[Update, 10:12 pm, EDT: Video of the last promo and the entire debate segment is now available on YouTube. Acosta’s report is available here.]
CNN’s Rick Sanchez returned to blasting conservatives on Wednesday’s Newsroom program, blaming the recent murder of three Pittsburgh police officers on the Fox News Channel and other media on the right: “That weekend tragedy involves a man who allegedly shot and killed three police officers in cold blood. Why? Because he was convinced, after no doubt watching Fox News and listening to right-wing radio, that quote, ‘Our rights were being infringed upon.’” He tag-teamed with Media Matters fellow Eric Boehlert to argue that conservative media personalities like Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity were offering “garden-variety fear and hate mongering...night in and night out.”
One could be sure that Sanchez would be pointing his finger squarely at his competitors on the right from the first moment he mentioned the gun issue, which was 13 minutes into the CNN program. After playing audio of gunshots from the Pittsburgh murders, he gave the following promo: “What you’re hearing there is three police officers killed by a man who thought President Obama would take away his guns. Who put that thought in his head? And how many more Americans believe that? Could it be 1.2 million Americans? You’re going to see why I’m asking that question.” Sanchez gave a further hint that his target was Fox News during another promo ten minutes later: “Are Americans being fed a pack of lies about President Obama and guns laws? And is it creating a gun buying panic? ‘We’ll report, you decide.’ That’s not too obvious is it?”
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The issue was apparently so important to Sanchez that he gave two more promos for the segment. In the second, he brought in briefs about two other recent mass shootings and gave further details about the Pittsburgh murders, including his line about “Fox News and listening to right-wing radio.” After denying that the Obama administration had actually expressed its desire for a ban on “assault weapons,” he then provided his own biased take on the matter:
SANCHEZ: Here’s the real issue here: Poplawski [the murderer of the Pittsburgh police officers] may not be alone in this crazy, “they’re coming to get us” mindset. There is evidence of a gun buying panic. According to the FBI, there have been 1.2 million more requests for background checks of potential gun buyers from November to February than there in the same four months last year....Who is stirring the pot?...Who is trying to use this to get people to not trust President Obama, and more importantly, is there any truth to the fear of more restrictive gun ban? That’s what I’m going to tackle when I come back.When Sanchez finally began the segment, he went further in his left-wing, anti-conservative rhetoric:
SANCHEZ: The failing economy; the election of Barack Obama, the nation’s first minority -- minority president; and then there’s the garden-variety fear and hate mongering provided compliments of Fox News night in and night out. That’s where Glenn Beck is seen night after night, talking about doomsday, about the country coming apart, while his counterpart Sean Hannity calls the president a socialist, and worse, implying day in and night out that he’s trying to destroy America. Here’s an apparent result. Americans are scarfing up guns and ammunition at an alarming rate. Growing numbers of people appear to believe that the government wants their weapons.The anchor then played clips of YouTube videos of people expressing their concerns about gun control from the Obama administration. As you might expect, all of these individuals were white males. Sanchez replied to them as he introduced a report from CNN correspondent Jim Acosta: “Again, there is an unrelenting message being pushed by the right -- far right, we should say, that Obama will mount an assault on the Second Amendment. Is it true? Is there anything at all to it? What are the facts? That’s what Jim Acosta looks into.” Acosta’s report, contrary to Sanchez’s earlier outright denial, acknowledged that Attorney General Eric Holder had expressed that the Obama administration sought “a few gun-related changes...among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons.” The correspondent tried to neutralize this by reporting how “65 pro-gun House Democrats have fired off a letter to Holder, urging him to abandon the assault weapons ban” [audio available here].
After Acosta’s report, Sanchez again expressed his alarm over how “there have been 1.2 million more requests for background checks of potential gun buyers from November to February, than there were in the same four months last year.” He then introduced Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation and Media Matters’ Boehlert for a debate. When Gottlieb initially covered President Obama’s pro-gun control record in the past, Sanchez replied sardonically, “So that’s all you got, is the record -- the past?” The gun activist continued by introducing a more recent statement by Attorney General Holder related to stopping the supposed flow of guns from the U.S. to Mexican drug cartels: “I don’t think our Second Amendment will stand in the way of the efforts we have begun and will expand upon.”
