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 shooter’s 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 didn’t 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 that’s 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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Can I get an AMEN to that.
This is exactly what Trump and company in DC are doing. They do not want to OWN the problem they want to make the chains of bondage just a wee bit tighter on US.
I suspect the majority of those police visits were because he threatened someone.
I mean that Perp had done enough to be arrested but in that county he hadn’t because of the agreement with the school district. Don’t arrest our kids..
“And what makes you think government is the source of saints? Bad folks in there too. In fact, bad folks tend to be attracted to power, which is why governments have killed far more people than criminals have.”
which is why the 2nd amendment was written
If that sick punk broke a rule or a law, OR asked for help, which it seems he did, take him down.
If it is just you and Sheriff Dipstick deciding who takes away my guns, then you better come heavy.
You can worship under your personal Red Flag if it tickles you. I’ll stick to the Constitution and the law.
No problem!☺
Indeed. This country must remain a country of laws. No man, no matter how well intentioned or right in his views should be able to ignore the law for an end, even a good one.
Government doesn’t have rights it has authority granted by the people, Mr. President. Authority constrained by laws.
Are we a nation of 17 dead kids now instead of a nation of laws?
After repeated multiple warning and red flags in EVERY DIRECTION, they should have taken Cruz's weapons. Basic common sense...A no brainer...lol
Trump said. “Now that could have been policing, but they should have taken them away anyway, whether they had the right or not.”
That's what DoodleDawg was responding to in post #1 and post #1 is what you were responding to in post #2 so don't give me that BS about "talking about Cruz and this specific case."
I'm talking about this above, you know, the freaking title of the thread!
Yukyuk☺
That’s right. I support everyone’s legal, Constitutional gun rights.
Even for itchy gun-grabbers like you who think they know whose they should take away.
Nice to see that someone here gets it. (BTW, do you like to play 3d chess too?)
Yuk yuk, you've answered the question. To you we're not a nation of laws. No surprise given your posting history either.
Look, I get your position, you supported Cruz’s gun rights.
I don’t. There were enough issues, warning, red flags and out right violent threats to choke the FBI. They should have taken them.
I get involved from time to time (medically) with dangerous crazy people.
This is not a hard decision to make.
Right.
However, once a person makes a threat or threats, and he has the means to carry out the threat, it’s a different story.
Take your straw man and shove it. It’s all you ever have and it’s lame.
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