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spanone

(135,827 posts)
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 03:01 PM Jun 2016

Donald Trump Wishes There Had Been More Armed Orlando Clubgoers Shooting Blindly In The Crowded Room

Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, believes that if there’d been more people with guns at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Saturday night, the horrific massacre that resulted in at least 50 people dead wouldn’t have been as bad.

“If you had some guns in that club the night that this took place, if you had guns on the other side, you wouldn’t have had the tragedy that you had,” Trump said in a CNN interview Monday morning.

Trump is pushing the “good guy with a gun” theory, a favorite of groups like the National Rifle Association that want to stop any gun control measures. The argument is that mass shootings can be stopped more quickly if other people have guns and are able to fire back at the shooter .

But as CNN pointed out to Trump, there actually was a good guy with a gun at the Orlando nightclub. As the Los Angeles Times reported:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-orlando-guns_us_575eb3b5e4b00f97fba8ccf2
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Donald Trump Wishes There Had Been More Armed Orlando Clubgoers Shooting Blindly In The Crowded Room (Original Post) spanone Jun 2016 OP
He needs that NRA money. redstatebluegirl Jun 2016 #1
Rootin' Tootin' Donald McChump C_U_L8R Jun 2016 #2
he's a boil on america's ass....at best spanone Jun 2016 #3
There was a good guy with a gun. It didn't matter. Renew Deal Jun 2016 #4
To be kind malaise Jun 2016 #5
much too kind.... spanone Jun 2016 #6
Hi there malaise Jun 2016 #7

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
1. He needs that NRA money.
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 03:03 PM
Jun 2016

He doesn't have a lot of financial support so he needs the deep pockets of those nuts.

C_U_L8R

(44,999 posts)
2. Rootin' Tootin' Donald McChump
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 03:06 PM
Jun 2016

I really didn't think there could be a person
on this planet dumber than Sarah Palin and
Dopie Donald has just seized the title.
Take another victory lap there, your greatness.

Renew Deal

(81,856 posts)
4. There was a good guy with a gun. It didn't matter.
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 03:09 PM
Jun 2016

What would have mattered? The bad guy not having a gun.

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