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Gabby Giffords taken to a studio, told to talk to Congress about guns
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:16 pm
Mark this down: Everything being done here is being done to create a political career for Mark Kelly.
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The former Democratic congresswoman is featured in a new television ad set to air immediately before and after the president's speech. In the ad, Giffords faces the camera and says, "Congress is afraid of the gun lobby."
"Tell Washington it's too dangerous to wait," she says in a slightly slurred voice.
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In the new ad, Giffords says that 9 out 10 Americans support background checks.
"They make it harder for criminals and the mentally ill to get guns," she says.
The ad is part of a national cable advertising campaign set to run nationwide on CNN and MSNBC. It's being paid for by Americans for Responsible Solutions, the group Giffords founded with her husband, retired NASA space shuttle commander Mark Kelly.
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This post was edited on 1/27/14 at 9:18 pm
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Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:25 pm to weagle99
I've never understood the big fear of universal background checks.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:25 pm to weagle99
The way Kelley has exploited his wife since her injuries is absolutely sickening.
How anyone can do that to their wife is beyond me.
How anyone can do that to their wife is beyond me.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:27 pm to weagle99
It's sad to see how she's being used to peddle a political agenda especially which I'm reasonably sure she's not very involved in besides getting on camera and saying whatever talking points there are.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:30 pm to BamaFan89
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The way Kelley has exploited his wife since her injuries is absolutely sickening.
How anyone can do that to their wife is beyond me.
Truth.
Someone with very significant influence needs to call him the frick out.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:30 pm to Cockopotamus
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I've never understood the big fear of universal background checks.
The only way for universal background checks to work is for guns to be registered.
Registration = eventual confiscation
Besides, it is a feel good measure that won't make a difference in crime levels but instead just burden law abiding citizens.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:33 pm to Sentrius
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:33 pm to weagle99
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In the new ad, Giffords says that 9 out 10 Americans support background checks.
Good because we already have background checks. Sorry Gabby, your side lost on this issue already. DWI
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:34 pm to Cockopotamus
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I've never understood the big fear of universal background checks.
Read the second amendment and rethink that idea. Each American citizen has the right to bear arms and that right will not be infringed. Once you give the government the power to check, tax, and control the guns, you will reside in a 100% socialist state. Your Constitution was not written for a socialist state. Universal background check accomplish absolutely nothing. Period. End of discussion.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:42 pm to weagle99
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Registration = eventual confiscation
You have to register your car.
Nobody is preaching that because the government knows you have it they'll come and take it
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:45 pm to Cockopotamus
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I've never understood the big fear of universal background checks
There are already background checks. They want you to have a background check, if you give or sell your guns to relatives and friends.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:46 pm to Cockopotamus
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You have to register your car.
Show us where a car is a Constitutional Right.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:48 pm to Cockopotamus
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You have to register your car.
Driving is a privilege, not a right. If you don't use the streets you don't have to register your car.
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Nobody is preaching that because the government knows you have it they'll come and take it
I don't quite understand this sentence, but there are numerous and recent examples of registration being followed by confiscation not that much later.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:49 pm to Cockopotamus
In my opinion the problem is when you decide which "mental illnesse" deprive you of your right to have a gun.
Depression? Ocd? Adhd? What about ptsd for veterans?
Depression? Ocd? Adhd? What about ptsd for veterans?
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:49 pm to Alahunter
They are going to try and tax each American that owns guns before you know it. No one in this world has a right to know how many guns I own besides my wife. The only reason she has that right is because we share finances.
The conversation about background checks is pointless. Convicted felons can't legally possess firearms, but how many violent crimes are committed by convicted felons?
The conversation about background checks is pointless. Convicted felons can't legally possess firearms, but how many violent crimes are committed by convicted felons?
Posted on 1/27/14 at 9:57 pm to Alahunter
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Show us where a car is a Constitutional Right.
Guns are drastically different now than they were in 1776. And the guys who wrote the Constitution couldn't possibly see the consequences industrialization would have on the gun.
Registration wouldn't take away your right to own a gun anyways.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 10:02 pm to Cockopotamus
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Registration wouldn't take away your right to own a gun anyways.
Are we talking about the same government that just made it a law for every American to purchase health insurance right under our noses without a common vote?
Posted on 1/27/14 at 10:04 pm to Cockopotamus
Your same argument could be applied to internet and free speech. Get out of here with your high school talking points that have been debunked time over.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 10:06 pm to Cockopotamus
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Guns are drastically different now than they were in 1776. And the guys who wrote the Constitution couldn't possibly see the consequences industrialization would have on the gun.
Were the government's muskets more deadly than the citizens' muskets in 1776?
Posted on 1/27/14 at 10:12 pm to weagle99
Her career as a prop hasn't really taken off yet, but she keeps trying.
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