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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: CodeToad
Giffords: Proof you can shoot a Democrat in the head and not hit a brain.


41 posted on 01/28/2014 9:42:33 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: rktman
Alarm bells go off in my head whenever a political activist of any stripe says that their pet cause is too urgent to wait for Congressional action. It means they want the issue addressed by diktat.

Giffords clings desperately to the same old lie that it's the "gun lobby" driving the situation and not the wishes of the constituents. Colorado state politicians just found out different. Every time it hits the ballot, gun control loses. And that's the real reason Giffords thinks this is "too dangerous to wait" for Congress: it doesn't matter what the voters think either.

42 posted on 01/28/2014 9:44:45 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: rktman

Just think how dangerous it will be to try to pry guns out of the hands of constitution loving Americans.


43 posted on 01/28/2014 9:44:52 AM PST by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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To: ealgeone

Taking the mythical high road only emboldens scumbag democrats to beat us harder because they know we don’t fight back. Turning the other cheek to democrats invites an ass kicking, your ass and them kicking it.

She needs to go back home and vegetate (yes, I mean that the way you’re taking it).


44 posted on 01/28/2014 9:48:42 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: ealgeone

She was a nutball before she got shot. The left does not deserve sympathy or sensitivity.


45 posted on 01/28/2014 9:55:44 AM PST by Envisioning (It's the Jihad, stupid......)
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To: rktman

Get it through your heads, anti gun people!!!!

EVERY BAD SHOOTING INCIDENT ALREADY BROKE LAWS!

More gun laws will not stop these.

Focus on changing how we treat the mentally ill.

1. Educate the public to get strange or troubled family members diagnosed.

2. Fight in your state for the ability to commit diagnosed family members who refuse or do not tolerate medication for their mental illness.

3. Spend for PSAs for gun safety information. Bore people to death with safe fun handling and storing commercials on TV so everyone just KNOWS what is decent gun ownership and mock and punish idiot gun ownership.

My three will actually work stop these crazies shooting up schools etc.


46 posted on 01/28/2014 9:56:39 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: SpinnerWebb

:) I dont believe they considered that.


47 posted on 01/28/2014 10:08:56 AM PST by 556x45
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To: Disambiguator

Obviously not a liberal zombie...they have no interest in brains.


48 posted on 01/28/2014 10:24:37 AM PST by CodeToad (When ignorance rules a person's decision they are resorting to superstition.)
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To: ealgeone

How is that high road working out for us? Not well at all


49 posted on 01/28/2014 10:26:00 AM PST by CodeToad (When ignorance rules a person's decision they are resorting to superstition.)
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To: rktman

I heard she has half a mind to run for congress again.


50 posted on 01/28/2014 11:16:48 AM PST by Crim (Palin / West '16)
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To: Crim

Well that’s more than the other half has. Mx. mark kelley-giffords.


51 posted on 01/28/2014 11:21:30 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: rktman

not to ignore gun violence.

Unfortunately for Ms Giffords there is no such thing as gun violence. No one can provide any evidence or proof that any gun ever committed any violence or crime or any physical action at all. It is PEOPLE, human beings that are violent. They use many and varied tools, including guns to be violent with.


52 posted on 01/28/2014 11:42:58 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign up for the American Revolution 2014 and the Crusades 2014?)
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To: Starstruck
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.

Let's hypothesize for a moment. Let's pretend I'm either a criminal or somebody who has been in and out of mental hospitals with a history of serious mental illness. I know either of these will show up on a background check, and I know individuals meeting these conditions aren't supposed to own guns. So, I willingly go to a legal gun dealer, hand over all my personal information, and subject myself to a background check, knowing it will disqualify me from getting the gun I want to purchase???? Does that make ANY sense? Of course not. If I meet either of these conditions, I stay far away from legal gun sales and buy my gun off the streets. And if I'm mentally ill, but haven't been flagged by the system yet, a background check won't stop me from purchasing, so I fall through that crack. Do these idiots even listen to the words that are coming out of their mouths, or are they just on auto-pilot?

53 posted on 01/28/2014 12:05:38 PM PST by Hoffer Rand (If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. *Asterisk.*)
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To: Hoffer Rand

http://m.hawaiinewsnow.com/#!/newsDetail/24564506?orgId=55

Knife vs. gun...


54 posted on 01/28/2014 12:35:35 PM PST by BigIsleGal (Wake Me Up When the Stupid Wears Off)
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To: ealgeone

Yeah, ‘cause up ‘til now, they’ve been so polite. Screw ‘em.


55 posted on 01/28/2014 2:22:23 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: rktman
I'm beginning to wish that both she and Brady had not survived.

A little "gun control" (not the kind they want) is what saved both of them.

56 posted on 01/28/2014 2:43:00 PM PST by elkfersupper
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To: ealgeone

Wasn’t a conservative repub judge murdered in the same shooting incident?


57 posted on 01/28/2014 4:51:16 PM PST by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp)
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To: SpinnerWebb

The poor gun safety advocates think we bought all these guns just to turn them in.


58 posted on 01/28/2014 8:13:17 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Vote Democrat. Once you're OK with killing babies the rest is easy. <BCC><)
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To: DJ MacWoW

One more graphic that might be quite pertinent to your post would be showing where governments killed their people.


59 posted on 01/28/2014 8:18:11 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Vote Democrat. Once you're OK with killing babies the rest is easy. <BCC><)
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To: Blue Collar Christian

I have a graphic like that. Sometimes it’s hard to choose which one to use.


60 posted on 01/28/2014 8:22:00 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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