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Murphy: Congress needs to 'get off its ass' and take action on gun violence
The Hill ^ | 10/02/17 | JACQUELINE THOMSEN

Posted on 10/02/2017 7:39:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called for Congress to “get off its ass and do something” about gun violence after a deadly Las Vegas mass shooting that left at least 50 people dead.

Murphy, who emerged as a leading figure in the push for gun control legislation after the deadly mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in his state of Connecticut, said it was “positively infuriating” that Congress had failed to pass laws to stop gun violence.

“Nowhere but America do horrific large-scale mass shootings happen with this degree of regularity. Last night’s massacre may go down as the deadliest in our nation’s history, but already this year there have been more mass shootings than days in the year,” Murphy said in a statement.

“This must stop. It is positively infuriating that my colleagues in Congress are so afraid of the gun industry that they pretend there aren’t public policy responses to this epidemic. There are, and the thoughts and prayers of politicians are cruelly hollow if they are paired with continued legislative indifference.” “It’s time for Congress to get off its ass and do something,” Murphy said.

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To: SoFloFreeper

“Nowhere but America do horrific large-scale mass shootings happen with this degree of regularity.


Simply false, as John Lott has shown.

https://crimeresearch.org/2017/01/with-39-killed-in-tunisia-attack-the-top-three-mass-public-shootings-are-outside-the-united-states/

The U.S. is a big country, you have to look at per capita rates to make any reasonable comparison.


21 posted on 10/02/2017 7:46:13 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Liberals hearts are so dark that they have no room for compassion. There first response to a tragedy is to attack the American people.


22 posted on 10/02/2017 7:46:46 AM PDT by grcuster
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

Yep would be interesting to know how many laws this dude violated.

Heck he violated numerous laws before he even fired a shot. Would more laws really have prevented this?


23 posted on 10/02/2017 7:46:55 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Tell ya what.

Build a Trump wall, and pass a Trump budget.

Until then, nothing.


24 posted on 10/02/2017 7:47:26 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If it wasn’t guns, then it would be autos, knifes, clubs, poison, bombs.


25 posted on 10/02/2017 7:47:29 AM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not under Trump Murphy.


26 posted on 10/02/2017 7:48:00 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Murphy! There’s already laws on the book limiting who can have a fully automatic weapon! GFY!


27 posted on 10/02/2017 7:48:12 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: marktwain

“Nowhere but America do horrific large-scale mass shootings happen with this degree of regularity.”

Still didn’t kill as many people as a muslim with a truck in France.


28 posted on 10/02/2017 7:48:26 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
infuriating that Congress had failed to pass laws to stop gun violence

"I want to kill a bunch of people"... "But damn, I can't use a gun - that would be against the law".

This is the mentality of liberals.

29 posted on 10/02/2017 7:50:00 AM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mama always said ... you can’t fix stupid


30 posted on 10/02/2017 7:50:20 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/lamestream)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Do something - kick all the Mohammedans out and don’t let anymore in. Then, shut down all mosques. Arrest all “converts”. Mohammedanism is NOT a religion - it is a cult of hate.


31 posted on 10/02/2017 7:50:25 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Congress needs to get off it’s ass and cut taxes across the board. Otherwise, FUMurphy


32 posted on 10/02/2017 7:51:12 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yo, Chris, what do you think should happen if the weapons used can be traced back to Eric Holder’s “Fast & Furious” opperation?


33 posted on 10/02/2017 7:52:05 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

“There are already laws against auto. weapons....”

And murder. Pretty serious laws, in fact.


34 posted on 10/02/2017 7:53:07 AM PDT by fwdude
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Here’s something they could do: Re-open all the mental hospitals the Demonrats closed decades ago, and start committing these leftist whackjobs for the rest of their miserable lives.


35 posted on 10/02/2017 7:53:27 AM PDT by Newtoidaho (Proud member of Trump's army of online trol)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dude...”a gunman who pledged allegiance to Islamic State militants.”


36 posted on 10/02/2017 7:53:31 AM PDT by redhead (Pray for children in pedophile pipeline, destined for abuse, torture, and even sacrifice...)
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To: SkyDancer

“In what way exactly? Fifty dead? Phfittt, a month’s shooting in Chicago.”


It is about the same for the wounded...and if not a month’s work for the gang-bangers in Shitcago, then it is two.

Neither situation is, of course, anything but tragic. But in Shitcago there is ALREADY the kind of gun regulation regime that Murphy wants...yet, there is still the violence.

I find it disgusting that they gun-grabbers NEVER even wait until the bodies assume room temperature before they start politicizing everything (that actually takes about a day to occur, unless the body is artificially cooled). They, of course, don’t even give the families the decency of a couple of days to bury their loved ones, and to start the process of coming to grips with what happened.

People like Murphy are absolute scum of the Earth.


37 posted on 10/02/2017 7:53:53 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

When leftists outlaw owning guns, only outlaws will own guns.


38 posted on 10/02/2017 7:54:02 AM PDT by fwdude
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To: HarleyLady27

Like someone posted on another thread....a truck, in Nice, tragically killed more people than this horrific incident.

Terrorists will ALWAYS find a tool to carry out their deadly attacks.

Ban all trucks? Ban all pressure cookers?


39 posted on 10/02/2017 7:54:03 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

40 posted on 10/02/2017 7:54:09 AM PDT by onedoug
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