Posted on 12/17/2012 4:12:20 PM PST by Olog-hai
The U.S. Congress must examine what can be done to respond to the Connecticut school shooting, including possibly new legislation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Monday.
Reid told the Senate he agreed with President Barack Obama that no one law could erase evil, but added we need to accept the reality that we are not doing enough to protect our citizens. The remarks were significant coming from Reid, a Democrat from Nevada who during Obamas first term opposed reviving a ban on assault weapons.
In the coming days and weeks well engage in a meaningful conversation and thoughtful debate about how to change laws and culture that allow this violence to continue to grow, Reid said. He said every idea should be on the table as lawmakers discuss how to keep Americas children safe.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Bonus Army was about money.
This is about slavery...ours.
The Politicians and the Bureaucrats with their hangers-on in the Media and far left are just going to keep ramping up the pressure until someone else breaks.
THEN they will have all the “reasons” to do what they’ve been wanting to do for decades. Disarm us all and turn us into serfs and targets.
As a Public School inmate, I did frequently think about the analogue of school as jail (and I liked to go get some learnin’ most days).
“Barry should think about that. “
Barry’s gang has got that figured out. They can accomplish what they want without a real fight. Slow, steady, toe in the water, chipping away at what built this country. They know that if anyone is going to shove first, it’ll be us. They don’t need to. They just need to offer the easy, lazy way out.
Chesty Puller had the best line about being surrounded like this.
As President Obama said last night, no one law can erase evil. No policy can prevent a determined madman from committing a senseless act of violence, but we need to accept the reality that we are not doing enough to protect our citizens. In the coming days and weeks, we will engage in a meaningful conversation and thoughtful debate about how to change laws and culture that allow violence to grow. We have no greater responsibility than keeping our most vulnerable and most precious resourceour childrensafe. And every idea should be on the table as we discuss how best to do just that.As to those ideas, Newsmax points out people such as Mark Warner.
I think most of us realize that there are ways to get to rational gun control. There are ways to grapple with the obvious challenges of mental illness.Newsmax also mentions WV Democrat Joe Manchin, whom CNN calls a conserative Democrat(!), in the context of involving the NRA in a discussion on the Newtown massacre issue.
Who would have ever thought, in America, or anywhere in the world, that children would be slaughtered? You know, thatits changed me. And I mean a total change. Its time to move beyond rhetoric. We need to sit down and have a common sense discussion and move in a reasonable way. I've been a longtime supporter of Second Amendment rights. I believe every American has Second Amendment rights. The ability to hunt is part of our culture. I have an NRA rating of an A, but enough is enough.Sounds to me like he means enough of wearing the mask . . .
And the NRA endorsed this scumbag for reelection.....that is when I cancelled my membership to the NRA!
He did say “every idea should be on the table”, so that one needs to be shouted back up.
Used to be only wizards and witch doctors spoke of stuff like “penumbras”. The just judges have been taken from us all right, just as Isaiah 3:2 said.
nice move d***head. you and the KAPO feinswine. colorado background checks on saturday were >4000 and the system, which usually takes minutes, took up to 18 hours. and i think most of that was long guns. people are preparing.
Reid’s proposal is a non-starter.
States need to name all federal bureaucrats in their states persona non grata and start a campaign to ostracize them. No food, no water, no clothing, no energy and no shelter. Let these 400-pound fascist criminals hire 30 IQ SEIU slobs to carve out forts in the national forests and monuments.
I wonder why there’s all this talk about who does or does not support the 2nd Amendment. It doesn’t matter. The Supreme Court has ruled on the left’s attempt to twist the meaning of the language: the right to bear arms will not be infringed. End of Story.
The metrosexuals will pass their legislation and then it won’t pass Constitutional muster. The law is fairly clear. Clear enough that I’m not worried, despite the fact that I went out and bought another gun yesterday.
And in any case, I’ll not be giving up my guns to agents of the government.
That most definitely should be part of it, this guy was nuttier than a Granola bar and should NEVER been able to walk the streets without a leash.
But hey, pump him full of meds then out the door... some of those drugs are DANGEROUS!! DANGEROUS!! DANGEROUS!! and if the person abruptly just stops taking them, they can go totally off their rocker. People need to be weaned off of them over time.
The implication is obvious. We already have rational gun control. What we don't have is adequate, effective mental health, diagnosis, facilities and treatment.
Very true, and we are not going to get any such thing out of a government takeover of healthcare eitherbut they will certainly push such as the answer.
Most military and police are pro gun or not wanting to get shot by their own countrymen.
Barry doesn't have to worry about it. He's already passed his agenda.
But you can bet that Senate Democrats are sitting around with their poll aggregate whiz kids, crunching the numbers and asking themselves if an AWB will cost them their majority as it did in '94?
The sad truth is that outside of the white male demographic, there is no great love in America for assault rifles and high-cap magazines and unfortunately, demographic changes have not been in our favor. This isn't the same country as it was in '94. Will an AWB cost the Dems the Senate? I don't know. What I do know is that at the very least it will cost them some seats. So Dem Senators need to ask themselves which among them will be the sacrificial lambs, voting 'yes' for Dianne Feinstein's assault weapons ban knowing that it will cost them (and not Feinstein) their political careers?
Yes! We need to do something about a culture that allows bacteria like Harry Reid to thrive!
Didn’t the NRA endorse Reid a few years ago?
I wonder if they have regrets...
“Harry Reid: All Options on the Table on Gun Control”
The problem is they have excerised too many options already, if they are serious about making things better the first thing the’ll do is put an end to gun free zones.
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