Calm down, he'd never think of gun confiscation. Pinkie square.
Posted on 12/21/2012 2:37:29 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Two hours before the National Rifle Association told the country that guns were not to blame for the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today said that “reasonable people” should be able to overcome their differences on the issue and work to craft tougher laws.
Duncan, a member of Vice President Joe Biden’s new task force charged with finding solutions to America’s gun violence, said the goal should be to support “common sense” measures such as banning “assault weapons” and high-capacity ammunition, and closing gun-show loopholes in the background-check process.
“Reasonable people should be able to agree on these restrictions,” Duncan said, speaking at an elementary school in Northeast Washington today. “As the president has pointed out, many of these ideas are backed by members of the NRA and were, in fact, supported by President Reagan.” ....
“I don’t pretend to have all the answers but since last Friday a week ago, I do believe the world has fundamentally changed,” Duncan said.
In addition to school administrators, Duncan said he wanted to talk with gun owners, hunters and sport shooters to get their advice on what leaders can do to secure schools.
“We have common values that go far beyond the constitutional right to bear arms,” Duncan said. “We value the right to live our daily lives and to pursue our dreams without fear, but last week the dreams of 26 people in Newtown Connecticut were cut short at an elementary school because one disturbed man was mad at the world.”
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Imagine their shock and horror when they discover that we won't give them up.
I think most “reasonable” people understand that gun laws only disarm the law-abiding, and don’t stop law breakers from obtaining and using firearms.
“Reasonable people” include the raving lunatics who think that NRA members should be murdered and that gun owners don’t deserve the rights or protections that everyone has under the Constitution.
So tell me mayor. How many guns have you removed from the streets?
Calm down, he'd never think of gun confiscation. Pinkie square.
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