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Tom Brokaw to Ole Miss Grads: More Guns Mean More Homegrown Terror
breitbart.com ^ | 5/19/2016 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 05/20/2016 8:53:27 AM PDT by rktman

During a May 14 commencement address to Old Miss graduates, retired news anchor and journalist Tom Brokaw said, “more guns … will mean more homegrown acts of terror.”

Tom Brokaw lamented the continuing expansion of gun ownership and the success of gun rights organizations that support that expansion.

According to The Commercial Appeal, Brokaw referenced the homicide rate in Democrat-run Memphis, Tennessee, then said:

I’m appalled by the determination of organizations and individuals to arm more people without any appreciation of the consequence of evermore lethal weapons in our midst. More guns and more firearm tolerance will mean more homegrown acts of terror.

He remained on the topic of guns, telling the graduating class of the University of Mississippi, “Yes, we have a constitutional right to own guns … but with that right comes a personal obligation to be on guard against the promiscuous use of guns (and) not to pretend that no limits means no trouble.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: Mississippi; US: Tennessee
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To: rktman
BroKrap would complain if more Red-Rider BB rifles were produced.
41 posted on 05/20/2016 9:19:30 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

I am with you.


42 posted on 05/20/2016 9:19:38 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
I went to a small state college, and this woman spoke at my graduation. I must say, this is an advantage of going to a small state college. They won't get a turd like Brokaw or Michelle Obama, or Clinton to speak there. A little too far below their "station"...

But this woman, was interesting, down to earth, and...historic!


43 posted on 05/20/2016 9:25:29 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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To: Snickering Hound

Mesmerizing!


44 posted on 05/20/2016 9:26:12 AM PDT by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Tom Brokaw probably has quite a few guns at his Montana ranch.

Ya know, he bought that ranch knowing there was an adjacent (bow, iirc) hunting ranch next to it, and then wanted to shut the hunting facility in case an errant arrow ended up on his property.

45 posted on 05/20/2016 9:27:34 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: rlmorel

She spoke at a U Mass,Amherst graduation back in the 80s———smart,smart lady.

.


46 posted on 05/20/2016 9:28:17 AM PDT by Mears
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Just read here last week roughly 80% are liberal, 20% are not considered liberal. Commencement speakers.


47 posted on 05/20/2016 9:29:31 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: rktman

I would’ve walked out. Tom sounds like an old drunk.


48 posted on 05/20/2016 9:30:35 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Mears

I enjoyed listening to her, she was down to earth, and had a lot of humor in her address...and I remember she smiled a lot.


49 posted on 05/20/2016 9:32:11 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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To: headstamp 2
His philosophical retardation is showing.

Well, that was clear in 2008, on the eve of the election, with his stupid admission that "we [the press] really don't know much about Obama...".

As a managing editor at NBC, don't you think he could have gone after BHO to the same extent he did McCaniac, especially on the question of place of birth???

50 posted on 05/20/2016 9:32:16 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: longfellow

a fair number of people walked out when he made that statement...


51 posted on 05/20/2016 9:33:54 AM PDT by radioactivereb ("I'm tryin' to think but nothin' happens!"-Curly Howard)
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To: rktman

Contrary evidence never means much to these people because liberalism is a mental illness.


52 posted on 05/20/2016 9:35:57 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: rktman

More guns means more dead thugs.


53 posted on 05/20/2016 9:45:56 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Suddenly, no more mass shootings. Hmmmm.
5/20/2016 | By Laz A. Mataz
Posted on 05/20/2016 8:46:18 AM PDT by Lazamataz
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3432345/posts


54 posted on 05/20/2016 9:53:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: rktman
Here's the thing I don't get about Tom Brokaw. He's the one who wrote The Greatest Generation, which is probably more responsible than any other single source for engendering in the modern public the respect for the World War II generation that they so richly deserve. Surely, the author of that book must be aware that those great men used guns (and bombs, torpedoes, etc.) to defeat our country's enemies. Even if Brokaw himself doesn't like guns, can't he at least read his own book and realize how indispensable they were (and still are) to preserving our freedom?
55 posted on 05/20/2016 9:53:17 AM PDT by bus man (Loose Lips Sink Ships)
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To: rktman

Clearly old Brokaw wishes the colonists had no way to overthrow the King.

How did he give the whole commencement without using the letter L?


56 posted on 05/20/2016 9:54:33 AM PDT by Yaelle (Tinkerbelle glittering up the runway for Trump Force One!)
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To: rktman

Tommy: either you’re stupid or you think we’re stupid.

Which is it?


57 posted on 05/20/2016 9:58:39 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: bus man

Don’t know that ‘he’ doesn’t like them. For him. Us, on the other hand, not so much.


58 posted on 05/20/2016 10:09:30 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: rktman

I am not surprised at anything which happens at TSUN. Not anymore. A bunch of wussies. Hail State. : )


59 posted on 05/20/2016 10:12:14 AM PDT by MamaB (Heb. 13:2)
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To: rktman

Oldest son is an Ole Miss grad.

He stopped contributing to the place years ago because of crap like this.


60 posted on 05/20/2016 10:12:57 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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