Posted on 12/15/2012 12:21:20 PM PST by NoRedTape
"A veteran Democratic lawmaker believes the nation will go along with stronger gun control laws if President Obama “exploits” the Newtown, Conn., tragedy and nudges Congress to action.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, who represents portions of New York City, said he was encouraged by Mr. Obama’s statement on Friday afternoon that the mass shooting, which claimed the lives of 20 young children, requires “meaningful action” by Congress, but hopes those words turn into concrete legislation.".............
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Getting serious about managing people with mental illness is up there, too.
Very true.
Is Nadler the same fat f**k who complained to the FAA after a flight to Fresno because the destination tags on his luggage said “FAT”? The hypersensitive schmuck didn’t realize it was only an abbreviation for Fresno Air Terminal.
Lanza broke multiple current laws (felonies). Murder of his mother is the first law broken (first degree), steals mother’s firearms, second. etc etc etc etc...
I base all my legislative decisions on the actions of psychopaths.
Following this event, I threw together a short column of my thoughts on the subject, entitled “I’ll Second That Amendment”
Following the tragic and senseless killing of 26 people - 20 of them elementary school children - in Connecticut, the anti-gun nuts are coming out of the proverbial woodwork.
Left wingnut Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) has even urged the equally leftist President to “exploit the shooting to get more gun control.”. He obviously has little concern over anything concerning the shooting, other than the political mileage he and his party can gain from it.
But this is not a new phenomenon, and it happens each time some nutcase decides it’s time for some attention and payback.
But, the blinders that Democrats wear always prevents the truth from coming out.
I decided that I would do a little research and find out about the trend in random “mass shootings” and exactly where they fall in the total scheme of things. This research is not scientific, or official, but an analogy based on the information available from news account and other information gleaned on line.
So, here goes:
Since 1982, there have been approximately 23, so-called “mass shootings”, worldwide.
The morbid by products of these events include 452 people killed, and about 149 wounded. That figures out to about 1.2 people killed per month spread over 30 years. Remember this is for the entire world, not just the USA. In that same time, approximately .4 people were wounded.
Chicago, Illinois, alone, is on track for 524 murders for 2012. The difference is, these shootings and murders in Chi-town are spread out over weeks and months, and don’t fit the description of “mass shootings”. But, dead is dead.
Ironically, out of the world total of 452 mass murder victims, only 128 people were killed in the USA.
The remaining 324 victims were killed overseas - where there is no 2nd Amendment allowing them to own firearms.
The bellowing of the leftist to ban firearms is even further hypocritical when you check te fact that of the U.S. total of 128 victims, 103 occurred in the so-called “Blue States” (Colorado, Connecticut, Washington, Wisconsin, etc)...liberal territory. Only 25 occurred in the “Red”, or conservative states. And, if you take out the Fort Hood, Texas massacre, which was done by a Muslim for political reasons, the conservative states account for only 12 deaths out of the 128.
The specifics are sketchy, but on a worldwide scale, 65-percent of the shooters committed suicide after their murder spree, a pretty good indication that they were mentally deficient in some way or another.
The median age of the shooters is 20.33 years, most from single parent, or troubled homes.
In summary, on the world wide stage mass shootings, countries other than the United States account for 72% of the deaths (66% of the wounded) from firearms in mass shootings.
The conclusion can be that the 2nd Amendment actually prevents more deaths than countries who totally ban firearms. It has already been proven time and time again that when firearms are banned in countries, the crime rate skyrockets.
So the use of the Connecticut incident as a tool to repeal the 2nd Amendment is a non-starter.
But a good infusion of morals and family values would help immensely .
To the collectivist, government is god. Therefore, in a time of crisis, they call on their god to fix it.
Nadler is sucking up to Bloomberg with his lame comments. Another lapdog stepping and fetching for campaign contributions.
May I suggest that obama first get a grip on that porous Southern border through which armed criminals come in. That’s just for starters. I am not going to be a sitting duck for people that get in illegally. FUBO.
so correct, the altar of secularism.
Isn't that the exact MO of the Leftists? Any excuse for more government and more regulations.
That's the game they want to play so that's the game we're gonna have to play. Remember liberals, this is how you wanted it.
Excellent work putting things in perspective! Thanks for posting.
Not so great acting but acting ...
Lanza's mother took both of her boys to the shooting range. (And, he was said to have a personality disorder ? ) Other reports described this young man as extremely intelligent loner who played video games with his friends ? So which was it... a loner or a kid with friends.
Lanza's mother apparently had a drinking buddy named Holmes.
Lots wrong with this family.
I bet we'll hear it from brother Ryan Lanza.
Only brought Obama to your attention because he appears to be up to his neck in riots, killing, raping, in the middle east as well as those countries' presidents being removed and replaced by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Syria is next.
Ironic that our own federal government sent thousands of guns to Mexico in violation of U.S. laws and is responsible for who knows how many deaths.
Ironic that our own federal government sent thousands of guns to Mexico in violation of U.S. laws and is responsible for who knows how many deaths.
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