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Giffords testifies on Wash. gun initiative
enquirerherald.com ^ | 1/28/2014 | RACHEL LA CORTE

Posted on 01/29/2014 8:22:41 AM PST by rktman

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Former Arizona U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a 2011 shooting, testified Tuesday before a Washington state House panel considering an initiative to expand firearm background checks in the state, telling lawmakers that "the nation is counting on you."

With her husband, retired NASA space shuttle commander Mark Kelly, sitting next to her, Giffords spoke slowly and briefly to the panel that was taking public testimony on Initiative 594, which seeks to require background checks for all sales, including online sales and private transactions, such as those that occur at gun shows. The checks would be conducted at federally licensed firearm dealers, where people already must undergo such scrutiny before purchasing a new weapon.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; despicable; didiots; giffords; guncontrol
Weird huh? During the last NV legislative session nannie bloomers MAIGgots had reps testify, mx. mark kelley-giffords was here and I'm pretty sure the brady's, the vpc and a raft of others weighed in at one time or another. Don't recall the NRA, GOA, JPFO, SAF or any other pro-gun organizations having paid reps on site to counter the anti's. Maybe I just missed them. At one of the "open" hearings there was a former fbi agent testifying for the MAIGgots and spewing mis-statements and the usual phony statistics that we so frequently hear. What's up with that. They pony up professionals and we have only grass roots folks attempting to counter them. Stay out of my state! Maybe some of our reps who were in opposition should see if the can get some "pros" in here next time.
1 posted on 01/29/2014 8:22:41 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

Screw her and the horse she rode in on.Her husband committed a felony when he bought a firearm at a gun show last year!


2 posted on 01/29/2014 8:39:57 AM PST by Renegade
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To: Renegade

I have been trying to get the folks organizing the following event to “disinvite” him...

http://www.avbot.org/outlook-conference/


3 posted on 01/29/2014 8:46:30 AM PST by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: rktman

Her First Amendment permit is in order, I presume.


4 posted on 01/29/2014 8:48:42 AM PST by onedoug
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To: Renegade
why can't people like this just stay home? nobody cares what she thinks, any more than they care what a turnip has to say. reminds me of the joke about "the smartest thing to ever come out of a woman's mouth..."

lmao

5 posted on 01/29/2014 8:52:47 AM PST by alcatrash (the proof is in the putrefacted pudding, pus-nog...)
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To: Renegade

I believe his self admitted “strawman” buy was at a gun shop in Tucson, AZ. (Don’t you try that! Just the rich and famous libs are allowed to do so.)


6 posted on 01/29/2014 9:06:45 AM PST by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2014!)
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To: Renegade

She needs to go back home and vegetate.


7 posted on 01/29/2014 9:55:40 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: rktman

did she testify to what her hubby did last year?


8 posted on 01/29/2014 10:03:42 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Of course not. They’re part of the “protected” class. Have your daughters dog attack a seal pup? In Cali? No problem.


9 posted on 01/29/2014 10:31:19 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: rktman
"... With her husband, retired NASA space shuttle commander Mark Kelly, sitting next to her [...]"

Or, as I call him, "Space Captain Crazyface".

Look, I'm sorry she got shot and am happy she survived, but she and her lunatic husband have long since worn out their welcome and now they're beginning to spend away their sympathy reserve.

10 posted on 01/29/2014 10:32:07 AM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: The KG9 Kid

Sorry. Reserve MT! Houston, you have a problem.


11 posted on 01/29/2014 11:21:31 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: rktman

Every seller at every gun show already is forced to comply with the instant check system. The gunshow loophole that Clinton kept alluding to is a guy who gets out of his car and sells another guy in the parking lot an old gun he no longer wants. According to the law, he is not supposed to do that. Passing one hundred more laws will not force some people to obey the law. I bought a Marlin 39A from a friend. We met at a gun shop west of Norristown, Pa. and had it formalized on paper. That’s the law and we complied. No law will force some people to comply.


12 posted on 01/29/2014 11:53:31 AM PST by maxwellsmart_agent
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HUH? Private sales are not “outlawed” in NV. Not yet anyway though “they” are going to push it again in the next legislative session. Already gearing up to counter their attacks. Simple power point of:

1. Picture of a 3 pound rock.
What does the rock do? Nothing.
Is the rock capable of killing a someone? Yes, if a person were to use it as a means of killing someone.
2. Picture of a firearm.
What does the firearm do? Nothing
Is the firearm capable of killing a someone? Yes, if a person were to use it as a means of killing someone.


13 posted on 01/29/2014 12:18:44 PM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

Not every state requires a background check for a PRIVATE sale of a firearm no matter where the sale takes place, Arizona for one. When you buy from an FFL then a background check is required no matter where the sale takes place in any of the 50 states.


14 posted on 01/29/2014 1:49:15 PM PST by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2014!)
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To: rktman
With her husband, retired NASA space shuttle commander [and space hero] Mark Kelly, sitting next to her [with his hand up her back, pushing a little button to make her mouth open and close], Giffords spoke slowly and briefly to the panel that was taking public testimony on Initiative 594...

Meat Puppet.

15 posted on 01/29/2014 2:00:47 PM 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: The KG9 Kid
Or, as I call him, "Space Captain Crazyface".

Every time I see him, I remind myself this is a man who was trained to s*** himself. Most of us were trained as toddlers to not do that.

16 posted on 01/29/2014 2:02:36 PM 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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Colorado’s ‘rats forced through expanded background checks last year, and I could swear that there has been an INCREASE in firearms-related crime since then.

I had a little email back-and-fourth with John Lott about how to research this, and he said that the real statistics won’t likely be available for a couple of years.

Bummer.


17 posted on 01/29/2014 2:06:51 PM PST by RandallFlagg (IRS = Internal Revenge Service)
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If only the Conservative Federal Judge murdered that day had the opportunity to express an opposing view.

Ms Giffords survival and recovery was a miracle — I’m very happy for her and her family. I regret, however, the political exploitation of her injuries and the attack that also affected many other lives.


18 posted on 01/29/2014 2:13:14 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: RandallFlagg

Yup. Ya gotta let the manure ferment for a while and then the stink will really start to waft about. Stankeeeeee! Just a guess, but more than likely John Lott knows what he’s talkin’ about. LOL!


19 posted on 01/29/2014 5:35:42 PM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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