Barack Obama signals beginning of gun culture fight as pro-gun advocates go silent following Newtown massacre
Associated Press and National Post Staff | Dec 17, 2012 11:03 AM ET
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U.S. President Barack Obama returns
to the White House after traveling to Connecticut on December 16, 2012
in Washington, D.C. Obama met with first responders and the families of
victims of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Pro-gun advocates have gone silent
in the wake of Friday’s deadly school shooting in Connecticut while
U.S. President Barack Obama has given his strongest indication yet that
he will move forward with a crackdown on the United States’ gun culture.
On the weekend political shows, only one pro-gun activist dared appear. Texas Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert argued that if the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School had an assault rifle in her office, she could have stopped the shooting that killed 20 of her students, instead of dying trying to stop the gunman.
David Gregory, the host of “Meet the Press,” said NBC invited all 31 “pro-gun” senators to appear on Sunday’s show, and all 31 declined. All eight Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were unavailable or unwilling to appear on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” host Bob Schieffer said.
On the weekend political shows, only one pro-gun activist dared appear. Texas Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert argued that if the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School had an assault rifle in her office, she could have stopped the shooting that killed 20 of her students, instead of dying trying to stop the gunman.
David Gregory, the host of “Meet the Press,” said NBC invited all 31 “pro-gun” senators to appear on Sunday’s show, and all 31 declined. All eight Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were unavailable or unwilling to appear on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” host Bob Schieffer said.
Labels: Armaments, Catastrophe, Human Fallibility, Social-Cultural Deviations, United States
posted by Pieface @ Monday, December 17, 2012
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