Sanchez brushed this statement aside and read an excerpt from Holder’s confirmation hearing in January. When Gottlieb countered with more of the attorney general’s past record, he turned to Boehlert to give the left-wing talking points on the matter, as Sanchez himself had done earlier. The anchor would chime in from time to time to assist.
ERIC BOEHLERT, MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA: Well, I think people on the right and the single-issue passionate people are desperate to find some sort of opening so they can -- they can push this -- this narrative. I mean, Glenn Beck yesterday on his radio show said Barack Obama will take away your gun any way -- one way or another -- he’s going to take away your gun. This message has been on Fox News for weeks and months, and it’s not just the gun control issue. They are painting, as you mentioned, sort of this doomsday scenario, almost mainstreaming this militia idea of tyranny and, you know, totalitarian state in America. It’s incredibly irresponsible to be doing.Despite this combined effort, Gottlieb would get the last word when Sanchez blamed conservative media for the polarization:
SANCHEZ: Alan, what do you think of that? Alan, what do you think of that, because, you know, just about any independent person who looks at some of this coverage that we’ve been seeing, not just on Fox News, but on other places as well -- it seems alarmist. It almost seems like -- well, let me leave it at that.
GOTTLIEB: Well, I think -- I think the alarming thing is -- is that not that it’s a doomsday scenario, but there’s no doubt that nobody can argue that the government isn’t growing at alarming rates, at record levels of spending, record levels of control --
SANCHEZ: It grew during the Bush administration!
GOTTLIEB: Oh, it sure --
SANCHEZ: Where were -- where were your concerns then?
GOTTLIEB: I had concerns then, too, but they are not growing at the alarming rate that they are right now. Government regulations, controls -- everything on individuals in this country is significantly going in the direction of more and more government. Nobody can deny that, and, of course, that goes right into the argument of more and more gun control as well, when government wants to regulate people.
SANCHEZ: Eric?
BOEHLERT: Well, you know, saying the government is growing in size is a lot different than saying they are going to come knock on your door and take your guns, that democracy in America is on the wane, and that we’re going to turn into a socialist or Marxist or fascist, depending on what week it is with Glenn Beck. That's quite a leap, and again, that’s incredibly irresponsible. We have never seen, you know, a television news outfit, you know, sort of exploit these kind of fears before, and they’re doing it on a daily basis. And again they're basically mainstreaming this militia -- this militia movement and this militia rhetoric.
SANCHEZ: It just -- it just --
GOTTLIEB: I like how you’re using the word militia. I mean, you’re trying to label everybody as militia, as being, you know, evil, crazy people out there. You know, there are 90 million gun owners in America and they’re not members of militias. The bottom line is, the Pew Research Center just did a survey that shows that Barack Obama is the most polarizing president we have had in four decades --
SANCHEZ: But -- but hold on, Alan. Is that fair? How can --
GOTTLIEB: The reason why people are buying guns is [that] he’s polarizing them.
SANCHEZ: Alan, Alan, Alan, Alan -- how could he not be polarizing when people are saying those messages that we have been talking about? If -- if I was to get on the air and start saying horrible things about anyone day in and day out and scaring the bejesus out of you and telling you that the world is going to end as a result of this particular politician, whether he’s on the right or on the left or in the middle, don’t you think he would be polarizing?
GOTTLIEB: Well, I think maybe the media did that to George Bush -- one could make a very good argument what you’re saying is true. Maybe it wasn’t Fox News -- maybe it was CNN and MSNBC.
SANCHEZ: All right, we’ll leave it at that. I suppose that’s -- that’s fair, and I thank you, sir, for taking time to talk to us. Alan, my thanks to you --
GOTTLIEB: Thank you.
SANCHEZ: And Eric my thanks to you as well.
—Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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SANCHEZ: Alan, Alan, Alan,
April 8, 2009 - 19:15 ET by MidAmericaSANCHEZ: Alan, Alan, Alan, Alan -- how could he not be polarizing when people are saying those messages that we have been talking about? If -- if I was to get on the air and start saying horrible things about anyone day in and day out and scaring the bejesus out of you and telling you that the world is going to end as a result of this particular politician, whether he’s on the right or on the left or in the middle, don’t you think he would be polarizing?
