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Reuters Flash: Obama Supports Sen. Feinstein's Intent To Try Reinstating Assault Weapons Sale Ban
Reuters ^ | Tue Dec 18, 2012 1:21pm EST | Reporting by Matt Spetalnick)
Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 2:03:42 PM by
President Barack Obama supports U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein's effort to craft legislation to reinstate an assault-weapons ban and would also back any law to close a loophole in gun-show sales, the White House said on Tuesday.
White House spokesman Jay Carney offered some of the first specifics on how Obama intends to make good on his promise to address gun violence in the aftermath of a shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school that killed 26 people, including 20 children.
"It's clear that as a nation we haven't done enough to address the scourge of gun violence," Carney told reporters. He reiterated that Obama "wants to move in the coming weeks."
(Reporting by Matt Spetalnick)
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
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Events like this a fresh meat for the sharks
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Events like this a fresh meat for the sharks
Never let a crisis go to waste.
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Events like this a fresh meat for the sharks
Yup. Who was the dude in the other thread saying Obama wouldn't go near this and didn't want to?
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Yup. Who was the dude in the other thread saying Obama wouldn't go near this and didn't want to?
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and it's about time.
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and it's about time.
For what?
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and it's about time.
Move to Mexico if you enjoy strict gun laws and tell me how that works out for you when thugs come beating down your door to chop your fucking head off.
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nothing to worry about.
Republican congress won't let any gun bills get through.
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nothing to worry about.
Republican congress won't let any gun bills get through.
I dont trust anything lately. Boehner is in kneepad mode
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I dont trust anything lately. Boehner is in kneepad mode
if the repubs approve the gun bill FIRST, then i dont think anyone can ever bitch about obama again - because it means the repub congress is just as bad as him.
I think the dems will spin their wheels, obama will say whatever, but no bill will ever get there. repub congress crushes it first.
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How scary....