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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 04:30 PM Feb 2018

WH: Trump doesn't support assault weapons ban

Source: The Hill




BY JONATHAN EASLEY - 02/22/18 03:02 PM EST

The White House said Thursday that President Trump does not support a ban on “assault weapons.”

Democrats are calling on lawmakers to enact a ban on semi-automatic weapons that have been fashioned to fire more rapidly, like the AR-15 that was used to kill 17 students at a high school in Florida last week.

The president once supported a ban on “assault weapons,” but White House press secretary Raj Shah said it is not something the president is considering at this point.

“He campaigned for president and was opposed to the assault weapons ban, and his position hasn't changed on that,” Shah said.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/375120-wh-trump-doesnt-support-assault-weapons-ban

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WH: Trump doesn't support assault weapons ban (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2018 OP
And the NRA has SPOKEN! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2018 #1
POS, what an asshole.................. turbinetree Feb 2018 #2
Trump supports Trump Freethinker65 Feb 2018 #3
Trump did not listen to the Danish prime minister... TomVilmer Feb 2018 #4
we wouldn't convince these assholes of anything... dhill926 Feb 2018 #5
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turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
2. POS, what an asshole..................
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 04:42 PM
Feb 2018

sitting in that fucking chair in the white house, hearing about fucking the carnage, with those psychopathic fucking eyes...................and thinking what the fuck are these people doing here, I have to schedule my golf outing for this weekend.......................no surprise it only took 24 hours



TomVilmer

(1,832 posts)
4. Trump did not listen to the Danish prime minister...
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 04:54 PM
Feb 2018

Our Danish prime minister is normally an asshole, who would do anything to please USA.
Now we can also tease him because his English is as bad as mine .


dhill926

(16,346 posts)
5. we wouldn't convince these assholes of anything...
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 06:00 PM
Feb 2018

even if their own children were slaughtered. Bankrupt them. Outvote them. Marginalize them.

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