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BlueMTexpat

(15,493 posts)
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:26 AM Jun 2016

Hillary Clinton calls for renewed assault weapons ban: they're a 'weapon of war'

Clinton called for the reinstatement of ‘commonsense gun safety reform’ in the wake of the worst mass shooting in US history at a gay nightclub in Florida

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/13/hillary-clinton-commonsense-gun-safety-reform-orlando-attack



In forthright comments a day after the massacre at the Pulse Club, the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic party issued a call for a return to “commonsense gun safety reform” and lambasted the Republican-controlled Congress for what she called a “totally incomprehensible” refusal to address the country’s lax gun laws.

“We can’t fall into the trap set up by the gun lobby that says if you cannot stop every shooting you shouldn’t try to stop any,” she said.

Clinton’s tough stance on gun control sets up a torrid fight with her Republican rival for the White House Donald Trump, who has positioned himself as a champion of the second amendment and dismissed any calls for greater gun controls as weakness. She insisted that while she did believe that law-abiding American citizens have the right to own guns, it was also possible to see that “reasonable, commonsense measures” could be taken that would make people more safe from guns.

Rattling off all the ways that Florida allows the proliferation of guns – the state doesn’t regulate assault weapons or large capacity magazines, doesn’t require a permit to buy a gun or oblige owners of weapons to be licensed – she said: “That’s a lot of ‘nots’. I believe strongly that commonsense gun safety reform across our country would make a difference. We know the gunman used a weapon of war to shoot down at least 50 innocent Americans.”
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Hillary Clinton calls for renewed assault weapons ban: they're a 'weapon of war' (Original Post) BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 OP
K&R! stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #1
I also support gun insurance hertopos Jun 2016 #2
If only ... BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #3
To continue to facilitate future terrorists attacks with rapid fire weapons Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #4
No civilian needs an BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #5
Yep sarae Jun 2016 #7
K&R! Haveadream Jun 2016 #6
K & R SunSeeker Jun 2016 #8
#ImWithHer KewlKat Jun 2016 #9
They are creon Jun 2016 #10
I first saw this in Google News. That's good! LAS14 Jun 2016 #11
Of course, CNN is giving BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #12
How do you mean? caquillo Jun 2016 #13
Do you mean Trump spewing hatred BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #14
Yeah, I meant the latter caquillo Jun 2016 #16
I really don't know why he insisted! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #17
LOL! caquillo Jun 2016 #19
And now you can buy your own SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) in Semi Auto mode Captain_New_York Jun 2016 #15
Barf! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #18
Yes!! nt eastwestdem Jun 2016 #20
K & R SunSeeker Jun 2016 #21

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. To continue to facilitate future terrorists attacks with rapid fire weapons
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:45 AM
Jun 2016

Is not smart. There will be copy cats, weapons are too easy to acquire.

sarae

(3,284 posts)
7. Yep
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 10:21 AM
Jun 2016

Enough with this NRA "good guy with a gun" myth. When are people going to come to their senses?

Haveadream

(1,630 posts)
6. K&R!
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 09:26 AM
Jun 2016

Thank you for this, BlueMtexPat. Hillary is the right person to lead us to commonsense solutions on guns. She, like Obama, understands that we as a country must do something to stop the thousands of innocent lives taken so brutally every year.

creon

(1,183 posts)
10. They are
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 01:18 PM
Jun 2016

The AR 15 is the M 16.

It is a weapon used, primarily, by riflemen in combat formations. It is used in combat situations to kill the enemy. It is not a hunting weapon; it is a not a self defense used by civilians.

It is a weapon of war.

BlueMTexpat

(15,493 posts)
12. Of course, CNN is giving
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:02 PM
Jun 2016

Trump an uninterrupted - and uncritical - time to spew hatred of everything and everyone - except GUNS - on the world stage right now!

CNN

And my spouse who insists on watching the epitome of hatred that Trump expresses is walking a VERY fine line right now.

Very fine!

BlueMTexpat

(15,493 posts)
14. Do you mean Trump spewing hatred
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:18 PM
Jun 2016

in his CNN speech or my spouse walking a very fine line by insisting on watching it when such crap literally makes me want to vomit?

We are currently in a small apartment (one which I love) but there isn't really enough space to go to get away from such crap.

caquillo

(521 posts)
16. Yeah, I meant the latter
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:30 PM
Jun 2016

Why does your husband insist on watching it? Is he a masochist? I can't stomach seeing or hearing Trump.

BlueMTexpat

(15,493 posts)
17. I really don't know why he insisted!
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:35 PM
Jun 2016

I was VERY surprised ... and VERY unhappy with him. I still am ... and he knows it! Perhaps it was a bit of contrarianism.

I can't stomach Trump at all. His hate-speech is simply intolerable. My husband IS a Hillary supporter - which is why he is still in the apartment right now.

Captain_New_York

(161 posts)
15. And now you can buy your own SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) in Semi Auto mode
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 02:29 PM
Jun 2016

"Have you ever dreamed of owning a M249 SAW? Well, now is your chance… sort of. FNH USA has announced that they will be bringing the M249S to civilian market in the United States. The semi-auto version is simple a rifle"


http://gunssavelives.net/gear/breaking-semi-auto-saw-coming-to-the-civilian-market-video/

The video demonstrates how quickly you can pull the trigger and achieve a rate of fire close to automatic

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