Posted on 06/14/2016 10:00:03 AM PDT by jazusamo
Former President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that more people would have died at the terrorist attack at a nightclub in Orlando over the weekend if club-goers had been armed and shot back at the lone gunman.
Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg Live at the Clinton Global Initiative, the former president was asked to respond to Donald Trump
’s claim that there would have been fewer deaths if those at the nightclub had been carrying firearms.
“Did you see how dark it was?” Clinton said. “It’s likely that more people would have been killed.”
A gunman of Afghan descent who claims to have been inspired by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria killed 49 people and wounded dozens more in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Omar Mateen, who was killed after an hours-long stand-off with police, was armed with a handgun and an AR-15 rifle affixed with high-capacity magazines that permit the rapid firing of ammunition.
It was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.
The tragedy has reignited debate over the nation’s gun, immigration and intelligence gathering laws, as well as political correctness and the nature of Islam.
Clinton on Tuesday pushed for a ban on “assault weapons,” arguing that gun deaths dropped sharply after he signed a ban as president in the 1994. The act expired in 2004.
“It worked pretty well,” Clinton said of the ban.. “Then when it was allowed to expire. For a while we didn’t seem to have uptick in crime, but look at what happened with big weapons at Sandy Hook and Aurora, Colorado and most recently in Orlando and San Bernardino, California.”
“It’s clear that if you’re firing a lot of ammunition in a short amount of time with a weapon designed to kill, more people will die than if you’re stuck with a pistol,” Clinton continued. “If [the Orlando shooter] just had a pistol, nobody believes he could have killed 49 people.”
He’s getting stuck on stupid. Maybe he’s starting to actually believe his own lies. It happens. “Deceiving and being deceived” 1 Tim 3:13.
Clinton is right. Remember when a muslim gunmen tried to kill people at the “Draw Mohammed” exhibit? All those people that ended up dead?
Oh no, wait. Armed security guards shot both the terrorists dead. Sorry, Bill.
Dementia Caused by Syphilis.
Gee, darkness inside the club did not seem to stop Mateen from hitting 102 of them.
“More people would have died in Treblinka if they had fought back”
70 people out of over 1M survived Treblinka
How many gun shows have been attacked by maniacs?
So, by this ‘logic’ he should tell his security team to go home for the good of the community.
I seriously doubt that he wants his wife to win.
He is not this stupid.
He is walking a fine line- he says something this ridiculous then goes home and says “what honey, I did what you wanted”
So if there were armed police in the building, more people would have been killed?
Stick to babes, Bill.
Has everybody forgotten the “suicide vest”?
A suicide vest in a packed room?
Actually, if some jackass is standing there with his thumb on a bomb trigger, would anyone rush him?
That's what weapon-mounted flashlights are for, Bill.
Yeah, that’s why he and his bitch wife are surrounded by armed guards - because it increases their chances of dying.
Well that gun free zone worked pretty well, only one person got in with a gun.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Exactly my thought too.
Fixed it for you: I think he may be suggesting that “Liberals with Guns” is an unstable combination.
Here’s a thought: Let’s try it and find out.
It would be nice if somebody would post the picture of the syphalitc Al Capone fishing in his swimming pool in 1947.
Is it racist to suggest that an Afghani fag has better night vision than American fags?
You nailed it! Clinton is a rapidly aging syphlitic scarecrow & unrepentant hateful reprobate.
Let him be the godfather of the Democrats.
Hope to soon see him casting a fishing line into a swimming pool.
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