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The Republican Presidential Candidates Debate Terrorism, But Completely Ignore Gun Control
huffingtonpost.com ^ | 12/16/2015 | Brian Hanley

Posted on 12/16/2015 8:46:34 AM PST by rktman

Yet not once did the Republican presidential candidates address the issue of gun control in Tuesday's GOP debate, a debate focused on keeping Americans safe. Not once did they address the fact that here in the United States we have more mass shootings than days of the year.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2a; assclowns; banglist; mommunists
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To: rktman

Actually, Ted Cruz did make an indirect reference to (the stupidity of) gun control early on in the debate. It was in his discussion of the administration’s response to threats of terrorism in which he mentioned all of the efforts were aimed at American citizens, not the bad guys.

Calling Ted Cruz... Want a great sound bite? How about: “Thanks in no small part to the ineptitude and fecklessness of the Obama administration and former Secretary of State Clinton, America is faced with an increasingly greater threat of terrorism at home. And what is the administration’s and Secretary Clinton’s response? Disarm the American public so more Americans can stand or lie defenseless and wait to be shot like the victims in Paris and San Bernardino. Not under my watch!”


21 posted on 12/16/2015 8:58:40 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: marktwain

“Mass Shootings” is the new phrase designed to shift the debate from individual responsibility to placing limits on Second Amendment rights.

“Mass Shootings” is a new term ginned up in the last 18 months to mean any event where some sort of shooting takes place where more than three people are involved.

The numbers on “mass shootings” are from disarmist web sites that include “shootings” where no one is wounded, events involving BB guns, self defense situations, and others. It is a term designed for propaganda purposes.


Yes, but like other attempts to frame the argument, and other verbal linguistics (global warming to climate change)it is falling on deaf ears because it is seen as BS and great chutzpah to attempt to disarm Americans in light of Paris and San Bernardino.


22 posted on 12/16/2015 9:01:19 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: joshua c
This debate was on foreign policy and national security, not the democRATS talking points on trying to take our guns ways from us, little by little.

Even on national security, the debate is not about guns. It's about terrorism.

The Left needs to move on to something more sensible, like stopping, or at least, properly vetting the Syrian refugees who are bound to contain more than a few ISIS members bent on killing us.

23 posted on 12/16/2015 9:01:41 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: rktman; JoeProBono

Gotta get together with JoeProBono about creating a graphic of a “Fearmometer”. Give me a week.

Ranging from ^Indifferent^ through ^complacent^ then moving to ^alert^ and finally “Holy Schmidt! We’re all Gonna Die!”

Suggestions welcome.


24 posted on 12/16/2015 9:04:45 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Neither do we have “psychotic control”.


25 posted on 12/16/2015 9:05:44 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: ilgipper

” mental midget”. I think the politically correct terminology now is “mental little person”. :>)


26 posted on 12/16/2015 9:08:16 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: rktman
This isn't really about gun control, it's about the ability of the media to drive the issues. They wanted questions about their favorite issue of the moment at the debate - they DEMANDED them! Who, after all, are the rightful and undisputed rulers of public discourse? And they were ignored.

There is, frankly, no discernible public drive for additional gun control laws outside the usual liberal fever swamps, and the incessant drum beating is growing very old. Expect some serious baby bawling as the election approaches and it becomes crystal clear that they aren't driving the national agenda anymore. Many of them have no other reason for being in that profession, after all.

27 posted on 12/16/2015 9:08:16 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: rktman

I’m sorry, did the debate moderators ask gun control questions which the candidates then ducked and dodged? Because I watched the whole thing and I don’t recall any.

Perhaps this idiot should complain to Wolf Blitzer, Dana Bash and Hugh Hewitt.


28 posted on 12/16/2015 9:08:33 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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To: rktman
Not all of the Republican candidates ignore gun control.

Ted Cruz, for one, is quite serious about it. And he walks the walk, not just talks the talk.

Here's Ted, practicing gun control...


29 posted on 12/16/2015 9:10:05 AM PST by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: Dalberg-Acton
Not once did they address the fact that here in the United States we have more mass shootings than days of the year.

That's because most mass shootings are black on black in democrat run cities and to mention them would be "racist". If they wanted to talk about "gun control" they would point out that mass shootings that attract the attention of sniveling "journalists" occur almost exclusively in Gun Free Zones.

30 posted on 12/16/2015 9:10:26 AM PST by immadashell (The inmates are running the asylum)
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To: ManHunter

I did catch that so mr. “just a guy covering the 2016 elections” is caught in a lie. Oh, wrong stance on the gun control issue.


31 posted on 12/16/2015 9:10:58 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Still Thinking

Bears repeating loudly and often.


32 posted on 12/16/2015 9:25:53 AM PST by brothers4thID ("We've had way too many Republicans whose #1 virtue is "I get along great with Democrats".")
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To: rktman
Not once did they mention the fact that guns have killed more people in the United States than all of our wars combined. Not once did they hold themselves responsible for enabling domestic acts of terrorism by doing absolutely nothing about gun control.

Not once does this doofus mention that the "enlightened" governments of Europe have murdered more than 30,000,000 of their own citizens over the last century.

33 posted on 12/16/2015 9:26:21 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve." - Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859))
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To: ManHunter

That was my first thought on reading the headline.


34 posted on 12/16/2015 9:34:25 AM PST by rbbeachkid (Get out of its way and small business can fix the economy.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

35 posted on 12/16/2015 9:46:25 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: rktman

Just another Huffcompost feeeelings screed.


36 posted on 12/16/2015 10:03:34 AM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: JoeProBono

Interesting that the “meter” has a profile of Michigan on it yet is created by folks from Ohio.

Me likey!


37 posted on 12/16/2015 10:18:35 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: rktman

The most effective path to eliminating gun violence is to ban Liberals. That is all they spoke about doing last night, apparently you weren’t paying attention.


38 posted on 12/16/2015 10:22:52 AM PST by xander
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To: rktman

the candidates are at the mercy of the debate moderates


39 posted on 12/16/2015 11:03:45 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: ManHunter

“Actually, Ted Cruz did make an indirect reference to (the stupidity of) gun control early on in the debate.”

Yes, and I also heard it. So, the author of the article lied. Again.


40 posted on 12/16/2015 11:03:54 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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