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White House calls for tougher gun laws in wake of Oregon shooting
The Hill ^ | 10-1-15 | Jordan Fabian

Posted on 10/01/2015 1:34:46 PM PDT by smokingfrog

Passing tougher laws to help prevent gun violence remains a high priority for President Obama, the White House said Thursday after reports of a mass shooting resulting in multiple casualties.

“The issue of sensible steps that can be taken to protect our communities from gun violence continues to be a top priority of this administration,” press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.

Up to 10 people were killed at shooting at a community college in Oregon, according to reports.

Obama was briefed on the shooting by homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco and will receive updates throughout the day, according to a White House official.

Earnest said the “vast majority of Americans” support stricter gun laws, including closing the so-called gun-show loophole. But he said Obama is “realistic” about the dim prospects of congressional action on gun control.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; guncontrol; molonlabe; obama; oregon; roseburg; secondamendment; umpqua; umpquacc
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1 posted on 10/01/2015 1:34:46 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

So. Freaking. Stupid.


2 posted on 10/01/2015 1:35:59 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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To: smokingfrog

The “turnaround time” is getting shockingly fast.


3 posted on 10/01/2015 1:36:16 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: smokingfrog

right on cue


4 posted on 10/01/2015 1:37:08 PM PDT by Bruce Kurtz
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To: smokingfrog

We obviously need to beef up the murder laws too, right Mr. O?


5 posted on 10/01/2015 1:37:10 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: MeshugeMikey
Yes, I'm surprise that he didn't pre-emptively call for gun control in advance of this specific shooting.

Yeah, I'm calling it all orchestrated.

6 posted on 10/01/2015 1:37:58 PM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: smokingfrog

Wow... Wrong on all counts. Not that we expected anything else from this “Administration”.

A dozen laws were broken, but ONE more would have stopped him...

Or, not.

The only thing that would have stopped this dirtbag would have been getting ventilated by one of his intended victims with their own firearm...


7 posted on 10/01/2015 1:38:06 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Bruce Kurtz

Almost like they knew it was coming....


8 posted on 10/01/2015 1:38:32 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Section 20.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

The WH has a fill in the blank form letter for this very occasion.


9 posted on 10/01/2015 1:38:41 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I thought so too.


10 posted on 10/01/2015 1:38:49 PM PDT by Duckdog (Just because your paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Makes you wonder...they certainly were prepared for the gay ruling that came down.


11 posted on 10/01/2015 1:40:12 PM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: chris37

Laws currently prohibiting murder are so lax!

We must act, in order to save our phony-baloney jobs!


12 posted on 10/01/2015 1:40:19 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("I don't like Islam and I don't trust Muslims.")
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To: smokingfrog

OH THAT DARN GUN WENT OFF AGAIN!!!

I’m not making fun of what happened here, it’s sad...

What I am making fun of is there are LAWS on the books that prevent this from happening if they were followed....

But then again, if you can get ‘guns’ on the streets by illegals, gang members and others, all the laws in the world won’t be enough......

Could be why we don’t want gangs and illegals here anymore????


13 posted on 10/01/2015 1:40:41 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, and hope you do to!!!)
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To: Duckdog

Im not certain how to find out what the previous “record” might have been...but Im fairly certain that it was “broken” today!


14 posted on 10/01/2015 1:40:54 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: fwdude

given the ONES penchant for stirring up trouble it almost has to be.


15 posted on 10/01/2015 1:41:39 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: smokingfrog

*Sigh*


16 posted on 10/01/2015 1:42:01 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo ("A bad cause seldom fails to betray itself." -James Madison)
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To: smokingfrog

Oregon just opened its druggie laws... Mary Jane for retail sale!


17 posted on 10/01/2015 1:42:34 PM PDT by onyx
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To: smokingfrog

All these innocent students needed to be armed. They would all be alive now.


18 posted on 10/01/2015 1:42:41 PM PDT by WENDLE (Let Russia Fight ISIS !! Who cares??)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Wonder if Psych meds were involved as in virtually all the others of this skein...


19 posted on 10/01/2015 1:42:54 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: smokingfrog

That was the first word that came mind upon seeing the headline.


20 posted on 10/01/2015 1:43:30 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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