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Title: Donald Trump goes after Hillary Clinton on guns
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CNN
URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/polit ... mp-national-rifle-association/
Published: May 20, 2016
Author: Jeremy Diamond
Post Date: 2016-05-21 10:24:15 by buckeroo
Keywords: None
Views: 3716
Comments: 28
"We're not going to let that happen," Trump said. "We're going to preserve it, we're going to cherish it." Clinton, who swiftly rebutted Trump's remarks, has called for universal background checks and stricter controls on firearms, but has never called for the abolition of the 2nd Amendment. In fact, on her website, she calls gun ownership "part of the fabric of many law-abiding communities." Trump's claim reiterated a statement he made earlier in the month, though on Friday, he suggested that Clinton would take away gun rights via the Supreme Court. "If she gets to appoint her judges, she will abolish the Second Amendment," Trump told an enthusiastic crowd. "In my opinion, that's what she's going to go for." She quickly responded to Trump's speech on Twitter. "You're wrong, @realDonaldTrump. We can uphold Second Amendment rights while preventing senseless gun violence," she tweeted. You're wrong, @realDonaldTrump. We can uphold Second Amendment rights while preventing senseless gun violence. pic.twitter.com/G7g1AdZWCA — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 20, 2016 Trump hammered home his argument that gun rights are critical to fighting terrorism -- raising the specter of recent terrorist attacks -- but spent most of his speech sharpening his attacks on Clinton. He even referenced Clinton's advantage with women voters, arguing that Clinton is telling "every woman that she doesn't have the right to defend herself" with a firearm. "That is so unfair and that is so egregious and I'll tell you what, my poll numbers with women are starting to go up," he said. Trump also accused Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, of being hypocritical for having armed Secret Service agents around them while calling for stricter gun control measures, and called on the Clintons to "let their bodyguards immediately disarm." Trump on Friday was addressing thousands of NRA members gathered here after the group's CEO, Wayne LaPierre, and the group's chief lobbyist, Chris Cox, energized the crowd by bashing Clinton and urging Republicans to "get over" their sore feelings about the primary process and unite around the presumptive Republican nominee. LaPierre and Cox both argued that the "Second Amendment is on the ballot in November," a position that Trump also took in his speech. While Trump presented himself as a fierce defender of the Second Amendment on Friday, the New York billionaire has not always been such a staunch advocate of the right to bear arms. In his 2000 book, "The America We Deserve," Trump wrote that he supported a ban on assault weapons and argued in favor of a longer waiting period to purchase a gun -- both positions the NRA ardently opposes. Supreme Court at stake, Trump says Trump, who days earlier released a list of his potential Supreme Court nominees, called on Clinton to do the same, saying the Democrat's list would be "night and day" from his. The real estate magnate called the next president's ability to appoint at least one Supreme Court justice "one of the biggest and most important reasons to win this time." Trump's surrogates at the NRA meeting made the same case in interviews with CNN. Sen. Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Republican who heads up Trump's group of national security advisers, and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who ran against Trump in the GOP primary, argued that the appointment of a liberal justice to the Supreme Court could endanger gun rights in America. "The Second Amendment is something that's in jeopardy in this election cycle," Perry said. "I tell people, I say listen, you can argue this thing, you can have a discussion about how many angels can dance at the head of a pin, but at end of the day, you really better keep this simple: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Supreme Court appointment ... If you're a Second Amendment person or anyone who loves the Constitution, Donald Trump's your man." Sessions suggested that Trump's claim that Clinton wants to abolish the Second Amendment was more than just hyperbole, saying "in essence" Clinton would accomplish that by appointing a justice who would reverse the Heller decision. In a statement shortly after the group announced its endorsement of Trump, Cox said "the stakes in this year's presidential election could not be higher for gun owners." "If Hillary Clinton gets the opportunity to replace Antonin Scalia with an anti-gun Supreme Court justice, we will lose the individual right to keep a gun in the home for self-defense," Cox said. "Mrs. Clinton has said that the Supreme Court got it wrong on the Second Amendment. So the choice for gun owners in this election is clear. And that choice is Donald Trump." CNN's Noah Gray contributed to this report.Louisville, Kentucky (CNN)Donald Trump on Friday told the National Rifle Association that Hillary Clinton would take away the right to bear arms -- a position the Democratic front-runner has never taken and immediately denounced. Moments after the gun group endorsed Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee dove right into attacking Clinton, saying she "wants to abolish the Second Amendment."
Trump is against ANYONE other than the government having possession of semi-automatic firearmes.
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#1. To: buckeroo (#0)
She's on tape saying, "...the Supreme Court was wrong on the second amendment".
Trump wants your guns just as much as the witch.
Hey! The Bill of Rights are just "Suggestions",right? BOYCOTT PAYPAL AND CLOSE YOUR PP ACCOUNTS NOW! ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO,TOO! ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
The NRA doesn't think so.
The NRA doesn't OWN the Second Amendment; they are just a sporting group. In fact, they are a primal force about the watered down politicks that Trump endorses; the same politicks that kicked Bob Doles ass.
When it comes to the second amendment, I'll trust their endorsement over yours an any day of the week. any day of the week.
OK, asswipe. Go lick their asses.
I this just a suggestion, or something we can count on?
The NRA doesn't think so. Trump strongly supports the Second Amendment to our Constitution. Furthermore: Trump Releases His Plan for 2nd Amendment… Leaves Millions Furious. Counting Bucky, that now leaves millions plus one insignificant libertarian miscreant furious. Oh well ... never mind ... Bucky is always furious about something.
