The Author.
Posted on 06/16/2013 12:35:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Six months ago today, an odd, angry kid named Adam Lanza woke up, grabbed a couple of guns, and went looking for easy targets. He started with his mother, who had taught him to shoot, and who was probably still asleep when Lanza entered her bedroom and put those lessons to use, shooting her four times in the head. Next, he moved on to children, 20 of them, huddled in the first-grade classrooms at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Lanza shot and killed them and six adults with 154 rounds from an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle. His final target was himself: with police approaching, Lanza traded his rifle for a Glock 10mm handgun, chambered a round, and shot himself once in the head.
Two days later, in a speech in Newtown, President Obama took aim at what, at the time, seemed like another easy target. “We can’t accept events like this as routine,” he said, promising to use all the powers of his office to make gun control legislation a renewed priority in Washington. “Are we really prepared to say that we’re powerless in the face of such carnage? That the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?” It was a speech the country needed to hear. It was a speech that meant nothing.
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For firearms fanatics, inarticulate anger has always been a powerful political weapon. The Senate background checks bill failed in part because many gun owners were convinced—urged on by the gun lobby—that it would mandate “universal registration of all firearms and their owners,” even though the bill contained no such provision. Grief is unwelcome in the halls of Congress. Rage is how business gets done....
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The Author.
I have the same question. Why has nothing changed? Why are schools still gun free zones?
I’m not sure. A heck of a lot changed. AR-15’s doubled in price, and you can’t find ammo for them anywhere.
Who is the “We” referenced in the title of the article? An Obama supporter?
Inarticulate anger?! Unfortunately for this twit, we’ve been very articulate. Common sense is on our side.
Fixed the author's obviously flawed title.
Why has nothing changed indeed?
Why is the Obamadork and the Holderfelon not in jail?
Why do we put up with the idiots running public schools?
Why do we let colleges charge students for worthless courses given by “professors” who couldn’t complete a rigorous 1950s high school education?
And (already answered by Bill Cosby), why is there air?
Why do folks believe journalists who do what they do because there’s little else they can do?
Why do we put up with politicians who do what they do because there’s NOTHING else they can do?
Why do we not have the guillotine for liberas?
” President Obama took aim at what, at the time, seemed like another easy target........It was a speech that meant nothing.”
Well, at least the libtard author makd a truthful observation.
Schools are not gun free zones in Texas.
Why has nothing changed?
Because thieves are still thieves. Crooks are still crooks. Rapists are still rapists. Murderers are still murdering. Thugs are still thugs. Gangs are still violent gangs.
THAT’S WHY YOU GRANOLA-SMACKING OBAMA-LICKING, PANSY-ASSED CALL-911 Liberal hack (author, not the poster).
“The Author.”
That guy is a downright scary looking lunatic. Keep all firearms and sharp objects away from him, and NEVER turn your back on him. Wonder what his meds list includes?
LMBO!!
Is this the same guy who wanted to ban U-Haul vans after Oklahoma City?
Or was it pressure cookers, after Boston?
Most of the comments on that article could have been written by Freepers.
After Newtown, We Vowed to Take Gun CONFISCATION Seriously. Why Has Nothing Changed?
At least be honest!
What do you mean "WE", paleface?
Oh, trust me. WE have ALWAYS taken gun control seriously...and that’s why the liberal gun grabbers lost...
This fool doesn’t get it. Had there been someone at the school with a gun, the carnage could have been prevented or lessened. The reason why so many people were killed was BECAUSE of gun control (gun free zones).
He looks like he may also be for banning combs and shampoo from his own possession.
Same thing will happen if you outlaw guns.
Drugs can be manufactured by anyone.
Guns can be manufactured by anyone.
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