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Pelosi And Schumer Waste No Time Calling For Gun Control Following Texas Shooting
Townhall.com ^ | September 1, 2019 | Beth Baumann

Posted on 09/01/2019 10:09:33 AM PDT by jazusamo

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to bring forth gun control legislation following Saturday night's shooting in Odessa and Midland, Texas.

Pelosi released the following statement about the tragic shooting:

“America’s heart is broken by the senseless and horrific mass shooting tonight in Texas. The prayers of the nation are with the friends and families of the victims and the entire Midland and Odessa communities, and our deepest gratitude goes out to the first responders, who are bringing help and healing during this tragic time.

“Enough is enough. Every day, the epidemic of gun violence inflicts a devastating toll in communities in every corner of our country, forcing far too many to endure heartbreak and tragedy. The Republican Senate must end its obstruction and finally pass the commonsense, bipartisan, House-passed gun violence prevention legislation that the country is demanding.

“Tonight and in the days to come, all Americans stand with the Midland and Odessa communities. May it be a comfort to those grieving the loss of their loved ones that so many mourn with and pray for them at this difficult time.”

Schumer took to Twitter to call on McConnell to bring forth H.R. 9, the universal background check bill Democrats passed in the House.

Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, & everyone injured in the shooting in Odessa & Midland, TX.

Thank you to the first responders who risked their lives to stop the threat. @senatemajldr should bring up H.R. 8 the week Congress returns. We must .


It's always amazing to watch anti-gunners call for gun control legislation before we know anything about the gunman. We don't know his identity, other than him being a white man in his 30s. We don't know what kind of firearm he used, other than it was a "rifle." We don't know how he obtained his firearm. We. Know. Nothing. And yet these people make assumptions about how some gun control law could have prevented the tragedy.


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Pelosi, Schumer and all liberals call for gun control while in fact their real goal is gun confiscation.
1 posted on 09/01/2019 10:09:33 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Of course, it’s what they always do. No ideas, just blathering on about GC.


2 posted on 09/01/2019 10:11:07 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: jazusamo

The usual out of control advocates for out of control government are out of control again.


3 posted on 09/01/2019 10:12:51 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: SkyDancer

“The government shall make no law.......”


4 posted on 09/01/2019 10:13:28 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: jazusamo
I don't support gun control, but let's face facts. Something is going seriously wrong with a lot of men out there for this to keep happening.

I'm not for the left's "toxic masculinity" bs, but we need to have a conversation about what's going wrong and what we have to do to fix it.

5 posted on 09/01/2019 10:15:05 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: jazusamo

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All of the shootings of convenience are engineered by the Creep State (intelligence community) where a roster of available shooters that have been drugged since early childhood is maintained.


6 posted on 09/01/2019 10:15:22 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: jazusamo

These people are like parrots. Something tragic happens, and they press a button, figuratively speaking, and parrot back the talking points.


7 posted on 09/01/2019 10:15:25 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Whoa. Hardly any information about the shooting has been released. How do they know what could've stopped this from happening.

Unless, of course, what they mean by gun control is all out gun confiscation.

8 posted on 09/01/2019 10:17:07 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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>> “Something is going seriously wrong with a lot of men out there for this to keep happening.” <<

Wake up!

These “shooters” are created in childhood by the use of psychotropic drugs to cure “ADD” and “ADHD.”

Teachers are trained to recogize children that can be diverted into this use through drugging.
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9 posted on 09/01/2019 10:19:15 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Texas Eagle
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See post 9 #9
10 posted on 09/01/2019 10:21:54 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: SkyDancer

These two are like an badly house broken dog. Teach it to go outside and it still pees on the carpet. They’ll never change.


11 posted on 09/01/2019 10:22:26 AM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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MAGA!

Let’s keep this FReepathon moving and git 'er done, Folks!

Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

12 posted on 09/01/2019 10:24:56 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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Pelosi And Schumer Waste No Time Calling For Gun Control Following Texas Shooting.

Gun control, my ass. It’s about people control and power. Rat bastards.


13 posted on 09/01/2019 10:25:04 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: jazusamo

When a Democrat says gun control, they mean for them to control all the guns.

Australian style is what they have in mind.
Make the penalties bad enough and people will turn them in.


14 posted on 09/01/2019 10:25:47 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Someday Biden or one of them will accidentally call a press conference to condemn the free access to guns in America that led to today’s shooting===but will get confused by the time zones and say that BEFORE the shooting which takes place a few minutes later.


15 posted on 09/01/2019 10:25:52 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud & harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: jazusamo

It’s rather like pulling a string on a wind-up doll, isn’t it?


16 posted on 09/01/2019 10:28:17 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

If Pelosi and Schumer were in power at the time of Cain and Abel (which they very well may have been), they’d be calling for rock control. Anything to get suckers to vote for them so they can continue to live their lavish lifestyles.


17 posted on 09/01/2019 10:29:29 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: jazusamo
How about reinstating a public atmosphere of recognition and acknowledgement of the Creator's laws for human happiness that include the Commandment which prohibits the taking of another person's life?

Posting of the centuries-long set of Ten Commandments in classrooms across America--a set that include "Thou shalt not kill. . . ." as one of the "don'ts" couldn't do any harm.

Such a posting shouldn't harm the "sensibilities" of citizens who prefer order and respect for one another.

18 posted on 09/01/2019 10:29:36 AM PDT by loveliberty2 (`)
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To: editor-surveyor

Bingo!

Most of these shooters are in their teens and twenties.

Roseanne’s son posted about the problems associated with these psychotropic drugs....the chemical castration of boys. I think he’s right!

Some kids just can’t handle those damn drugs.

Also, stop expelling God from the classroom. Some “teachers” treat a Bible like it’s a vial of anthrax. Enough of that liberal nonsense.


19 posted on 09/01/2019 10:29:42 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Ban liberals, NOT guns.)
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It’s rather like pulling a string on a wind-up doll, isn’t it?

You're right on, well said.

20 posted on 09/01/2019 10:31:33 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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