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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Set for Clash on Gun Control
The New York Times ^ | May 19, 2016 | Trip Gabriel

Posted on 05/20/2016 1:11:14 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

If more people were armed, Donald J. Trump says at rallies, mass shootings like those in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., would be less deadly.

If you have a permit to carry a concealed weapon, he wants to make it valid in all 50 states, as simple as a driver’s license.

And Mr. Trump himself has a permit to carry a concealed handgun, which he is not shy about mentioning. “Somebody attacks me, oh, they’re gonna be shocked,” he warned last year.

Mr. Trump, who promises to “totally protect” the Second Amendment, is scheduled to speak on Friday at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association, on the cusp of a general election in which gun issues are expected to be more prominent than in recent presidential races. His address should signal how far he is likely to go in pressing gun rights to energize the Republican base in the fall campaign.

Whereas President Obama soft-pedaled gun control in both his national runs, Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee, is signaling a greater appetite to clash with Mr. Trump on the issue.

In a Twitter message last week, Mrs. Clinton said that Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, would force schools “to allow guns in classrooms on his first day in office.”(continued)

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; antoninscalia; banglist; ccw; clinton; guncontrol; hillary; scalia; scotus; secondamendment; texas; trump
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1 posted on 05/20/2016 1:11:14 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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2 posted on 05/20/2016 1:15:45 AM PDT by Bobalu (Government treats you like a milk cow. If things get tough, they will treat you like a beef cow)
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2A support is one reason why I voted for Trump in the primary.


3 posted on 05/20/2016 1:20:19 AM PDT by fulltlt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good to see you.

One of our old-time freepers pointed out elsewhere that Trump is the only person in public life to use the term “assault rifle” correctly.


4 posted on 05/20/2016 1:24:34 AM PDT by firebrand
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Crooked Hlllary is a fool run on gun control. Even Obama had enough sense not to push it openly until his second term. It’s a loser for them.


5 posted on 05/20/2016 1:28:58 AM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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In a Twitter message last week, Mrs. Clinton said that Mr. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, would force schools “to allow guns in classrooms on his first day in office.”

Hot Damn! I'd feel much better about my kid being in school all day if I thought SOMEBODY responsible were armed!

6 posted on 05/20/2016 1:31:39 AM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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“Hot Damn! I’d feel much better about my kid being in school all day if I thought SOMEBODY responsible were armed!”

Don’t you know that your position is that of a knuckle dragging Neanderthal? C’mon! Get with the program. You’re supposed to be proud of sending your kid to a “gun free zone” which any deranged and heavily armed libtard can use as an extension of his “safe zone” to walk in and start shooting until proper authorities can arrive and wait until it’s over.


7 posted on 05/20/2016 2:19:52 AM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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Can ANY gun owning Democrat vote for Clinton? Will they stay home, leave the party, or cede their 2nd amendment rights and embrace Clinton? Is voting Democrat more important than their Constitutional right to keep and bear arms?


8 posted on 05/20/2016 2:19:57 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Make America Great Again Starts with America First! I stand with Trump.)
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Perfect. Remind any stragglers not aboard the Trump Train yet of something vitally at stake this election.


9 posted on 05/20/2016 2:26:41 AM PDT by Utmost Certainty
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To: Carthego delenda est
Don’t you know that your position is that of a knuckle dragging Neanderthal?

Does this club make my butt look fat? No, really. Tell me....

10 posted on 05/20/2016 2:32:24 AM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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Any Democrat serious about the 2A probably jumped parties long ago. The only Dem pol I know of that supposedly defends their constituents’ 2A rights is Joe Manchin; apparently the NRA also gives him an ‘A’ rating.

Bernie also supposedly sticks up for 2A rights, but technically he’s an Independent. Though NRA rating is ‘D-’.


11 posted on 05/20/2016 2:39:31 AM PDT by Utmost Certainty
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“If you have a permit to carry a concealed weapon, he wants to make it valid in all 50 states, as simple as a driver’s license. “

Honestly, I have never understood why the Second Amendment
stops at individual State lines. Do I need a permit to pray, or speak in another state than my home state? Do I lose my 4th amendment rights in another state? NO
So again, why has it devolved over the years that the Second
Amendment “rules enforcement” changes from state to state? Always seemed unconstitutional to me.


12 posted on 05/20/2016 2:56:13 AM PDT by Mrs. B.S. Roberts
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I was just thinking: If Trump wins the election, isn’t B. Hussein required to be there at his inauguration and listen to his inauguration speech? Bwa ha ha ha. Oh man I would love to see that, him sitting there while Trump eviscerates the past 8 years


13 posted on 05/20/2016 2:58:01 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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Yes, gun control is an issue the Democrats have done quite well on!


14 posted on 05/20/2016 3:05:57 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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How can anyone be a Democrat and be a gun owner?


15 posted on 05/20/2016 3:06:43 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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There is nothing more American than the Second Amendment. Running against the 2A is like running against America. Trump should have no problem framing this debate.


16 posted on 05/20/2016 3:10:40 AM PDT by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
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To: Hugin

Crooked Hlllary is a fool run on gun control. Even Obama had enough sense not to push it openly until his second term. It’s a loser for them.


It’s the Bernie Effect. And you are right. She is stupid.

But I wish Trump would mention Venezuela in connection with gun control. Socialists are free to starve their unarmed populations to death.


17 posted on 05/20/2016 3:14:38 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump For America.)
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Or cause the population of Venezuela to rebel as they are doing now.


18 posted on 05/20/2016 4:03:51 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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Rebellions go better with guns.


19 posted on 05/20/2016 4:13:41 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump For America.)
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This will NOT go well for Hillary.


20 posted on 05/20/2016 4:49:20 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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