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 #endgunviolence .
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.
No cljnical link in that story.
CfNN? As a source? Was your post sarcasm?
Why don’t these looters/criminals talk about spending control after every dollar that is spent?
They act like it’s a matter of life and death for Chuck and Nancy that guns be confiscated before they steal the next election...
I included CNN as an example of a source that would normally stay away from this subject.
By the way cljnical is spelled clinical. and CNN is spelled as C N N not CfNN. If you can't handle this then c’est la vie.
Nothing like politicizing another tragedy.
They are such opportunists.
Put people who are a danger to themselves or others either in jail or a mental health facility and do away with gun free zones.
From your lips to God's ear......
Unless the penalty is death, we won’t.
Even then.
I think African Americans should be offended that democrats don’t come in front of the cameras after each weekend of mass shooting casualties in Chicago to call for gang banger gun control.
And we might as well look at photos of all of the mass “shooters” instead of those singled out by the communist media.
Mass Shooters 2019
Every person charged with or arrested for shooting 4+ people in a single incident
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/343031/C9357E73-8C21-43D7-9537-5DBB34F19709_jpeg-1075288.JPG
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My ‘version’ is reality, as all available statistics demonstrate well.
Pelosi and Schumer should call for the end of murdering children in the womb if they’re so concerned for human life.
still not sure if this is friendly fire. sorry about tge spelling but I am a dang tablet.
The f in CfNN is for fake.
My position is there is zero documented proof linking shooters to any syndrome nor illness, much less the drugs used to treat them.
can you at least clarify your position? My consevative props are well established. Yours appear suddenly suspect.
When Obama was elected the Democrats had complete control of the government, why no gun control then?
I agree with you, but men are a major part of all of this, and men can play a major part in solving it.
Your point?
Women could play a major part by closing their legs.
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