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Statement from Hillary Clinton on guns and video games (Original Post)
Gothmog
Aug 2019
OP
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. Hear! Hear! Madame President!!! (nt)
Thank you so much
lapucelle
(18,258 posts)3. I can't help but shake my head and sigh.
From our 2016 platform:
Preventing Gun Violence
With 33,000 Americans dying every year, Democrats believe that we must finally take sensible action to address gun violence. While responsible gun ownership is part of the fabric of many communities, too many families in America have suffered from gun violence.
We can respect the rights of responsible gun owners while keeping our communities safe. To build on the success of the lifesaving Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, we will expand and strengthen background checks and close dangerous loopholes in our current laws; repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to revoke the dangerous legal immunity protections gun makers and sellers now enjoy; and keep weapons of warsuch as assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines (LCAMs)off our streets.
We will fight back against attempts to make it harder for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to revoke federal licenses from law breaking gun dealers, and ensure guns do not fall into the hands of terrorists, intimate partner abusers, other violent criminals, and those with severe mental health issues. There is insufficient research on effective gun prevention policies, which is why the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must have the resources it needs to study gun violence as a public health issue
With 33,000 Americans dying every year, Democrats believe that we must finally take sensible action to address gun violence. While responsible gun ownership is part of the fabric of many communities, too many families in America have suffered from gun violence.
We can respect the rights of responsible gun owners while keeping our communities safe. To build on the success of the lifesaving Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, we will expand and strengthen background checks and close dangerous loopholes in our current laws; repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to revoke the dangerous legal immunity protections gun makers and sellers now enjoy; and keep weapons of warsuch as assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines (LCAMs)off our streets.
We will fight back against attempts to make it harder for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to revoke federal licenses from law breaking gun dealers, and ensure guns do not fall into the hands of terrorists, intimate partner abusers, other violent criminals, and those with severe mental health issues. There is insufficient research on effective gun prevention policies, which is why the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must have the resources it needs to study gun violence as a public health issue
https://democrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2016_DNC_Platform.pdf
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)6. Indeed. (nt)
sdfernando
(4,935 posts)4. and the response are on her twitter thread are sickening.
Really, these people are so full of "Hillary" hate that it completely clouds their judgment. Jeez people...I just don't understand them.
debsy
(530 posts)5. She must have read Mrs. Betty Bowers lol
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)15. I love Betty Bowers
BootinUp
(47,148 posts)7. Yep. Nt
KPN
(15,645 posts)8. Thank you Hillary!
We need to all remember, use and share that obvious but somehow never mentioned point all the frigging time.
mnhtnbb
(31,389 posts)9. Can't you just hear Hillary and Bill talking about this?
"It's the guns, stupid."
ffr
(22,670 posts)10. My President.
world wide wally
(21,743 posts)11. Too logical...
Let's see her emails.
llmart
(15,539 posts)13. Thank you Madame President.
The gun nutters have hated both of the Clintons since Bill was the President. They hated them for their stance on sensible gun control.
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)14. There's a reason the most hateful fringe of the right wing is supporting Donald Trump.
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)16. H. Clinton warned that Trump was emboldening white supremacists was "taking hate groups mainstream