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There is actually a strong and reasonable thread of logic in this, but please ask yourself why a GOP congressman's only real concern is whether the restrictions on ex-felons are being properly enforced.

Knowing nothing about Mo Brooks I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that he was using that as an example of someone who could have their 2nd amendment rights stripped.

Now off to Google to discover that he's pure scum or something.

EDIT: God dammit.

06-14-2017 , 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Money2Burn

It's odd to call change through nonviolence a "deeply held American value" when our country was founded on violent revolt that could not have been accomplished through nonviolent means.

Yeah, pretty much the only role of "nonviolence" in the modern political lexicon is for centrists and conservatives to tut-tut any violence deemed to emanate from the left.

06-14-2017 , 01:03 PM

#103

Onlydo2days

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Yeah, that's right.

Either that or he is a huge freedom caucus fan.

06-14-2017 , 01:10 PM

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RV Life

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I'm wondering if any of these Republicans blaming this on the left had anything to say when those running on Democratic tickets had to drop out of races due to death threats?

I WONDER?

06-14-2017 , 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RV Life

I'm wondering if any of these Republicans blaming this on the left had anything to say when those running on Democratic tickets had to drop out of races due to death threats?

I WONDER?

Actually, they did.

https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/stat...-death-threats

06-14-2017 , 01:18 PM

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The herp derp gonna be strong with this one, even asides from Eric trumps ****** Julius caeser hot take.

"Democrats the real violent ones"
"He didn't kill anyone because he was a libtard who never went to the range"

Etc

06-14-2017 , 01:18 PM

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dzikijohnny

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Originally Posted by RV Life

I'm wondering if any of these Republicans blaming this on the left had anything to say when those running on Democratic tickets had to drop out of races due to death threats?

I WONDER?

Wow...It's all about them is it? While Republican's blood is still wet. While cities still haven't rebuilt or paid for Dem riots. You bring up this? After all the death threats that Repubs get. Hope all you snowflakes don't melt this summer. It's going to get hot.

06-14-2017 , 01:22 PM

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dem house members getting threats too. Everybody hates congress, we've all got something in common!

06-14-2017 , 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Autocratic

Yeah, pretty much the only role of "nonviolence" in the modern political lexicon is for centrists and conservatives to tut-tut any violence deemed to emanate from the left.

MLK and Gandhi got some decent results with the non violent approach.

06-14-2017 , 01:24 PM

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Another mass shooting in San Francisco

Weird how the overwhelming majority of #MentallyIll people coincidentally live in the USA#1

06-14-2017 , 01:25 PM

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So is Rand Paul saying the shooting was a legitimate exercise of his political rights?

06-14-2017 , 01:27 PM

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HastenDan have a new account yet? Don't think he will let this slip.

06-14-2017 , 01:48 PM

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headline at infowars

LEFTIST GUNMAN SHOOTS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN IN MEDIA-INSPIRED TERROR ATTACK

Attacker deliberately targeted Republicans

06-14-2017 , 01:49 PM

#114

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and breitbart

Report: ‘Gunman There to Kill as Many Republican Members as Possible’

‘Terminate the Republican Party’ Celebrates

06-14-2017 , 01:50 PM

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"American Carnage"

06-14-2017 , 01:51 PM

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Quote:

In an interview on WBEN, the New York Republican said Democratic political opposition to President Donald Trump had "gone too far."

"I can only hope that the Democrats do tone down the rhetoric," Collins said. "The rhetoric has been outrageous: The finger-pointing, the tone, the angst and the anger directed at Donald Trump, his supporters, really then, some people react to things like that, people get angry as well, and you fuel the fires."

Collins also said he would carry a gun in public in the incident's aftermath.

Collins lamented a recent "die-in" protest at his congressional office, meant to raise awareness about the projected higher levels of uninsured people under the Republican healthcare bill.

Is it time to rethink the first amendment?

06-14-2017 , 01:53 PM

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Glad he was white. Would hate to see the response from the right if he were black or Muslim.

06-14-2017 , 01:54 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by OmgGlutten!

headline at infowars

LEFTIST GUNMAN SHOOTS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN IN MEDIA-INSPIRED TERROR ATTACK

Attacker deliberately targeted Republicans

Please stay away from infowars. Every click counts.

06-14-2017 , 01:56 PM

#119

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Originally Posted by Namath12

Another mass shooting in San Francisco

Weird how the overwhelming majority of #MentallyIll people coincidentally live in the USA#1

Sad to see what the USA is turning into, half of the country hates the other half. Democrat politicians calling for violence doesn't help.

AG Loretta Lynch said "we need more 'marching, blood, death on streets".
[http://www.wnd.com/2017/03/loretta-l...h-on-streets/]

Senator Tim Kaine said "Democrats have to fight in the streets".
[https://www.redflagnews.com/headline...against-trump]

06-14-2017 , 01:58 PM

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https://twitter.com/SweeneyABC/statu...23798705291269

If I had some sort of professional obligation to write a response to that question for a Republican member of Congress, and if I had to frame the answer in terms of the Second Amendment, that's pretty close to what I would say.

If you were were to list the 500 most outrageous statements about guns ever made by a current member of Congress, I doubt this statement would be on the list.

06-14-2017 , 02:01 PM

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That congressperson knows what the first and fourth amendments are for. That alone gets him in at least the top 10% of the GOP congresscritter delegation.

06-14-2017 , 02:02 PM

#122

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Quote:

Originally Posted by OmgGlutten!

headline at infowars

LEFTIST GUNMAN SHOOTS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN IN MEDIA-INSPIRED TERROR ATTACK

Attacker deliberately targeted Republicans

Reading through the comments has made me lose faith in the human race. It's all I can do not to troll these ****wits like crazy.

06-14-2017 , 02:12 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Money2Burn

It's odd to call change through nonviolence a "deeply held American value" when our country was founded on violent revolt that could not have been accomplished through nonviolent means.

Important to get that violence out of the way before picture and video is around to record it.

Wonder if lefty media gets blame for inspiring the shooting and right-wing media pile on.
Do copycats occur?
Which Dem is the 1st to make the 'I know how the shooter felt' mistake?