Posted on 06/04/2016 9:20:06 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Two standbys of Hillary Clinton's stump speech — riffs on guns and national security — assumed added resonance in San Bernardino, the city that was shaken by a terrorist attack six months ago.
Speaking at CSU San Bernardino on Friday night, Clinton's message was subtle but unmistakable: Here, these issues are personal.
"You here in this beautiful city know the horrors, the losses associated with gun violence are just unimaginable," Clinton told about 1,000 attendees, as she vowed to "take on the gun lobby."
Later, she added that residents "know so well here that the most important responsiblity of any president is to be the commander-in-chief."
The rally took place around 10 miles from the Inland Regional Center, the site of the mass shooting in December, in which a radicalized husband and wife gunned down 14 people.
On both guns and national security, Clinton has often differentiated herself from her Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders. Clinton has positioned herself to the left of Sanders on gun control and has leaned on her foreign policy experience, particularly as secretary of state, to make the case that she is better prepared to be president.
Julio Santos, a 26-year-old history teacher from San Bernardino, said before the event that he had hoped Clinton would address gun control in light of the shooting as well as this week's murder-suicide on the UCLA campus.
"What happened at UCLA — it's happening more often now. Something needs to be done," he said.
Clinton treated Trump as both a farce — "at some point, you have to ask, is this just nothing but a political stunt?" — and as an ominous threat.
"We are trying to elect a president, not a dictator," she said.
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The largest mass killing by one man was done with a gallon of gasoline. Almost 100 dead. (The Happy Land fire)
If guns were magically outlawed, these homicidal maniacs would just build bombs or set fires. Some humans just want to inflict pain on others.
Ban gasoline and any containers over 16oz NOW!
Just ask Uma or the many muslims that fill the many high security spots in the AMERICAN GOVERNMENT!
If Hillary had made the December 7, 1941 "Date Which Will Live in Infamy" speech - it would have been about the International Arms Race and Japanese would now be the language of the west coast of North America.
Of those caught lying trying to get a gun, how many are prosecuted? Virtually zero.
That ain’t because of the NRA, that is because of YOUR government Hillary.
Calling San Bernardino “a beautiful city”? She is probably the first person to ever say that about one of the most ugliest and dangerous cities in the country. Talk about pandering.
“What happened at UCLA — it’s happening more often now. Something needs to be done,”
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It’s Islam, stupid.
Old Hill proving Godwin’s Law.
the mass shooting in December, in which a radicalized husband and wife gunned down 14 people.
“Radicalized”?
Radical democrats?
Radical meat eaters?
Radical vegans?
Noooooo. They were Islamic terrorists!
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