Posted on 06/22/2015 5:43:44 PM PDT by markomalley
Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley may not be doing well in the polls, but he's putting in a concerted effort to make his voice heard on gun violence in the wake of the recent Charleston massacres.
"A single American life is worth more than all the guns in the United States," O'Malley said while giving a speech at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in San Francisco. "How many senseless acts of violence do we have to endure as a people before we stand up to the congressional lobbyists of the National Rifle Association? How many more Americans have to die?"
While governor of Maryland, O'Malley instituted laws banning assault weapons and high capacity gun magazines that "exist only to inflict human casualty." He also implemented strict licensing rules cracking down on the gun-permitting process, to ensure maximum safety. Because of his actions, the National Rifle Association gave
O'Malley recently told supporters that his legislation passed in Maryland is just his first step for his plan for the nation. If elected, he said he wants to enforce a national assault weapons ban, stricter background checks and increase efforts to reduce straw-buying of guns.
"If the thousands of young men killed by gun violence every year across America were young, poor and white rather than young, poor and black, it is hard to imagine that our Congress would continue to block common sense measures to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill," he said.
O'Malley also supported removing the Confederate flag from South Carolina. On Monday, O'Malley launched a campaign on his website calling for state government officials in South Carolina to "restore the Confederate flag to a museum."
Hey Mark ban all flu virus. More people die of the flu every year than get killed by guns.
I’d say that O’Malley just shot himself in the foot with the Second Amendment crowd in both the D and R camps.
These from the people wo value abortion over everything else and think the planet is 90% overpopulated?
Umm biggest lie ever. Dont believe them for a second.
What if he’s right? If that’s the case he should still support gun rights, because guns on balance save more lives than they take.
He loves baby murder like all liberals do
If firearms were confiscated from everyone, violence would escalate horribly. Our nation would go from being a whorehouse to a land of prostitution, robberies and murders.
“”If the thousands of young men killed by gun violence every year across America were young, poor and white rather than young, poor and black, it is hard to imagine that our Congress would continue to block common sense measures to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill,” he said.”
Hey, Martin! You DID that while on the Baltimore City Council, 8 years as Mayor of Baltimore, and 8 years as Governor of Maryland.
Tell us how that worked out in West Baltimore last month?
That’s what he says now. In typical leftist totalitarian fashion, as soon as he gets all the guns, the real killing will begin.
Fixed
Sweat and Matt?
Politicians, such as O’Malley, should be memorialized with statues constructed from the body parts of the 56 MILLION reported Abortions that have been the essence of the Democrap Party!
Democrat.
Maryland.
Nuff said.
Isn’t it cute? Martin O’Malley engaging in meaningless hyperbole to gin up his base.
A single life saved by a gun is worth more than any gun control law
A single life saved by the timely use of a citizen’s gun is the life of a Cheat and thus should be forfeit.
When governments outlaw guns, only governments have guns and the lives of billions becomes worthless except as they are deemed to be of use to the governments with the guns.
“A single American life is worth more than all the guns in the United States,”
No its not. That is an ignorant statement not supported by history. Ask a Jew, the French, the Italians and millions of others across the planet. Ask anyone that believes in freedom and liberty. Also hypocritical from a liberal Democrat who supports abortion.
Feel free to put your life where your mouth is at any time, bub.
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