2016 Postmortem
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"Part of being able to move this forward is understanding the reality of guns in urban areas are very different from the realities of guns in rural areas. And if you grew up and your dad gave you a hunting rifle when you were ten, and you went out and spent the day with him and your uncles, and that became part of your family's traditions, you can see why you'd be pretty protective of that."
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112190/obama-interview-2013-sit-down-president
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)uponit7771
(91,350 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)uponit7771
(91,350 posts)... with an overt contrast in the form of a question ...
How bout you use your big ol brain to google an answer?
tia
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)"Distract, deflect, derail. It's all they've got when the meme stops"
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)I fully expect the HC supporters who attacked Bernie for supporting gun owners' rights to do the same thing to Obama now.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)elleng
(135,477 posts)OMalley, a former mayor of Baltimore, called for four reforms on the national level: a ban on combat assault weapons; a requirement that those who purchase guns get licenses and be fingerprinted; a law making gun trafficking a federal crime; and a commitment from the federal government to purchase firearms only from companies that use the latest and best safety technology.
I know that not everyone in this room has made a decision about what candidate you will support, OMalley said Sunday night. But I also know this is New Hampshire and that some of you have. So Im asking supporters of Senator Sanders to please urge Senator Sanders to back these four common-sense provisions that I just laid out to reduce gun violence. And I am asking the supporters of Secretary Clinton to please urge Secretary Clinton to back the specific provisions that I just laid out.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/04/martin-omalley-citing-his-record-in-maryland-asserts-himself-on-gun-control/
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)for the Police brutality towards minorities there. Now maybe he had a reason for his policies, I haven't looked deeply into why he implemented those policies, so I'll cut him some slack until I do. I know that it's easy to toss out talking points about candidates, so I will check out the history on that before judging him.
I see the talking points re Sanders coming from the Corporations today, it's not a good idea since Sanders is on the same page with a majority of Americans re gun control. But hey, it's their money, let them spend it.
elleng
(135,477 posts)and it's clear he's aware of it as an 'issue.' Here's some info: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2015/04/28/omalleys-claim-about-crime-rates-in-baltimore/
ALSO, 'many' AAs DON't blame him. More on that later.
Thanks for asking.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)I have seen AAs blame him for the way cops in Baltimore react to minorities or I would not have said that. However I am sure that there are other AAs who don't agree.
Seeing how he pointed the finger at Sanders, disappointing that he would go along with Talking Point funded by Corporate money, I wanted to demonstrate that when you point fingers at others for political purposes, you draw attention to yourself more than at the person you are pointing at more often than not.