Biden: Trayvon Martin’s Death Should Spark Gun Law Debate

The Blaze ^ | 04-01-12 | Madeleine Morgenstern

[Lazlo in PA]

Vice President Joe Biden said the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin should prompt a debate about gun laws, particularly the state’s “Stand Your Ground” statute.

“It’s important that people be put in a position where their Second Amendment rights are protected, but that they also don’t, as a consequence of the laws, unintendedly put themselves in harm’s way,” Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

Biden, a former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said any such discussion would be a state issue, not a federal one. Still, he expressed doubt over the idea that carrying a gun makes people safer.

“The idea that there’s this overwhelming additional security in the ownership and carrying concealed and deadly weapons…I think it’s the premise, not the constitutional right, but the premise that it makes people safer is one that I’m not so sure of,” Biden said.

George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer, has claimed self-defense in shooting Martin, who was unarmed. Zimmerman remains free, claiming protection under “Stand Your Ground,” which permits using deadly force rather than retreating in a fight.

[Clock King]

All the other Black people who died due to gun violence don’t matter to the left.

[basil]

Has anyone heard anything from the "Million" Mom March lately? Our goal should be to buy as many guns as we can afford, and jump through all those infringing hoops to get our license...... An armed society is a polite society, I have heard.

[JudyinCanada]

Never let a good crisis go to waste.

[blueplum]

unless Biden can explain to me, how Martin went from ‘walking away fast’ and ‘lost him,’ to being thisclose next to Zimmerman confronting him “why are you following me” in the space of about 60 to 90 seconds, all the while Martin’s girlfriend was on the phone, then he needs to shut the hell up and go back to his cave.

[Candor7]

Biden: Trayvon Martin’s Death Should Spark Gun Law Debate
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Please ask Biden to go to Florida, and wear a hoodie on a dark and stormy night etc.

[LibLieSlayer]

Out of all of the things that I could say, quote and reference and that would destroy this communist MF’ers ideology... a simple FU biden is the best response.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

Out of all of the things that I could say, quote and reference and that would destroy this communist MF’ers ideology... a simple FU biden is the best response.

LLS

[aruanan]

Biden: Trayvon Martin’s Death Should Spark Gun Law Debate

Hey, Joe Biden, here's the sort of debate it should spark: an inner debate along these lines, "I've seen a stranger following me but I've given him the slip. Do I a) lie low, continue to elude him, and call 911 or b) jump him and start beating the crap out of him even though he could be armed?"

[ctdonath2]

So if Travon was so upstanding and undeserving of assault, perhaps the law should have not hindered him from carrying lest someone shoot him without cause.

[Standing Wolf]

Frankly, I think this was the intent of the hue and cry all along.

That's half of it; the other half is to provide a distraction from President Food Stamps' numerous, inexcusable failures.

[Quickgun]

Yup, It’s called “dancing in the blood”. It’s what liberals do.

[Eagles6]

The dem’s use of this incident is two fold:
Incite racial violence against “Whitey” and kill as many as possible and when large numbers of commander zero’s foot soldiers end up DRT cry out for stricter gun control laws.

[flatfish]

Biden’s stupidity should spark mental health debates..

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[kroll]

Was Trayvon trespassing on private property (gated community)? Yes.

Wasn't he living with his father (who owns property there) at the time? How is it trespassing? Strangely enough, what the idiot Biden doesn't realize is that the situation would have been amicably resolved if Martin had been carrying a gun too. He could then have stood his ground and shot Zimmerman in the process. Then since Martin is black, the left would actually be supporting the use of guns for self-defence!

[New Jersey Realist]

Biden should spark who’s got a brain debate!

[A Navy Vet]

"It’s important that people be put in a position where their Second Amendment rights are protected, but that they also don’t, as a consequence of the laws, unintendedly put themselves in harm’s way,” Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“The idea that there’s this overwhelming additional security in the ownership and carrying concealed and deadly weapons…I think it’s the premise, not the constitutional right, but the premise that it makes people safer is one that I’m not so sure of,” Biden said.

Really? Really? This guy is in second command of our national security? I thought I'd seen every politician put their feet in their mouths to the umpteenth degree - Biden now puts his leg in his mouth. Swear I have never seen such gobblygook in all my political life. And they destroyed Quayle for misspelling potatoe??? Biden is the absolute king of stupid gaffes. Where's CNN et al?

[satan]

Maybe the debate should be whether you need a .45 when one 9mm round is sufficient.

[A Navy Vet]

Dear Joe,

Senility is not an attribute that works well when you are second to the nuclear trigger. You can't help it, but please go away and enjoy what's left of your cognizant life. Smell the flowers Joe. Look at the Sun...it's bright and pretty.

Best to you,
A Navy Vet

[21twelve]

“...Martin, who was unarmed.”

That is exactly what I think when these liberals make this stupid call for more gun control. If Martin had a gun he might be alive now instead of being gunned down by this Zimmeerman fellow, who as far as I can tell from the LSM, is a raving KKK lunatic, wannabe cop that terrorized this neighborhood and gunned this poor defenseless little child down in cold blood as he lay on the ground screaming for mercy.

[jwalsh07]

Please Joe, get the Prince to go there. Romney may not be able to turnout the gun guys and gals but you and the prince certainly can.