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Report: Obama to push assault weapons ban next year

Press secretary Jay Carney said the president would back Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) when she introduces legislation at the opening of the next Congress to ban certain assault weapons in the United States.

Carney said the president would also support other gun-control efforts, including legislation to close the “gun show loophole” on background checks and prevent the sale of high-capacity ammunition clips.

The president has reached out to lawmakers who have expressed a new willingness to consider gun restrictions in the wake of Friday’s mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., that claimed the lives of 27 people, including 20 children. Carney said Obama has been “heartened” by the willingness to consider such measures from Democrats who have been strong supporters of gun rights.

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Obama also did a great job turning out the black racist troglodytes. Seriously, how stupid do you have to be to watch Democrats run black neighborhoods into the ground over the last 50 years and keep on voting for them?

The Count on December 18, 2012 at 6:33 PM

strong signs of intelligent life returned in time for 2012.

sesquipedalian on December 18, 2012 at 6:09 PM

Yep. 82% of PA high school dropouts voted for your guy. That’s 12% more than voted form him in 2008.

Del Dolemonte on December 18, 2012 at 6:34 PM

Del Dolemonte on December 18, 2012 at 6:05 PM

if soccer games were only 80 minutes, tottenham would be leading the league. alas, games are 90 minutes long, not 80, so they’re fourth.

bin laden mentioned clinton because, according to my sources, he was president at the time.

this is awfully weak sauce for such a wild accusation.

sesquipedalian on December 18, 2012 at 6:12 PM

You totally ignore my bin Laden quote, because it doesn’t fit your agenda.

F-

What I left out of the quote? bin Laden also said that his animosity towards Clinton was personal, and not simply because “he was president at the time.” He was especially critical of Clinton’s moral failings.

Keep amusing us.

Del Dolemonte on December 18, 2012 at 6:39 PM

also, just for the record, obama won by 3.7% and 332-206, whereas bush won by 2.4% and 286-251. not the same.

sesquipedalian on December 18, 2012 at 6:21 PM

Thanks for proving our point.

In 2004, Bush and Thurston Howell the 3rd basically split the high school dropout vote, so Bush’s margin of victory was smaller than your Dear Leader’s 4 years later.

But as I correctly noted, Dear Leader got 70% of the Stupid Vote in 2008, and well over 80% in two swing states in 2012.

So the only reason he is winning is because he is successfully getting more Stupid People like yourself to vote for him.

Del Dolemonte on December 18, 2012 at 6:43 PM

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