Gabby Giffords Continues Attempting to Erode 2A

[OakRiver]

Do you remember the line that we just need universal background checks to solve firearm related woes? Well Gabby Giffords doesn't think that is enough

Gabby Giffords: Universal Background Checks Not Enough in Oregon

 

[bwframe]

This shouldn't be a surprise. This her job now, no different from the Brady's.

 

[T.Lex]

This is likely an unpopular opinion among the INGOtariate, but I cut her some slack. Brain-damage jokes aside, she has personal, principled reasons for her positions.

I can disagree with her while acknowledging the reality that she is a true victim of gun violence.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

This is likely an unpopular opinion among the INGOtariate, but I cut her some slack. Brain-damage jokes aside, she has personal, principled reasons for her positions.

No

No, she doesn't. She just a vile little fascist.

Loughner passed a background check at Sportsman's Warehouse in Tucson.

His friends knew about his mental problems. The Army knew about his mental problems and dope use. PCC knew about his mental problems.

 

[OakRiver]

I can disagree with her while acknowledging the reality that she is a true victim of gun violence.

In the same manner I think that it is fair that we discuss the ideas being put forward, and not the person. Her latest statements prove what many people have long believed - that "common sense gun control" is a phrase used to undermine legal ownership of firearms. That every concession is not enough, and the next demand for "something to be done" is just around the corner.

 

[T.Lex]

No

No, she doesn't. She just a vile little fascist.

I'm pretty sure she isn't a fascist, at least not in the classic sense. She is an incrementalist on this issue. She understands (at some level) that she cannot achieve gun bans by asking for them. Rather, she whittles away where she is allowed to exert influence.

States rights.

In the same manner I think that it is fair that we discuss the ideas being put forward, and not the person. Her latest statements prove what many people have long believed - that "common sense gun control" is a phrase used to undermine legal ownership of firearms. That every concession is not enough, and the next demand for "something to be done" is just around the corner.

I guess I didn't realize there was any doubt about this. But, this is certainly another example.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Text book progressivism. They know all of the "common sense laws" they manage to get passed will be ineffective. For them, there's always tomorrow. There'll be another reason and new common sense things to try. They all tend to track to their ultimate goal.

 

[churchmouse]

This is likely an unpopular opinion among the INGOtariate, but I cut her some slack. Brain-damage jokes aside, she has personal, principled reasons for her positions.

I can disagree with her while acknowledging the reality that she is a true victim of gun violence.

It was not the gun used that instigated her situation.
The nut job has a paper trail of Psychosis a mile and a half long and no one acted on any of it.
Put more control on folks like him.
Get them some help or separate them from society.

 

[Jim McKalip]

What cm said.

 

[OakRiver]

It was not the gun used that instigated her situation.
The nut job has a paper trail of Psychosis a mile and a half long and no one acted on any of it.
Put more control on folks like him.
Get them some help or separate them from society.

Yup. If you want to reduce deaths from "gun violence" then access to mental health services is a hugely positive step. After all most gun deaths are the result of suicide.

 

[cosermann]

The same liberal philosophy that emptied our mental institutions refuses to take responsibility for the problems created and would rather simply blame guns.

 

[spec4]

Great example of the left never being happy until they achieve total disarmament. drip...drip...drip

 

[VERT]

My guess is Gabby really couldn't care less about guns. Yes she was a victim of gun violence but that is somewhat secondary. If I remember correctly her husband was a gun owner. What we have here is a situation where being a spokesperson for an agenda pays better then any other gig she can land. It's her job an Oregon obviously allows her a opportunity to ply her trade.

 

[OakRiver]

Great example of the left never being happy until they achieve total disarmament. drip...drip...drip

Death by a thousand papercuts

 

[bwframe]

...I can disagree with her while acknowledging the reality that she is a true victim of gun violence.

Gun Rights advocates do not use the term Gun Violence as they see this as ignoring violence that stems from non-Gun related sources. They also mention that no such term exists for other forms of "armed violence" such as "Knife Violence" or "Bludgeoning Instrument Violence." Numerous different terms have been proposed by supporters of Gun Control with the aim of "...looking for a less politically charged term for firearm regulation..."

 

[actaeon277]

This is likely an unpopular opinion among the INGOtariate, but I cut her some slack. Brain-damage jokes aside, she has personal, principled reasons for her positions.

I can disagree with her while acknowledging the reality that she is a true victim of gun violence.

While she is a victim, would she be cut slack for trying to ban cars if she had been hit by one?
She was not a victim of a gun.
She was a victim of a person.

 

[Leadeye]

Monthly consulting fee from bloomy?

Always follow the money.

 

[T.Lex]

While she is a victim, would she be cut slack for trying to ban cars if she had been hit by one?

I would cut her some slack on that.

If she were a rape victim advocating for mandated castration, I would cut her some slack. (Pardon the terribly inappropriate pun.)

I would not support her cause - as I do not now support her cause - but I would not hold her morally reprehensible.

 

[KittySlayer]

My guess is Gabby really couldn't care less about guns. Yes she was a victim of gun violence but that is somewhat secondary. If I remember correctly her husband was a gun owner. What we have here is a situation where being a spokesperson for an agenda pays better then any other gig she can land. It's her job an Oregon obviously allows her a opportunity to ply her trade.

Add to that the family's ego factor. A Congresswoman and an Astronaut. They both lived for the limelight and now both their careers are over. Some psycho shot her and NASA is basically out of business. So now she is the perfect poster child for the gun grabbers and they will pay her to advocate and fly around the country speaking.

 

[DN40SW]

It was not the gun used that instigated her situation.
The nut job has a paper trail of Psychosis a mile and a half long and no one acted on any of it.
Put more control on folks like him.
Get them some help or separate them from society.

Truer words were never spoken.


Truer words were never spoken.