Posted on 12/14/2012 7:33:58 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Today, following the shooting massacre of 20 children in a Connecticut school, President Obama said that "meaningful action" needed to be taken to prevent such tragedies from happening in the future.
But what "meaningful action" can Obama actually take, given Republican control of the House and Congress' deeply felt fear of the politically mighty National Rifle Association? And politics aside, what new laws would actually solve or make a dent in the country's crazed-gunman problem?
Rep. Jerry Nadler said thinks that the president has only one option.
"Theres only one meaningful action he can take, which is to take on the N.R.A., label them as the enablers of mass murderers* they are, really push for strong gun-control legislation and call out those congressional leaders who dont support it," Nadler told me this afternoon.
"It is time to call out the N.R.A. as enablers of mass murder and start embarrassing people and saying, 'Who do you stand with? The parents and children of this country or the potential mass murderers?'"
Nadler said there's nothing else Obama can do, realistically.
"There is no other meaningful action," Nadler said. "He has to know that. ... I cant imagine what else he could have meant."
Nadler attributes the N.R.A.'s power to its ability to terrify politicians.
"If you cross the N.R.A. in certain districts, you know that X percent of people are going to come out and vote against you just because of that," said Nadler. "The N.R.A. will come out and run dishonest ads saying you're in favor of taking guns away from hunters."
By Nadler's logic, the only way to counteract the N.R.A. electoral influence is to wield the power of really bad P.R., and he thinks the president is well-equipped to do that, even if he's been unwilling in the past.
I contend that it will only take the next Obama appointed Supreme Court Justice to wreck the Second Amendment.
Are they also going to blame GM for auto accidents?
Are they going to ban forks and spoons for obesity?
Are they going to ban peanut butter because of the problems in one processing plant?
Are they going to ban snow skis and snowboards for those deaths? Ask Sonny Bono, maybe???
When will the media get a grip and blame the mental instability in the USA and the ACLU keeping them out of institutions?
What about the health care system which does not exist for people with mental health problems?”””
I am old enough to remember there were such institutions.
The ACLU sued in the 70’s and got them all closed. There is a perfectly good such building within 30 miles of where this mass murder occurred. Building still there....CLOSED.
Therefore—go after the ACLU and their misguided ideas.
There is a mental stability problem in the USA and the places which should be holding these crazies have been closed.
It is now virtually impossible to get proper medication & care for people with problems because only they can ask for help.
Thank the ACLU for every single bit of this mess.
This is done on purpose.
There will be a fight alright, but Obama doesn't and won't control the house.
Let's challenge Nadler to a race. Winner gets the Second Amendment, loser gets gastric bypass surgery.
If we could convert his mouth and lard a$$ to fuel, we could eliminate all other pursuits of alternative energy.
The NRA should sue this ahole for defamation.
Way past time to play nice when nonsense like this is thrown out there.
Democratic lawmaker: Obama must ‘exploit’ murdered children to get gun control
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