Posted on 02/24/2018 6:43:45 AM PST by MarvinStinson
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D.) said Friday that America has a "violence culture," and he expressed surprise at the idea that European countries even allow Americans to visit.
Malloy, who is the least popular governor in the entire country, has made gun control a central issue of his, co-founding States for Gun Safety to cooperate with other northeastern states to prevent gun violence. MSNBC host Chris Hayes asked Malloy whether the students who have started the "Never Again" movement after the shooting in Parkland, Fla., can sustain pressure on to enact stricter gun laws.
"I do. Listen, 25 percent of all high school students will vote in the next election. That happens year after year after year," he said. "This is a monumental change in America."
Then Malloy transitioned to a sweeping judgment on America’s culture.
"We are a gun and violence culture, and we need to get away from that," Malloy said. "The idea that European nations allow anyone from America to go to their country, given our history of this kind of violence, is really quite remarkable, particularly when you think of how our president refers to other societies and other cultures."
Malloy was apparently referring to President Donald Trump’s reported comment that countries such as Haiti are "s—holes." Those countries were not in Europe, however, while the country Trump reportedly praised was Norway, which is in Europe.
Malloy went on to say that gun control has momentum because of how many images and recordings there are that show what happened during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
"We've got to change," Malloy said. "I think there is a movement about it and, quite frankly, these wonderful students are a gigantic part of that. I think they'll sustain it."
He said bump-fire stocks, which are gun modifications that the attacker used in the Las Vegas shooting last year, should be illegal, along with unspecified guns, presumably AR-15s.
"You shouldn't be able to buy one of these instruments [guns] now that we know how lethally they can be applied in a church in, a movie, in a grammar school, in a high school," Malloy said. "We've got to make some big, big changes."
Others, such as MSNBC contributor and Princeton professor Eddie Glaude, have also linked gun violence to a deep-seated cultural problem that must be addressed. Glaude said Americans hold to a "myth" that "we can protect ourselves."
The utter stupidity of a dimbulbcrat never ceases to amaze.
Yo, another idiot politician running off at the mouth.....
He’s an embarrassment.
I’ll bet the idiot is in favor of allowing terrorists from any country into the U.S.
Even more remarkable is the fact that Connecticut has so many clueless voters willing to let this anti-American Democrat ruin the reputation of their state.
He’s missing the fact that the Europeans will let anyone into their country, including violent Muslims.
I do not understand how the mostly intelligent, informed population of CT allows itself to descend into anarchy and bankruptcy because of the pols its residents elect.
“”We are a gun and violence culture, and we need to get away from that,” Malloy said. “The idea that European nations allow anyone from America to go to their country, given our history of this kind of violence, is really quite remarkable, particularly when you think of how our president refers to other societies and other cultures.””
European history hasn’t exactly been ‘peace and love’ for the past 100 years either. And that is true TO THIS DAY, if he visits Bosnia...or Sweden.
And why do Americans have so many incompetent fools in responsible jobs?
What a blithering idiot.
Europeans are allowing violent Muslim invaders to take over their countries and rape their women. A few American tourists here and there are the least of their worries.
The Democrats want to lower the voting age to 16. Bank on it folks! I’ve noticed in the past week one lefty after another gushing how much “smarter” the kids in Florida and elsewhere protesting for gun control are than most adults. They need a new voting bloc in case their hopes for total amnesty for illegals is squashed! There are millions of 16 to 18 year olds who are being taught by lefties in this country, and are easily gullible!
because Soros wants them there.
“Others, such as MSNBC contributor and Princeton professor Eddie Glaude, have also linked gun violence to a deep-seated cultural problem that must be addressed. Glaude said Americans hold to a “myth” that “we can protect ourselves.”
Nope, we shouldn’t be allowed to protect ourselves. We should depend on that deputy to protect us. Yes, that one hiding behind that patrol car over there.
Thank God we have such honest “deep thinkers” from Princeton and the MSNBC to guide us.
Little wonder he is the least popular governor in the country. I think my neighbor’s dog could do as good a job as he has....and my neighbor doesn’t even have a dog. I’ve never been to (Dis-)Connecticut,but have to wonder how he got voted in.
Same here
It just amazes me how people who still have a neuron firing in their brain think that you can pass a law/regulation and that fixes the problem. Cast that in the light of Prohibition and the current opioid epidemic and it’s pretty easy to see the epic failure of such an approach.
Like the ones eating tide pods? LOL.
Because they treat politics and government like they are sports... their team (Democrats) is the best and everyone else sucks.
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