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7. Same Guy - "Gun Owners of America Claims Obamacare will 'Take Away Your Guns'"

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 01:55 AM

Dec 2012

The right wing has also been pedaling the idea that Obamacare is a means of gun control.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/gun-owners-america-claims-obamacare-will-take-away-your-guns

Larry Pratt, head of the Religious Right group 'Gun Owners of America,' recently appeared on VCY America’s Crosstalk radio show where he claimed that Obamacare would be used by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to take away guns from law-abiding Americans, reports RightWingWatch.org.

Pratt said: &quot Obamacare) says that all of our medical records are available to be pawed through by bureaucrats somewhere in Washington, looking for a reason to disenfranchise gun owners, to say: ‘Oh you have a medical diagnosis that means you might be a danger to yourself or others so we’re going to come and knock on the door for the BATF to take away your guns.’"

There is a law that screens out people, such as the mentally ill, through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to prevent them from purchasing guns. However, this law was signed by President Bush.

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Executive Director of Gun Owners of America Says Armed Teachers Would Have Stopped Newtown Shooting [View all] TomCADem Dec 2012 OP

This reminds me of the time... MarianJack Dec 2012 #1

Yes.This guys is NUTS! Teachers... YvonneCa Dec 2012 #66

Oh, great! A "free fire zone" in schools. What could go wrong with that? SharonAnn Dec 2012 #69

Pearl, MS Recursion Dec 2012 #2

STFU Larry Pratt Just STFU! sheshe2 Dec 2012 #3

Same Guy - "Gun Owners of America Claims Obamacare will 'Take Away Your Guns'" TomCADem Dec 2012 #7

And they call themselves Christians...hard to believe. sheshe2 Dec 2012 #13

These Christians are controled by money not the Bible. oldbanjo Dec 2012 #31

Check your money Plucketeer Dec 2012 #54

So now being a teacher requires Politicalboi Dec 2012 #4

and shootouts in schools are good how? And elehhhhna Dec 2012 #18

"these morons don't think anything through," and... Amonester Dec 2012 #26

They "think" the pandering to the lowest common denominatior for money thru, rather well. xtraxritical Dec 2012 #59

Or maybe we should stop enabling mass murderers? Scootaloo Dec 2012 #5

As a former teacher, southerncrone Dec 2012 #6

I agree with you all teachers aren't stable oldbanjo Dec 2012 #32

Too many think that one way fits all. LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #73

That's blatant propaganda.. defacto7 Dec 2012 #8

I wouldn't be that surprised if they wanted to arm the kids too. doc03 Dec 2012 #9

That could be sorta interesting. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #68

...pure bullshit. SoapBox Dec 2012 #10

Think the parents of the children PatrynXX Dec 2012 #11

Well, the shooter had fucking BODY ARMOR... alp227 Dec 2012 #12

This is a detail I had not heard yet. Ilsa Dec 2012 #39

COWARDS Skittles Dec 2012 #14

Typical Con response....... Grassy Knoll Dec 2012 #15

AND the typical projection (re: "blood on their hands" accusation). Amonester Dec 2012 #27

I fucking knew it would happen! blackspade Dec 2012 #16

Guns do not belong in elementary schools period. bluestateguy Dec 2012 #17

Because teachers are unlikely to be ambushed and overpowered by a gang of students aquart Dec 2012 #19

The guy was wearing a bullet proof vest for gods sake! Kablooie Dec 2012 #20

I've never understood why Leplant and Pratt aren't dead. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #21

Scumbag GOP Zadoc Dec 2012 #22

Yup, this is the guy Alex Jones shills for, Libertarian and Freedumb fighters. Shoot those drones! freshwest Dec 2012 #23

"More Guns Less Crime" author already on the air Gabby Hayes Dec 2012 #28

Thanks for the tip, but I'd probably scream the 'damn you all the hell' speech... freshwest Dec 2012 #67

