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| O Turns Navy Yard into another Gun Control Argument |
| 2013-09-23 |
| President Obama, addressing yet another memorial gathering after a deadly mass shooting, said Sunday evening that he senses "a creeping resignation" in the United States that homicidal lunacy like the Washington Navy Yard massacre "is somehow the new normal." But he said "it ought to be a shock to us all" and should spur Americans to demand "a common sense" balance between gun rights and gun control. Do they have gun control in Kenya, I wonder? "We cannot accept this," Obama said of the Sept. 16 attack that killed a dozen people at the Navy Yard. "As Americans bound in grief and love, we must insist here today there's nothing normal about innocent men and women being gunned down where they work." Unless it's in Foot Hood, of course, where 'workplace violence' is no big deal. The president did not vow to throw the weight of his presidency behind an effort to enact gun-control legislation, as he did in December at a memorial service after the slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Instead, he urged the nation to demand such measures. I can't get anywhere with you rubes, you'll have to do it yourself! And when you fail, it won't be my fault! "By now . . . it should be clear that the change we need will not come from Washington, even when tragedy strikes Washington," he said at Sunday's service on the barracks parade grounds. "Change will come the only way it ever has come, and that's from the American people." Unless we're talking about my Obamacare, of course, which I farmed out to Nancy Pelosi and her minions. Echoing Obama, [D.C. Mayor] Gray told the gathering that "our country is drowning in a sea of guns. Senseless violence like this is an all-too-everyday fact of life here in the District and in our nation's other big cities. It is a fact of life that we must stop accepting." Does Chicago have gun control, Mr. Mayor? And is violent crime controlled by that gun control? Obama said: "No other advanced nation endures this kind of violence. None. Here in America, the murder rate is three times what it is in other developed nations. The murder rate with guns is 10 times what it is in other developed nations. Fact check, anyone? |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #6 Was the shotgun painted black? Did it have a sling? Or gawd hep us was it some tacky camo coloured plastic.... the above are all signs of assault guns. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-09-23 18:29 |
| #5 He just used a shotgun like Biden told him to. Take some responsibility for your administration mr President. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-09-23 15:04 |
| #4 To him, the Souls lost were not as important as what he wants. |
| Posted by: newc 2013-09-23 10:24 |
| #3 ...socialism is hardly a political model for an advancing nation. Toilet paper anyone? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-09-23 08:55 |
| #2 Obama said: "No other advanced nation endures this kind of violence. I am confused.... again. I thought the Champ recently referred to the United States as a "developing nation". |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-23 07:54 |
| #1 So the same entity that gave a security pass to a complete schizophrenic wants to decide if you can be allowed to defend yourself.. Why do I feel this won't work? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-09-23 06:58 |