Substitute hosting for Chris Matthews on last night's Hardball it didn't take long for David Shuster to bring up the specter of gun control in the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting. Shuster indicated that gun policies actually "enabled" the shooter to obtain his "weapons of choice." The following was Shuster's intro for the April 16th edition of "Hardball."
David Shuster: "At this hour, investigators are still trying to piece together what happened this morning on the Virginia Tech campus. Tonight, we will tell you everything we've learned about the killer's motive. We will bring you the most gripping interviews we have seen today from students who witnessed the rampage and tried to block the killer's path. And you will hear live from witnesses who saw the aftermath. Many questions are lingering tonight about the response by campus police, warnings to Virginia Tech students, even gun policies that enabled the killer to get his hands on his weapons of choice. But we start tonight with a campus community was rocked to its core and asking the question, why us?"
Due to live coverage of a press conference and interviews with guest about the events of the day that was the only mention of gun policy on the show but somehow I think Hardball will find the time in future editions to hit the gun control angle.
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The guy was a mass murderer w
April 17, 2007 - 16:39 ET by Darth DutchThe guy was a mass murderer who clearly had emotional and mental problems. If there had been a waiting period for him to get a gun, he would have waited that long and then gotten the gun. We already know he had been planning this since early March. Why would a waiting period have helped?
The only person to be held responsible for his actions is him.
Dutch
"...get his hands on his
April 17, 2007 - 16:51 ET by Rackie"...get his hands on his weapons of choice." WTFDTM?
...only in their own little p
April 17, 2007 - 17:17 ET by bigtimer...only in their own little pointy-headed leftist minds Rackie....
Spooky little critters, all of them.
David Shuster alleged on MSD
April 17, 2007 - 16:58 ET by TEDavid Shuster alleged on MSDNC that Karl Rove would be "indicted" and that Dennis Hastert would "resign" from his then position as Speaker of the House during the Mark Foley "scandal".
Mark Foley has written---
April 17, 2007 - 17:16 ET by misterbillMark Foley has written---a new book. It's a page turner!
misterb...Does it have lot's
April 17, 2007 - 17:19 ET by bigtimermisterb...
Does it have lot's and lot's of pictures?
If so it will be a Best Seller for the leftists.
actually they already made a movie
April 17, 2007 - 17:36 ET by misterbillactually they already made a movie- it was called "Men in Tights".
misterbill,I suspect there's
April 17, 2007 - 17:29 ET by Blondemisterbill,
I suspect there's a limerick in there somewhere.
I'm about ready to suggest to the Shrubster that we need a misterbill daily limerick for that world famous report of his.
today's prob with tums
April 17, 2007 - 17:30 ET by misterbillThere once was man named Eugene
Who thought he was cool and could clean
The clocks of others
who were not his brothers
But he wound up leaving the scene!
and a quickie
April 17, 2007 - 17:34 ET by misterbillA congressman named Mark
Fired off emails like a shark
To men of young ages
Known to him as pages
Now he is mowing the park!
Excellent, misterbill,I just
April 17, 2007 - 17:50 ET by BlondeExcellent, misterbill,
I just don't have patience....you seem to be able to spin them up at the drop of a hat.
Thanks for the giggles.
Chris
April 17, 2007 - 17:13 ET by Jerry MackMatthews is frothing over the amount of hit pieces that he can do on George Bush and the Republican party.
This was the one where the
April 17, 2007 - 17:18 ET by sarcasmoThis was the one where the woman lied. Also, AFAIK they DID NOT MENTION the antidepressant drug angle first reported by Fox News. Not-a-peep. Again, this AM I predicted either "religion of peace" or "taking antidepressant drugs" for this shooter, and the drug part came true. MSNBC chose instead to focus their time on things like deliberately misrepresenting what actually happened (higher hi-cap mag prices due to reduced supply) under the AWB. Remember to follow the money on these Prozak type drugs, folks. These pharmaceutical companies that spend zillions touting every prescription drug under the sun on TV have influence on what gets reported about their drug brands, whether or not the news media wants to admit it. They're just as corrupt in the news media as politicians, IMO, and money talks. It's obvious bias to ignore the continual pattern of pharmaceutical evidence and instead try to focus on tools millions of people use peacefully.
JMR
VA Tech
April 17, 2007 - 18:07 ET by pocomocoBe still my heart! David Schuster Promises to Examine Gun Polices That 'Enabled' Killer.
‘…. But we start tonight with a campus community was rocked to its core and asking the question, why us?"
Because the guy was INSANE you fool. Inanity needs no rhyme or reason for it’s actions. It’s like liberalism, and why you and Olbermann are on the air.
You're absolutely right on th
April 17, 2007 - 18:13 ET by Darth DutchYou're absolutely right on that. You can't legislate against stupidity or insanity.
Another point to make in response to how the lax gun policies "enabled" the killer...if the laws were extremely strict, by logical extension does that mean that these laws would have "disabled" him from getting a gun? Nope...
Dutch
The dirty little secret that
April 17, 2007 - 20:15 ET by ahusserThe dirty little secret that the liberals continually hide is that Virginia is a right to carry state. The killer probably purchased the weapon legally but of course broke the law by carrying it concealed. I live in the Peoples Republic of Maryland which has very restrictive gun laws, and do get the news from VA regularly. I have never heard of a licensed individual ever kill anyone in a criminial way or be accused of committing a crime. It doesn't mean it hasn't happened but my theory would be if a licensed to carry individual committed a murder or other crime with his handgun the Libs would be all over it.
Ah David Shuster - another of
April 17, 2007 - 18:39 ET by Gat New YorkAh David Shuster - another of the Imus backstabbers - backbone is certainly not his strongest asset. I think he first should take a history course on American History and why the founding fathers insisted on the right to bear arms. If only one student in that class had a gun how many lives would have been saved?
Being these murders were caus
April 17, 2007 - 22:24 ET by danboBeing these murders were caused not by a crazy foreign student, but by his ability to get his hands on his weapons of choice.
Will these reporters be in favor of deny Iran the bomb. And even arms? They keep saying the rights to arms is not really a right. And the guns cause the murders rather than the person. They should be in favor of denying Iran access to their weapon of choice. So that the bomb won't cause Iran to use it.
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