Sen. Chris Murphy: ‘Republicans Have Decided to Sell Weapons to ISIS’

[kpete]

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) told the Washington Post be that Republicans are partially culpable for attacks like the Orlando nightclub shooting because they refuse to restrict gun sales to those on the terror watch list.

Said Murphy: “We’ve got to make this clear, constant case that Republicans have decided to sell weapons to ISIS.”

He added: “ISIS has decided that the assault weapon is the new airplane, and Republicans, in refusing to close the terror gap, refusing to pass bans on assault weapons, are allowing these weapons to get in the hands of potential lone-wolf attackers. We’ve got to make this connection and make it in very stark terms.”

https://politicalwire.com/2016/06/20/republicans-have-decided-to-sell-weapons-to-isis/

[scscholar]

1. Republicans think due process is more important than safety

If you're dead, rights don't matter.

[friendly_iconoclast]

10. I think due process is more important than safety, and I'm no Republican

[meaculpa2011]

15. The most important words in the...

English language are... DUE PROCESS!!!

I never thought I'd have to say this on a progressive forum.

[Just reading posts]

16. So did Ben Franklin. How 'bout that?

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

[scscholar]

23. Franklin wasn't facing the type of mass weapons we do now!

I'm sure he would change his mind after 9/11 and the constant mass shootings.

[Just reading posts]

24. Ben Franklin....champion of the Patriot Act and foe of due process!

[JustinL]

18. so do I n/t

[Abq_Sarah]

28. But while you're still alive

They matter very much.

I can't believe anyone on this site would seriously argue in favor of tossing out the 5th amendment.

[scscholar]

32. Journalists disagree with you!

Look at how they're attacking the Republicans for saying safety isn't important, but due process is. They are correct in their attacks on our very lives.

[Abq_Sarah]

33. I'm guessing

"Journalists" are very concerned about the 1st amendment. Too bad they can't give the same devotion to the rest of the Bill of Rights.

[msongs]

2. the true story is homophobic gun owner shoots up gay night club...NOT anything ISIS

related

[orleans]

9. agree n/t

[drray23]

3. He is right.

There is no other way to put it. Not only terrorists but also deranged people here in the US.

[Travis_0004]

4. If members of ISIS are in the US why don't we arrest them?

[DesertFlower]

7. have you heard about the "lone wolf"?

[alittlelark]

12. If u have a day or two to discuss that comlex issue......

.....get back to me.

[Feeling the Bern]

13. Because preventive detention is illegal and unconstitutional.

Until they break a law, there is nothing that can be done.

[linuxman]

19. So is preventative stripping of rights,

which is what this thread is about.

[Feeling the Bern]

20. What rights? Where is the well regulated militia?

[linuxman]

22. Feel free to look up the SC rulings, legal opinions,

case precedents, and the words of our very own constitutional scholar president on the matter. It's settled in about every single sense of the word.

/The second protects the rights of the people to keep and bear arms. Feel free to get it amended to "When serving in the militia". No seriously. Do it. Free country.

[Feeling the Bern]

25. I am not in the mood to argue with a Gun Hugger, thank you.

Your murder enablers are more important than human life. I get that.

Please leave me alone. 49 dead in Orlando is not as important and murder devices.

[linuxman]

26. See ya!

[BootinUp]

5. Keep up the pressure Chris! nt

[femmocrat]

6. Good! Democrats need to hit them hard on this.

The ads for GE practically write themselves.

[DesertFlower]

8. chris is right.

[glennward]

11. this would make a wonderful ad to be run in 50 states! nt

[likesmountains 52]

14. The responses about due process, not ISIS blah, blah, blah..

Don't I have a right to go about my daily life without being mowed down by someone who should not have an AR15?

[friendly_iconoclast]

17. Due process is more important than an imagined 'right to safety'

These watch lists were bullshit when Bush and Cheney cooked them up,
and smell no better now...

[Feeling the Bern]

21. No. Their right to own their murder enabler is more important than your right to breath

Don't you understand the AR15 is more important? People are replaceable. . .won't someone think of the poor, defenseless gun?

[Abq_Sarah]

34. You seem to be onboard

With eliminating the 2nd and 5th amendments to the Constitution. Are there any other protected rights you'd like to see eliminated?

(I can't believe that's a question I'd ever have to ask on this forum)

[Feeling the Bern]

36. 2nd amendment. . .restricted. Explain how I am going to eliminating self-incrimination

Gun hugger logic is so fun to listen to. Especially when I tell people I own a 30-06 hunting rifle and a 12 gauge shotgun.

[Abq_Sarah]

38. Perhaps you should read the entire amendment

You know, that little part about Due Process?

[Feeling the Bern]

39. You hug your gun. I'll work to protect innocents from murder enablers like AR15

We're done. I have no patience for NRA talking points on DU. Bye.

[Abq_Sarah]

29. No.

You don't have a right to be protected from harm via firearms any more than you have a right to be protected by an idiot drunk/distracted driver.

[lancer78]

30. You are 20 times

more likely to be killed getting in your car today than be murdered by an AR15. How are you able to function under a constant state of fear?

[Orrex]

31. The car serves a daily practical purpose for hundreds of millions of Americans

The AR-15 does not.

Any supposed comparison between the lethality of a car and an AR-15 must account for the fact that cars serve a purpose beyond launching a deadly hypersonic projectile.

[Feeling the Bern]

37. Purpose of car: get from point A to point B.

Purpose of AR-15: kill lots of people in short time.

More NRA talking points.

[PatrickforO]

27. Interesting take on it. I'm not sure it is entirely a fair statement, though doubtless

many of the weapons sold by our MIC with the blessing of the government do end up in the wrong hands, and may actually be used against us. That's the sick thing about capitalism. When profit comes before EVERYTHING else, then the interests of the people suffer horribly. As our interests have these many years now - since November 1963, actually.

[kentuck]

35. I agree.

The Constitution is not a suicide pact.