For some reason the coverage of George Bush came to mind.
The Obama Approach
April 8, 2009 - 19:50 ET by TheHistorianis to use henchmen to carry out activities while he remains "above the fray". Look at the stimulus, where it was not his fault that it was filled to the brim with pork. It was George Bush's because the Democrat Congress last year adjourned before passing a budget. Just trying to keep up with his logic gives me a headache.
Now how does this relate to guns? Look at the spate of legislation which has been spawned since he was elected. Model laws in states like Arizona to not allow reloading of ammunition are being promulgated all over. The DoD tries to stop brass reloading. And before he was elected, his Joyce Foundation role.
"What experience and history teach is
this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history,
or acted on principles deduced from it."
G. W. F. Hegel
Like I said before....
April 9, 2009 - 00:36 ET by Jen7Free speech has consequences.
As you may presently yourself be fully made aware of, my grammar sucks.
Family Guy
Jen7, especially the
April 9, 2009 - 08:03 ET by bretzysdudeJen7, especially the venomous free speech delivered by Sanchez.
Get a life.
Total Moron
April 8, 2009 - 19:17 ET by TexndocHow did this guy ever get promoted above his usual flower show and funny animal stories? "1.2 million background checks, that's 1.2 million dollars...." Huh? He's an idiot.
Just can't believe how
April 8, 2009 - 22:03 ET by winston smithJust can't believe how stupid, partisan and juvenile news reporting by the msm has become. Is this like--- news for the Daily Kos viewer or something? Every news story that relates to gun violence is immediately blamed on FOX, responsible gun owners or Conservative radio. Is that how they wanna play? Agit-prop for the new Democrat majorities? Did this jerk ever hearsome of the "lyrics" of violent GANGSTA RAP MUSIC?? Tupack? Ice-T? Springsteen? 50 cent? The public is exposed everyday to rappers stirring up violence against police. Gangsta Rap "music" has been promoting violence against law enforcement and violence against women now for more than two decades and this blithering fool is blaming -- of all people--- Glen Beck and FOX News?? Even his fellow liberals must be embarrassed for him.
Yeah, he probably blames
April 8, 2009 - 19:30 ET by fitzfongYeah, he probably blames "right wing radio" and Fox News instead of alcohol and his own negligence for killing that pedestrian in Miami, too.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
Uh, Poplawski was poor and
April 8, 2009 - 19:30 ET by RR GOPUh, Poplawski was poor and oppressed so that's why he did it?
Doesn't that work on white right-wingers, too?
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
that's a good point
April 8, 2009 - 19:51 ET by JnobleI hadn't thought of that. Yeah, maybe he was one of the millions of Americans who are disenfranchised and feeling left out of our capitalist unfair unequal society and that...
..wait, he was white?
Never mind.
these asses
April 8, 2009 - 19:36 ET by RowaneThese asses are trying their best to gin up support for the libtard grail Gun Control even though a recent poll has shown that less than 30% of people support gun control.
wow
April 8, 2009 - 19:45 ET by katainkentas CNN does a little more hokey pokey to the left....
agendagendagena! They're going to hold their breath until a bill has been passed.
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Obama does not perform as advertised. I'd like a refund.
Taxed Enough Already.
anyone else get the feeling..
April 8, 2009 - 19:49 ET by Jnoble..that Sanchez is yet another stuffed shirt on TV who wants to make a name for himself?
Wow, going after FOX news and the left's new target Glen Beck. Real original and brave there, Rick. You're a real hard-hitter.
Salinsky's rule: target the
April 8, 2009 - 20:41 ET by KevroySalinsky's rule: target the messenger and marginalize it with a smear campaign. Glen Beck is the new target, he's creaming them in the ratings.
→ Guns don't hurt people
April 8, 2009 - 19:56 ET by Cool ArrowA drunken Rick Sanchez behind the wheel has been known to, however.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
guns dont Hurt people
April 8, 2009 - 21:13 ET by ChattychitoDrunk drivers kill more people every year than guns
"A man who doesn't borrow from the brains of others proves he has no brains of his own." CH Spurgeon
Hey CA.
