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White House calls for tougher gun laws in wake of Oregon shooting
The Hill ^ | 10-1-15 | Jordan Fabian

Posted on 10/01/2015 1:34:46 PM PDT by smokingfrog

Passing tougher laws to help prevent gun violence remains a high priority for President Obama, the White House said Thursday after reports of a mass shooting resulting in multiple casualties.

“The issue of sensible steps that can be taken to protect our communities from gun violence continues to be a top priority of this administration,” press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters.

Up to 10 people were killed at shooting at a community college in Oregon, according to reports.

Obama was briefed on the shooting by homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco and will receive updates throughout the day, according to a White House official.

Earnest said the “vast majority of Americans” support stricter gun laws, including closing the so-called gun-show loophole. But he said Obama is “realistic” about the dim prospects of congressional action on gun control.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; guncontrol; molonlabe; obama; oregon; roseburg; secondamendment; umpqua; umpquacc
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To: smokingfrog
Made to order shooting to push more anti-gun laws?
I don't know if it was but it sometimes feel like it.
Especially when the WH response is so fast and so predictable.

81 posted on 10/01/2015 3:06:38 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: smokingfrog

Earnest said the “vast majority of Americans” support stricter gun laws

Lying SOS.


82 posted on 10/01/2015 3:06:45 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice

The “vast majority of Americans” DO support stricter `Mohammed laws’!


83 posted on 10/01/2015 3:09:01 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: MeshugeMikey
The “turnaround time” is getting shockingly fast.

0bozo has always been fast on the draw. During the Sandy Hook shooting he was on the air within two hours. Before the ME was allowed into the school.

84 posted on 10/01/2015 3:09:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: smokingfrog

You could set Ahmed’s clock by it...


85 posted on 10/01/2015 3:10:00 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: stylin19a
Let see, the shooting started sometime around 10:30 this AM and around +/- 3:00 PM, the story comes out, We need “MORE GUN CONTROL” efforts.

I have great suspicions that the latest shooting was well known PRIOR to the time the first shot was fired. Odumbo and his ilk are my prime suspects for either promoting or orchestrating yet another tragedy.

86 posted on 10/01/2015 3:12:36 PM PDT by DaveA37
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To: elcid1970
It’s “Amina bint Wahb” if you are ever in that situation.

I appreciate that but my answer will still be "his daddy's favorite goat."

87 posted on 10/01/2015 3:18:51 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: smokingfrog

Yup... Umpqua Community College was a free fire zone from which guns had been banned.

This is what happens when the bad guys can come in and shoot up a place while victims are kept forcibly disarmed.

More gun control would only make school shootings far worse.


88 posted on 10/01/2015 3:30:06 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: smokingfrog; goodnesswins; PROCON; Twotone; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; ...

If you would like more information about what's happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me.

I lost my Oregon list when my computer crashed last year, so please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.

89 posted on 10/01/2015 3:31:57 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: smokingfrog
Guns are ok, they need to get bigger signs:


90 posted on 10/01/2015 3:36:16 PM PDT by maddog55 (America Rising a new Civil War needs to happen.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Obama didn’t mention the lone security guard at the Community College was unarmed; another “gun free zone” along with the “work place violence” at Fort Hood Killeen, Texas. I don’t think I heard him mention Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, who killed four Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee, also unarmed. His warped view of guns is sorely dangerous with Muslim terrorists staring down our collective throats....right here in the USA. Terrorists, crooks, criminals of all stripes will find the weapon they want and use it. By the way the Oregon shooter is said to have asked the person’s religion before he shot them...................


91 posted on 10/01/2015 3:43:31 PM PDT by yoe (Few things are more worthless than an unloaded shot gun)
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To: yoe

It appears as though the authorities have yet to release the shooter’s name. which leads me to believe that they have been told to withold that conformation.

I havent visited his 4chan page because i dont want any malware..or whatever other surprises might be lurking there...

There were scarce FEW “mass shootings” before the one { we are all waiting to leave the Whitehouse ] was elected, thats certainly not a mere coincidence.

Given the recent upsurge in islamic jibber jabber propaganda coming out of the W.H. Im betting this shooter was a Mohammadan!


92 posted on 10/01/2015 5:50:26 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: TigersEye

time goes ny so rapidly ..that If I ever knew how rapid fire....his response to that incident was that Ive long since forgotten about it


93 posted on 10/01/2015 5:54:15 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Yes very much like they knew it was going to happen and what methods would be employed.


94 posted on 10/01/2015 5:55:00 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Isn’t it amazing that he never knows what is going on in his own administration until he sees it on TV but he knows about a shooting like this before it hits the airwaves?


95 posted on 10/01/2015 5:57:10 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: TigersEye
he may in fact be related to the shooter...who appears slightly,..dare I say it "negroid"




96 posted on 10/01/2015 6:01:11 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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