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Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles
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President Obama gets it right when he supports the right to bear arms , but says the public does not need an AK 47 or AR 15 Assault Rifle that carries 30-100 rounds of ammunition. Th
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Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles
posted at July 26, 2012 3:03 PM EDT
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President Obama gets it right when he supports the right to bear arms , but says the public does not need an AK 47 or AR 15 Assault Rifle that carries 30-100 rounds of ammunition. Those Weapons of Mass Destruction should stay in the hands of our military and police to keep us safe. We are dealing with common sense here. The President knows that the National Rifle Association will start their beyond common sense rhetoric, but I give President Obama credit for telling it like it is. The NRA will start spreading fear that President Obama and the Democrats are going to take all our guns, but nothing could be further from the truth. Romney says there is no need for new laws prohibiting the public sale of Assault Weapons even after the recent Aurora, Colorado killings that involved the use of an AR-15 Assault Rifle.. But as Governor of Massachusetts in 2004, Romney signed an Assault Rifle Ban into law. As then Massachusetts Governor, Romney said " Assault Weapons are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people ". So what is Romney saying ? That its ok to sell Assault Weapons anywhere in the USA, except Massachusetts. How could it not be safe in Massachusetts, but safe everywhere else. Another case of Romney's consistent flip flopping or telling you what ever will get him elected. Romney is most likely afraid of the powerful NRA and their Republican stronghold. |
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Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles
posted at July 27, 2012 8:45 AM EDT
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Romney will always flip-flop. It's his nature. About our second amendment. it is here so American people are not defenseless. sure you do not need automatic gun for burglar. 45% of shooting is Accidental: like a daughter came unexpectedly from college and hid in the closet to surprise coming home parents. father shoot (and killed) her thinking it's a burglar. trigger happy bc of fear, i think. so accidents do happen. With cars, planes, etc too. second amendment is here so in case of our country turn totalitarian we are not just a bunch of defenseless sheep (at least i think so. i don't have or use gunns, and i have no intention of getting one) C.Greene talks about Aurora, Co and spreading of TSA to bus And train stations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjtd0rEsNzM&NR=1&feature=endscreen |
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Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles
posted at July 27, 2012 12:42 PM EDT
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I am part Houma Indian and part French from South Louisiana. As long as I can remember we used guns for hunting Nutria, Deer, Alligators etc. It was a tool to make a living not really for defense. We used rifles and shotguns.There were accidents. I can tell you some real tragedies and when guns are involved there will be tragedies. I never owned a pistol and don't want to. I just feel they have caused more problems than they have solved, besides it would be harder to kill deer and alligators with a pistol. As for national defense, if that time ever came, you would need heavier weapons than these little pistols that seem to kill children and innocent people better than if you would be faced with a determined enemy with real fire power like 50 cal. sniper rifles that kill over a mile away. In Response to Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles: Romney will always flip-flop. It's his nature. About our second amendment. it is here so American people are not defenseless. sure you do not need automatic gun for burglar. 45% of shooting is Accidental: like a daughter came unexpectedly from college and hid in the closet to surprise coming home parents. father shoot (and killed) her thinking it's a burglar. trigger happy bc of fear, i think. so accidents do happen. With cars, planes, etc too. second amendment is here so in case of our country turn totalitarian we are not just a bunch of defenseless sheep (at least i think so. i don't have or use gunns, and i have no intention of getting one) C.Greene talks about Aurora, Co and spreading of TSA to bus And train stations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjtd0rEsNzM&NR=1&feature=endscreen Posted by Astra2012 |
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Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles
posted at July 27, 2012 4:09 PM EDT
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Astra, I think C. Greene is a little off base here in his video. President Obama did address the Aurora shootings immediately, stopped his campaign tour, went to Aurora to personally meet with victims and spoke against Assault Weapons being sold to the public.. What more does C.Greene want the President to do ? As far as our over 800,000 Law Enforcement Officers in this great nation, who put their lives on the line everyday to keep us safe, I stand to salute them. What would this nation be like without our " Brave in Blue ". n Response to Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles: Romney will always flip-flop. It's his nature. About our second amendment. it is here so American people are not defenseless. sure you do not need automatic gun for burglar. 45% of shooting is Accidental: like a daughter came unexpectedly from college and hid in the closet to surprise coming home parents. father shoot (and killed) her thinking it's a burglar. trigger happy bc of fear, i think. so accidents do happen. With cars, planes, etc too. second amendment is here so in case of our country turn totalitarian we are not just a bunch of defenseless sheep (at least i think so. i don't have or use gunns, and i have no intention of getting one) C.Greene talks about Aurora, Co and spreading of TSA to bus And train stations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjtd0rEsNzM&NR=1&feature=endscreen
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Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles
posted at July 27, 2012 6:09 PM EDT
