Colorado Gov. Refuses To Call For Stronger Gun Laws In Wake Of Theater Shooting
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By Pat Garofalo on Jul 22, 2012 at 10:19 am
During an appearance on ABC’s This Week, Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) refused to call for stronger gun control laws in the wake of the tragic movie theater shooting in his state. After saying that a reexamination of Colorado’s gun control laws is “going to happen,” Hickenlooper told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that even if there were stronger restrictions, the alleged shooter would “have found something else” to commit the murders:
STEPHANOPOULOS: Does it make you think, at this point, that you need to take another look at Colorado’s gun laws?
HICKENLOOPER: You know, I’m sure that’s going to happen. But I look at this — this wasn’t a Colorado problem, this was a human problem, right, and how we can have such a warped individual and no one around them be aware. I worry that if we got rid of all the guns — certainly, we have so many guns in this country and we do have a lot more gun violence — but even if he didn’t have access to guns, this guy was diabolical, right? He would have found explosives, he would have found something else, some sort of poisonous gas, something to create this horror.
Hickenlooper made similar comments on CNN’s State of the Union. As ThinkProgress noted yesterday, Virginia’s Senate candidates also dodged gun control questions.
The weapon used by the alleged shooter would have been covered by the assault weapons ban that was allowed to expire in 2004. The high capacity clip used was also covered by the ban. Later during ABC’s show, former Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA) said that no citizen should have access to an assault rifle. “No one should have that kind of killing machine,” he said.
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xcide13 2012/07/22 18:53:17I say.
Most "Progressives" WANT serious crimes dealt with seriously, don't like victims blamed. VERY few liberals blame the woman when a rape is performed, more often it is a religious conservative. WE have far left crackpots just like YOU have far right crackpots. There seem to be far more liberals ready to meet in the middle, like an American should.
The NRA hasn't changed much as far as I can tell. It's always been a special interest group that lobbies on behalf of it's members, which includes everyone from gun owners to gun manufacturers, to protect our right to bare arms. Money isn't the impetus of the NRA, it's simply the need to protect our 2nd amendment from idiots who want to get rid of it.
The intent of the 2nd amendment was to give us. the people, the means to overthrow government and replace it if and when necessary. So it makes perfect sense to me that we ought to have the right to own any convention firearm used by the military and police.
The US constitution limits the powers of the federal government to what is explicitly enumerated in it. So every example you give where the US government is exorcising powers that are not enumerated in the Constitution is a violation of the constitution.
The 2nd amendment states that our right to bare arms is necessary for the state militias to secure their freedom. It doesn't limit anything, it means we have the right to bare whatever arms our enemies might bare, whether they be foreign or domestic.
So YA! ...if you can afford it.
Japan has even less .07% of a person for every 100,000
Canada is a little looser with gun control, they have 4 people killed for every 100,000.
Same with Switzerland 4 for every 100,000.
The U.S. no other country comes close 14 persons killed with a gun for every 100,000!!!!!! So gun control does work. As you see the countries that have tighter controls have less deaths.
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I worry that if we got rid of all the guns — certainly, we have so many guns in this country and we do have a lot more gun violence — but even if he didn’t have access to guns, this guy was diabolical, right? He would have found explosives, he would have found something else, some sort of poisonous gas, something to create this horror.
you can make bomb with household chemiclas and parts form a hardware stores.
stricter guns laws wont stop that will it.
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I worry that if we got rid of all the guns — certainly, we have so many guns in this country and we do have a lot more gun violence — but even if he didn’t have access to guns, this guy was diabolical, right? He would have found explosives, he would have found something else, some sort of poisonous gas, something to create this horror.