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Paul Begala: Me and a Gun; Why most gun owners support tougher controls (Blech)
The Daily Beast ^ | January 4, 2013 | Paul Begala

Posted on 01/07/2013 7:40:08 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A hunting buddy of mine emailed me from the waiting room of his doctor’s office in Columbus, Ga., a few days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He was cringing in embarrassment as an old redneck spewed racially divisive rhetoric in front of African-American patients. Then my friend’s embarrassment turned to astonishment as that same redneck (almost certainly a gun owner, given the region and his demographic profile) said, “I never cared much for Obama, but that speech he gave about those little kids—I give him an A for that. He’s gonna try and get more gun control, and I hope he gets it.”

News flash: most gun owners support common-sense gun-safety laws. I should know; I’m one of them. I own so many shotguns and rifles it’s a veritable arsenal. I used to hunt with my father and grandfather as a boy, and now I love taking my sons hunting with their grandfather and uncle. When I hear the words “gun culture,” the first image that comes to mind is not a crazed loner. I think of cold, crisp mornings riding a horse out into a Georgia field, feeling the thrill as an English Pointer snaps to attention at the scent of a bird. Or long hours sitting in a Texas deer stand with one of my sons, waiting, wondering if a big buck will arrive before the dying of the light. I taught each of my boys about the birds and the bees in a deer stand. Taught them how to respect God’s creation, honor the wild things we harvest, and thank the Creator humbly for our place in the food chain and the ultimate free-range, organic meal...

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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It's about those little kids . . . .

You bet it is..

I can hear 'em talking.. "Let's create a legislative tsunami to overwhelm the public with new gun control laws. Fast and furious! What a terrific opportunity.. wow! twenty dead kids! We couldn't ask for a better crisis! Get busy! The next time may be someone driving a car or truck running over 20-30 kids in the school yard. Who cares about that? We can't use it. That will make people forget the dead kids we need. Hurry up!"

21 posted on 01/07/2013 8:08:08 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Forehead Begala's first book:

Begala is a slinging crap ringmaster.

22 posted on 01/07/2013 8:10:13 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It only took until the second sentence before he mentions the racist, redneck. These liberal authors are anything but unpredictable.


23 posted on 01/07/2013 8:12:12 PM PST by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The only additional detail that I would even see as a possibility is during the background check the applicant should also be checked to see if He/She is currently on or recently on any psychiatric medications. But this would entailing tying medical and prescription information to the background check, which I do not support either.

It seems that a lot of the mass shootings where perpetrated by persons who are in some fashion mentally ill. I did witness what happened to my son when the school forced Ritalin to be taken by him. He behavior, while not the best to start with, became totally unpredictable and out of control. I took him off of Ritalin after about a month and he went back to being controllable.

24 posted on 01/07/2013 8:17:13 PM PST by SledgeCS (Democrat/Liberal/Progressive/Socialist = Gun Control Nazi)
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To: onyx

You’re right. I went to law school with Begala. Mot the sharpest tool in the shed.

Oldplayer


25 posted on 01/07/2013 8:28:09 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: onyx

Onyx and 2nd Division,

You are right. I went to law school with Begala. Not the sharpest tool in the shed. But, he did finish the three-year course of study in only four years or so.

Oldplayer


26 posted on 01/07/2013 8:30:58 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: onyx

Begala explains two of the biggest problems facing modern liberalism: Whit guilt and Gun control.


27 posted on 01/07/2013 8:31:25 PM PST by grandpa jones (obama delenda est)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Whoever said Liberal-Marxist like Paul ever had common-sense.


28 posted on 01/07/2013 8:33:33 PM PST by Trueblackman (I would rather lose on Conservative principles than vote for a RINO candidate.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am tired of moon-bat “common sense”. Begala is a scumbag liar.


29 posted on 01/07/2013 8:37:25 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lying Liberals and the Lies they spread!


30 posted on 01/07/2013 8:44:00 PM PST by RedMonqey ("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Paul By Golly is out from under his rock!


31 posted on 01/07/2013 8:52:32 PM PST by leprechaun9
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I don’t know a single hunter who supports the legal purchase of 30-round clips.

Face it Paul, you leftist twit, you DKS! You're an embarrassment to humanity.

32 posted on 01/07/2013 8:53:43 PM PST by Alaska Wolf (Carry a Gun, It's a Lighter Burden Than Regret)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is the same old divide and conquer crap they’ve been trying for decades. Sad to say there are some hunters that buy into it.


33 posted on 01/07/2013 8:58:49 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: oldplayer

ROTFL. Thanks very much for that information.
God bless and keep you.


34 posted on 01/07/2013 8:59:21 PM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: grandpa jones

Oh yeah, for sure. He’s nasty, obnoxious and mean too.


35 posted on 01/07/2013 9:00:28 PM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: onyx

He was born in New Jersey.


36 posted on 01/07/2013 9:12:18 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I support the total repeal of the 1934, 1968 and 1986 Gun Control Acts which are un-Constitutional and un-American.


37 posted on 01/07/2013 9:18:05 PM PST by TigersEye (Who is John Galt?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I know more gun owners than the forehead does and not one of them, NOT ONE, supports “tougher controls”. Begala is a liar. (Or he just has stupid, leftwing kooks for “huntin’ buddies”.)


38 posted on 01/07/2013 9:18:05 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Where can I pick up a 2013 Mayan calendar?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“...When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans, it was assumed that the Americans who had that freedom would use it responsibly....[However, now] there’s a lot of irresponsibility. And so a lot of people say there’s too much freedom. When personal freedom’s being abused, you have to move to limit it.” President Bill Clinton on MTV “Enough is Enough” 3/22/94

“Stroke of the pen, law of the land... kinda cool”
Clinton Presidential Aide Paul Begala referring to Executive Orders, July 1998


39 posted on 01/07/2013 9:28:24 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Sarabaracuda

How odd. Just recently I read a conservative was advocating that we ease up on the abortion thing to get more votes. I wonder if they are from the same neighborhood.


40 posted on 01/07/2013 9:46:29 PM PST by Norm Lenhart
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