Editor Is Fired, but Not Silenced, Over the NRA

christiefan915 said:
You can rest easily knowing the guns in the San Bernardino killings were legal. Hope that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

"The two assault-style rifles that the attackers used to carry out a shooting massacre in San Bernardino on Wednesday were legally purchased in California due to a technical loophole in the state's assault weapons ban."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...lt-rifles-california_5661f892e4b079b2818ea0ac
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What was the "technical" loophole genius?
 
christiefan915 said:
You can rest easily knowing the guns in the San Bernardino killings were legal. Hope that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

"The two assault-style rifles that the attackers used to carry out a shooting massacre in San Bernardino on Wednesday were legally purchased in California due to a technical loophole in the state's assault weapons ban."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...lt-rifles-california_5661f892e4b079b2818ea0ac
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No....actually I don't feel too good knowing how these terrorists were lose in the country right under Obamas nose and he didn't know it...hes even responsible for letting the women in
with a visa and given a green card, the bitch shouldn't have even been allowed into this country and now 14 people are dead.

.....Yeah....our vetting works so don't worry huh??? Obama's either an idiot, a liar, or totally incompetent....or all three if he thinks that any law banning the sale any weapons to US citizens will stop terrorists and criminals from getting them......they don't give one shit about the law....

There was no technical loop hole....the buyer wasn't even on the gov. radar....he bought them legally.....

There is already a law prohibiting the straw purchases and the FBI didn't detect that....Obama's FBI...so do you have a suggestion?....to not allow anyone to buy a gun, is that it ?

Can't you think up a way to blame George Bush maybe ?
 
NOVA said:
No....actually I don't feel too good knowing how these terrorists were lose in the country right under Obamas nose and he didn't know it...hes even responsible for letting the women in
with a visa and given a green card, the bitch shouldn't have even been allowed into this country and now 14 people are dead.

.....Yeah....our vetting works so don't worry huh??? Obama's either an idiot, a liar, or totally incompetent....or all three if he thinks that any law banning the sale any weapons to US citizens will stop terrorists and criminals from getting them......they don't give one shit about the law....

There was no technical loop hole....the buyer wasn't even on the gov. radar....he bought them legally.....

There is already a law prohibiting the straw purchases and the FBI didn't detect that....Obama's FBI...so do you have a suggestion?....to not allow anyone to buy a gun, is that it ?

Can't you think up a way to blame George Bush maybe ?
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Can you believe how uninformed she is? The guy who bought the guns BROKE the law. There was no loophole.
 
christiefan915 said:
You can rest easily knowing the guns in the San Bernardino killings were legal. Hope that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

"The two assault-style rifles that the attackers used to carry out a shooting massacre in San Bernardino on Wednesday were legally purchased in California due to a technical loophole in the state's assault weapons ban."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...lt-rifles-california_5661f892e4b079b2818ea0ac
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Farook and Malik illegally tampered with the rifles to make their rampage even deadlier, according to Davis. The Smith & Wesson M&P15 had been altered in a failed attempt to make it function like an automatic weapon, she said, while the DPMS A-15 was modified to accommodate 30-round magazines.

And just in case you didn't know, the 30 mags. were not even pertinent....changing a 10 round mag. takes about 3 seconds....6 seconds wouldn't change a thing.



If you lefties want to blame a law with a loophole, then blame the Democrat morons in Calif. that crafted the law....their is no one else to blame .....
 
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I Love America said:
Can you believe how uninformed she is? The guy who bought the guns BROKE the law. There was no loophole.
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The law was followed to a tee.....if thats what they call a loophole, let 'em....it makes no difference at all....idiots in Calif. crafted the law, she can take it up with them.
 
christiefan915 said:
Nobody's talking about illegal aliens with guns. It was your gang of bumbling goons who voted to let those on the terror watch list buy guns. How can you prove they're all pure as the driven snow?

Well, wouldn’t you know it? “Membership in a terrorist organization does not prohibit a person from possessing firearms or explosives under current federal law,” according to the Government Accountability Office and now a report from the federal agency finds that over 2,000 individuals on the FBI’s terrorist watch list have indeed successfully and legally purchased a firearm from 2004 to 2014.
The Washington Post highlighted the findings of the GAO’s March report in light of Friday’s terror attacks in Paris:

"Between 2004 and 2014, suspected terrorists attempted to purchase guns from American dealers at least 2,233 times. And in 2,043 of those cases — 91 percent of the time — they succeeded. There are about 700,000 people on the watch-list — a point that civil libertarians have made to underscore that many on the list may be family members or acquaintances of people with potential terrorist connections."

http://www.salon.com/2015/11/18/nra..._legally_purchased_guns_in_the_last_10_years/
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I know you're against it; but we have this pesky thing called innocent until proven guilty.
Do you have any proof that just because someone is on a list, that it means they're guilty of something?
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
I know you're against it; but we have this pesky thing called innocent until proven guilty.
Do you have any proof that just because someone is on a list, that it means they're guilty of something?
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Should someone on a terror watch list be prevented from having an abortion?