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In Response to Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles: Astra, I think C. Greene is a little off base here in his video. President Obama did address the Aurora shootings immediately, stopped his campaign tour, went to Aurora to personally meet with victims and spoke against Assault Weapons being sold to the public.. What more does C.Greene want the President to do ? As far as our over 800,000 Law Enforcement Officers in this great nation, who put their lives on the line everyday to keep us safe, I stand to salute them. What would this nation be like without our " Brave in Blue ". n Response to Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles : Posted by mandm84 he is not talking about Aurora but aboyt police shooting unarmed (I think Latino) guy ln LA. not many people know about that and i don't know why. They have riots there right now. but I disagree on many issues with CG- just wanted to present a view of someone who is for guns. As I said I don't want to have any guns here EVER but they believe it is their right. i wonder---would Hitler be so "brave" if anyone there could carry a gun? so maybe there is some logic there? |
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Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles
posted at July 27, 2012 7:58 PM EDT
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Astra, sometimes nations do have to defend themselves. That's why we have a military. Guns and other weapons don't make an effective fighting force. Training and discipline does that (and lots of it). That's why Guns in the hands of John Wayne wanna-bees are so dangerous. An army is trained to fight as one. A bunch of people with guns with no leadership, training or discipline is an unruly mob who would just get themselves killed or kill innocent people. n Response to Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles: In Response to Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles : he is not talking about Aurora but aboyt police shooting unarmed (I think Latino) guy ln LA. not many people know about that and i don't know why. They have riots there right now. but I disagree on many issues with CG- just wanted to present a view of someone who is for guns. As I said I don't want to have any guns here EVER but they believe it is their right. i wonder---would Hitler be so "brave" if anyone there could carry a gun? so maybe there is some logic there? Posted by Astra2012 |
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Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles
posted at July 27, 2012 11:09 PM EDT
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Astra, I apologize about the Aurora shooting comments. I went to C.Greene's site and mixed your video up with another video he did against President Obama. He doesn't like Obama or Police from what I gather in many of his videos, but CG should put himself in the shoes of the Police Officers who have to make split second life or death decisions in dark alleys against usually armed violent criminals and gang members in the LA hood. It's so easy to play monday morning Quarterback and play the tape back in slow motion and criticize. He's off base on the riot control too. The protestors were throwing rocks and bottles at the police and were setting fires and smashing storefront windows out. The police used rubber bullets and K-9 dogs to hold the threatening crowd back after less aggressive measures failed. Was CG even there ??? As far as the government wanting to take our guns away, he's wrong again, President Obama is talking about banning Assault Weapons, not all guns. It's common sense and CG has gone off the deep end. Maybe CG should go on a police ride along in LA at night and maybe he might see things a little different. An LA Police Officers job separates the men from the boys real quick. Take care Astra Response to Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles: In Response to Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles : he is not talking about Aurora but aboyt police shooting unarmed (I think Latino) guy ln LA. not many people know about that and i don't know why. They have riots there right now. but I disagree on many issues with CG- just wanted to present a view of someone who is for guns. As I said I don't want to have any guns here EVER but they believe it is their right. i wonder---would Hitler be so "brave" if anyone there could carry a gun? so maybe there is some logic there?
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Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles
posted at July 28, 2012 9:20 AM EDT
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Still, it was the 16th UNARMED person killed by LA police this year.and, unlike "public at large" they are traINED TO RESTRAIN THEMSELVES. but John Wayne wonna bes are in police too! (btw CG criticized Ron Paul too, we actually were fighting about that, whom does he like?) now the media talk more about Aurora shooting to keep us in FEAR - do they talk about police shootings? No, because they want us to think it's the isolated case and understandable! NO IT ISN'T. Police carries deadly weapon and should use it only when necessary. if someone is too trigger happy he shouldn't work in the police. of course there is lawsuit against police for millions---guess who will pay it? Taxpayers of course... |
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Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles
posted at July 28, 2012 2:03 PM EDT
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I agree, sometimes some police take things too far and that is where discipline and training comes to play but as a whole the police force try to do what is right. It's not easy when they are out gunned with the criminal having assault rifles and other weapons that the NRA will fight to no end to keep on our streets. But than again in our military where our leaders (George W and Chaney) adopted tatics such as torture and waterboarding and degrading of prisnors that went on in Abu Gharib and Guantanamo prisons, pictures of our military urinating on enemy dead. Those type of tactics has made more enemies for us and guaranteed wars lasting a long long time in the Middle East. Just as the police shootings guaranteed riots in LA. In Response to Re: Romney Flip Flops Again, This Time On Assault Rifles: Still, it was the 16th UNARMED person killed by LA police this year.and, unlike "public at large" they are traINED TO RESTRAIN THEMSELVES. but John Wayne wonna bes are in police too! (btw CG criticized Ron Paul too, we actually were fighting about that, whom does he like?) now the media talk more about Aurora shooting to keep us in FEAR - do they talk about police shootings? No, because they want us to think it's the isolated case and understandable! NO IT ISN'T. Police carries deadly weapon and should use it only when necessary. if someone is too trigger happy he shouldn't work in the police. of course there is lawsuit against police for millions---guess who will pay it? Taxpayers of course... Posted by Astra2012 |
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