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Mark Hamill, a.k.a. Luke Skywalker, tweeted a pro-gun control message in response to the televised shooting of TV news reporters. Conservative twitter predictably lashed out. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Actor Mark Hamill got a lesson in right-wing fragility when he spoke out in favor of gun control in the wake of the murder of two TV journalists in Virginia on Wednesday...
Hamill was referring to sweeping gun-safety laws that went into effect in Australia after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, in which one man armed with a semi-automatic rifle killed 35 people and injured dozens more in a single killing spree.
In the wake of that incident, the Australian government enacted the National Firearms Agreement, making automatic and semi-automatic rifles and pump-action shotguns illegal.
A national gun buy-back program netted more than 640,000 weapons.
Since then, shooting deaths in the country have plummeted. Nonetheless, U.S. gun advocates see the Australian program as anathema and refuse to think of it as anything other than a tyrannical governments means of seizing absolute control over the populace.*
Read more here: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/fcking-embarrassment-conservatives-furious-after-luke-skywalker-actor-supports-gun-control/
randys1
(16,286 posts)WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)He got fired from his job for spending too much company time using company computers to maintain his Muslim hate site instead of getting any work done. He's a ammosexual who always sticks up for the gunman in any situation (Especially if the gunman's a cop and the victim is black- He's also a huge George Zimmerman fan) He picks fights with liberals on Twitter (He loves going after the high profile ones, too) He's waaay up Michelle Malkin's ass, and sends stuff to Twitchy all the time- especially when it's something he's proud of.
For all of that, Aaron the internet tough guy blocks anyone who kicks his ass in an argument. Oh, how he hates me...
randys1
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(7,875 posts)Virginia
(I know, right?)
randys1
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(16,286 posts)PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)a news outfit directly tight to Right Wing News Corp. sure. as is typically the case only the Right Wing generally gets control in place. Reagan did it Bush Sr did it and Mitt Romney all did it. Meanwhile all Democrats can hope for is background checks...