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Congresswoman Hopeful that Connecticut School Massacre Will Lead to Gun Control
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 15 Dec 2012 | John Semmens

Posted on 12/16/2012 1:29:16 PM PST by John Semmens

Friday’s murder spree at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut took the lives of 28 people and has already sparked calls for tighter gun control.

Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) characterized the slayings as “a very fortuitous event for those of us determined to disarm the general public. The fact that so many of the victims were young children should go a long way toward softening up the opposition of the right wing gun nuts who have blocked constructive measures against this much needed action.”

The ineffectiveness of current laws banning weapons in public schools failed to stem McCarthy’s hopes. “Just because existing laws haven’t proved sufficient doesn’t mean we don’t need more of them,” McCarthy argued. “At the very least adding another illegal weapons possession charge to the indictment of the perpetrators of these heinous crimes has got to have some deterrent effect.”

“It’s long past the time that we recognize that the ancient rationale for private gun ownership is no longer relevant,” the Representative said. “People don’t need to personally hunt for food. There are no Indians on the rampage in our towns. The skills our ancestors had with firearms have atrophied in our modern world.”

“America would be a much safer place if only government personnel were allowed to carry guns,” McCarthy maintained. “As history has shown in other countries, concentrating the firepower in the hands of well trained police and military personnel is more conducive to securing a peaceful environment for everyone to enjoy.”

if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...

http://azconservative.org/2012/12/15/right-to-work-passes-in-michigan-violence-feared/


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: crime; democrats; guns; liberals; newtown; sandyhook; satire
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1 posted on 12/16/2012 1:29:22 PM PST by John Semmens
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To: John Semmens

Never trust a woman who builds her career on the butchering of her husband. As always, very good satire!


2 posted on 12/16/2012 1:31:45 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: John Semmens

I sure wish you’d quit posting this asinine, childish garbage. This isn’t humor; it’s sick.


3 posted on 12/16/2012 1:32:29 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: John Semmens

It’s getting awfully difficult to distinguish sarcasm from reality these days. Sad.


4 posted on 12/16/2012 1:33:59 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Chainmail
We all know what opinions are like.

There are a lot of us that enjoy clever satire.

5 posted on 12/16/2012 1:35:51 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: Chainmail

Satire, yes. Could it be true? Yes.


6 posted on 12/16/2012 1:36:15 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: John Semmens
obama all the guns
7 posted on 12/16/2012 1:37:25 PM PST by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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To: Chainmail
Welcome to FR, newbie.

If you can't recognize and appreciate good satire, then either don't read the article or leave. Satire such as this has long been a staple on FR.

8 posted on 12/16/2012 1:38:18 PM PST by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: unixfox

All good satire has a bit of the truth in it. This one is so close to the truth, one has to pause and think “is this really satire?”


9 posted on 12/16/2012 1:40:31 PM PST by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: John Semmens

Excellent perspective of the Leftist mind once again John.


10 posted on 12/16/2012 1:49:00 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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We must have more laws against guns. This kid simply ignored about 20 laws and still went ahead with his plan. We need to start a squared law system. Take the number of laws broken and square them. Say if someone broke 20 laws then 20 squared would be 400 laws broken that he can be charged with after his suicide. and of course ///SSS
11 posted on 12/16/2012 1:58:02 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: John Semmens

Very fortuitous.

What a POS.


12 posted on 12/16/2012 2:09:34 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Venturer

Damn this satire crap, they got me again. I hate this crap I wish they would stop posting this horse dung. The real news is bad enough without these tards posting crap.


13 posted on 12/16/2012 2:11:10 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Venturer

Oh, come on! Doesn’t it amaze you that you’re through the first paragraph before you realize you’ve been snookered again? My only fear is that I’ll post something stupid before realizing it’s satire.


14 posted on 12/16/2012 2:20:05 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: John Semmens

“There are no Indians on the rampage in our towns”

Nope, just hoodlums and lunatics.

Good piece of satire.. but sure close to reality. :)


15 posted on 12/16/2012 2:32:44 PM PST by berdie
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To: miss marmelstein

Wasn’t there a noted knife altercation the same day as the shootings in which numerous individuals were stabbed to death?

They’ll eventually be moving to legislate the sharpening of sticks.


16 posted on 12/16/2012 2:38:43 PM PST by conserv8
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To: SW6906; doorgunner69
Satire is funny - anything involving the horrific murder of 20 innocent children and 6 good people - isn't funny.

For SW6906: the SW 6906 is a lousy pistol. If you really need a 9mm, stick to a Browning, "newbie".

17 posted on 12/16/2012 3:07:09 PM PST by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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To: Venturer
Damn this satire crap, they got me again.

Make a habit to check the source and the keywords on threads and it will rarely , if ever, happen again.

18 posted on 12/16/2012 3:11:23 PM PST by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: John Semmens
Interesting...

You yourself use the slaughter of twenty children to make a political point by lying about a known gun-control Representative.

Anybody, and I mean anybody, using the murder of these children to make a political statement or to show the world how clever he thinks he is is a scumbag.

19 posted on 12/16/2012 3:26:16 PM PST by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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To: mountainlion

I personally am sick and f#$#$ tired of seeing Bloomberg harping about gun control all over the place while people are completely ignoring the law almost daily in his city. I guess now that he’s gotten the Soda Emergency under control, he’s going on to bigger and better things.


20 posted on 12/16/2012 4:40:51 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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