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David Petraeus, Mark Kelly launch gun control group
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/10/politics/david-petraeus-mark-kelly-gun-control/index.html

Posted on 11/29/2016 6:38:22 AM PST by DOC44

Washington (CNN)Retired U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, who has long resisted calls to run for political office, is teaming up with retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly to create a new group urging greater gun control. The two announced on Friday that they were launching Veterans Coalition for Common Sense to encourage elected leaders to "do more to prevent gun tragedies." The group will feature veterans from every branch of the military who are urging lawmakers to toughen gun laws, the organization said in a news release.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; gungrabbers; markkelly; oldarticle; petraeus; petraeusguncontrol; vccs; veterans; vetsguncontrol
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To: areukiddingme1
That's an interesting legend on that map.

Why "< 1"? Shouldn't it be just "0", or were there neighborhoods with "negative" homicides?

61 posted on 11/29/2016 7:43:03 AM PST by justlurking (#TurnOffCNN)
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To: DOC44

David Petraeus, 0bama appointed ‘Rat to the core.


62 posted on 11/29/2016 7:43:35 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much wwork to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: DOC44

https://www.greatagain.gov/

Trump should know how you feel about gun elitist gun grabbing traitors in his administration.


63 posted on 11/29/2016 7:44:07 AM PST by thorvaldr
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To: Pollard

https://www.nraila.org/issues/internationalun-gun-control-issues/

International & United Nations Gun Control

NRA has been engaged at the United Nations and elsewhere internationally in response to overreaching small arms initiatives for two decades. During this time, we have been actively opposing transnational efforts that would limit Americans’ Second Amendment freedoms. NRA has been a recognized Non-Governmental Organization at the United Nations since 1996. Our status as an NGO allows us to closely monitor the internal UN debate over firearm issues and report back to our members.

The most pressing international threat to U.S. gun owners is the UN Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Among its most egregious provisions, the treaty encourages national recordkeeping requirements for “end users” of covered arms (including firearms), and suggests that national governments share such records. Further, the ATT compels countries to make arms import and export decisions based upon a trading partner’s willingness to abide by the treaty’s requirements, which could isolate the United States from legitimate trade in arms or force it to adopt restrictions detrimental to Second Amendment rights. During the drafting phase, NRA vigorously advocated for civilian firearm ownership be removed from the treaty’s scope. Those recommendations were ignored, meaning U.S. firearms policy could become the rest of the world’s business and subject to its approval, on pain of trade restrictions if it doesn’t meet “international norms.”

Secretary of State John Kerry signed the ATT on behalf of the U.S. on September 25, 2013. NRA continues to work with its Senate allies to prevent ratification or implementation of the treaty in the U.S.


64 posted on 11/29/2016 7:48:38 AM PST by nralife
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To: DOC44

Betrayus was always a globalist.


65 posted on 11/29/2016 7:48:40 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: DOC44

Petraeus = just another Princeton / Ivy League turd
great ass kisser and butt sniffer and NWO stooge...


66 posted on 11/29/2016 8:06:49 AM PST by zzwhale
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To: DOC44

Truly sickening to think that this jackass was raised to such high position within the army.


67 posted on 11/29/2016 8:15:21 AM PST by semaj (Audentes fortuna juvat: Fortune favors the bold. Be Bold FRiends.)
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To: DOC44

He needs to go away permanently. I had great respect for the General until he started spewing the Anti-gun nonsense.


68 posted on 11/29/2016 8:23:19 AM PST by MGunny
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To: Kaslin

favorite general ping.


69 posted on 11/29/2016 8:28:12 AM PST by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: DOC44

Petraeous is convicted of mishandling state secrets. He is barred from holding that office


70 posted on 11/29/2016 8:29:36 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: DOC44

So we’d go from Clinton mishandling classified docs as SoS, to an SoS who has already mishandled classified docs. Zero chance.


71 posted on 11/29/2016 8:30:37 AM PST by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: DOC44

“Shall not be infringed”. If anyone has trouble understanding that, the Second Amendment is self-protecting.


72 posted on 11/29/2016 8:36:02 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: ScottinVA

I agree. Really sad to see what has happened to a once great general.


73 posted on 11/29/2016 8:40:39 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: DOC44; All

This asshole should not be allowed anywhere near DC. If it were up to me, i’d put hum back in jail.


74 posted on 11/29/2016 8:46:11 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: baltimorepoet

You miss the point of the Second Amendme t.


75 posted on 11/29/2016 8:47:07 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Everybody knows the Sergeants run the show and win the wars.


76 posted on 11/29/2016 8:47:17 AM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: moovova

Don Jr. will not permit this.


77 posted on 11/29/2016 8:47:42 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: DOC44

Yikes!


78 posted on 11/29/2016 8:47:58 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: DOC44

Thanks for posting.


79 posted on 11/29/2016 8:49:26 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: goldstategop
That’s exactly why I don’t want him as SOS.

At least Mitt isn’t a gun-grabber.


It's not an either-or choice - I don't want either of them.
80 posted on 11/29/2016 8:53:48 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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