Posted on 11/29/2016 6:38:22 AM PST by DOC44
Washington (CNN)Retired U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, who has long resisted calls to run for political office, is teaming up with retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly to create a new group urging greater gun control. The two announced on Friday that they were launching Veterans Coalition for Common Sense to encourage elected leaders to "do more to prevent gun tragedies." The group will feature veterans from every branch of the military who are urging lawmakers to toughen gun laws, the organization said in a news release.
With Trump as president this group will be about as welcome as an STD in a monastery.
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That hashtag doesn’t make sense.
Petraeus was deeply involved in Clinton’s illegal Benghazi gun-running scheme while he was head of CIA. Ironic that he is for more gun control here in the USA. Not a good candidate for the Trump administration.
Anything short of getting themselves in amongst "the problem" is just BS and they need to STFU!!!
Since I don’t contribute in any way to the social media, let me dissect the hashtag:
Gun
Free
Zones
Are
Killer
Free
Zones
capice?
I’ll consider this matter after it is reported by someone other than CNN.
This is from June. I wonder if Trump already knew about this?
Guess he didn’t get the new job.
The Veterans Coalition for Common Sense launched on Friday at an event in Washington DC. The groups goal is to push lawmakers to enact more legislation to prevent gun tragedies while adhering to the gun ownership rights protected by the second amendment.
The coalitions advisory committee includes 23 veterans from every branch of the military, including Petraeus, McChrystal and former NSA director Michael Hayden.
This is a group of leaders who support the second amendment and who believe in the rights of responsible people, law-abiding people, to own guns, said Mark Prentice, communications director of Americans for Responsible Solutions, the parent group of the initiative.
In addition to his being an adulterer.
This makes Mitt look good.
I remember an interview with the late author Vince Flynn. He was asked about Petreaus because a character in his last thriller seemed to be based a bit on Petraeus (high-ranking military intelligence officer in Iraq having clandestine affair). Flynn said he had met Petraeus and got a bad vibe from him. He struck Flynn as a "political general" who had an overly developed sense of self-importance.
I just looked and here is that interview with the late, great Vince Flynn: Video of Interview
and Mitt won’t follow his d!ck wherever it leads him either.
Concern trolls need to do something useful:
Whoda thunk it?
The problem isn’t too many guns. The problem is too many CRIMINALS and lenient, liberal judges and DEMOCRAT political hacks!!
WHY THEY WANT OUR GUNS!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73SsNFgBO4
Who cares if it is old since it is still relevant.
Yes, it is. The poster is making a point about whether Petraeus should be considered for a Cabinet post.
I guess he felt he had to, after yesterday’s mass gunless shooting at Ohio State.
I hear his new intern really hates guns.
Maybe we could just keep Lurch on as SoS; what’s the difference??
That’s interesting, thank you.
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