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Gun Control: Senate Blocks Background Checks (Obama: "pretty shameful day for Washington")
Sky News ^ | April 17, 2013 | US Staff

Posted on 04/17/2013 5:16:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Barack Obama has issued a scathing rebuke to the US Senate, calling it "shameful" after lawmakers rejected a bipartisan measure to expand the scope of background checks for gun buyers in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shootings.

Speaking at the White House, the president said the Senate members had decided it "wasn't worth it" to save children's lives through stricter gun control.

He also railed against the National Rifle Association, saying the gun lobby and its allies "willfully lied" to its constituents about the contents of the bill in order to defeat it.

"All in all this is a pretty shameful day for Washington," Mr Obama said.

Even though Wednesday's vote was on a bipartisan compromise, it fell short of the 60 votes it needed to pass the Senate.

Also speaking at the White House, Sandy Hook parent Mark Barden, who lost his son Daniel on December 14, said the bill's failure would not stop him and others from fighting for limits on firearms.....

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: banglist; democrats; guncontrol; obama; sandyhook; secondamendment
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To: so_real

Sad, but likely true. So many ignored just how radically left Willard is.


21 posted on 04/17/2013 5:40:51 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obama is a tiny little man child.


22 posted on 04/17/2013 5:41:33 PM PDT by moondoggie
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To: so_real

You are right.


23 posted on 04/17/2013 5:42:34 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: fatnotlazy

The race was fixed the moment the RINO wing of the Big Gubmint Party annointed Willard.


24 posted on 04/17/2013 5:42:50 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm glad. We needed some good news today.
With an uptick in terrorism (who said it was over?) and gang activity, this is definitely NOT the time to disarm the American people.
(I'm not suggesting there is ever such a time.)

25 posted on 04/17/2013 5:48:39 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: All

“What difference does it make?” Every day has been a shameful day for waHASSEINgton and the USA since Nov 2008.


26 posted on 04/17/2013 5:50:14 PM PDT by RHS Jr (Pity the banksters when Jesus comes)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s interesting to note that Dear Leader King Zero is more upset about not getting to trample our Constitutional rights than he was about the Boston Marathon bombing.


27 posted on 04/17/2013 5:52:25 PM PDT by EricT.
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I just wish someone somewhere would publicly say something to King Barry’s face to the effect that 3000 children are slaughtered each and every day, and ask him why he doesn’t give a **** about those children?


28 posted on 04/17/2013 5:55:38 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Fresh Wind

It’s a testimonial to the integrity of conservatives that by their opposition to abortion, they are attempting to save the lives of future Democrat voters.


29 posted on 04/17/2013 5:58:23 PM PDT by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"All in all this is a pretty shameful day for Washington," Mr Obama said.

"We had the perfect chance to grind our heels on the citizenry some more and let it get away"

30 posted on 04/17/2013 6:03:50 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

It’s sickening!


31 posted on 04/17/2013 6:04:44 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hardly more shameful than the freeloaders in our Whitehouse.


32 posted on 04/17/2013 6:08:28 PM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: deoetdoctrinae

Obama's 90% Lies.

Right out of the Big Lie Playbook. Particularly effective with a cooperating MSM.


33 posted on 04/17/2013 6:14:56 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

One victory in one political battle. The fight is ongoing. The advocates of gun control and those who want to “transform” America into a banana republic will never stop. So, we cannot rest. The next major political battle will be immigration reform. We have to stop that next.


34 posted on 04/17/2013 6:19:58 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
obama doesn't know the meaning of the word "shameful." He promotes immoral, un-American values on a daily basis.

Time for a new tagline...

35 posted on 04/17/2013 6:23:17 PM PDT by matt1234 (The NRA: Redefining "Too big to fail.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A shameful day for Washington when socialists are in power is reason to celebrate.


36 posted on 04/17/2013 6:23:23 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
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To: fatnotlazy

Every day of President Obutthole is a shameful day for the USA.


37 posted on 04/17/2013 6:27:26 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
...saying the gun lobby and its allies "willfully lied" to its constituents about the contents of the bill in order to defeat it.

Even if you want to accept this charge at face value (which I don't), is it any different than willfully lying to get ObamaCare passed? All the alleged "lies" the Left denied during that debate are proving to be true, one by one, from higher taxes to death panels to cost overruns.

So if the NRA "willfully lied" about gun control legislation, are they any less truthful than Obama during the health care debate?

38 posted on 04/17/2013 6:43:29 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
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To: redgolum

Exactly - be wary


39 posted on 04/17/2013 6:56:03 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (Christian is as Christian does - by their fruits)
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To: so_real

No “id”, mind if I steal that? LOL


40 posted on 04/17/2013 7:07:52 PM PDT by Guardian Sebastian
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