Sen. Klobuchar Calls for More 'Sensible' Gun Control After Mass Shooting in Aurora, IL

[DonViejo]

by Julio Rosas | Feb 16th, 2019, 6:52 pm

In the wake of the mass shooting in Aurora, Illinois that left five people dead on Friday, presidential candidate and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) called for more gun control during a campaign stop in Wisconsin.

“It is time to do something about, by the way, after the tragedy in what we saw happen in Aurora, Illinois yesterday. It is time to put sensible gun legislation in place,” Klobuchar said to voters.

“I actually sat across from the president at that meeting, because I have a bill, a bipartisan bill, involving domestic violence, I counted nine times he said he was for universal background checks,” she added.

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The National Rifle Association asked on Twitter what she would have proposed to stop him from obtaining the firearm. Guns & Ammo magazine listed Illinois 41 out of 50 for best states for gun owners

Link to tweet

[UncleTomsEvilBrother]

1. With all due respect to the Senator,...

..."sensible gun control" is a soft response for people who don't have a plan.

However, she did say something about background checks. That's a start.

[beachbum bob]

2. background check failed in this case, so her comment not really relevent in this instance

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Just Learned Something On That Topic

CNN report said the FOID background check does not require fingerprinting.
The concealed carry law does, and he got flagged when he applied for that.
Seems a mystery why the gun wasn't relinquished once he got flagged.
Thing is, my retirement intention is to substitute teach a little, and THAT requires separate fingerprinting in every county one wishes to get authorization. So I had to pay the fee twice, and I wasn't trying to buy a deadly weapon.

[aikoaiko]

6. It's still not clear to me why the FOID background check didn't work.

It’s not like his name wasn’t in the system.

Sounds like a weakness in the FOID check.

[beachbum bob]

8. Ya, I have Illinois FOID card and wonder fingerprints were not required, power of NRA I suspect

[BlueStater]

3. We'll never get through to some of these gun-humping kooks.

They'll always believe that any calls for reasonable gun control is a cry to remove all guns and you'll never be able to convince them otherwise.

And, yes, I will call them gun-humpers. Sorry to anyone here who has a problem with that. You can't convince me it's not partly a fetish thing when I see crap like this.

[smirkymonkey]

7. That's just gross.

[BlueWI]

5. We were at this event!

Excellent presentation and connection with the audience. Senator Kloubuchar was on point on many issues. I also liked her demeanor very much. I have met her previously in a discussion circle, and her growth over the years as a leader is easy to see. She's a well-prepared and impressive candidate.