Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal backs banning assault weapons

[Phantasmal]

It seems the first thing that should be tackled is the gang's, Deal with them by any means necessary (No more Mr nice cops) and then see where the situation stands, Then both parties can sit down and talk it out.

In our town the police department as met with the parents of the most offending community, a task force has been forced to work together to find solutions. I am optimistic, the latter part of 2012 has seen no shootings

 

[Renegade230]

I caught McChrystal on Morning Joe this morning. I hope some people who oppose any gun sense in this country will consider the words of a soldier.

Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal backed banning assault weapons on Tuesday, saying guns like the M4 and M16 belong in the hands of soldiers, not on the streets.

”I spent a career carrying typically either a M16 and later, a M4 carbine,” McChrystal said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “And a M4 carbine fires a .223 caliber round, which is 5.56 millimeters, at about 3,000 feet per second. When it hits a human body, the effects are devastating. It’s designed to do that. That’s what our soldiers ought to carry.”

He added, “I personally don’t think there’s any need for that kind of weaponry on the streets and particularly around the schools in America. I believe that we’ve got to take a serious look — I understand everybody’s desire to have whatever they want — we have to protect our children and our police and we have to protect our population. And I think we have to take a very mature look at that.”

Read more: Stanley McChrystal backs gun restrictions - Kevin Robillard - POLITICO.com


"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government"
Thomas Jefferson to the Republican Citizens of Washington County, Maryland" (March 31, 1809).

Gen. McChrystal and his predecessor Gen. Wesley Clark are both bad examples of us army generals, as both are opposed to the 2d amendment

 

[Renegade230]

I caught McChrystal on Morning Joe this morning. I hope some people who oppose any gun sense in this country will consider the words of a soldier.

Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal backed banning assault weapons on Tuesday, saying guns like the M4 and M16 belong in the hands of soldiers, not on the streets.

”I spent a career carrying typically either a M16 and later, a M4 carbine,” McChrystal said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “And a M4 carbine fires a .223 caliber round, which is 5.56 millimeters, at about 3,000 feet per second. When it hits a human body, the effects are devastating. It’s designed to do that. That’s what our soldiers ought to carry.”

He added, “I personally don’t think there’s any need for that kind of weaponry on the streets and particularly around the schools in America. I believe that we’ve got to take a serious look — I understand everybody’s desire to have whatever they want — we have to protect our children and our police and we have to protect our population. And I think we have to take a very mature look at that.”

Read more: Stanley McChrystal backs gun restrictions - Kevin Robillard - POLITICO.com


"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government"
Thomas Jefferson to the Republican Citizens of Washington County, Maryland" (March 31, 1809).

Gen. McChrystal and gen. Clark are both anti 2d amendment

 

[IBDaMann]

I caught McChrystal on Morning Joe this morning.

Well, I can already tell what the errors are going to be.

I hope some people who oppose any gun sense in this country will consider the words of a soldier.

Nope. You know McChrystal was fired, right? Excessively poor judgement.

Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal backed banning assault weapons

... and how did McChrystal unambiguously define "assault weapon"? That is a bogus, undefined buzzword thrown around by leftists to sow fear and panic, without ever stating any sort of logical argument.

So how did he define it?

He added, “I personally don’t think there’s any need for that kind of weaponry

Again, what is "that kind" of weaponry?

on the streets and particularly around the schools in America.

Of course not in the streets; in my hands is where my self defense belongs.

I'm certain that prepositional phrase "around the schools" wasn't gratuitously included just to hype fear and panic. I'm sure you'll explain to everyone what McChrystal meant by declaring that I don't need to defend myself if I am violently attacked "around" a school, right?

I understand everybody’s desire to have whatever they want

... by fucking definition!

— we have to protect our children and our police

I'm sure you tell everyone how my self defense threatens our children and our police.

and we have to protect our population.

... by disarming law-abiding citizens? You have that backwards. To protect our population, we arm the shit out of them.

Were you born yesterday, or the day before?