Posted on 06/22/2015 5:43:44 PM PDT by markomalley
Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley may not be doing well in the polls, but he's putting in a concerted effort to make his voice heard on gun violence in the wake of the recent Charleston massacres.
"A single American life is worth more than all the guns in the United States," O'Malley said while giving a speech at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in San Francisco. "How many senseless acts of violence do we have to endure as a people before we stand up to the congressional lobbyists of the National Rifle Association? How many more Americans have to die?"
While governor of Maryland, O'Malley instituted laws banning assault weapons and high capacity gun magazines that "exist only to inflict human casualty." He also implemented strict licensing rules cracking down on the gun-permitting process, to ensure maximum safety. Because of his actions, the National Rifle Association gave
O'Malley recently told supporters that his legislation passed in Maryland is just his first step for his plan for the nation. If elected, he said he wants to enforce a national assault weapons ban, stricter background checks and increase efforts to reduce straw-buying of guns.
"If the thousands of young men killed by gun violence every year across America were young, poor and white rather than young, poor and black, it is hard to imagine that our Congress would continue to block common sense measures to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill," he said.
O'Malley also supported removing the Confederate flag from South Carolina. On Monday, O'Malley launched a campaign on his website calling for state government officials in South Carolina to "restore the Confederate flag to a museum."
I don’t have any connection to the NRA. Never have.
I support the God given right to bear arms.
What about Americans like me, O’Malley?
The Constitution is non-negotiable. Mind the binding contract or face war.
But unborn babies have no voice and no vote so to O’Malley, they are less than human.
We have to save the fishies and little hop mice and spiked nosed western beetle - but it’s okay to abort a life. Got it.
The false choice, in all its glory.
Childish comments taken to a new level.
So he’s going to disarm the police and all federal agents?
Liberals like that douche bag cannot bring themselves to discuss the root cause of violence in black communities so of course they blame the gun..for the left the gun is something they have wanted banned for generations..Hitler had the same philosophy, the only way to control its citizens is to disarm them..it was Hitler’s greatest vision and the left want that same vision
I wonder if he will first disarm his own security detail, let them carry bananas instead
What is his stance on abortion again???
The Fallacy of the False Dichotomy - drink!
If he actually believed that he would disarm his security detail to begin. Next he would disarm all the law enforcement agencies in his State. his own mouth make him a liar.
O’Malley makes me think of a NRA produced documentary on the gun control experience in Australia (I believe) when in one instance they quoted an Aussie gun owner saying “Don’t let the politicians put the short end of the wedge in for gun control, because then they will always find a way to do it again and again”.
What does gun control have to do with saving lives?
does he really care about a single life? if so, he’d be campaigning AGAINST abortion.
until then...
3,000+ kids KILLED EVERY SINGLE DAY
No, because if he's elected you'll be able to trust the government!
Hey Mark ban all flu virus. More people die of the flu every year than get killed by guns.
Hey Mark ban all flu virus. More people die of the flu every year than get killed by guns.
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