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Hickenlooper: New Gun Laws Had No Impact on Arapahoe HS Shooting
Colorado Observer ^ | 17 dec 2013 | Valerie Richardson

Posted on 12/17/2013 6:50:58 AM PST by rellimpank

CENTENNIAL—Democrats have long insisted the state’s new gun laws were passed to help stop mass shootings, but Gov. John Hickenlooper said Sunday that the measures did nothing to prevent a teen gunman from storming Arapahoe High School.

In an interview on CBS-TV’s “Face the Nation,” the Democratic governor was asked why the laws failed to avert Friday’s shooting at the suburban high school.

“You actually passed some pretty tough gun laws out there in Colorado after those other incidents happened, and yet they continue to happen,” said moderator Bob Schieffer.

Hickenlooper responded that Coloradans “care deeply” about two things: protecting their Second Amendment rights and “making their communities safer.”

“So things like universal background checks, I think they are going to make us safer, but in this specific case aren’t going to make a difference at all,” said Hickenlooper. “And that’s the challenge.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: arapahoe; banglist; hickenlooper; rkba; schoolshooting
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To: rellimpank

If the laws didn’t help, THEN REPEAL THEM, Hickenlooper, you pansy! They are infringements on the Constitutional right to keep and BEAR arms.


21 posted on 12/17/2013 7:16:52 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: Red Badger

Our rulers ignore our Constitution and disobey God’s commandments, in particular “thou shalt not kill”. We can debate legalizing murder (abortion) but there is no debate that it (abortion) is murder.


22 posted on 12/17/2013 7:18:24 AM PST by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: Lazamataz
.... therefore, we need a lot of new laws!

Heh! We need more recalls, IMHO.
23 posted on 12/17/2013 7:18:27 AM PST by RandallFlagg (IRS = Internal Revenge Service)
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To: RandallFlagg
This shooting was, in fact, made much less tragic by the presence of an armed deputy. The NRA made a big mailout about that.

Yes, this is probably news to you, because the American Pravda Press WILL NOT REPORT THAT.

24 posted on 12/17/2013 7:18:31 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: G Larry

Your sarcasm detector needs maintenance.


25 posted on 12/17/2013 7:19:52 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: rellimpank
Schieffer knows the truth but he has a narrative to follow.
26 posted on 12/17/2013 7:22:50 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2016)
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To: Lazamataz

Oh, I knew that. Remember, I live just 20 miles from that school.
I also used to do volunteer security runs (While armed) around eight neighborhood schools on my days off after Newtown -until last May when school ended.
That guard got in and the killer ended himself 80 seconds after he started.


27 posted on 12/17/2013 7:24:36 AM PST by RandallFlagg (IRS = Internal Revenge Service)
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To: dirtboy
Methinks the gun grabbers do not want the armed security precisely because they do want the massacres. Just remember Fast and Furious.
28 posted on 12/17/2013 7:27:10 AM PST by libstripper (Asv)
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To: rellimpank

There was, of course, an armed officer stationed at Columbine as well during that incident.


29 posted on 12/17/2013 7:27:21 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: rellimpank

Chickenpooper promised that his laws would bring about an active-shooter-free panacea. They didn’t.

Now, who’s gonna hold him responsible? The parents? The voters?

Was it just words? Something a politician says? Does it matter when a politician makes empty promises and people die or are seriously wounded, despite the promises?

What was this law for, Chickenpooper? How was this high school student able to defeat the intent and will of the mighty Colorado State Government? The people like Hudak and Morse and Giron, who are (were) so smart that they DIDN’T HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE PEONS WHO ELECTED THEM? Smarter than the people who were DENIED THE CHANCE TO SPEAK as this law was being deliberated, because they apparently just didn’t know enough to contribute in any meaningful way? For heaven’s sakes, aren’t they smarter than a mere high school student who ultimately made it into a gun free zone with a gun? How could this happen? DIDN’T THEY DO THEIR HOMEWORK?

Personally, if I were the parents of the girl who got shot, or just a concerned parent with kids in that school, I’d be in Chickenpooper’s face, following him to events, asking him why he wasted the time and taxpayer money on something that did NOTHING, while forgetting the proposals like arming teachers and eliminating gun-free-zones that could have made a difference.

