Dem Congresswoman to Activists: Don't Say 'Control' When Talking Gun Laws

pjmedia.com ^ | 6/12/2017 | Nicholas Ballasy

[rktman]

Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.) called for campaign finance reform to mitigate the gun lobby’s influence on the political process and urged Democrats to drop the phrase “gun control.”

Esty said gay Americans, in particular, shouldn’t support government “control” of any aspect of their lives so they should use the term “gun safety” instead of “gun control” when advocating for tougher gun laws.

She told attendees at the Center for American Progress Action Fund event that the NRA leadership is “way out of touch” with its membership on the issue of background checks for every gun sale.

“I mean, the numbers have been consistent since Newtown: about 90 percent of the American people support background checks on each and every gun sale, 90 percent – that figure has not changed. That's consistent, 90 percent, but elections matter and, in particular, the GOP leadership in Congress is beholden to the gun lobby and I think it's important to make a distinction between the NRA, certainly the NRA membership, because remember, the NRA membership, 70 to 80 percent of the NRA membership supports background checks on every gun sale so it's one where leadership is way out of touch with membership,” Esty said during a discussion Wednesday, “The Pulse Nightclub Shooting One Year Later: Community Impacts and Policy Proposals to End Violence Against LGBTQ Communities.”

“I learned to shoot in an NRA course, a camp, so did my boys. Like you, I'm a believer in the Second Amendment, but there's a big difference between that and allowing anyone, anywhere, anytime, to be packing heat when they shouldn't

[rktman]

Oh, a 2nd Amendment supporter that STILL does not understand the definition of "infringe". But at least she and her boys were taught how to shoot by the NRA. Guess that gives her credibility then huh? NOT! Words straight out of the VPC gun messaging guide book.

[rktman]

Link to the VPC gun violence messaging guide:

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/748675/gun-violencemessaging-guide-pdf-1.pdf

[exnavy]

Dems have been advocating gun control since the civil war. It is unamerican.

[generally]

>> Esty said gay Americans, in particular, shouldn’t support government “control” of any aspect of their lives so they should use the term “gun safety” instead of “gun control” when advocating for tougher gun laws.

How about “sex safety” or “health safety” when we ban gay sex so as to not spread AIDS and other STDs.

More people die from gay sex every year than from guns.

[Cold Heart]

Local Portland TV station had a piece on anti-2nd amendment and the Orlando jihad attack. They worded it differently.

[Snickering Hound]

[rktman]

LOL! And Hubert Humphrey was a big time 2nd supporter. Who knew. Uh, I did. Yeah, I’m THAT old that I remember it. YIKES!

[KC_Lion]

“I learned to shoot in an NRA course, a camp, so did my boys. Like you, I'm a believer in the Second Amendment, but there's a big difference between that and allowing anyone, anywhere, anytime, to be packing heat when they shouldn't

It has been said, and it is correct, that any word that is said before the word "BUT" never actually means anything.

[\/\/ayne]

I have a strict policy on gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to control it.

- Clint Eastwood in "Pink Cadillac"

[Boogieman]

Sure, and I just want to pass some stringent “abortion safety” laws. How about that?

[Pollster1]

I’m a big fan of gun safety laws. Constitutional carry, the Hearing Protection Act of 2017, and other gun safety laws restoring our God-given right to protect our own safety are the best laws that could be passed.

[Impala64ssa]

(in a cheesy Maxwell Smart impersonation) Ah, yes..the old you can attract more flies with honey than you can with vinegar routine. One easy way to, ahem, shoot down this BS, consider the backstories of most of the most ardent supproters of gun control. Such as Charles Rangel, aside from his tax issues should've been arrested for obstruction of justice, if not aiding and abetting in the murder of NYPD Officer Phillip Cardillo. Fmr NYS Assy speaker Sheldon Silver who's facing 12 yrs for corruption. Jesse Jackson Jr who did time for corruption.Fl Cong. Corrine Brown also facing similar charges. This one's a doozy, fmr cong. Leeland Yee, who introduced anti-gun legislation that wold've effictively nullified the 2A, guess what gang, he was forced to resign because he's doing time for....wait for eeeet...GUN RUNNING! Isn't THAT special? Oh,yeah, remember Bernie Ward? He was gonna be the Rush Limbaugh of left wing talk radio. Well, he's spending the rest of his miserable life as a registered sex offender after doing time for kiddie porn. This is the tip of the iceberg and it's nothing new. One of the first pieces of anti-gun legislation, the Sullivan Laws in NY from 2911. What the gun grabbers don't tell you is WHO those laws were named for, Big Tim Sullivan, a Tammany Hall kingpin even more corrupt than the Clintons. He wanted to make the streets of NYC safer,for him and his cronies, as well as the muggers and gangsters in his back pocket. Around 1990 the gun violence death clock was put up near Times Sq. It was funded by Robert Brennan, a junk bond dealing scam artist who makes Bernie Madoff look like Mother Theresa. Surely he had a pragmatic reason for performing this "public service". Hey, if I scammed all those old folks out of their life savings I too would be scared sh!tless if they, their kids or grandkids had easy access to firearms. Just sayin'

[a fool in paradise]

They’ll call it ‘choice’ and ‘freedom’ offering neither.

[baltimorepoet]

Libtards love their “word games”.

How about we starting saying it like it is, for a change?

Obfuscation is lying for the purpose of manipulating others.

[a fool in paradise]

Hijacking a terrorist attack to go after law abiding Americans.

[Adder]

So we should say gay safety?

Yup...just change the language...it still means you can’t have one.

A GIANT screaming spittle flying “FU” to each and all who advocate such infringements.

[FrankR]

In other words, “LIE”.

[lgjhn23]

With insane libs such is this beoch near the levers of govt, it’s easy to see why CT has literally taxed itself to death and sinking like a rock. Let em sink....Constitution State, my azz. I laugh everytime I see one of those license plates.

[Impala64ssa]

There’s a weepfest going on in Orlando commemorating the anniversary of the Pulse niteclub shooting (should’ve bought up shares in Yankee Candle and Vermont Teddy Bears) in all the media coverage, not much sh!t talking about gun control. Perhaps it’s because of a dirty little secret. The gun shops in and around Orlando have seen a spike in LGBT clientele.

[samtheman]

I mean, the numbers have been consistent since Newtown: about 90 percent of the American people support background checks on each and every gun sale, 90 percent – that figure has not changed.

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Yeah, right. 90% of her own fat butt supports background checks.