Voting?

Any other "rights" they should be denied or just the 2nd?

Even though I am responding to you, the question is for KKKhristiefan. I am sure she will have to check in what Darla to know what to think
 
I Love America said:
Should someone on a terror watch list be prevented from having an abortion?

Voting?

Any other "rights" they should be denied or just the 2nd?

Even though I am responding to you, the question is for KKKhristiefan. I am sure she will have to check in what Darla to know what to think
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What do you think? Should the terror watch list be ignored?
 
christiefan915 said:
This is how the NRA takes care of people who defy it. Hope you gun lovers are proud of how they worked to stifle free speech.

"Five days after the shootings in San Bernardino, California, Jan Larson McLaughlin sat down in her home office on her day off and wrote her weekly editorial for the Sentinel-Tribune, circulation 9,000, in Bowling Green, Ohio. McLaughlin has worked for the newspaper for 31 years, the past 2 1/2 as editor-in-chief. She usually writes her editorial in the newsroom, but this one required special care. She was taking on the National Rifle Association, and she was doing it in Ohio.

Her editorial began: "It is time for reasonable gun owners to take back control of the association that supposedly represents them. We as a nation are still mourning one mass shooting when the next occurs. Yet the NRA refuses to discuss any type of gun control, any form of background checks, any type of study that might lead to some answers. Instead, when legislators consider measures to reduce gun deaths, the NRA and its tentacle groups assign them failing grades and label them as anti-gun."

She then focused on the Buckeye Firearms Association for its "blasted criticism" of Bowling Green State University faculty members who had written to state Rep. Tim Brown asking that he not support legislation to allow concealed carry of firearms on Ohio college campuses. Brown voted for it.

The gun group used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain the list of faculty members who had written to Brown. It published their names and email addresses, singling out geology professor James Evans for special retribution by publishing his photo, too, because he called the NRA a "terrorist organization" in his email to Brown. McLaughlin described the rush of threatening emails to Evans from members of the firearms association. (Evans confirmed this in an interview Tuesday.)

After defending the faculty members, McLaughlin ended her editorial with a plea: "We've tried arming every citizen who is so inclined. It hasn't solved the problem. So let's look for other solutions, ones that reasonable gun owners can support. But that will mean responsible gun owners are first going to have to take back control of their national organization, which seems more concerned about the gun industry than the average gun owner."

Early the next morning, McLaughlin sent her editorial to Publisher Karmen Concannon, whose parents own the broadsheet, which publishes Monday through Saturday. McLaughlin also sent the editorial to three of her six staff writers. This is her practice in the small newsroom so that they can catch errors and offer criticism. McLaughlin described what happened next: That Tuesday evening, the publisher told her she had killed the editorial, with little explanation. On Wednesday, the six staff writers submitted a letter to Concannon, asking her to reconsider. She refused to read it. The next day, McLaughlin walked into the publisher's office, asking for an explanation, but Concannon said she didn't owe her one.

The following Monday morning, Concannon told McLaughlin she was fired and ordered her to surrender her keys before being escorted out of the building. She was allowed to return to the newsroom that evening to empty her desk. McLaughlin's termination letter stated that she was fired for insubordination — for doing what she always does, which is to share her editorial with staff writers. The publisher's explanation doesn't pass the straight-face test, which may be why Concannon has refused multiple requests for interviews...

You could reasonably ask, "Why should I care what happened at a small-town newspaper in Ohio?"

I suggest a different question: How often is this happening in our communities?

McLaughlin said that before she left the building, the publisher offered her a severance package. For her 31 years of service, the paper was willing to pay Jan Larson McLaughlin $5,000 — but only if she agreed not to talk about what had happened.

To the benefit of all of us, she declined.

http://www.creators.com/liberal/connie-schultz/editor-is-fired-but-not-silenced-over-the-nra.html
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Thus should smoke out all the gun loonies!
 
NOVA said:
I don't want you to support right wing positions....I want to support the Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights and not try to make up rights the never were nor
infringe on rights that the gov. was specifically ordered not to.....
IN other words, don't try to re-write what was settled law 225 years ago....

And it seems, being a left winger, you can't even do those simple things....
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Settled law then was everybody having a right to a musket, so be it!
 
Borboletta said:
I despair for your country!
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I do too especially if we keep heading down the path of your God forsaken country. But don't worry, the muslimes will eat you last. One day you will wish you had guns. Hopefully we won't bail your limey asses out again. Nothing would please me more than to see you beheaded by ISIS militants so I can say "I told you so"
 
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