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Rep. Barney Frank says Orlando shooting reinforces case for surveillance of 'Islamic Element'
MassLive.com ^ | 06/13/2016 | Michelle Williams

Posted on 06/13/2016 1:48:10 PM PDT by MaxistheBest

Barney Frank, a long serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts, voiced concerns regarding the safety of gay Americans, an "Islamic element" in terrorism and an increased need for surveillance and gun control.

Frank spoke of the attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando this weekend in an interview with the New York Times Monday.

"It's an attack against gay people but it does not reflect a general deterioration of our standing in America," he said. "It reflects the virulence of the hatred in this sector of Islam."

Frank represented Massachusetts in the House for 32 years, completing his final term in office in 2013. He came out publicly as gay in 1987, the first member of Congress to voluntarily do so, and has been a vocal gay rights advocate.

The former Massachusetts representative said he'd like to see more monitoring of people with extreme Islamic beliefs by both the Muslim community and government agencies.

"There is an Islamic element here," he told the Times. "Yes, the overwhelming majority of Muslims don'€™t do this, but there is clearly, sadly, an element in the interpretation of Islam that has some currency, some interpretation in the Middle East that encourages killing people -€” and L.G.B.T. people are on that list. And I think it is fair to ask leaders of the Islamic community, religious and otherwise, to spend some time combatting this."

Frank said the mass shooting reinforces his belief that there should be "significant surveillance" of people identified by the FBI to have radical beliefs.

The lone shooter, Omar Mateen, was interviewed by the FBI twice in recent years, but as a connection could not be drawn between him and terrorist organizations, both investigations were closed.

Law enforcement officials say the gunman pledged his allegiance to ISIS during a 911 call just before the shooting.

The day after 50 people - including Mateen - were fatally wounded, the Islamic State issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack.

President Barack Obama said Monday that there is no clear evidence the shooting was apart of a larger plot or directed by a terrorist organization.

Armed with an assault rifle and a handgun, Mateen killed 49 people inside the nightclub. Another 53 were wounded during the attack. Mateen was killed during a shootout with law enforcement.

Mateen had a Florida firearms license and legally purchased both guns within the past week.

Excluding active duty members of the military, Frank said no one should have access to such guns.

He said, of those citing 2nd Amendment rights to own such weapons, "By that logic people can have shoulder-fired missiles."


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To: MaxistheBest
"Yes, the overwhelming majority of Muslims don'€™t do this, ...

Doesn't matter. If a minority do it and the majority do nothing to stop it, the slaughter will continue.

21 posted on 06/13/2016 2:05:29 PM PDT by chimera
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To: MaxistheBest

The old, fat lisping queen is concerned.


22 posted on 06/13/2016 2:12:53 PM PDT by HomerBohn (Liberals and Slinkys: Good for nothing but make you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: MaxistheBest

The Butt-Franker, just like The Oprah-beast simply caring when it effects them.
Left are scum, pure and simple.
I wonder how many hundreds or thousands of leftists would be celebrating a mass shooting at the R convention in Cincinnati?


23 posted on 06/13/2016 2:14:35 PM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: MaxistheBest

Had to read it twice that this is the same smarmy Barney we all know and hate.


24 posted on 06/13/2016 2:16:15 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Red Badger

Poor poor Barney he started out so well with this speech and then dropped the bal and fumbled


25 posted on 06/13/2016 2:17:07 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: Paladin2

26 posted on 06/13/2016 2:27:59 PM PDT by r_barton (GO TRUMP!!!)
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To: r_barton

Is that advice for 0bama?


27 posted on 06/13/2016 2:36:51 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhahahaaa.....)
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To: MaxistheBest

I guess the alligator didn’t eat you last after all ... eh Barney?


28 posted on 06/13/2016 2:38:29 PM PDT by crusadersoldier
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To: Paladin2

With Trump running against them, the dims already have. ;-)


29 posted on 06/13/2016 2:40:06 PM PDT by r_barton (GO TRUMP!!!)
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To: MaxistheBest
"By that logic people can have shoulder-fired missiles."

Works for me.

30 posted on 06/13/2016 2:40:51 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: MaxistheBest

Frank is just checking his local polling data. I’ll bet his phones are swamped with calls demanding the exact opposite of what Hillary wants.


31 posted on 06/13/2016 2:53:16 PM PDT by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost, like tears in rain.)
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hit them with your purse bawney


32 posted on 06/13/2016 2:56:12 PM PDT by slapshot (Change target aquisition to Hillarita and all socialists, not fellow conservatives)
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To: MaxistheBest

Hits close to home for Barney when sockcuckers are the victims.


33 posted on 06/13/2016 3:27:09 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Hillary is Satan's spiritual advisor.)
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To: Red Badger

Aircraft carriers, howitzers, miniguns....

Libs don’t understand literal logic.


34 posted on 06/13/2016 3:42:11 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (God is a racist! Get over it snowflakes. Deuteronomy 7:6-8; Romans 9:13-15)
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To: Old Yeller

obamass must be so torn.


35 posted on 06/13/2016 3:52:26 PM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: MaxistheBest

The gay ox has been gored - we’ll hear a new tune from a lot of that persuasion now......


36 posted on 06/13/2016 4:08:26 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: MaxistheBest
Barney Frank has that "Bridge on the River Kwai" moment.

Good Americans should welcome him.

ML/NJ

37 posted on 06/13/2016 4:40:50 PM PDT by ml/nj
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He’s still a gun-grabber.


38 posted on 06/13/2016 4:42:33 PM PDT by dfwgator
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He’s still a gun-grabber.

Give him a chance. Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows*.

ML/NJ

* This is the REAL quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest. That stuff about politics is a play upon this.

39 posted on 06/13/2016 4:49:32 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: MaxistheBest

He ruined our economy. But suddenly, a massacre of “his” people gets his attention to the interconnectedness of all citizens. He wants our help. He should be in jail.


40 posted on 06/13/2016 5:08:39 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We can't fix a rigged system by relying on the people who rigged it." --Donald Trump, 6/7/16)
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