April 9, 2009 - 19:49 ET by HeavyChevyGlenn Beck just brought that up on O'Reilly just a few minutes ago!
→ Thanks Chevy
April 9, 2009 - 19:59 ET by Cool ArrowI was scrambling to find this post so we could crow like roosters over self-righteous Rick Sanchez.
Most people would go 50-50 on the loaded gun or the loaded Rick Sanchez.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Sanchez needs to be careful CA
April 9, 2009 - 20:18 ET by HeavyChevyRearing up ugly pasts works both ways.
→ Bumper sticker retread
April 9, 2009 - 20:20 ET by Cool ArrowMore people have been killed by a loaded Rick Sanchez than my loaded .357
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
RO... As BD would
April 9, 2009 - 20:24 ET by bigtimerRO...
As BD would say...
...SHACK!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
→ That's the ticket
April 9, 2009 - 20:35 ET by Cool ArrowYou gotta know CNN is grinding their teeth over that one.
And we shouldn't forget CNN reporter Richard (Dick) Quest, who was arrested for meth while walking around having a rope tied to his neck and testicles.
CNN is a real stewpot.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
RO... I could not believe
April 9, 2009 - 20:52 ET by bigtimerRO...
I could not believe when I saw him again lately with the O's over-seas tour with the Queen...
He is the same guy...just has obviously gained some weight...must of got rid of that ball and chain of a drug habit ...I think it had choke on him.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
"More people have been
April 9, 2009 - 20:44 ET by HeavyChevy"More people have been killed by a loaded Rick Sanchez than my loaded .357
"
I would happily by some of those stickers.
I don't understand how
April 8, 2009 - 19:56 ET by snaggletoothieI don't understand how anyone in America could be alive. There are 90 million gun owners and the hypnotic, mind controlling Beck and Fox news are talking to them all the time. Shouldn't every street and building in America be littered with corpses if you accept Sanchez's theory of causation?
How about Oakland?
April 8, 2009 - 20:15 ET by slickwillie2001Odd isn't it, that the Oakland incident is not mentioned by the anti-2nd Amendment nutballs?
We could blame the murder of four Oakland police officers by Lovelle Mixon on very liberal California probation policies, lack of prison cells, years of black race-huckster propaganda, and putrid black gangster-rap culture.
oh No
April 8, 2009 - 21:12 ET by Chattychitohe shot the Oakland cops because they were coming to take his freedom and guns away.
"A man who doesn't borrow from the brains of others proves he has no brains of his own." CH Spurgeon
heads in asses
April 8, 2009 - 20:16 ET by rick007Who the hell are they gonna blame Bill Ayers and his slut wife on???
What about the Black Panthers??????
To be a liberal is to be lower than whale shit
Is this the best that CNN's
April 8, 2009 - 20:27 ET by d1carterIs this the best that CNN's got?
“What you’re hearing
April 8, 2009 - 20:39 ET by Kevroy“What you’re hearing there is three police officers killed by a man who
thought President Obama would take away his guns. Who put that thought
in his head?"
Ummm...Obama? When he filled out the questionaire (that he later blamed on an aide) stating that he wanted to ban guns. That's who is responsible.
→ Obama's words
April 8, 2009 - 20:46 ET by Cool Arrow“Even if I want to take them away, I don’t have the votes in Congress’’ - Barack Obama
How would he know how many votes he has if he hasn't inquired?
And given that he has inquired, why?
I don't think this incident has anything to do with Obama and guns, any more than I believe Obama inspired the Oakland incident.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Sorry little Ricky, but gun control ain't on the menu poll-wise
April 8, 2009 - 21:04 ET by R D Helmhttp://hotair.com/ar...
Nice try, though, you TOOL of the freedom-hating gun-grabbers.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
Rick's DUI here in Florida
April 8, 2009 - 21:07 ET by Delsamany years ago ruined his carrier here. He drank, killed a guy on Flamingo Road in Cooper City, FL.
Turns out the guy who walked out in the road was also DRUNK so Rick was only partly to blame. That having been said...
Next thing you know, missing all his brain cells, he shows up on CNN.
Who knew?
Needless to say the brain dead nitwit fits right in!
With a driving record like that...
