Obama to cabinet members: I want some proposals on gun-control measures
Obama, who has appeared shaken by the Sandy Hook shootings, met Monday with Biden, who advocated for stricter gun-control measures during his years in the Senate. The president also spoke Monday with Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius “to begin looking at ways the country can respond to the tragedy in Newtown,” according to a White House official who spoke on the condition of anonymity…
At the memorial service Sunday, Obama said he intends to speak to law enforcement officials, mental health experts, educators and others “in the coming weeks” to come up with proposals to reduce gun violence.
By the time the process concludes, White House officials suggested, the proposals will probably include ideas to address mental illness and the violence depicted in popular culture — a strategy aimed at focusing the proposal on more than limiting gun ownership.
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I have a friend who has a small business that makes pneumatic tennis ball launchers for throwing lines into trees for erecting ham radio antennas. He had a customer in Australia who wanted one, he was a wheelchair-bound ham and couldn’t throw a line any other way. Australian law enforcement told him he couldn’t buy it, the launcher was classified as a firearm and was illegal for import.
Socratease on December 18, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Heh! Since they breed like rabbits, you could be on nice little earner, there. You could say the place would be jumping
OldEnglish on December 18, 2012 at 10:36 AM
That’s our communist country, alright. Our Left is just as daft as yours.
OldEnglish on December 18, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Simpson Bowles part deaux
cmsinaz on December 18, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Really, Obamuh wants his cabinet to earn their paychecks? Let me help them–start with a proposal to treat libturdism, the ultimate mental disorder.
stukinIL4now on December 18, 2012 at 10:40 AM
If those poor children had been burned to death with 10 gallons of gasoline, would the President be asking for proposals on gasoline control measures?
Kenosha Kid on December 18, 2012 at 10:40 AM
He appeared shaken, my foot! This incident probably gave him what Moochelle hasn’t given him in years.
This allows him to pick up where Fast and Furious left off.
CurtZHP on December 18, 2012 at 10:50 AM
That’s a very poor analogy, given Obama’s known hatred for cheap energy.
ebrown2 on December 18, 2012 at 10:50 AM
Citizens to barky: We want some proposals on government-control measures.
Lost in Jersey on December 18, 2012 at 11:16 AM
obama and his liberals fantasize about gun owners playing along, but, I can promise you that WE won’t. I know a lot of gun owners (I don’t know anyone who doesn’t own guns), many of them NEW owners since the ’08 election – and I can’t think of anyone who would willingly turn over their weapons to the government. Go to any gun show and listen to the conversations – everyone talks about obama and his plans for grabbing guns – no one supports him in any way – he is viewed as the enemy, and it extends far beyond gun rights.
Pork-Chop on December 18, 2012 at 11:42 AM
Seven Percent Solution on December 18, 2012 at 11:55 AM
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