Posted on 12/14/2012 10:09:24 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
DFL Rep. Keith Ellison appeared on TPT's Almanac tonight to discuss the shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut. During the interview, Ellison argued for greater gun control measures.
"The NRA (National Rifle Association) is strong and many of them (members of Congress) take the position that any gun position is going to lead to the position of taking away of all guns," Ellison said. "This is not rational. We need sane, sensible gun regulation and we need it now."
Ellison says his top initiatives would be to address high capacity clips that hold multiple rounds of bullets and greater background checks that require people to submit to background checks before purchasing weapons at gun shows.
"Those are things that we can do now that won't interfere with the right to own a gun but hopefully will avoid and keep guns out of the hands out of the people who are violently unstable," Ellison said.
Ellison also says there needs to be greater access to mental health treatment. He said that would help identify early signs of mental instability which he says lead some to take violent acts.
Ellison has been the most vocal of Minnesota's Congressional delegation to today's shooting. Many others suggested that today was not the day to discuss whether stricter gun control measures are needed.
FU Keith. We’re already beyond the limit of what is “reasonable”.
We tried it your way. 20 kids died.
Like most issues, the issue of gun control by the left goes a lot deeper than the prohibition of gun ownership.
The left are a godless bunch who have substituted a political ideology for religion. Their God is the State and their moral code is relativity. The left has no means to influence societal ills other than through legislation. So, like with the prohibition of alcohol, the left wants to legislate away the means, rather than the cause.
The cause is cultural rot and turning away from God. Without a belief in God, there is no future, there is only the here and now, life has no value, and there is no respect for anyone or anything, just the desire for instant gratification.
Ellison’s fellow travelers prefer long knives to guns.
yup....if you look up oppositional defiance disorder you well might find a description of me ( at least on certain days)
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