April 8, 2009 - 21:40 ET by Sasquatchhe could move to Massachusetts and get elected to the U.S. Senate for the next 46 years.
SASQUATCH...
April 9, 2009 - 12:09 ET by danybhoyWhy would he stay in the Senate for 46 years? Less then 1 term would be a good springboard for him to run for The White House. Clearly, you don't need to be born in this nation to become President, & since we are headed towards a national socialist/marxist paradise, having someone from such a nation like Cuba may well be a good thing. We can use folks from the communist world to help with our transition from a free market capitalist nation to a top down command contol economy.
Seriously, Sanchez may be the biggest tool in cablenews. As crappy as those at MSNBC are, Sanchez is the worst. Who in the hell saw him & thought "...we gotta sign this guy before someone else does?"...this is the sort of thing that has CNN losing to MSNBC in the ratings.
"The Fairness Doctrine = Jim Crow laws for Conservatives". Jim Quinn from "Quinn & Rose"
The Biggest Component
April 8, 2009 - 21:09 ET by Chattychitoof fear mongering is not Fox News but the many internet sites who paint even bleaker pictures. while I agree our country is going to hell in a hand basket. site like Infowars.com are far more influential on people than Fox news ever is.
But what Sanchez is dong is not truth revealing but bigoted oppressive smear tactics against the right wing Media. and of course they aren't so happy about Beck going to the "other side"
MSM is worried they are losing the people to the truth so they paint a bigger lie to entrap the unsuspecting masses or Media hypnotized idiots. what is even more amazing is if you read the story he didn't shoot the cops because they were coming to take away his guns. he shot them because they were asked to take him out of his mothers house. the man was a loser still living in his mothers house.
"A man who doesn't borrow from the brains of others proves he has no brains of his own." CH Spurgeon
This is always how leftwards
April 8, 2009 - 21:25 ET by MrSnugglesThis is always how leftwards tilts begin. The left cries and whines when their true agenda is exposed, they deny deny deny, and they accuse their own accusers of being whack jobs. Then, behind the scenes, they continue their work, and when things have cooled down and the talk has waned, they move in for the kill. I have no doubt that by the time the next 4 years is up, it will be drastically more difficult and expensive to buy a gun and ammunition.
Are those the DNC talking point this week?
April 8, 2009 - 22:09 ET by Jack HermanThe attempts to smear Rush went nowhere, so plan B (see Obama does have a plan B) is to attack Beck and see if any of it stick.
These folks are pathetic.
I suppose it would be fair to say Rick has killed more people with his automobile than most gunowners have with their firearm.
Perhaps what "put that into
April 8, 2009 - 22:17 ET by mattmPerhaps what "put that into their heads" is the fact that we have an anti-2nd amendment president and congress.
Here's an e-mail I received:
Very Important for you to be aware of a new bill HR 45 introduced into the House. This is the Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sale Act of 2009.
We just learned yesterday about this on the Peter Boyles radio program. Even gun shop owners didn't know about this because it is flying under the radar.
To find out about this - go to any government website and type in HR 45 or Google HR 45 Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sales Act of 2009. You will get all the information.
Basically this would make it illegal to own a firearm - any rifle with a clip or ANY pistol unless:
.It is registered
.You are fingerprinted
.You supply a current Driver's License
.You supply your Social Security #
.You will submit to a physical & mental evaluation at any time of their choosing
.Each update - change or ownership through private or public sale must be reported and costs $25
- Failure to do so you automatically lose the right to own a firearm and are subject up to a year in jail.
.There is a child provision clause on page 16 section 305 stating a child-access provision. Gun must be locked and inaccessible to any child under 18.
The Government would have the right to come and inspect that you are storing your gun safely away from accessibility to children and fine is punishable for up to 5 yrs. in prison.
If you think this is a joke - go to the website and take your pick of many options to read this..
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h45/text
So a child is somone that is
April 8, 2009 - 23:21 ET by MrSnugglesSo a child is somone that is 18 or younger, therefore they cannot own a gun or even be in a house where they have access to a gun. Yet, a 10 year old can get an abortion without their parents knowing. Wow.
