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Donald Trump: Police Should Have Taken Guns From Florida Shooter ‘Whether They Had The Right Or Not’
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| 2/28/18
| Paige Lavender
Posted on 02/28/2018 1:08:37 PM PST by DoodleDawg
President Donald Trump criticized police for not doing more to prevent a mass shooting at a Florida high school, arguing they should have taken the shooters guns away whether they had the right or not.
During a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers on gun control Thursday, Trump suggested guns should be taken away immediately from people that you can judge easily are mentally ill, alluding to the Florida shooter, who had undergone a psychiatric evaluation in 2016 but was ultimately not hospitalized.
The police saw that he was a problem, they didnt take any guns away, Trump said. Now that could have been policing, but they should have taken them away anyway, whether they had the right or not.
He doubled down on the claim later in the meeting after Vice President Mike Pence spoke about due process and giving local law enforcement more leeway to obtain a court order to collect firearms from potentially dangerous people.
Mike, take the firearms first and then go to court, because thats another system, Trump said. A lot of times, by the time you go to court, it takes so long to go to court, to get the due process procedures. I like taking the guns early.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
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I know that Trump is just frustrated and venting and that nothing will come of this, but someone really needs to explain just how wrong this line of thinking is.
To: DoodleDawg
Tell that to the 17 dead kids.
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:10:42 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: DoodleDawg
The police didnt see he was a problem.
They INTENTIONALLY did not arrest him because of Obamas actions to prevent yours from getting crime records.
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:11:17 PM PST
by
Skywise
To: DoodleDawg
That should scare the bejeezuz out of a lot of libs. If liberals think DJT is coming for
their guns, maybe theyll join the NRA.
DJT should now tweet that Liberalism is a mental disorder.
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:13:43 PM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
To: DoodleDawg
Hopefully he was mis-quoted.
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:17:10 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: dragnet2
Read up on due process. There is no law authorizing the police to take the guns away form someone who isn’t threatening anyone.
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:17:56 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:18:43 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: DoodleDawg
He is a loose cannon. Ha ha.
If he’d stop tweeting, half of this “loose cannon” perception would go away.
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:20:14 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
If hed stop tweeting, half of this loose cannon perception would go away.I'll make a prediction, he will never stop tweeting unless a better system is created.
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:21:42 PM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: DoodleDawg
Trump fails to perceive that school is a privilege and not a right
The cops had the obligation and not just a right to protect a government school facility
However Obama specifically deaigned diversity and Obamacare to attract illegals and terrorists
Hence the word terrorist is now illegal to use in swamp circles
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:23:46 PM PST
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
To: DoodleDawg
If the Sheriff’s office had done their job, he wouldn’t have had guns. He would have had a record.
Trump is way off base here.
Let’s hope his sons set him straight.
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:24:41 PM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: BenLurkin
Did you see Feinstein's face?
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:24:54 PM PST
by
mooncoin
To: DoodleDawg; All
ha ha ha ha ha Trump OWNS the left tards! Now they have to defend the rights of gun owners' due process!He won't sign a bill that takes away due process. He is luring the left into a trap. And reading some of the comments on the leftist web sites, it seems to be working. :)
To: dragnet2
Tell that to the 17 dead kids. Eff off using that as an argument.
Go spread your gospel to the millions dead at the hands of gun grabbers like yourself, and the armed tyrants they become.
To: Blood of Tyrants
That's right, the police who'd been to his home dozens of times are not at fault, the kids and neighbors who knew he was timebomb are not at fault, the FBI who'd been warned multiple times are not at fault, Sheriff Israel is not at fault, the cops who responded to the school and stood around, are not at fault.
Common sense be damned. No one can do anything, no one is at fault because everyone must obey the law to the letter and follow due process. There is no room for common sense.☺ ☺
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:26:34 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Except in this case, he had been...
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:26:38 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
To: DoodleDawg
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:27:39 PM PST
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: DoodleDawg
He’s right that the criminal justice system is broken, I’ll give him that.
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:29:42 PM PST
by
Antoninus
("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
To: Blood of Tyrants
In California, Cruz would have been 5150’d
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:30:22 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SoFloFreeper
POTUS is a very clever fellow.
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posted on
02/28/2018 1:30:34 PM PST
by
gasport
(Smash the Beast - starvation takes too long)
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