Posted on 07/27/2015 12:54:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
After a gunman opened fire in a Lafayette, Louisiana movie theater last week, killing two people and injuring nine others, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is pushing back against repeated calls to strengthen gun control legislation.
"These are sick people," Trump said of the shooter, John Russell Houser, who was reported to be mentally ill. "This has nothing to do with guns. This has to do with the mentality of these people."
"I'm a big Second Amendment person. You need protection," the presidential hopeful added in a CNN interview Sunday. "This person from what I hear had a record of mental instability. If it's proven and documented you have to be careful to not let them kill people. He had the kind of record where he should be in an institution. He's a sick puppy."
Trump referenced another recent gun massacre in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where four Marines were killed, to argue against increasing gun control measures.
"With the Marines, that was disgraceful," Trump said. "These are people who know how to use guns better than anybody. And they're not allowed to carry guns, and this guy shot them...If they would have had their guns, they probably would all be alive right now."(continued)
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LOL
These days I should put in a few rolls for myself, what with the Obama administration and all.
You know what? I never intend to run for President, but I never ever bought into the liberal lie....not on anything....not for a second. Pardon me if I need more than 25 minutes of conservatism.
And BTW, he attacked W. Bush and Walker FROM THE LEFT just over the weekend. THIS WEEKEND....from the LEFT!!!!!
There's no actual source on this attribution besides a website.
Give me the publication date and actual source and I will paypal you 20$. If you can't find it, you need to stop spreading lies.
The Republican Party didn’t just leave us, they drove us out to the Middle of Nowhere and left us to Die.
That’s fair.
He’s not rational on assault weapons.
If U. S. Citizens are armed, it’s not an easy task to take and hold land here.
I think Donald is astute enough to understand that if he knows that Conservatives are his primary base of support, that he will ‘dance with the ones that brung him.’, even if his core beliefs aren’t necessarily as conservative as theirs’.
I don't want your 20. I want your apology on the open forum: READ it and weep, and then grovel: http://2012.presidential-candidates.org/Trump/Gun-Control.php
Savage again repeated that Trump will be on his show.
what say you about his attacks on Walker and W from the LIBERAL perspective.
I mean, sounded like Debbie Sergeant Schultz wrote the damned talking points for him. JUST 24 HOURS AGO.
If you will link me to the comments you’ve read and would like me to review, I’ll be glad to do it.
I don’t know which post to check out.
20 bucks still on the table. I already searched and the quote doesn't exist before this year. I know you can't find it.
So you know. Trump is pretty strong on the 2nd Amendment. His sons who are gun guys have spoken with him about the issue over the years.
A snippet from some of his Ammoland interview.
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Ammoland.com: Donald Trump Talks: Gun Control, Assault Weapons & Self Defense
JULY 7, 2015
Trump - “Karl Rove is a proven loser. He wasted $400 million in 2012 and did not win a single race.
“The Second Amendment is a bedrock natural right of the individual to defend self, family, and property. It is a ridiculous notion to ever repeal it.”
“For Rove to even think it shows a lack of respect for all of the freedoms in our Constitution and a complete ignorance of our shared American inheritance.”
Trump - “I do not support expanding background checks. The current background checks do not work.”
Trump - “I certainly stand by my opposition to Gun Control when it comes to taking guns from law-abiding citizens. You mention that the media describes the AR-15 as an “assault rifle,” which is one example of the many distortions they use to sell their agenda. However, the AR-15 does not fall under this category. Gun-banners are unfortunately preoccupied with the AR-15, magazine capacity, grips, and other aesthetics, precisely because of its popularity.”
And more Trump here.
The guy has stated, as recently as this weekend, that he thinks of himself as a Democrat and liberal on many issues....and yet.....you remain a butt boy fan girl......you go girl!
Where would a mentally insane “person” get an idea to shoot people in a movie theater gun free zone? Could it be the massive worldwide media coverage that the media gives to each and every time a sick moron shoots someone? YES .It’s the news media putting these images into the sick monster’s minds in the first place. Even with the mass shooting media egging them on still less people die from mass shooting then from falling down stairs. So ban stairs/sarcasm.
There’s only a handful of these sick creeps shooting people per year but the media gives each world wide fame when that many get killed in chicago every week.
Sounds like a good idea.
Hey, you’re supposed to be weeping and groveling. LOL
If you end up sending $20, I’ll send you $10.
There's only a handful of these sick creeps shooting people per year but the media gives each world wide fame when that many get killed in chicago every week.
Also 99% of these mentally ill psychos who shoot people in “public” places kill themselves. so no one paid attention ever to these losers. they want to commit suicide any but they want world wide fame that the news media gives them. the media shouldn't report this crap especially to this extent.The news media gnore the trade deal and all the crimes Obama is doing but give massive unending coverage to every psycho that shoots people . the media has an agenda and is the enemy of the people.
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