This is the second time that Booker’s gone off script.

NoVAHockey on December 24, 2012 at 10:40 AM

Correct. It requires a special self-delusion to tow the liberal line on gun control. Booker mistakenly thinks that plain-speech will make him a better candidate. But it makes him a poorer Democrat.
This may be why, being ill themselves, leftists cannot recognize illness in those around them who will pick up a gun and act out their inner troubles.

what if Adam Lanza’s Bushmaster was a “Fast and Furious” weapon ?

We know that gun free zones don’t work – they only serve to disarm the innocent in the face of evil.

We know that prohibiting private sale doesn’t work – criminals by definition don’t obey the law so it won’t stop them from being armed – just like banning drugs

We know that registration doesn’t work – did I mention that criminals don’t obey the law, registration only means the government has a real handy way of denying innocent people a means of self defense, not to mention making people feel like subject and not citizens.

We know that Confiscation won’t work again because criminals don’t obey the law and they will just find a way to steal a gun from the government, law enforcement or simply make a gun even IF you were able to get every gun in private hands

We know that criminals don’t buy guns on the open market – so prohibiting private sales won’t work.
We know that criminals don’t register their guns – so registering them won’t work
And we know that criminals won’t have their guns confiscated.

We’ve seen this movie a few times before – after a horrific act of violence the ever so helpful government looks to grab more power by controlling how and when you can buy a gun. All the while solemnly promising it won’t lead to registration.

Then after those measures don’t work – as it always the case – the ever so helpful government grabs even more power by breaking their solemn promise that the first item won’t lead to registration by requiring everyone to get the governments permission to have a gun – registration. All the while solemnly promising it won’t lead to confiscation

Then after those measures don’t work – as it always the case – the ever so helpful government grabs even more power by breaking their solemn promise by confiscating everyone (except the criminals guns)

Then after those measures don’t work – as it always the case – the ever so helpful government….. doesn’t do anything because there are no more guns to grab…. Then moves on to knives

But even if by some miracle, you Statists were to magically accomplish those tasks, the criminals could still MANUFACTURE guns and ammunition.

Today we had another killing in upstate new York.A criminal set a fire and then open fire on the fireman killing 2 and wounding 2.The first words out of the news media mouth.Was he using a assault weapon?If we had a gun band would this have happen?Maybe or maybe not.Then we find out this person a hard core criminal.A long list of violent crimes ending with the violent death by his hands of his grand mother some time in the eighties.Sometime later he was paroled. WHY IN GOD NAME WAS HE LET OUT??? One thing is for damn sure if he was still in jail for the murder these fireman would still be alive.All of you liberal politician in New York.Keep your murders lock up before you start running your mouths about take my second amendments rights away.

logman1 on December 24, 2012 at 4:14 PM

He was a FELON, who was prohibited from coming into contact with firearms.

Why, why, why won’t criminals obey gun control laws? /

Maybe the law abiding citizens will eventually trust you.

Or not.

Locks and gun safes only slow down determined criminals.

SWalker on December 24, 2012 at 2:15 PM

Back in the day the understanding was that locks and such only kept honest people honest. The crook will find a way.

Today we had another killing in upstate new York.A criminal set a fire and then open fire on the fireman killing 2 and wounding 2.The first words out of the news media mouth.Was he using a assault weapon?If we had a gun band would this have happen?Maybe or maybe not.Then we find out this person a hard core criminal.A long list of violent crimes ending with the violent death by his hands of his grand mother some time in the eighties.Sometime later he was paroled. WHY IN GOD NAME WAS HE LET OUT??? One thing is for damn sure if he was still in jail for the murder these fireman would still be alive.All of you liberal politician in New York.Keep your murders lock up before you start running your mouths about take my second amendments rights away.

logman1 on December 24, 2012 at 4:14 PM

Actually, if he had been treated as God intended, there would have been no way for him to kill again.

Sounds like the firemen were a victim of “liberal justice”. Tell me again how this is morally superior…?

Booker wil be changing his stance in a couple of days after pressure from his party. If he doesn’t, I will have more respect for him.

TheLoudTalker on December 24, 2012 at 6:17 PM

He keeps walking off the liberal plantation only to be whipped back in line shortly after. When left to his own thoughts the guy is a closet Republican.

. . . please explain to us why under Dear Leader, gun prosecutions have declined by a whopping 45%?

Del Dolemonte on December 24, 2012 at 5:59 PM

Criminals don’t usually prosecute other criminals, especially if those other criminals serve to advance their agenda.

Chicago had 190+ shootings in a month. The authorities there know if they arrested, tried and locked up about 100 particular gang members – all of whom have been arrested for violent crimes with weapons before, many MULTIPLE TIMES – the shooting rate in that city would plummet.

BUT THEY’LL NEVER DO THAT. Specifically TARGETING gang members is racist, and liberal cities will NEVER do it. So they will continue the insane revolving-door policies that put violent criminals back on the street fast.

LIBERALS BUILT THIS BROKEN JUSTICE SYSTEM. But they don’t want any BLAME for the results of that system being broken. So they have become masters of scape-goating by constantly bringing up the GUN when some crook or crazy person they failed to lock up kills people.

They CAN’T allow the discussion to be about their broken system. They defend that system. They built it. They own it. It’a a compassionate system. IT’S THE BEST SYSTEM. So they can’t let you wingnutz criticize it for putting some violent criminal out there to commit further violent crimes.

What better way to keep the subject off THEIR failures than by insisting the discussion focus on that wingut fixation: GUNS. How dare you! How dare you still stand up for the 2nd Amendment after some crook they let walk kills more people!

They craftily and artfully get away with doing this every single time. The bureaucrats that created the broken justice system and the MSM deliberately seek to make the national conversation about something that reflects badly on the RIGHT, not the Left. And that means the national conversation MUST be about guns, not criminals or crazies.

Here’s a real life example of a broken justice system: I lived in the Virgin Islands for 7 years. One of my friends there had a relative who was a cop that was killed in a shooting this year.

WHY do they get away with it? WHY does this clever – and insidious – strategy ALWAYS work?

For that newspaper in upstate NY that published the local gun-permit list, the best payback would be to stake “Gun Free Home” signs in the front yards of the Publisher, Editors and Reporters.

Another Drew on December 24, 2012 at 8:43 PM

Epic!

FTFY Cory

Teachers have in loco parentis responsibility, and are the last line of defense in the classroom.

Do they trust the teacher enough to be a last-ditch firewall to save their kids’ lives?

Libs, feel free to discuss.

cane_loader on December 24, 2012 at 2:35 PM

WRONG-O, cane_loader, teacher have in loco parentis POWER. Power to compel and indoctrinate and shame. They don’t want the responsibility or actually teaching kids the necesary basics or history or civics, or rational responsibility about anything. Thus the ‘zero tolerance’ policies.

….Granted, it may spur someone to break into your home to steal the gun, but I think far more likely it will persuade bad guys to break into your neighbors that don’t have guns…

Tim Zank on December 24, 2012 at 2:19 PM

Except burglary / theft is the chief way criminals get firearms in the first place, not this ‘gunshow loophole’ red herring.