i can’t imagine a better scenario during midterms. Strategically speaking, get this symbolic thing on the official record and then hammer the **** out of them for the next 8 months.
I’d love to see Congress take the Gun Ban bill to the floor for a vote
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Instead of actually working on a bipartisan bill the President backs, you'd rather do a political sideshow to put da libz in their place for the midterms? Well at least you aren't hiding behind anything any more, I'll give you that.
"political sideshow".....you mean like the liberals have been running ever since November 2016?......libs never heard of a bipartisan bill....you aren't hiding either are you?
So much truth there. Ole Coop wanted to show how smart and fair he was but exposed his own hypocrisy in doing so.
Huh? There's a bi-partisan bill with GOP and DEM sponsorship, that POTUS came out and backed after the shooting. Did Fox News not cover it for you?
You might get surprised. 70% of Americans support a ban on assault rifles.
Just saw where Dicks Sporting Goods is no longer selling ARs and will no longer sell a gun to anyone under 21, regardless of state and law.
I don't have a problem with that. Of course, that won't stop the next shooting.
I have respect for those on the right screaming mad about identity politics. But, now in power, many of those that scream on the right are wanting to use the ability to govern effectively as a mere tactic to smear the opposition to gain even more power?
Gun control, the Russia investigation, immigration, military parades....seems like everything is a gotcha move at this point. Seems like the real motive is driving the divide deeper?
That said.....looks like it’s working too.
Don't you suppose they make the majority of their profits from clothing and shoes and other sporting equipment?
What would have really stopped a cruz is if the FBI or the Sheriff's office had done their job.
Maybe? Then why not just give up guns completely? Seems like this will run off the gun nuts that feel attacked.
How do you know? They can't get access to "illegal" AR's? They can't get access to Handguns?
Certainly. But we've had a run on mass murders recently and 70% is a lot of customers.
Absolutely. There are 300 million guns in the US and they could certainly get one illegally. But these guys got their's LEGALLY.
What is a run? There are stats that say 11 teenagers are killed every day from texting and driving. I'm not sure if that's true but if it is, that's more damning than the these shootings. I beleive we need to do all things to protect the kids. HArdening the schools, more teachers with guns, better background checks, mental illness identification. The problem with hardening the schools is that it will be a huge financial burden on districts and they are already stretched thin.
Even using WaPo, wrong.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...onservatives-support-assault-weapons-ban-poll
"Overall, about half of Americans support a ban on assault weapons, according to the new Washington Post/ABC News poll, compared with 46 percent who oppose such a ban. That shows little change from 2016, when 51 percent support a prohibition on assault weapons.
The Washington Post/ABC News poll of 808 adults was conducted from Feb. 15-18. Its margin of error is 4 percentage points."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...st-year-mass-killings-least-decade/836738001/
As far as protecting the kids, hardening the schools is certainly prudent, but arming teachers has pitfalls.
This country is really awesome at not fixing the problems .....cause it's to expensive & most of the time don't want to face the problem
Bwhahahaha first of all, I’ve never hid any pretense of my beliefs on the 2nd amendment. We don’t have a firearms problem judging by the numbers. I’d support doing nothing from what is currently in place. And yes, I’m all for maintaining a majority of GOP and a supermajority if we could pull it off. I’ve said what I thought I would be willing to compromise on many times and it comes far short of what the Dems would support. I’d support Mag limits and I’d support banning bump stocks, as long as both came with a heavy emphasis (don’t know what that would be) on mental health.
Secondly, the whole pretense of my post was based on the political sideshow of the left by sponsoring/proposing something they know wouldn’t see the light of day. You chastise me for wanting to call them on it and use their political sideshow against them? We just sat through two weeks of NRA and fun bashing to find out the problem was a disengaged FBI, some shitbag police, and some crazy assed police commissioner. Oh, but I’m offbase. *****, please.
Yeah, I do think you're off base. The GOP controls the House, Senate and WH. POTUS has called for certain bi-partisan gun measures to pass. You'd rather see a sideshow for lulz.
Could you point to some instances in the last year where the left has attempted compromise?
Thanks, I’ll take your answer on the air.
Shocker, I’m able to not fall lock step with POTUS. I’m in disagreement with him on this one.
That's great! How independent of you. Still think you're off base too root for some silly political sideshow. You have valid, well reasoned positions...you should stand by them instead reveling in absurdity.
They will never do it because it is GOP controlled, I wish they would too but not for your reasons, not sure where ya'll think you get the votes, but then there is no "Ban" all guns bill, so the legislation would not be to
lol, no one buys your little tap dance.
You can't read at all.
"70% of Americans support stricter laws"
Leaving them unarmed has more pitfalls. Sorry, just don't agree that leaving them there without any defensive measures is smart. It's a lot more cost effective than building walls, and having police on every floor. School districts aren't going to be able to afford it.
I’m for taking any sideshow the Dems start to spin it and to smack them back in the face with it. It’s called politics. The GOP doesn’t play enough of it, or at least as aggressively as I’d play it.
If Harry Reid had said he had it on good authority that I hadn't paid any income taxes, I would have said," I have it on good authority that Senator Reid likes little boys." Mitt was too nice to that scum bag.
That’s like a decade ago, and newsflash, birth certificates were started by the candidate you voted for last election.
That's why Sy Blumenthal wasn't allowed by Obama to be in HRC's state department. He knew.
The English language isn't that difficult.
"The nationwide average of 70% is even higher than the 67% that want to ban assault weapons and the 66% that wanted tougher gun laws in general in a recent Quinnipiac University poll. Those figures are the highest ever in the 10-year history of the poll."
But, but, but....you were looking for aggressive politics. The birth certificate fiasco was a very aggressively pursued pile of dogshit. And the bulk of it was delivered by the right.