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Bill Clinton’s address touches on gun checks, coal’s demise
WV Metro News ^ | 10-2-15 | Matt Macarro

Posted on 10/03/2015 6:52:20 PM PDT by smokingfrog

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former President Bill Clinton, in a keynote address to West Virginia Democrats on Friday night, touched on background checks for gun owners in the wake of the Oregon community college mass shooting.

“Those of us who grew up in hunting country—and who believe the 2nd Amendment guarantees everybody the right to keep a gun to go hunting, to sports shoot and to protect themselves and their families—most of us think it’s crazy that we don’t do background checks,” Clinton said.

Ticket sales for the party’s Jefferson-Jackson fundraising dinner spiked upon news of Clinton’s appearance. About 2,000 people packed into the Charleston Civic Center. The speech followed a rousing introduction from U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, who called Clinton “the best president we’ve ever had.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: New York; US: Oregon; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2ndamendment; backgroundcheck; banglist; billclintonspeech; election2016; guncontrol; hillaryclinton; hitlery; oregon; secondamendment; westvirginia
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1 posted on 10/03/2015 6:52:20 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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“Those of us who grew up in hunting country—and who believe the 2nd Amendment guarantees everybody the right to keep a gun to go hunting, to sports shoot and to protect themselves and their families—most of us think it’s crazy that we don’t do background checks,” Clinton said.”

Another bullsh** meme from the bent one.


2 posted on 10/03/2015 6:54:33 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: smokingfrog

Will he ever shut up?


3 posted on 10/03/2015 6:54:38 PM PDT by Huntress ("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
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To: smokingfrog
...most of us think it’s crazy that we don’t do background checks,” Clinton said.

Most of us think it’s crazy that we don’t arrest raping @rsewholes who perjure themselves in the face of a federal judge...

4 posted on 10/03/2015 6:55:33 PM PDT by kiryandil (Maya: "Liberalism Is What Smart Looks Like to Stupid People")
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To: smokingfrog

Wrong about coal as he was about so many other things. He was the worst President until 2008 rolled around. Carter was inept but he was not running a Chinese communist carry out.


5 posted on 10/03/2015 6:57:22 PM PDT by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: smokingfrog

FU Bill!


6 posted on 10/03/2015 6:59:35 PM PDT by mongo141 (Revolution ver. 2.0, just a matter of when, not a matter of if!)
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To: smokingfrog

IMHO, the time for both Clintons to exit the stage is long over due……..


7 posted on 10/03/2015 7:00:07 PM PDT by basil ( God bless the USA!)
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To: smokingfrog; Clintonfatigued; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican
The speech followed a rousing introduction from U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, who called Clinton “the best president we’ve ever had.”

Manchin's career needs to end.

8 posted on 10/03/2015 7:02:18 PM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: smokingfrog


“I love West Virginia,” [Clinton] said. “I thought for several years
 I was moving here. You voted for me in 1992 and 1996.
 You haven’t voted Democrat since...”

I don't believe I would have told that, Bill.

9 posted on 10/03/2015 7:06:40 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Eagles fan after loss to Dallas -- This is the first time I ever saw the "prevent offense".)
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To: basil

Yes.


10 posted on 10/03/2015 7:06:54 PM PDT by funfan
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To: smokingfrog
...most of us think it’s crazy that we don’t do background checks,” Clinton said.

That waste of flesh obviously has never bought a gun or he would know that background checks are done.

11 posted on 10/03/2015 7:10:11 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: sparklite2

They wised up.


12 posted on 10/03/2015 7:10:44 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: smokingfrog

Are background checks to buy A gun or to buy a specific gun?
Why are serial numbers required during a background check?


13 posted on 10/03/2015 7:10:47 PM PDT by umgud
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To: smokingfrog

Is this guy running?

Nevermind. Every time his wife’s mouth opens, she drops 3 points.


14 posted on 10/03/2015 7:15:31 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: smokingfrog

If background checks were in place during the Founding of this nation, the Founding Fathers would have been shot be the British with that information.


15 posted on 10/03/2015 7:21:34 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: smokingfrog

We give nuclear weapons to folks without doing a background check.

There is a guy right now in DC with an arsenal of nukes and there was never a background check done on him. No one really knows who he is, his past seems to not exist.


16 posted on 10/03/2015 7:22:28 PM PDT by wrench
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Hey Bill, how does one do background checks on stolen guns? That is what nearly every criminal uses in the commission of their crime.


17 posted on 10/03/2015 7:23:06 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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December 1993

As James S. Brady turned in his wheelchair to watch Tuesday, President Clinton signed into law the most sweeping handgun-control bill in 25 years. “Americans are finally fed up with violence,” the president declared.

Cheers and applause erupted in the East Room as Clinton signed the long-fought-for bill before an audience of law enforcement officials, mayors, governors, members of Congress, and families who have lost relatives to gun violence.

The new law that requires a five-day waiting period and background check for handgun buyers takes effect in 90 days.


18 posted on 10/03/2015 7:23:40 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Clinton gave us a nuclear North Korea. The obam dusted off that same agreement, hoping to deliver a nuclear Iran. Stay tuned.


19 posted on 10/03/2015 7:33:03 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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20 posted on 10/03/2015 7:48:52 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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