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Liam Neeson speaks out in favor of gun control (Hypocrite Alert!)
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Posted on 09/20/2014 11:41:43 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA

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Liam Neeson, legendary Irish actor and star of such films as Takenand Non-Stop, does not identify with the hardcore, gun-toting action heroes he so often portrays.

"I am totally for gun control in the U.S.," Neeson said in an interview with The Independent. "The population of America is roughly 300 million and there are 300 million guns in this country, which is terrifying."

Neeson criticized the National Rifle Association's response to the 2012 shooting in Newton, Connecticut, which the actor summarized as, "If that teacher had been armed..."

"It's crazy," Neeson said. "I'll give Britain its dues, when they had the Dunblane massacre in Scotland, within 24 hours the gun laws were changed so you could not have a handgun."

Neeson became an official U.S. citizen five years ago. He says of the Constitution: "It is the right to bear arms which is the problem. I think if the Founding Fathers knew what was happening they would be turning in their graves with embarrassment at how that law has been interpreted."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Connecticut; US: New York; United Kingdom
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To: Red in Blue PA

Liam looks like a man, walks like a man, acts like a man, thinks like a metro-sexual....


81 posted on 09/21/2014 5:06:12 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Impy; All

He jumped the shark with that airplane movie he did; just another “I’m part of the Hollywood Borg” feminine hygiene product.


82 posted on 09/21/2014 6:01:37 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: the scotsman

Well one thing of many that differentiates Americans from Europe is that we have a Constitutional Republic and a Constitution. The 2nd Amendment is the law. If any court or even Congress tries to change that and be so insanely stupid as to attempt to go door to door and collect guns a major revolution would break out instantly. In the UK and othercountries like Ireland and Scotland you just handed them over. Now you are all at the mercy of your socialist tyrannical goverments.

What poor Liam Neesam does not understand because he is not American is that the 2nd amendment has nothing to do with the right to hunt and only secondarily about the right to defend yourself from crime. Its about the right to defend yourself from a tyrannical government. It appears we are headed that way and fairly soon.


83 posted on 09/21/2014 6:47:45 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

1—The UK has a constitution. Albeit looser formed than the US.

2—The stupid gun laws passed Parliament, so stupid as they may have been, it wasn’t as if the UK police and army just turned up at the doors. Also, I would point out for the 9,675,000 th time on FR that some guns are banned, but guns overall are legal in the UK, I know as I am a UK gunowner.

3—Again, I DID point out that the UK and other countries are ruled by conservative govts. And that the political shift in the UK and Europe is to the right.


84 posted on 09/21/2014 8:03:29 AM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: the scotsman

Actually, I could not care less. Take care.


85 posted on 09/22/2014 2:38:30 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: sickoflibs; Impy; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj

RE Neeson:

Yeah, I was saddened to hear this. You’d think the guy who played Michael Collins - you know, the leader of a disarmed people enslaved by a foreign power - would GET it... maybe a little of the character would “rub off” on him after the research for the part.

Instead... he turns out to be just another Hollywood douchebag.

The way of things, I suppose...


86 posted on 09/22/2014 7:36:40 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale; sickoflibs; Impy; fieldmarshaldj

“The way of things, I suppose...”

The political bilge most of the Hollywooders spew is a major reason why I don’t go to the movies anymore.


87 posted on 09/22/2014 8:02:59 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; sickoflibs; Impy; fieldmarshaldj

Look up “Actors in WWII” and look at the list of folks who served in uniform.

Then try “Actors in Operation Iraqi Freedom”...

Very depressing.


88 posted on 09/22/2014 8:11:34 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; sickoflibs; Impy; fieldmarshaldj

“..Neeson became an official U.S. citizen five years ago. He says of the Constitution: “It is the right to bear arms which is the problem. I think if the Founding Fathers knew what was happening they would be turning in their graves with embarrassment at how that law has been interpreted.”...”

Yes, because, Gee... Liam, you’re SO much smarter and SO much more sophisticated and gifted with much more insight than our Founding Fathers could EVER have been.

And as for “interpreted” law... so you’re a scholar too, huh? Because you played one once, somewhere??? Or maybe you just stayed in a Holiday Inn or something...

Go on back where you came from, bud... we don’t need you. Enjoy your chains. We’ll keep our guns.

ALL of them.


89 posted on 09/22/2014 8:15:41 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale
RE:”Look up “Actors in WWII” and look at the list of folks who served in uniform.
Then try “Actors in Operation Iraqi Freedom”.

????

Way too many differences to list here.

90 posted on 09/22/2014 8:24:38 PM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: NFHale

Apples and oranges.
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91 posted on 09/22/2014 8:27:09 PM PDT by Mears
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To: NFHale; GOPsterinMA; sickoflibs; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy

I don’t need some Mick bastard (I’m 1/8 Mick, so it’s not racist) who’s been a citizen for 5 minutes to tell me about the founding fathers. STFU, Liam. James Madison should crawl out his grave, bear his arms, and punch Liam right in his vagina. “You don’t know me Liam, don’t be talking like you know me, Liam!”


92 posted on 09/22/2014 9:56:40 PM PDT by Impy (Voting democrat out of spite? Then you are America's enemy, like every other rat voter.)
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To: the scotsman
Despite its being relevant?
93 posted on 09/22/2014 10:06:10 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: NFHale

Leader of a bunch of murdering terrorists. A ‘hero’ shot by his own men.


94 posted on 09/22/2014 11:33:56 PM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: onedoug

Sorry, which post/remark are you referring to?.


95 posted on 09/22/2014 11:34:17 PM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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To: Mears

More like apples and ... soy latte...


96 posted on 09/23/2014 4:16:37 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: the scotsman; Impy; GOPsterinMA; sickoflibs; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy

RE “ A ‘hero’ shot by his own men.”

Make that “Shot from ambush by cowards” and you’d be correct.


97 posted on 09/23/2014 4:23:57 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale; sickoflibs; Impy; fieldmarshaldj

Yep...


98 posted on 09/23/2014 4:43:34 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Impy; NFHale; sickoflibs; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; Clintonfatigued

WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much time being spent on some doof that repeats lines someone else wrote, sort of like how a parrot functions.

http://youtu.be/FkQxB5IoLnE


99 posted on 09/23/2014 5:00:24 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: NFHale

He was killed, that’s all I care about.


100 posted on 09/23/2014 1:58:31 PM PDT by the scotsman (UK)
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