Sanchez lacks facts
April 8, 2009 - 22:36 ET by KHalpernSanchez has no credibility. He did not conduct an interview with the cop killer to find out why he did it, what he watches and who he listens to, so he has no facts to back up his claims. He aired no statements by Beck, Hannity or anyone else that would support his claims. His report is a classic example of "drive-by" journalism and he should be reprimanded by his superiors at CNN.
They need to outlaw
April 8, 2009 - 23:16 ET by ConservativeRexThey need to outlaw crack...Wong's drug of choice.
Maybe they need to outlaw divorce...Stewart.
Maybe they need to outlaw felons having guns...Mixon..oh that's right , it already IS against the law for felons to have guns.
And so on and so on.
Over 17K gun laws on the books, and they can't enforce one of them?
Ann Coulter hit the nail on the head once again, these freaking, sorry, blankty blank liberals think they can outlaw guns, and nuclear weapons, but stopping teenagers from having sex is out of our control.
Liberals...if one person in Binghampton had a gun ONE person, maybe only two people get killed with the nutcase being one of them. When oh when will liberals ever learn? This blood is on THEIR hands.
Politicians are killing people..
April 8, 2009 - 23:36 ET by ScrapironPeople are killing those they don't like and then killing themselves. They are killing those they love and don't want to see living in the coming third world hell hole O'Dumbo will make of this country. They then kill themselves to excape the fate of living like those they see in the Sudan and other African countries 'ran by blacks'. Sudan will look like a vacation spot compared to what this country will look like when O'Dumbo and his 'God damn America' crowd get done. I guess we can all support O'Dumbo's abortion and born alive (kill them) act to keep the newborn from starting life $170,000 in debt which will make them slaves to the government. Come to think of it, the forced volunteer program is nothing more than the beginning of slavery. Different day, same BS from the demorat party.
Old, Retired and glad of it.
TED BAXTER ALERT!!
April 9, 2009 - 03:28 ET by SgthulkaTed Baxter qu habla espagnol.
ratings
April 9, 2009 - 06:32 ET by CatherwoodI wonder of the geniuses at CNN ever sit around in meetings and ask the question why the station has sropped even below MSNBC in the the ratings? I wonder if CNN ever considers that accusations and aspersions like the one mentioned above have the effect of the viewer just reaching up and turning off the news because the reporting becomes so loopy and stupid that it is not worth listening to. I'll answer my own question: CNN never considers that idea. The reporters at CNN are totally disconnected with America. They think they are so intellectually superior to the rest of us that their words reflect a reality that cannot be quesioned. If you can stomach it for a few minutes, turn over to CNN anytime and watch for a few minutes. You will realize quickly that you are being talked down to.
Conservative gun owners are
April 9, 2009 - 21:13 ET by RR GOPConservative gun owners are in the tens of millions.
These creeps are in the dozens.
Remember when Charles Dickhead Whitman was shooting all those people? It was Conservative Texas rednecks with their hunting rifles that forced his sorry ass to hunker down.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Dickhead Whitman did a lot
April 12, 2009 - 01:23 ET by JerDickhead Whitman did a lot more shooting and killing than hunkering. In any event, nobody needs to worry about their hunting rifles.
Jer
Uh...
April 12, 2009 - 01:43 ET by MightyMouth...who says the second has anything to do with hunting?
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
MightyM... Thought maybe
April 12, 2009 - 21:51 ET by JerMightyM...
Thought maybe RR was implying hunting rifles were in danger of confiscation.
Jer
Good evening Jer
April 12, 2009 - 22:03 ET by cocodrieAll of our firearms (guns) are in danger of confiscation. Liberals have been trying for some time to define any type of firearm ever used by the military as an assault weapon, including flintlock and percussion muzzleloaders.
The key is in definition of terms. The same goes for "hate crime laws" and other "rights laws".
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Hello, coco...
April 12, 2009 - 22:21 ET by JerAll of our firearms (guns) are in danger of confiscation.
Not really. Shotguns and true hunting rifles have never been seriously targeted for confiscation--unless there has been legislation of which I'm not aware. Military assault-type weaponry is another story, and that's where second amendment interpretation becomes crucial. If the court deems AK-47s and the like to be within the purview of the amendment's protections, then they too will survive any efforts to ban them.
