Posted on 06/18/2015 10:44:56 AM PDT by SJackson
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/ AP) Following the arrest of a white man Thursday in connection with the slayings of nine people, including the pastor, at a prayer meeting inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston, President Obama said he has had to deliver these remarks too often.
The attorney general has announced plans for the FBI to open a hate crime investigation, Obama said from the White House.
We understand that the suspect is in custody and Ill let the best of law enforcement do its work to make sure that justice is served. Until the investigation is complete, Im necessarily constrained in terms of talking about the details of the case. But I dont need to be constrained about the emotions that tragedies like this raise, Obama said.
Ive had to make statements like this too many times. Communities like this have to endure tragedies like this too many times. We dont have all the facts, but we do know once again, innocent people were killed in part because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun. Now is the time for mourning and healing but lets be clear. At some point we have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesnt happen in other places with this kind of frequency.
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My understanding of these laws is limited. But he hasn’t been convicted of anything. AFAIK, being charged but not convicted of a crime doesn’t remove any legal rights. Innocent until proven and all that.
Now there may very well be some civil liability for giving a gun to an unstable person.
I’ve got a great idea... all those people who don’t think this happens in “other modern countries” pack up your stuff and go live there - wherever that may be - and then STFU!
Your death toll is off. Four dead, two at each location, plus the shooter is dead. Five injured.
You are quite right about what stopped him. Brave woman with a gun. Who has since come out as a lesbian.
This whole thing is a little off. Kind of looks like a CIA or DHS Op. could also be FBI or NSA Op. Reminds me of the theater job in CO. or Sandy Hook school and Boston B.S. If you look closely you will always find government finger prints.
Other countries don’t have an Obama whipping up division and hatred between races.
I don’t think you can name an advanced country where it hasn’t happened.
Not complete information yet, but if the kid was addicted to or an unlawful user of a controlled substance, he was ineligible to purchase a firearm. His arrest would indicate he was using the substance (a prescription opiate) unlawfully. Additionally, if he is charged with a crime, not convicted or charged with a felony, carrying a possible sentence of more than one year, he's ineligible to purchase a firearm. Don't know if what he's charged with was over one year. If he's ineligible to purchase, he's ineligible to receive the gift, and dad is potentially facing a federal felony. I suspect dad will have trouble establishing he had no knowledge of his son's drug/legal problems, though I'm not certain that would matter. Civilly, I suspect dad has very serious problems due to the transfer, and given the nature of the crime and the Justice Dept, may have criminal issues as well.
Speaking of which, other advanced countries don’t have a lying murdering traitor as their head of state.
His idea of advanced countries is China and Russia.
How about the tens of blacks killed by ferals in Chicago each weekend. When will this poor excuse for a commander in chief address those???
Do something about the animals taking potshots for fun and profit in Illinois, zer0.
Seems your peeps are immune from regulation.
How about the tens of blacks killed by ferals in Chicago each weekend. When will this poor excuse for a commander in chief address those???
Do something about the animals taking potshots for fun and profit in Illinois, zer0.
Seems your peeps are immune from regulation.
Oh? You mean President Super Stupid is wrong again? Who would have thought that the laziest, most ignorant, bitchy, defiant little man child might have gotten something else wrong?
Does he mean like on an elite island in Scandinavia?
And the dozens wounded. They don’t seem to count. Maybe cause they’re killed one at a time. Maybe because of the lack of a racial component to capitalize on.
No in Europe they just hack off their heads with a machete.
That’s a week old. Nothing since. They’re not in Chicago’s class.
“What country was it some guy killed like 75 people on an island at a retreat.”
Australia’s worst mass murder occurred on the island of Tasmania...I guess Australia is not an advanced nation, either! /sarcasm
Seriously, I’m beginning to forget what it’s like to have a President who actually LOVES his country!!!
Here’s what doesn’t happen in “other advanced countries”:
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20120325/articles/120329781
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