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| Carolyn McCarthy readies gun control bill. But we're not supposed to get upset. |
| 2011-01-10 |
| One of the fiercest gun-control advocates in Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.), pounced on the shooting massacre in Tucson Sunday, promising to introduce legislation as soon as Monday targeting the high-capacity ammunition the gunman used. McCarthy ran for Congress after her husband was gunned down and her son seriously injured in a shooting in 1993 on a Long Island commuter train. I feel for her, but she's not so upset that she forgets to try to take advantage of the situation, which she is politicizing. We've all heard Sheriff Dumkopf's opinion about how we are supposed to all be less vitriolic. Now I'd like to hear Sheriff Dumkopf's take on this sort of behavior. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #10 Rep. McCarthy's husband and son were shot by Colin Ferguson... Cause taking it out on the atmosphere of hate generated by black racism is not PC. Sort of like seeking the banning of rope because of the actions of the KKK. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-01-10 19:54 |
| #9 Rep. McCarthy's husband and son were shot by Colin Ferguson on the subway. As I recall, Ferguson reloaded several times while shooting up the subway car. He wasn't so disorganized and crazy that he couldn't carefully plan the shootings--like the Tucson shooter. McCarthy has a personal vendetta against all firearms and would like to ban firearms. Although I can sympathize with her personal loss, banning firearms would be an assault on our Constitution and an invitation to tyranny. There are many instances where firearms have saved citizens and prevented crimes. Some of these stories are documented in the American Rifleman in a column titled The Armed Citizen. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-01-10 16:39 |
| #8 Molon lave. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2011-01-10 13:13 |
| #7 Remember when Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash, and they decided to turn his funeral into a political rally? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-01-10 12:51 |
| #6 They could not make political hay out of this event fast enough. Petty, trite, propagandistic sickos. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-01-10 12:25 |
| #5 #4 It's becoming my opinion that liberals tend to try to tweak and upgrade the system every time something bad happens.gorb In keeping with the theme "never let a crisis go to waste." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-01-10 11:16 |
| #4 It's becoming my opinion that liberals tend to try to tweak and upgrade the system every time something bad happens. They seem to operate on the principal that a perfect system is achievable, and ignoring the fact that something bad will always come of it. This guarantees total government in the end. And the government will be more of a pain than the problems they prevent. Because humans make the government, and humans are too often corruptible. And despite how strict and controlling the government gets, determined individuals will always find a way to poison the well. I'll stick with my simple conservative way of doing business and punish the wrongdoers as they rear their heads. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-01-10 11:11 |
| #3 AH, McCarthy and all those like her would respond that it's good that a Dem congresscritter has the right to own and use a gun, and wrong if anyone else does. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2011-01-10 06:40 |
| #2 We've all heard Sheriff Dumkopf's opinion about how we are supposed to all be less vitriolic. Now I'd like to hear Sheriff Dumkopf's take on this sort of behavior. Would that be the same Sheriff Dumkopf that failed to provide a security detail to the congresswoman and blamed....the world? If it's all the same to you, I'll take a rain check on hearing anything additional from the Sheriff thank you. |
| Posted by: Beseoker 2011-01-10 06:19 |
| #1 This is what Rep. Giffords had to say last March after the window to her Tucson office was shattered: “I have a Glock 9-millimeter, and I’m a pretty good shot.” (quoted in New York Times) |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-01-10 02:52 |