Gov. Ricketts, a gun rights advocate, opposes President Biden's plans

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Paul Hammel

LINCOLN — Gov. Pete Ricketts, an avid advocate for gun rights, fired back Thursday over renewed calls by President Joe Biden to close loopholes in background checks on gun purchases and ban assault-style rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines.

Biden issued the calls after mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta during the past week.

Ricketts, who was a featured speaker at a National Rifle Association convention in 2018, said that banning guns will not solve "the underlying problems that have resulted in these tragedies."

“The president should work to address underlying issues in the community rather than limit our right to bear arms, which is protected in the U.S. Constitution," Ricketts said in a press release on Thursday.





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[TomDaisy]

1. go fuck yourself Ricketts

[nwliberalkiwi]

2. Remember

This POS got a waitress fired because he did not want to wear a mask. So now we're back to mass shootings!!!

[rockfordfile]

3. That pos thinks it's alright to mass murder Americans.

[rickyhall]

4. What are the underlying issues, motherfucker?

Electing useless skinhead nazi motherfuckers like you?

[Grins]

5. Oooh! Oooh! Governor!

Let’s hear YOUR PLAN!!!

Don’t have one, do you? Now please shut up. (And who the hell asked you, anyway?)

[maxsolomon]

6. The GQP won't let Biden or Dems or the Fedrul Gubmint address the "underlying issues".

That being unfettered access to semi-automatic weapons by (typically) young men with seething anger.