This is a video that EVERYONE needs to watch. Whether you liked Obama or not, he made some excellent common-sense statements/suggestions about gun ownership.
Too bad his point of view was pushed aside simply because (some) people didn’t like him as a person. Had things been different, perhaps we would not have witnessed the latest shooting.
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Oh to have a person like that as president again. I am stunned at the difference between President Obama and the current office holder. Hugs
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An outstanding video and rebuttal to that Town Hall gun-owning gentleman. President Obama’s thorough explanation of our poor gun-licensing and lack of adequate (if at all) background-checks protocol, as well as why the CDC is not allowed to even study the reasons for gun-fatalities — Congress won’t let the CDC do it!
I wonder why Congressmen and women are NOT allowing the CDC to study a rising American epidemic — a mass-shooting now on average every 64-days in this nation!? That’s a rhetorical question by the way.
On a sidenote Nan regarding President Obama. It’s so damn hilarious that tRump blames Obama for so many thing happening in HIS administration, it’s like Obama is still in office!!! His name gets thrown around so much at the White House that you’d think he is haunting the place and our current non-President’s dreams/nightmares! LOL
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you’d think he is haunting the place and our current non-President’s dreams/nightmares
And you think he isn’t … ??
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🤣 👍
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Ya reckon this could be the reason Congressmen and women are not allowing the CDC to study gun violence?
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BAAM!!! Thank you for saying it Ruth! 🤗
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And around and around he goes as he CLEARLY is more interested in $$$$ than lives.
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I think he really believes that the NRA contributes to his campaign because they buy into his agenda and not the other way around. Money tends to convolute things…
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You may be right, Ruth. But obviously, he didn’t explain himself very well. His very first statement should have been to answer the kid’s question and THEN elaborate (if the crowd would have let him).
Truth be said, politicians are so used to using double-speak, it’s no wonder it happened the way it did.
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I mean, he said it with a straight face and everything!
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Campaign finance reform would change every.thing.
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Hear hear!!! Yes, yes, YES!!! You are just FULL of all sorts of truth Ruth!!! (hahaha, that rhymed!) 😉
Btw, glad to see you around Ma’am! Are you doing well? ❤
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Yes, I’m doing well, thanks! How about yourself?
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Doing FAN-FREAKIN-TASTIC Ruth!!! Thank you so much for asking. 😉
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shared to facebook.
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Meanwhile, NRA head Wayne LaPierre is going berserk: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nra-head-lashes-out-at-gun-control-advocates-they-hate-individual-freedom/ar-BBJsOAR
That gun nut is so fascist it isn’t even funny anymore.
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broke his silence with … an aggressive attack on political elites who “hate individual freedom”.
He simply does NOT have a clue! All he’s worried about is making sure his pockets continue to be full and overflowing. Oh … and also to make sure there’s plenty to go into the pockets of “supportive” politicians.
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OMG!
http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/sheriff-offers-free-ccw-class-for-teachers-sign-up-in/article_b50e007a-1658-11e8-ab77-1f9e99c5d816.html
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Did you happen to watch The Last Word last night? O’Donnell really laid it out on WHY this should never happen by clearly and emphatically pointing out what could … and probably would … occur.
Knee-jerk reactions like this are mind-boggling!
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No, I didn’t. I’ll have to see if I can youtube it.
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good grief. I have a cousin who is in law enforcement. he’s had to shoot twice…..he said “I never even came close to hitting the guy”. yea..guns inside schools. great idea!
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Can’t remember where I read it, but apparently the statistics are quite low on law enforcement people actually hitting their targets. So what does this tell us? If the ones who are trained to use a firearm can’t hit a (usually running) target, what does that say about an armed teacher?
The ignorance … how it burns.
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I sent an email to the address shown on the web page (I’ll let you guess what I said). I got a response … but all it said was the class was full (surprise!). Hopefully, he’ll still read my actual email.
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Rubio: What an absolute Nob!
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Excellent video. I got chills. And nostalgia 😦
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