Posted on 09/04/2019 4:03:52 PM PDT by conservative98
It is obvious that Republicans in Congress dont understand Americas gun problem. But Sen. Ted Cruz has taken that ignorance to a new level.
The GOP loves to point out, erroneously, that Chicago has the toughest gun laws in the nation, yet the murder rate is the highest. Neither point is accurate, but that hasnt stopped Republicans, including Donald Trump, from spreading the lie.
Chicagoans are used to being the scapegoat for lawmakers who dont have the guts to do the right thing when it comes to passing sensible gun legislation. But when self-serving politicians try to shirk their responsibility by misleading the public about how guns end up in the hands of killers, we have to speak up.
Thank you, Mayor Lightfoot, for shutting down Cruz. Were fed up with this lying political culture that Trump is breeding in America.
In the aftermath of a mass shooting in Odessa, Texas, just weeks after the one in El Paso, the Texas lawmaker tweeted this on Monday: Gun control doesnt work. Look at Chicago. Disarming law-abiding citizens isnt the answer.
What he omitted was that both gunmen in Texas obtained their weapons legally. Most of the guns used in homicides in Chicago were obtained illegally. Theres a huge difference. To try to equate the two is ignorant and disingenuous.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Because that worked so well for Bush.
Bush being a pussy and not fighting back has nothing at all to do with what Im talking about.
Boycott the fake news - dont give them ratings. Youre the dope.
You keep saying addressing - all you are doing is feeding them by paying attention. They thrive on attention and thats what you are giving them.
So youd rather be like the DUmmies and read an echo chambers mutual masturbations?
No, of course not. Id rather read the truth, not lies. You dont learn anything from repeating and obsessing over their lies. They lie. Its as simple as that.
And they tell the same lies over and over again, so its stuff weve already heard a thousand times. You make it sound like you are gathering enemy intel and figuring out their secret strategies - duh. They just lie - theres nothing of value there to discuss.
Mulling over their lies each news cycle is just a form of pornographic sensationalism - no different than rubbernecking when theres a accident on the freeway. Oh the horror! Listen to what Chris Mathews said! Isnt it outrageous?
Nobody needs to hear what Chris Matthews has to say - dont act like theres some virtue in listening to their lies - they are absurd, repetitious, predictable and of absolutely no intellectual value whatsoever. It wont make you a better debater. It wont prepare you for their next lie. It wont help you understand your adversary. It wont give you insights into their strategy.
All it does is encourage them by giving them what they want; attention, ratings, an audience, free air time.
So if a mass shooter can obtain a gun illegally, just as they do in Chicago despite the tough gun laws, this is an argument in favor of making it harder to get a gun legally, because the mass shooters in Texas did? What’s wrong with this Lewis Carol/Gilbert & Sullivan reasoning?
[[[Were fed up with this lying political culture that Trump is breeding in America.]]]
LOL
WHAT is the difference? Is the nitwit contending the TX shooters couldn't have gotten their guns under Chicago laws? That theory is refuted by the second of the two points. There's NO difference between obtaining a gun legally and illegally (as far as committing a crime with it).
What he omitted was that both gunmen in Texas obtained their weapons legally. Most of the guns used in homicides in Chicago were obtained illegally. Theres a huge difference.
Yes, its a big improvement to be killed by an illegally obtained gun.
both gunmen in Texas obtained their weapons legally. Most of the guns used in homicides in Chicago were obtained illegally.
Yes,exactly. GUN CONTROL DIDN'T WORK IN CHICAGO, OR ANYWHERE ELSE IT HAS BEEN TRIED, AND IT NEVER WILL. Dumb ass.
Easy.
All firearms to be registered.
All transfers to require a background check, and concurrent re-registration.
All firearms not PC* to be confiscated.
All remaining firearms not previously confiscated to be confiscated.
Exemptions only for our elite liberal masters and their bodyguards/goons.
*All modern firearms, particularly any that are suitable for defending against multiple assailants.
“...the @gops unwillingness to protect their constituents...”
Dear Lori:
The GOP doesn’t HAVE to protect us; it’s not their job.
We’re ARMED and we protect ourselves... typically from YOUR constituents.
Just sayin’...
Wow...
Dahleen must have stayed awake all night figuring out how to spell “disingenuous” AND use it in a sentence.
That’s a five-syllable word, after all...
You have offended meeses to pieces.
And if I’m not mistaken, did she say during her acceptance speech that, Gender Equality, in the Windy City was her first priority.
And one of the shameful things that the author brings up is saying that the ‘murder rate’ isn’t the highest in the nation, as if that’s something to be proud of when they’re tallying dozens of people shot, on the regular and multiple people killed.
Wasn’t it a year or two ago that Chicago was averaging around 5 or 6 murders a day?
The Midland Odessa shooter did not get his gun legally.
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