David Petraeus, Mark Kelly launch gun control group

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/10/politics/david-petraeus-mark-kelly-gun-control/index.html

[Celtic Conservative]

With Trump as president this group will be about as welcome as an STD in a monastery.

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[Axenolith]

That hashtag doesn’t make sense.

[lakecumberlandvet]

Petraeus was deeply involved in Clinton’s illegal Benghazi gun-running scheme while he was head of CIA. Ironic that he is for more gun control here in the USA. Not a good candidate for the Trump administration.

[areukiddingme1]

So are these two needle $icks going to set up their Headquarters in Chicago, specifically Chatham (Chatham is located between 79th and 93rd street along route 90/94), you know, to make sure that they capture the essence of THE REAL PROBLEM.

Anything short of getting themselves in amongst "the problem" is just BS and they need to STFU!!!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Since I don’t contribute in any way to the social media, let me dissect the hashtag:

Gun
Free
Zones
Are
Killer
Free
Zones

capice?

[RoosterRedux]

I’ll consider this matter after it is reported by someone other than CNN.

[RummyChick]

This is from June. I wonder if Trump already knew about this?

[Zathras]

Guess he didn’t get the new job.

[RoosterRedux]

Former CIA director David Petraeus and retired US army Gen Stanley McChrystal are part of a new veterans initiative to reduce gun violence.

The Veterans Coalition for Common Sense launched on Friday at an event in Washington DC. The group’s goal is to push lawmakers to enact more legislation to prevent gun tragedies while adhering to the gun ownership rights protected by the second amendment.

The coalition’s advisory committee includes 23 veterans from every branch of the military, including Petraeus, McChrystal and former NSA director Michael Hayden.

“This is a group of leaders who support the second amendment and who believe in the rights of responsible people, law-abiding people, to own guns,” said Mark Prentice, communications director of Americans for Responsible Solutions, the parent group of the initiative.

Source: The Guardian UK

[onedoug]

In addition to his being an adulterer.

[redfreedom]

This makes Mitt look good.

[Sans-Culotte]

I posted this on a Petraeus thread yesterday:

I remember an interview with the late author Vince Flynn. He was asked about Petreaus because a character in his last thriller seemed to be based a bit on Petraeus (high-ranking military intelligence officer in Iraq having clandestine affair). Flynn said he had met Petraeus and got a bad vibe from him. He struck Flynn as a "political general" who had an overly developed sense of self-importance.

I just looked and here is that interview with the late, great Vince Flynn: Video of Interview

[ronniesgal]

and Mitt won’t follow his d!ck wherever it leads him either.

[trebb]

And how would a SOS have the power to infringe our 2nd Amendment when the boss says "no"?

Concern trolls need to do something useful:

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[YOMO]

The only new gun laws I will accept is the Mandatory longer prison sentence for crimes using a gun.

[Dick Bachert]

Whoda thunk it?
The problem isn’t too many guns. The problem is too many CRIMINALS and lenient, liberal judges and DEMOCRAT political hacks!!

WHY THEY WANT OUR GUNS!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j73SsNFgBO4

[piasa]

Who cares if it is old since it is still relevant.

[justlurking]

This article is SEVERAL MONTHS old.

Yes, it is. The poster is making a point about whether Petraeus should be considered for a Cabinet post.

[Yaelle]

I guess he felt he had to, after yesterday’s mass gunless shooting at Ohio State.

I hear his new intern really hates guns.

Maybe we could just keep Lurch on as SoS; what’s the difference??

[OKSooner]

That’s interesting, thank you.