For Second Day in a Row, Mitchell Pitches for Gun Control: 'Somebody's Got to Listen in Washington'
Andrea Mitchell, for a second day in a row, pushed for more gun control on her MSNBC show as she encouraged Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, "You and Mike Bloomberg...have all been yelling and screaming," about more restrictive anti-gun measures, "Somebody's got to listen in Washington." Initially invited on Thursday's Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss the Obama administration's push for more green jobs, Nutter wasn't allowed to finish the segment without Mitchell pressing him: "As a big city mayor, what are you saying to the White House about waiting for this gun control speech we keep hearing about?"
On yesterday's show Mitchell expressed disappointment, to the aformentioned New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, that Barack Obama had "absolutely nothing, not one word....not even a sentence" in his State of the Union speech about gun control.
(video, audio and transcript after the jump)
The following exchange was aired on the February 3 edition of MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports:
ANDREA MITCHELL: A quick final question. I wanted to ask you about gun control. The lack of any initiative of gun control, any mention at all of these magazines, these clips that were used in Tucson. As a big city mayor, what are you saying to the White House about waiting for this gun control speech we keep hearing about?
MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER: Well, I certainly do look forward to it. In my capacity, Andrea, as second vice president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, I pushed forward a resolution by the conference to support HR-308, the bill that came out almost immediately after the tragedy in Tucson. There's no need, there's no reason for these large magazines to be available to anyone other than law enforcement or the military. They are solely designed to shoot as many bullets and kill or hurt as many people as quickly as possible. So I do look forward to it. I mean, you know, there are a lot of issues out there, there are a lot of things the President could be talking about, but I think, again, the number one focus in the country is about jobs. And certainly, I'm concerned about public safety here in Philadelphia and all across the United States of America. And I think the President will come through on that issue as well.
MITCHELL: Well it's gonna to take national leadership. You and Mike Bloomberg, the other mayors, have all been yelling and screaming about it, but somebody's got to listen in Washington.
NUTTER: Yes. Well, they need to.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here
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Poor Andrea... pretty much relagated to
Submitted by donabernathy on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 3:26pm.
"would ya like fries with that burger"
roflmao
Every one has a role at pmsnbc
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 3:26pm.
Contessa Brewer, Homosexual rights
Andea Mitchell, gun control
Chris Matthews, smearing Sarah Palin, and/or Michele Bachman daily.
Larry O'Donnell, to be the voice of reasonable liberalism.
Special ed, to be the Left's Rush Limbaugh.
Rachel Maddow, to be the likable dyke.
Larry O'Donnell
Submitted by 88Cid on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 4:09pm.
If he is the voice of reasonable liberalism God help us. He throws more violent spittle than Chrissy Matthews.
reasonable liberalism =
Submitted by Beukeboom on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 10:51am.
reasonable liberalism = oxymoron
Larry O'Donnell = moron
Well, that chestnut's getting
Submitted by Thoreau on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 3:27pm.
Well, that chestnut's getting old. I'd like to send her disarmed ass to Egypt and see how long the peaceful muslims let her live.
OH please........
Submitted by NC Cop on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 3:28pm.
"The lack of any initiative of gun control, any mention at all of these magazines, these clips that were used in Tucson."Read more: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/geoffrey-dickens/2011/02/03/second-day-row-mitchell-pitches-gun-control-somebodys-got-listen-w#ixzz1CvRq8gbg
Yeah, Andrea, it's the clips fault!! What an idiot. Would you have felt better, Andrea, if he had to reload a couple of shorter magazines???
I cannot stand these babbling morons who don't know anything about guns or our gun laws.
Stick to what you know, Andrea, which apparently isn't much.
Or used 2 or 3 pistols?
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 3:36pm.
Or used 2 or 3 pistols?
Holy Hopping Imhotep, can no one silence this mummy?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 3:43pm.
She has been running wild above ground for 10 days now. Someone return her to her burial chamber for rejuvenation rites before it's too late.
But seriously ladies and germs, Mayor Nutter, 2nd Vice President of Council of Mayors?
Talk about throwing your weight around.
It is called a right, Andrea.
Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 3:44pm.
Yeah, folks in Washington and New York need to listen alright. How about they try listening to the Second Amendment.
How about we get a license in order for you to speak or pray, Andrea? Are you ready for that? You want government to control the Second Amendment, then you want to control the First as well. Oh wait.....
And Andrea, you still demonstrate your lack of understanding, you see, clips are used to fill magazines and the magazines are placed inside firearms. Clips shows you ignorant about this subject. You don;t even know the difference.
Mayor Daley wannabe - in case you missed it, exercise of rights is not based on your idea of "need". It is based on self determination in what is called a pursuit of happiness via exercise of an inalienable right. Oh and your false premise strawman falls asunder as well. High capacity magazines do facilitate shooting a large number of cartridges but your and dusts your own statement. You see, shooting metal targets is quite enjoyable and no people are harmed much less targets by the millions and millions of them that are owned right now. This minute.
Your anti gun crusade, Andrea and Daley wanna be, does not play out here in the real world. Obama knows it too, which is why your calls are falling on deaf ears. Gun control as you know it, as you love it, is dead.
