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Obama promises 'meaningful action' after Newtown school shooting (Obama's Reichstag Fire?)
Guardian UK ^

Posted on 12/14/2012 3:47:30 PM PST by Arthurio

Barack Obama wiped away tears at the White House as he expressed grief over the children killed in the Connecticut massacre and promised "meaningful action" to prevent similar shooting rampages in the future.

Obama has promised to act on gun control after earlier shooting incidents but subsequently done nothing implement any changes. Over the last four years of his presidency, restrictions on guns – in particular concealed weapons – have become more relaxed and gun sales soared.

There have been five major shooting sprees since he has been president, three of them this year. This one is different because the majority of the victims in the school in Newtown are young children, but the most recent opinion polls have shown overwhelming opposition to gun restrictions.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012; banglist; democrats; guncontrol; gunfreezone; murderisacrime; newtown; obama; sandyhookobama; sandyhookpolitics; sandyhookshooting; secondamendment; shooting; youwillnotdisarmus
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To: Arthurio

Can’t have a reasonable discussion about guns without
also talking about the bilge being pumped out by
Hollywood and the media as far as violence and
irresponsible behavior.


41 posted on 12/14/2012 4:05:40 PM PST by indthkr
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To: Arthurio

1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
3. Colt: The original point and click interface.
4. Gun control is not about guns; it’s about control.
5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?
6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
7. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
8. If you don’t know your rights, you don’t have any.
9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
10. The United States Constitution (c)1791. All Rights Reserved.
11. What part of “shall not be infringed” do you not understand?
12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
13. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
14. Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians.
15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.
16. You don’t shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.


42 posted on 12/14/2012 4:05:40 PM PST by angelcindy ("If you follow the crowd ,you get no further than the crowd!")
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To: Arthurio

So does that mean that he is going to issue some kind of executive order? Because Congress is not going to pass some confiscatory law.


43 posted on 12/14/2012 4:06:27 PM PST by wideawake
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To: Arthurio

Will Obama tell the secret service to get rid of their guns?


44 posted on 12/14/2012 4:06:27 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: Arthurio

“Never let a good crisis go to waste” the Godfather


45 posted on 12/14/2012 4:06:43 PM PST by dila813
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To: Arthurio

46 posted on 12/14/2012 4:07:38 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Arthurio

Kids of parents who are legal gun owners will not be allowed in school.


47 posted on 12/14/2012 4:08:07 PM PST by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2011)
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To: babygene

Obama is right we can’t let liberal schoolteachers foster the creation of mass murderers anymore. Dissolve the DEA and commie Unions. Now.


48 posted on 12/14/2012 4:08:16 PM PST by Gasshog
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To: Arthurio

Every citizen with a brain can see that every time this evil happens we see lots of pictures of cops and swat walking around with their AR’s but they never use them. And there is a reason for that. LEO’s are investigators, they don’t get to the crime scenes until the crime is over.

Teach your children to act when evil comes to visit. Teach them to get out the back door or a window and to seek help at a neighbors home or a store. Anything but huddling in a corner waiting for evil to end their precious lives.

God rest these victims souls and may this evil bastard burn in hell for eternity.


49 posted on 12/14/2012 4:08:30 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: Arthurio

I wonder how many children were killed while still inside their mothers womb today?


50 posted on 12/14/2012 4:08:38 PM PST by Delta 21 (Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
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To: Arthurio
Obama's Reichstag Fire?

Ja!

Check the tunnel coming from Himmler's residence.

51 posted on 12/14/2012 4:08:48 PM PST by llevrok (ObamaLand - Where young people go to retire.)
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To: Arthurio

If you are not already armed up and have plenty of ammo now is the time. Gun sales are going to go the roof I’m sure and they may be hard to get but don’t give up. I for one will never surrender by guns, in fact you will probably see me in line at my local gun store this weekend. I love this county and served 24 years in the military and I will not see it taken over by a bunch of communist who call themselves the democrat party.

Mr. Obama, if you want my guns..Molon Labe.


52 posted on 12/14/2012 4:08:47 PM PST by TonyM
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To: Arthurio

If you are not already armed up and have plenty of ammo now is the time. Gun sales are going to go the roof I’m sure and they may be hard to get but don’t give up. I for one will never surrender by guns, in fact you will probably see me in line at my local gun store this weekend. I love this county and served 24 years in the military and I will not see it taken over by a bunch of communist who call themselves the democrat party.

Mr. Obama, if you want my guns..Molon Labe.


53 posted on 12/14/2012 4:08:58 PM PST by TonyM
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To: South40

I agree with you here. I will say that voicing this thought on a day when 27 born and slaughtered human beings are being mourned, is probably not a productive exercise. It will win nobody to your side, and will actually anger some folks who do lean in your direction.


54 posted on 12/14/2012 4:10:28 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Hurricane Sandy..., a week later and over 60 million Americans still didn't have power.)
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To: Arthurio

The Reichstag Fire Decree (German: Reichstagsbrandverordnung) is the common name of the Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of People and State (German: Verordnung des Reichspräsidenten zum Schutz von Volk und Staat) issued by German President Paul von Hindenburg in direct response to the Reichstag fire of 27 February 1933. The decree nullified many of the key civil liberties of German citizens. With Nazis in powerful positions in the German government, the decree was used as the legal basis of imprisonment of anyone considered to be opponents of the Nazis, and to suppress publications not considered “friendly” to the Nazi cause. The decree is considered by historians to be one of the key steps in the establishment of a one-party Nazi state in Germany.


55 posted on 12/14/2012 4:11:04 PM PST by Wisconsinlady ("Never give the devil a ride; he will want to take over the driving.")
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Exactly!!

In Florida and Tx we have a lot less gun violence where CCW is alive and well..of course except for the ghettos in the big cities.


56 posted on 12/14/2012 4:12:06 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (Go Galt!)
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To: GrannyK

If two of the adults at that school were concealed carriers, this would likely have turned out very different.


57 posted on 12/14/2012 4:12:10 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Hurricane Sandy..., a week later and over 60 million Americans still didn't have power.)
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To: Huskrrrr

I’ve traveled all over Asia on business. Most of those countries have Draconian (by western standards) gun controls.

Yet there are still murders and mass murders. Just other weapons are used.

When you are crazy, you are crazy


58 posted on 12/14/2012 4:12:32 PM PST by llevrok (ObamaLand - Where young people go to retire.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

It was the worst imitation of grief since The Sink Emporer’s fake tears at Ron Brown’s funeral.


59 posted on 12/14/2012 4:13:13 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: sport

don’t forget Chicago, Philly, LA etc etc...all of Obama’s Plantations!


60 posted on 12/14/2012 4:14:07 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (Go Galt!)
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