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Retired military commanders urge Congress to address 'gun violence crisis'
Philly.com/WaPo ^ | 12/2/2017 | katy zezima

Posted on 12/05/2017 7:03:31 AM PST by bkopto

Sixteen of the nation’s top retired military commanders are urging Congress to pass gun control legislation, arguing that there are many steps that can be taken to curb gun deaths that do not violate the Second Amendment.

In a letter they plan to send to Congressional leaders, the retired commanders, including Army Gens. Wesley Clark and Michael Hayden, Navy Admiral Eric Olson, Air Force Lt. Gen. Norman Seip and Marine Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney, argue that Congress is “no longer speaking or voting for the majority of Americans, including gun owners” when it comes to the issue of firearms.

“There is no acceptable excuse for our elected leaders to avoid addressing this as a national crisis,” they write.

The group is part of the veterans coalition of a gun control group founded by former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly. They laid out their arguments in a letter they plan to send to Congressional leaders.

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Those who took an oath to defend the Constitution now act to undermine it. These are careerist, progressive wolves-in-sheeps clothing. At least they self-identified.
1 posted on 12/05/2017 7:03:31 AM PST by bkopto
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Liberal DIMS all!
2 posted on 12/05/2017 7:05:59 AM PST by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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Rolling a grenade into these traitor’s tent.


3 posted on 12/05/2017 7:06:46 AM PST by TTFlyer
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Ten bucks says that they're all Obola proteges.
4 posted on 12/05/2017 7:06:55 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Remember: All Cultures Are Equal!)
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The group is part of the veterans coalition of a gun control group founded by former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly.

This is all you need to know.......


5 posted on 12/05/2017 7:10:06 AM PST by Robe (A nation can survive its fools and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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There is a great disturbance in the Force, the fragrance of perfume is great.


6 posted on 12/05/2017 7:11:53 AM PST by Bringbackthedraft (Damn, the tag line disappeared again? Coursors!)
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A military desiring for a population to disarm.

That should be a huge red flag people


7 posted on 12/05/2017 7:11:55 AM PST by JP1201
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“Wesley Clark”

All I needed to hear.


8 posted on 12/05/2017 7:12:20 AM PST by bk1000 (I stand with Trump.)
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All are Democrat hacks


9 posted on 12/05/2017 7:12:29 AM PST by jennychase
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Is there anywhere online a list of these sixteen treasonous bastards??


10 posted on 12/05/2017 7:14:30 AM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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...the retired commanders, including Army Gens. Wesley Clark and Michael Hayden, Navy Admiral Eric Olson, Air Force Lt. Gen. Norman Seip and Marine Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney, argue that Congress is “no longer speaking or voting for the majority of Americans, including gun owners” when it comes to the issue of firearms.

True. The majority of Americans, including gun owners, believe in the Constitution; unlike Congress and these "retired commanders".

11 posted on 12/05/2017 7:15:45 AM PST by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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Tying the swift boat tactics now...


12 posted on 12/05/2017 7:16:17 AM PST by Skywise
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Retired generals, NOT the military in general. Make no assumptions that the majority or even a near majority of the troops to include senior NCOs and officers would follow these assholes in any type of coup or moves against the American populace.


13 posted on 12/05/2017 7:16:41 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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Look at who these so called military men .....nuff said


14 posted on 12/05/2017 7:20:55 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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These sixteen a**holes should be paraded in front of a firing squad.

Just because someone is or was in the military does not mean they are one of the good guys.

Stanley McChrystal appeared once on a segment of CBS Sunday Morning. They were doing a story about him. In the segment, McChrystal called for a ban on semi-automatic rifles, the maggot.


15 posted on 12/05/2017 7:21:48 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (SCHLONGED: How Donald Trump Beat My Lying, Marxist Ass and Went On to Win the November Election. HRC)
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"Ten bucks says that they're all Obola proteges. "

Or Clinton.

16 posted on 12/05/2017 7:24:09 AM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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arguing that there are many steps that can be taken to curb gun deaths that do not violate the Second Amendment.

No, violating the Second Amendment is exactly what they want to do. I believe they are being, shall we say, a little less than truthful. 👎

17 posted on 12/05/2017 7:25:12 AM PST by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
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Wesley Clark was even earlier than that. But, then again, John Kerry - and ALL of the current democrat “leaders” got their first marching orders back in the Vietnam War “glory days” of Pelosi’s summer of 67-68-69!


18 posted on 12/05/2017 7:27:27 AM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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The fact that they chose "gun deaths" proves their agenda.

The majority of "gun deaths" are suicide, and most of the others are gang-bangers killing each other and self-defense.

More guns, less violent crime.

VIDEO: Bill Whittle, Number One with a Bullet

19 posted on 12/05/2017 7:27:52 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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Swamp creatures don’t care about a silly oath.


20 posted on 12/05/2017 7:28:25 AM PST by jospehm20
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