition where her psycho kid could get them.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 1/28/2013 3:23:48 PM (No. 9144708)
#9, apparently, he could not get them without killing her first. He had to go over her dead body. And a lot of sick-minded people and criminals will do the same thing.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Charactercounts, 1/28/2013 3:51:27 PM (No. 9144760)
All the laws worked in this case. He couldn´t buy a gun. He had to kill his mother to get the ones he did get.
The one thing that didn´t work is the "gun free zone" at the school.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
mickturn, 1/28/2013 4:01:06 PM (No. 9144780)
SO the Dims in charge are negligent for not enforcing the laws...thanks for that, finally some sanity.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
sliver of truth, 1/28/2013 4:04:32 PM (No. 9144783)
I wonder if Dr. William Petit, sole survivor of the Connecticut home invasion that left his wife and two girls slaughtered, wished he had a few "assault" weapons in his home when two intruders entered his home.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
lancer12, 1/28/2013 4:15:06 PM (No. 9144798)
Cops were told by Judge"Turn
Cops wer told by Judge "Turn-Em-Loose" Bruce that they must not stop and check out a driver and car if they think the person looks suspicious. Even if the driver has weapons they do not have good evidence for arrest. The Virgina Tech shooter had many interviews with mental health people and he otwitted them by looking normal and giving healthy answers to questions. The solution would be letting cops do their jobs, encouraging their powers of observation with sincere apologies for annoyance to innocent people. Remember the TSA can do all kinds of searches of people wanting to fly, while insulting them and stealing their belongings, with no evidence of finding wrongdoing.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
JAN, 1/28/2013 4:35:36 PM (No. 9144840)
Dr. Pettit campaigned for the death penalty.
Five minutes after the killers were sentenced to death, the dem governor of CT ended the death penalty.
He dared not cammpaign to end the death penalty during the trial but then........
Hateful miserable wretched person caring more the criminal than the precious victims.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Gloating, 1/28/2013 4:43:38 PM (No. 9144864)
Absolutely what #15 said. Disgusting liberal mindset. I cannot wait to move out of Connecticut. BTW gun sales went way up after the Petit home invasion in Ct . So did home security systems.
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