Show me his support of and about the Second Amendment through his pitiful life span of continued failed TRUMP deals that are successes in his own mind. He is a business man, remember? He sells whatever he wants to sale to you. And you bought it.
Has Bucky ever stated anything we can count on?
I will not waste my time trying to "show" you anything. With your preconceived opinions, you are incorrigible and far beyond correcting, improving, or changing.
Are you aware of Trump's support for the "innovation" of the Second Amendment? No? I thought so.
OK, asswipe. Go lick their asses. “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.” ― Socrates
sarge - get with the program and defend yourself. You intend to vote for Trump, your holy warrior of the Second Amendment based on his current 'thinking.' Why ... he is even endorsed by the NRA! So that means he is a good guy, right? Go fuck yourself, sarge; go back to your potatoe liqueor madness or whatever you call it.
I am fully aware the conventional wisdom is that political experience is a prerequisite for the White House. I go against conventional wisdom and strongly believe that Trump’s career as a billionaire real estate developer has prepared him to be the kind of leader the country needs at this moment in history. You need learn to believe this too. It will prevent severe emotional turmoil and a depressive letdown for you in November.
Proper training and education are key to successfully coming to the correct conclusion, Trump will be the best President. It is therefore reasonable and proper that no defense is needed and I have no reason to assert any kind of defense.
Since you have an extensive background in "potatoe peelin' skin science & technology," please explain "how" ... Trump doesn't explain "how" so, please explain for him.
.. so, please explain for him. If I do, then you will be as smart as I ... and that is something that is never gonna happen.
So, you are hiding your vast array of unique ideas, talents and concepts from publick preview. Do you mean your vast wisdom is intended for the Kanary Klub Klan only?
I will share my cast array of unique ideas, talents and concepts with those intelligent enough to understand them ... of course, this excludes you.
When it comes to the second amendment, I'll trust their endorsement over yours NRA Supported the National Firearms Act of 1934 "The National Rifle Association has been in support of workable, enforceable gun control legislation since its very inception in 1871." —NRA Executive Vice President Franklin L. Orth, NRA's American Rifleman Magazine, March 1968, P. 22 The NRA Actively Supported Gun Control for 94 Years ...it’s worth noting that up until the late 1970s, the NRA was one of the most outspoken proponents of gun control legislation. In fact, the NRA actually helped President Roosevelt draft the first federal gun control laws—The National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Gun Control Act of 1938. These laws imposed heavy taxes and restrictions on certain classes of firearms—machine guns, silencers, and sawed-off shotguns—and forced gun sellers to register with the federal government. Karl T. Frederick, the association’s president at the time, told congress, “I have never believed in the general practice of carrying weapons. I do not believe in the general promiscuous toting of guns. I think it should be sharply restricted and only under licenses.” Last I checked, the year was 2016.
Yeah, I heard that the other day. Well, she can ESAD !! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Well, neither one can have them! Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
" Trump wants your guns just as much as the witch. " Sour grapes from the disgruntled Paultard. lol I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
The nra gives kasich an a rating. Today.
For the last 6 years, actually. Before that, they gave him an "F". But the NRA endorsed Trump, today, and that's all that matters.
"the presumptive GOP nominee dove right into attacking Clinton, saying she "wants to abolish the Second Amendment."
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
#3. To: buckeroo (#0)
Trump is against ANYONE other than the government having possession of semi-automatic firearmes.
#4. To: buckeroo (#2)
"Trump wants your guns just as much as the witch."
#5. To: misterwhite (#4)
The NRA doesn't think so.
#6. To: buckeroo (#5)
"The NRA doesn't OWN the Second Amendment; they are just a sporting group."
#7. To: misterwhite (#6)
I'll trust their endorsement over yours an any day of the week.
#8. To: buckeroo (#0)
Donald Trump goes after Hillary Clinton on guns
#9. To: misterwhite (#4)
(Edited)
Trump wants your guns just as much as the witch."
#10. To: Gatlin (#9)
Trump strongly supports the Second Amendment to our Constitution.
#11. To: rlk, Buckeroo (#8)
...something we can count on?
#12. To: buckeroo (#10)
Show me ...
#13. To: Gatlin (#12)
#14. To: buckeroo, misterwhite (#7)
I'll trust their endorsement over yours an any day of the week.
#15. To: Gatlin (#14)
#16. To: buckeroo (#13)
Are you aware ...
#17. To: buckeroo (#15)
- get with the program and defend yourself.
#18. To: Gatlin (#17)
Trump will be the best President
#19. To: buckeroo (#18)
#20. To: Gatlin (#19)
If I do,
#21. To: buckeroo (#20)
#22. To: misterwhite, buckeroo, Gatlin, GrandIsland (#6)
"The NRA doesn't OWN the Second Amendment; they are just a sporting group."
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#23. To: Deckard (#22)
"NRA Supported the National Firearms Act of 1934"
#24. To: misterwhite (#1)
" She's on tape saying, "...the Supreme Court was wrong on the second amendment". "
#25. To: buckeroo (#2)
" Trump wants your guns just as much as the witch. "
#26. To: Stoner (#25)
(Edited)
Sucky Ba ba ba ba Bucky...
#27. To: misterwhite (#23)
#28. To: A K A Stone (#27)
The nra gives kasich an a rating. Today.
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