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Biden, Buttigieg say no compromises on overhauling gun laws
Associated Press ^ | September 2, 2019 | Thomas Beaumont and Bill Barrow

Posted on 09/03/2019 7:44:59 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, moderates who project themselves as pragmatic collaborators, are taking a no-compromise approach on the overhaul of the nation’s gun laws after the latest mass shooting.

Campaigning separately in eastern Iowa on Monday, the former vice president and the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, say the minimum provisions include universal background checks, a ban on military-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition, and red flag laws to allow officials to confiscate firearms from dangerous people.

Biden told reporters before a Labor Day picnic in Cedar Rapids that inaction from President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans is “disgraceful.” Asked if there’s room for negotiation, he declared: “None. This is one we have to just push and push and push and push and push.” Buttigieg also rejected compromise, saying after a campaign event in Cedar Rapids: “There is just no good faith in the congressional GOP nor, I believe, in the White House when it comes to dealing with this issue.” […]

“Look, you can either defy the American people or you can defy the NRA,” Buttigieg said. “You have a choice.” […]

Biden’s and Buttigieg’s positions represent a rare case of absolutism from the two men. Despite their generational divide, at ages 76 and 37, both have staked their campaigns in part on calls for a more civil, productive governing process in Washington. …

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1 posted on 09/03/2019 7:44:59 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The NRA is the American people you dipsticks.

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2 posted on 09/03/2019 7:45:54 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Olog-hai

Of course not. You cannot assume the throne unless you disarm the law abiding citizens.


3 posted on 09/03/2019 7:46:42 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Lurker

Never mind the AP insisting that both are “moderates”.


4 posted on 09/03/2019 7:47:17 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

smokingfrog says no more compromises on my 2nd amendment rights


5 posted on 09/03/2019 7:47:58 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Olog-hai

Douches may not infringe.
That is all.


6 posted on 09/03/2019 7:49:19 AM PDT by romanesq (MAGA Coalition sues QAnon & will expose the QAnon grifters!)
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To: antidemoncrat
Agreed. The Dems need safe working environments for their people such as this.
7 posted on 09/03/2019 7:49:22 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: Olog-hai

A groper and a “gay” guy. Now there’s a pair. Anyway, I say NO COMPROMISE on THE BILL OF RIGHTS. Shove it butt boys!


8 posted on 09/03/2019 7:49:50 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: Olog-hai
"...and high-capacity ammunition.."

WTF?

9 posted on 09/03/2019 7:49:52 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Olog-hai

Refusing to compromise confirms that they aren’t really interested in passing legislation. Only in virtue-signaling and in trying to pin the blame on Trump the next time some tragedy occurs.


10 posted on 09/03/2019 7:49:56 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Olog-hai

the minimum provisions include universal background checks, a ban on military-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition, and red flag laws to allow officials to confiscate firearms
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All non-starters.

Any Republican that backs these needs a primary challenge.


11 posted on 09/03/2019 7:51:44 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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No compromising - I want ALL of my cake back. All_of_my_cake_back
12 posted on 09/03/2019 7:54:06 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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Beto O’Rourke also chimed in he would force gun owners to sell their AKs and ARs.

“I was asked how I’d address people’s fears that we will take away their assault rifles.

I want to be clear: That’s exactly what we’re going to do. Americans who own AR-15s and AK-47s will have to sell their assault weapons. All of them.”

https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1168616482529562625

Probably talking about a forced buy back program. His political career in Texas is dead.


13 posted on 09/03/2019 7:54:43 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: Olog-hai

Does no compromise mean no new gun laws?


14 posted on 09/03/2019 7:54:44 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (60 in '20. Now, more than ever!)
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To: BBQToadRibs
Why do they say “buyback” when the government didn’t sell the guns in the first place?
15 posted on 09/03/2019 7:55:45 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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"minimum provisions include universal background checks..."

Be honest about this--it's called a gun registry. They're just trying to capture firearms that haven't been entered into the database that no one will admit to legally having.

16 posted on 09/03/2019 7:56:02 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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Among many others, if this issue doesn’t sufficiently motivate patriotic Americans to turn out to vote next November, I don’t know what will.


17 posted on 09/03/2019 7:56:30 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Every liberal should be red-flagged.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Illegally having, that is.


18 posted on 09/03/2019 7:58:02 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Olog-hai

Would I be too far out of line to hope that Groper Joe got some potato salad that had been left out in the sun too long at that Labor Day picnic????


19 posted on 09/03/2019 7:58:27 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Olog-hai
high-capacity ammunition

Leave it to the AP (Asinine Propaganda)...

20 posted on 09/03/2019 8:00:33 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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