I'm not a big fan of "hate crime" laws either.
Jer
Let me ask you this Jer.
April 12, 2009 - 22:25 ET by BlazerLet me ask you this Jer. Should we not also be allowed access to the same weapon's that the police and military are?
If the country was ruled by a totalitarian right-wing regime, would you be satisfied with your black-powder shotgun.
No, I'm not talking about rocket launcher's and helicopter gunship's here, but that would be sweet. : )
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Blazer...
April 12, 2009 - 22:41 ET by JerShould we not also be allowed access to the same weapon's that the police and military are?
In a word, no. But that of course is just my personal opinion--not a comment on what may or may not be constitutionally permissable under the second amendment.
And if the US military remained loyal to a tyrannical right-wing regime, I hardly think even AK-47's or similar weaponry would stand much of a chance against the overwhelming firepower the leftist rebels would no doubt face.
Jer
And if the US military
April 12, 2009 - 22:44 ET by BlazerAnd if the US military remained loyal to a tyrannical right-wing
regime, I hardly think even AK-47's or similar weaponry would stand
much of a chance against the overwhelming firepower the leftist rebels
would no doubt face.
Jer, evidently you've never seen the most awesome of awesomest movies ever, Red Dawn. Of course that was the Russian and Cuban armies, but you get waht I'm sayin' :)
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Au contraire, I saw it.
April 12, 2009 - 22:50 ET by JerAu contraire, I saw it. Just didn't realize it was true.
Wolverine
Yep, best documentary ever
April 12, 2009 - 22:54 ET by BlazerYep, best documentary ever ! : )
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Even better than "War of
April 12, 2009 - 22:59 ET by JerEven better than "War of the Worlds"?
Jer
Jer
April 12, 2009 - 22:37 ET by cocodrieYou are correct in theory but in reality the liberal democrats have bills to outlaw all semi-auto loading, all pump action rifles, shotguns and pistols. The ultra liberal judges care nothing of the constitution or our individual rights.
Their stated goal is the elimination of personal ownership of all firearms. They suceeded in D.C. and New York. We're next. If you think you can own a firearm in either city, try to get a permit.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
coco...
April 12, 2009 - 22:44 ET by JerAre you saying an individual cannot own or purchase a shotgun in D.C. or NYC?
Jer
Jer
April 12, 2009 - 22:53 ET by cocodrieFor all practical purposes an individual cannot. Try getting a permit. Read the horror stories of those who cannot get a permit. Even ammunition is severely restricted.
If you own one and use it, you go to jail and the criminal goes free.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
The 2nd Amendment and the loony lefties Sanchez and Olberman
April 10, 2009 - 05:39 ET by ClingerThe Clinger
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If the gun toting law abiding concealed carry and law
abiding gun owning citizens of the US were the loose cannons the SANCHEZ's and
Olberman’s of the biased left wing media and Dems imply both/all would by now be so riddled with holes there would
be nothing left of any of them to bury or cremate. I can never
remember if it is a 21 step rule or 31step rule that says anyone that close can
take you down before one can fire a shot. And the mindless left wants 911, dial
a prayer to be the only way a citizen has to protect themselves.
It's the left that promotes
April 10, 2009 - 07:58 ET by rbosqueIt's the left that promotes a culture of death and apathy towards life.
RICK SANCHEZ & Maggie Rodriguez.-
April 12, 2009 - 01:06 ET by Charles H. GarridoHello! Mr. Mathew Balan thanks good column. 4/12/09.- 1:54 AM.- For: Mr. Sanchez and colleague Maggie Rodriguez, hope Excellent Easter (Feliz Pascuas) Roman Catholic or any Faith "Cristiano" How sorry both sooo! Liberals, Socialism, Intimidation Harrasment. Probably don't know about Political History, Geography or Philosophy, Ignorant & Incompetent . We continue Pro- Life, Pro- Family, Pro- Faith. With respect: both have read about "Readers Digest" Sent a Subscription to your friend Mr. President Barack Obama also aditional "Readers" to your managment (CNN) (CBS) this will help this Turmoil socialism sooner.- THANKS & COOPERATION.
Charles H. Garrido. MIAMI FLA.-