Those BASTARDS could not even wait ONE DAY? 99th_Monkey Dec 2012 #24

Fuck arming the teachers. I say arm the children!! I would have had an infinitely less traumatic Douglas Carpenter Dec 2012 #25

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #41

Whom ever set that picture up should be in jail. It's not funny - delete it a-hat. xtraxritical Dec 2012 #60

The best defense is a good offense. That's what the gun nuts are doing. Zookeeper Dec 2012 #29

Is Arming Ever More People Really The Answer? cantbeserious Dec 2012 #30

The biggest problem is no one is at home teaching their kids, oldbanjo Dec 2012 #34

make lemonade out of lemons bora13 Dec 2012 #33

These were the same secondvariety Dec 2012 #35

FUCK THAT! This killing likely happened BECAUSE a teacher was armed! The killer's mother! cascadiance Dec 2012 #36

I am really puzzled by why his mother having such deadly weapons. olegramps Dec 2012 #46

She was a gun collecter. Her hobby. kwassa Dec 2012 #57

...and gun collecting is harmless, as we all know.... michigandem58 Dec 2012 #65

And I'm still wondering what the owner of the gun that the killer in Oregon this week feels about... cascadiance Dec 2012 #71

sounds more like a prepper fascisthunter Dec 2012 #89

The murderer's mother had guns and he killed her with them. Riley18 Dec 2012 #37

I don't want to shoot and kill people. Ilsa Dec 2012 #38

If the school had poison gas sprayers, it would have stopped it too Doug.Goodall Dec 2012 #40

This rightwing John2 Dec 2012 #42

His mother was a teacher with guns Chalco Dec 2012 #43

And we can stop war by giving everyone tanks. nt valerief Dec 2012 #44

Well, that was fast . . . hatrack Dec 2012 #45

Even better: Turbineguy Dec 2012 #47

It's as if these LiveNudePolitics Dec 2012 #48

Yeah, By All Means, Let's Blame The Victims. Paladin Dec 2012 #49

Thank you for posting that. llmart Dec 2012 #64

WE NEED TO MARCH IN THE STREETS TO CHANGE THE LAWS B-ONE Lancer Dec 2012 #50

A question I have always had about this argument... bamacrat Dec 2012 #51

NRA, and gun lovers everywhere appreciate the dumbass' comments. Hoyt Dec 2012 #52

"Gun control supporters have the blood of little children on their hands??" Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #53

There are assholes and navarth Dec 2012 #55

These idiots are SOOOO predictable. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #56

in this scenerio, would a teacher lose her/his job if they didn't score high on the shooting test? olddad56 Dec 2012 #58

Yeah, Larry, nothing like some crossfire to liven things up. DollarBillHines Dec 2012 #61

Everyone complains about throwing money at problems nineteen50 Dec 2012 #62

You mean asshat director of idiots of America. Jakes Progress Dec 2012 #63

Teachers? No way. An armed guard at every school is on the horizon. toby jo Dec 2012 #70

Letting the streets run red with blood is the outcome of this talking point. jzodda Dec 2012 #72

projection is a classic political tool booley Dec 2012 #74

This argument doesn't make any sense whatsoever Blasphemer Dec 2012 #75

I would think they mean carrying a gun on their exboyfil Dec 2012 #77

I never even considered that as that's even nuttier to me Blasphemer Dec 2012 #81

Yeah, right. RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #76

Where was the security in that school ? YOHABLO Dec 2012 #78

A police officer in every school exboyfil Dec 2012 #79

Agree totally, but add this... Bigmack Dec 2012 #85

Or he could hit a cop in the head before going to the school exboyfil Dec 2012 #86

Agreeing with you... a story... Bigmack Dec 2012 #88

Larry Pratt is a total, complete idiot AndyA Dec 2012 #80

This nut-case belongs in the same asylum as the God Hates Fags & Fox 'News' assholes LaPera Dec 2012 #82

Sick fuck. n/t tabasco Dec 2012 #83

sick, SICK culture Skittles Dec 2012 #84

Or they might have made it worse, you fucking moron. 6000eliot Dec 2012 #87