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Debating gun control after the Tucson attack: John Lott and the Brady Campaign's Paul Helmke
CSPAN Washington Journal ^ | January 13, 2011 | John R. Lott Jr. and Paul Helmke

Posted on 01/16/2011 5:11:16 PM PST by JohnRLott

Paul Helmke and John Lott talked about the shooting in Tucson, Arizona, in which Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others were wounded and six people killed on January 8, 2011. They focused on jurisdiction and purview of federal gun laws, state gun laws, the efficacy and implementation of background checks, the success of bans on various kinds of gun-related weaponry, and the effect that past multiple-victim- shootings have had on guns laws. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; bradycampaign; crime; gabriellegiffords; giffords; guncontrol; johnlott; paulhelmke

1 posted on 01/16/2011 5:11:18 PM PST by JohnRLott
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To: JohnRLott

Why would a person like Jared Loughner obey gun control laws?

Answer: he wouldn’t. Not a difficult concept, but somehow liberals don’t understand it.


2 posted on 01/16/2011 5:19:57 PM PST by reasonisfaith (Rules will never work for radicals (liberals) because they seek chaos. And don't even know it.)
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To: JohnRLott

Lott knows that it isn’t fair to have a battle of wits against someone who is unarmed.

Helmke was so stupid as to say that a 9mm is useless for self defense and then went on to say that the only use for it was to kill and maim people.

As if self defense mainly involved telling bad puns and tickling until the attacker cried “Uncle!”.


3 posted on 01/16/2011 5:22:17 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: JohnRLott

You pwned him, Mr. Lott. Well done, sir!


4 posted on 01/16/2011 5:32:38 PM PST by piytar (0's idea of power: the capacity to inflict unlimited pain and suffering on another human being. 1984)
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To: reasonisfaith
It has always mystified me, why the concept "criminals are people who do not obey the law" is such a very difficult one.

One that seems to follow closely is "schizophrenics are people who are out of touch with reality" (yet they are somehow supposed to be able to make reasonable, rational decisions regarding their own mental health status and health care).

5 posted on 01/16/2011 5:42:02 PM PST by susannah59
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To: reasonisfaith
Why would a person like Jared Loughner obey gun control laws?

Liberals want to make everyone a criminal, then they have "control" over everyone.

6 posted on 01/16/2011 5:55:38 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: JohnRLott

Every time they(Demorats) start to rant about guns I just go out and buy another one or two.FUBO!!


7 posted on 01/16/2011 6:51:18 PM PST by Renegade
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To: JohnRLott

There really does need to be better methodology for putting the names of lunatics onto registries.


8 posted on 01/16/2011 7:31:43 PM PST by wideawake
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To: JohnRLott

Is it a requirement of C-SPAN that callers must be kooks?


9 posted on 01/16/2011 8:05:35 PM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: wideawake
There really does need to be better methodology for putting the names of lunatics onto registries.

And just how exactly are we going to determine who is a "lunatic"?

10 posted on 01/17/2011 8:21:22 AM PST by zeugma (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam)
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To: zeugma

The usual standard is independent evaluation of the patient by two doctors.


11 posted on 01/17/2011 8:30:47 AM PST by wideawake
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