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Tony Bennett: ‘I’d like assault weapons eliminated’ [VIDEO]
The Daily Caller, by Nicholas Ballasy
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Posted By:PChristopher, 2/7/2013 2:30:43 AM
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| Singer Tony Bennett said on Capitol Hill that Congress should eliminate what he called “assault weapons.” “I still haven’t gotten over Connecticut. I’d like the assault weapons to go to war, not in our own country, and I’d like assault weapons eliminated,” said Bennett on Wednesday during a press conference at the Capitol Building. The press event was sponsored by Mayors Against Illegal Guns and The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, both of which favor stricter gun control laws.
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Comments: Excuse me, but we don´t have "Assault Weapons". The Armed Forces have the Assault Weapons. We have constitutionally guaranteed Personal Defense Weapons. And if Tony could actually find his glasses, he would have read that the Connecticut "Assault Weapon" never left the trunk of the crazy guy´s car. What a tool.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Spidey, 2/7/2013 2:57:38 AM (No. 9162923)
Any object used to inflict harm on another person is an assault weapon.Jails are full of people charged with assaults and no gun involved.
It´s just like now,any football player with a behavior issue had to come from a concussion.
If Christie was president,he would likely drop dead in office, unlike any other president who is guaranteed not to die in office.Why do we even need Biden,let alone give him a raise.
We have a proliferation of new liberal lies,myths and language trigger words to manipulate public opinion.
If you shot someone in the head with a derringer,it would be just as deadly as an AR15.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Safari Man, 2/7/2013 3:03:51 AM (No. 9162925)
I could make a long list of things I would personally like to be eliminated. Near the top of the list would be washed up elevator-music singers sporting horrible toupees.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
901AtTheRiver, 2/7/2013 3:49:33 AM (No. 9162945)
I´d like world peace too, and we´re not going to get there without our weapons.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
beamer, 2/7/2013 3:49:34 AM (No. 9162946)
Isn´t he a draft dogger? He doesn´t seem to know much about guns. Just a Hollywood liberal spouting off. Democrats adore him.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
4Justice, 2/7/2013 3:52:07 AM (No. 9162947)
A pistol shooting blanks shot at the head would also be just as deadly...just ask John Erik Hexum. Oh, that´s right, you can´t. But seriously, the left has always been a word manipulator and does everything to mislead people. They NEVER tell the truth. If they did, they´d expose how evil they are. Bennett has got to be going senile. Either that or he also left his brain in San Francisco!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
NeverVoteDem, 2/7/2013 4:20:16 AM (No. 9162953)
I am a fan of Tony´s but he is wrong. Correct me if i am wrong but no assault weapon was used in Connecticut. The shooter used hand guns. He left the assault rifle in the trunk of his car.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
abiner, 2/7/2013 5:01:10 AM (No. 9162963)
I have to ask the same question I ask about all these Hollywood types who spout off about subjects they have no knowledge of.
Why should I care what Tony Bennett thinks? Like Rosie O´Donnell, he´s rich enough to pay for armed bodyguards. I´m not.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 2/7/2013 5:11:21 AM (No. 9162971)
First in line should be Tony Bennett.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
reilly, 2/7/2013 7:09:58 AM (No. 9163029)
Poor Tony also left his brain in San Francisco.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
krause, 2/7/2013 7:33:13 AM (No. 9163080)
Like most of the leftist poodles, Tony is a shallow thinker, easily manipulated.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
kanphil, 2/7/2013 7:39:25 AM (No. 9163095)
Tony Bennett is showing signs of dementia brought on by old age, IMHO. He can´t sing, either.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 2/7/2013 8:08:02 AM (No. 9163157)
While Tony Bennett´s song styling and his politics may not be pleasing to everyone´s ear, I have to question the operational integrity of that ear when its owner is telling me that the man can´t sing.
Having said that , I wish he would shut up when not singing during the last 60-70 years.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
The Architect, 2/7/2013 8:10:46 AM (No. 9163159)
To quote the great Homer Simpson, "Hollywood Celebrities, is there anything they don´t know?" Why is the opinion of any Hollywood movie star or singer worthy of print space or band width? Their opinions are no more valid than yours of mine. Why the hell is Chris Rock going to Washington to offer his opinion to Congress regarding guns? Finally, why doesn´t our Congress listen to the vast majority of Americans who are very concerned about the loss of our 2nd Amendment rights? It seems to me they should be more concerned with their constituents than libtard movie stars and washed up cocktail lounge singers.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
richardvan, 2/7/2013 8:36:26 AM (No. 9163215)
Tony Bennet would not know an assault weapon if one was stuck in his mouth.
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