If that librarian, or ANY teacher, had the capacity to return fire, then that girl might not have become a victim. As it is, she will be living with the consequences Chickenpooper’s harmful and liberty infringing laws for the rest of her life.

Own it, Chickenpooper. That girl’s blood is on your hands.


30 posted on 12/17/2013 7:27:35 AM PST by FLAMING DEATH (I'm not racist - I hate Biden too!)
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To: FLAMING DEATH
Own it, Chickenpooper. That girl’s blood is on your hands.

Well said.
We need to start a, "RECALL THEM ALL," campaign.
31 posted on 12/17/2013 7:34:44 AM PST by RandallFlagg (IRS = Internal Revenge Service)
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To: rellimpank

Yeah. Duh.....


32 posted on 12/17/2013 7:52:08 AM PST by cld51860 (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: libstripper
Methinks the gun grabbers do not want the armed security precisely because they do want the massacres. Just remember Fast and Furious.

Amen, libstripper. Oh, by the way, what are the Whigs doing about the Fast & Furious conspiracy today? Oh, by the way, what are the Whigs doing in Colorado these days?

33 posted on 12/17/2013 8:01:00 AM PST by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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To: ltc8k6

I heard the other night that about 72 of hundreds of thousands of background checks have been prosecuted.

That said, and assuming the accuracy of the statement, do “background checks” make us even 1% safer?

If the lefties would spend those funds prosecuting ALREADY ARRESTED VIOLATORS of gun laws instead of turning them loose on the street we WOULD BE a lot safer!

5 will get you ten that the black punks that shot the lawyer in the jersey parking lot were out on bail or on probation and had weapons violations in their past.

I say that if you have a “weapons violations” in your past, and are convicted of another weapons violation that you should be treated like a “child molester” and be imprisoned for like 30 years JUST FOR USING A GUN IN COMMISSION OF A CRIME. The crime itself then would be extra.

But, alas, this means a lot of work for lazy ass prosecutors and simply won’t happen!


34 posted on 12/17/2013 8:04:28 AM PST by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: rellimpank
“So things like universal background checks, I think they are going to make us safer, but in this specific case aren’t going to make a difference at all,” said Hickenlooper. “And that’s the challenge.”

Specifically, "the challenge" to which he refers is the need for more oppressive gun laws. I wonder what he has in mind this time, and how many Rats he wants to take down with him?

35 posted on 12/17/2013 8:09:47 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: rellimpank
Gov. John Hickenlooper said Sunday that the measures did nothing to prevent a teen gunman from storming Arapahoe High School.

Uh-oh.. Gov. Chickenpooper hasn't yet learned that a rare moment of candor can earn you a hostile call from the White Hut.

36 posted on 12/17/2013 8:13:51 AM PST by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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To: rellimpank

“You actually passed some pretty tough gun laws out there in Colorado after those other incidents happened, and yet they continue to happen,” said moderator Bob Schieffer.

Hickenlooper should have responded .... Well Bob we knew that a few more gun laws on top of the hundreds of Federal and State laws already on the books were not going to change things. Sick evil people we continue to kill other people. We just di what we needed to do to fool the gullible voters.


37 posted on 12/17/2013 8:16:16 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign is for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
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To: Cen-Tejas

“and be imprisoned for like 30 years JUST FOR USING A GUN IN COMMISSION OF A CRIME. “

I think this is the case Federally, there is a charge for that. Not sure but many states, I think, have laws about possession of a firearm during commission of a crime.

Since these are rarely used I have to conclude that the Powers That Be need a certain amount of street crime.


38 posted on 12/17/2013 8:16:26 AM PST by DBrow
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To: Yo-Yo

The one thing we should all understand about laws is that laws do not prevent crime. They only assign punishment. The threat of punishment has little effect on these people who are mentally ill.


39 posted on 12/17/2013 8:47:06 AM PST by jazv
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To: rellimpank

Hey Loopy! It look like your homicide laws aren’t working very well either. Colorado needs to pass some tougher homicide laws. Maybe make them tougher than Chicago, New Yawk and California’s homicide laws which are some of the “toughest” in the country. LOL! Fools! IT’S THE PEOPLE, STUPID!


40 posted on 12/17/2013 8:57:24 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Merry Christmas to all my fellow Americans. "Whatever" to everybody else!)
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