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Gabby Giffords: ‘It’s Too Dangerous To Wait’ For Gun Control
washington.cbslocal.com ^ | 1/28/2014 | unknown

Posted on 01/28/2014 8:27:05 AM PST by rktman

On the eve of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords is challenging Washington leaders not to ignore gun violence.

The former Democratic congresswoman is featured in a new television ad set to air immediately before and after the president’s speech. In the ad, Giffords faces the camera and says, “Congress is afraid of the gun lobby.”.....

....Kelly called the inaction on Capitol Hill “remarkable.”

“Congress has done nothing because many politicians are listening to the gun lobby when they should be listening to their constituents,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at washington.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; didiots; giffords; guncontrol
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To: rktman

I am tired of playing by Queensbury Rules while liberals play by schoolyard rules.

No more Mr. Niceguy.


21 posted on 01/28/2014 9:00:46 AM PST by CodeToad (When ignorance rules a person's decision they are resorting to superstition.)
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To: CodeToad

Comments like this don’t help anyone and will be seen by the left as to just how insensitive our side is.


22 posted on 01/28/2014 9:01:09 AM PST by ealgeone (obama, border)
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To: rktman
In the new ad, Giffords says that 9 out 10 Americans support background checks. “They make it harder for criminals and the mentally ill to get guns,” she says.

That may be true, but why is the type of gun and the serial number part of the background check? How does that help keep criminals and the mentally ill from getting guns? We are not stupid. We know what you really want.

23 posted on 01/28/2014 9:01:09 AM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: faucetman

When they get on said soap box somebody need to kick it out from under them. I lining up to do that next legislative session when nannie bloomers/mda/brady/kelley-giffords et al. show up to try to shove tighter gun laws on Nevadans. Wasn’t prepped last session. I will be next go around.


24 posted on 01/28/2014 9:02:38 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: CodeToad

Oh, you mean kinda like our US military ROE vs the moooslams ROE? Must remain PC. Must remain PC. Uh, no. You’re in it to win it or don’t show up.


25 posted on 01/28/2014 9:04:26 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: SpinnerWebb

“You think it is dangerous now, just wait until you try to disarm Americans.”

You have that right, let’s see what happens when the round-up starts.


26 posted on 01/28/2014 9:10:25 AM PST by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: rktman

Haha... not Big Bang Theory... more like Black Hole Theory.


27 posted on 01/28/2014 9:12:23 AM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: SpinnerWebb
just wait until you try to disarm Americans.

Whew, lots of truth right there FRiend.

28 posted on 01/28/2014 9:15:02 AM PST by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: rktman; All

The Homicide rate for the United States dropped by half in the last 20 years, as the number of firearms in circulation doubled and the number of concealed carry permits sky-rocketed. The rate of homicides with guns has also been cut in half over the same period.

It is very dangerous to pass laws for emotional reasons. We end up with things like prohibition, the drug war, the income tax, and the Spanish American war.


29 posted on 01/28/2014 9:15:27 AM PST by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: rktman

Well, Gabby... It’s even more dangerous to be disarmed against an increasingly dictatorial government.

Disarm yourself if you wish.


30 posted on 01/28/2014 9:17:31 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: rktman
I am truly sorry for Ms. Giffords but her self-serving vitriol and ignoring her/our Constitutional right to protect ourselves is wearing more than a little thin. Gun control will not stop madness nor help control violence. There are enough laws on the books now where only half a dozen would do, trying to stop - what? Weren't there any armed guards near the day you were shot...would that have helped or did it?
31 posted on 01/28/2014 9:18:08 AM PST by yoe
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To: SpinnerWebb

“You think it is dangerous now, just wait until you try to disarm Americans”

Didn’t a little dustup get out of control when the British tried that at Lexington and Concord?


32 posted on 01/28/2014 9:19:06 AM PST by E.Allen
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To: rktman

...Kelly called the inaction on Capitol Hill “remarkable.”

“Congress has done nothing because many politicians are listening to the gun lobby when they should be listening to their constituents,”

Idiot, those are their constituants!


33 posted on 01/28/2014 9:20:32 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: rktman

34 posted on 01/28/2014 9:22:45 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Great graphic. But for the life of me I can’t figure out Greenland ...


35 posted on 01/28/2014 9:26:14 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: ealgeone

Do you really give a crap what the Lunatic Left “thinks”? I don’t. They are hopelessly insane.


36 posted on 01/28/2014 9:28:32 AM PST by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: tanknetter

Neither can I and others have remarked on it too.


37 posted on 01/28/2014 9:32:36 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: ealgeone

>> Comments like this don’t help anyone and will be seen by the left as to just how insensitive our side is.

The Left already accuses us if being sexist, racist, homophobic, and Hitler. We should stop worrying about what they think. We should make them worry for a chsnge.


38 posted on 01/28/2014 9:34:06 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: ealgeone
Comments like this don’t help anyone and will be seen by the left as to just how insensitive our side is.

Umm, we won't be convincing anyone on the left anytime soon to "switch sides" (at least, not until they get mugged or caught up in the "knock out game". Until then, they can take their "sensitivities" and shove them sideways up their arse's. I am tired of trying to appeal to the left.

39 posted on 01/28/2014 9:36:47 AM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: ogen hal

We would be having kittens if one of ours had been shot. Take the high road is all I’m saying.


40 posted on 01/28/2014 9:42:28 AM PST by ealgeone (obama, border)
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