One more thing there Andea - Your only hope is to repeal the Second Amendment, just ask the Chicago Tribune how that idea went over when they opined about it.......what is funny about that diatribe is that it makes the very cases that were dispelled in the decision it is written about. The author could have actually read it to see how foolish he would be told such an idea is. The kicker was calling for a meaningless debate.
Many deny the serious nature of Heller and of McDonald too, and politicians refusing to relent before the Second Amendment will soon be responsible for huge section 1983 judgements for rights violations. There is no better example of wasting taxpayer money than that. Time to wake Andrea, you too Mayor Daley wanna be.
Well Said, Ashrak...
Submitted by The_Barrel_Guy on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 4:12pm.
Perhaps Andrea might someday understand that the right to a free press (Amendment One) is no more nor more less one of our freedoms than the right to keep and bear arms (Amendment Two)...
She and her husband, Alan Greenspan enjoy a lifestyle that is the result of the wisdom of our founders. Wonder how those two would do in Egypt or Saudi Arabia or China or Pakistan or Iraq or Afganistan or Iran or North Korea...
Must be nice to possess all the benefits of a country founded on freedom while attacking those freedoms... Thank God that one like her was not around in 1789 when the Bill of Rights was proposed... Don't even want to think long on THAT one...
Where do we get people like this, anyway?
Just what MSNBC needs..
Submitted by ant on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 4:02pm.
.. a nutter jackass. Libs have as much trouble understanding "..shall not be infringed.." as they do illegal alien.
While the mayor was in Az on
Submitted by TerryWest on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 4:01pm.
While the mayor was in Az on his little special interest mission how many people died in New York re a violent act? and how much did it cost to send this mayor on his cross country scavenger hunt? Seems ot me
Oh, and it gets better....
Submitted by retrocon on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 5:03pm.
If the people that Mayor Blowhard sent into AZ to buy guns never intended to keep the fireams themselves, then they committed a felony... a strawman purchase.
Unless they were investigators within their own jurisidiction, they are just citizens. Buying a firearm for someone else is illegal.
Selling that firearm, in a private sale, is not.
Tom Horn (our atty general), should get a warrant for Bloomberg (comspiricy), and his cronies. That's should keep them out of AZ.
Why does
Submitted by HockeyKid on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 4:09pm.
Andrea MItchell want more crime? Is she really that ignorant?
BTW, Andrea, a "magazine" and a "clip" are two different things. That you use the terms interchangeably (and in the same sentence even) only shows your ignorance in yet another of many areas.
Only one thing would have saved lives in Tucson: a bullet to Loughner's head immediately after he opened fire, courtesy of a lawfully armed citizen. The death toll might even have been limited to Loughner himself--a net gain of 6 good guys vs. 1 bad guy lost. For the mathematically challenged, that's +7 for the good guys.
So Andrea, pound sand. Your arguments are evil and dangerous. Reasonable people prefer less crime.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
I got news for her. I don't
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 4:54pm.
I got news for her. I don't care what Obama ahs to say in his speech I don't think you are going to see any legislation get through the House on gun control. Along with the Republicans there are some pro0gun Dems. As a matter of fact the last gun cases heard by SCOTUS have resulted in the gun laws being throw out in DC and Chicago. They have yet to restore the 2nd Amendment rights to their citizens in direct violation of the Court. Why don't she talk about how DC and Chicago are in direct violation of the Constitution.
a fish rots
Submitted by malthus on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 6:03pm.
It's only liberals, mental cases and Muzzies who are abusing the 2nd ammendmant, and that doesn't even include the perpetrators.
You would think there was a
Submitted by PeskyDane on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:00pm.
You would think there was a total absence of gun control laws across the 50 states and thousands of municipalities.
Andrea is the typical liberal - when their ideas fail, their solution is more of the same.
She should add some facts to her report
Submitted by TheHistorian on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 9:33pm.
She can report on the failure of liberalizing "concealed carry" in FL and all of the additional people killed
They should pick 2-3 other places, including Washington DC, and report on how liberalizing guns is killing addiitonal people
Then she can tell us how Chicago has the lowest gun death rate in the country due to its strict laws.
The only problem is, gun crime in all of these places went down when gun laws were relaxed. Chicago has not relaxed and it still has a high crime rate.
Dennis Prager
US Constitution
Submitted by Emil on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:18pm.
They just don't get it. They believe that passing laws that are only obeyed by law abiding citizens is somhow going to deter criminals from committing crimes. Criminals don't obey the law, it is part of their job description. This is about ignoring the US Constitution, this is not about crime control it is about power, plain and simple. Disarm the people and they are powerless to defend themselves. Liberals only care about the Constitution when it suits their purpose. This news person is trying to destroy the 2nd Amendment. I hope Obama and the Democrats jump right on gun control and try to pass more gun control laws. I can guarantee the Republicans will take control of the Senate and Obama will be a one term President.
Andrea Mitchell: "Woof Woof"
Submitted by JakeMo on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:45pm.
There's a dog in my neighborhood that barks so much everybody just ignores it.
It's still annoying though.
This is the problem with the
Submitted by rbosque on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 11:26pm.
This is the problem with the left, what makes her think that what's important to her and her Marxist comrades is important for the nation? What a self-absorbed insignificant little harpie!
What about axe or sword
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 12:12am.
What about axe or sword control for egypt? I think ABC has some reporters now in favor of it.