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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPres. Obama: "Shame on us if we've forgotten. I haven't forgotten those Newtown kids."
Last edited Fri Mar 29, 2013, 08:58 AM - Edit history (2)
President Obama Speaks Thursday on Common Sense Measures to Protect Children From Gun Violence - White House
tweeted by, Andrew Kaczynski ?@BuzzFeedAndrew 17m
Obama on gun control: "don't get squishy because time has passed and it's not on the news every single day."
Nerdy Wonka ?@NerdyWonka 23m
Pres. Obama: "Shame on us if we've forgotten. I haven't forgotten those Newtown kids. Shame on us if we've forgotten." #GunViolence
Lori Lodes ?@loril 26m
"Powerful voices on other side trying to run out clock...drown out the American people..." - Obama. #DemandAction
The White House ?@whitehouse 27m
"Nothing is more powerful than millions of voices calling for change." President Obama: http://wh.gov/nowisthetime #NowIsTheTime
Barack Obama ?@BarackObama 30m
Obama: "I dont think any of us who are parents can hear these stories and not think of our own daughters, our own sons." #DemandAction
White House Live ?@WHLive 39m
President Obama: "It is our first impulse, as parents, to do everything we can to protect our children from harm." #Nowisthetime
White House Live ?@WHLive 39m
Obama: "This is our best chance in more than a decade to take commonsense steps that will save lives" http://wh.gov/nowisthetime #Nowisthetime
Zeke Miller ?@ZekeJMiller 37m
RT @DavidNakamura: Obama notes @reidepstein story asking if Washington has waited too long on gun control? "People here aren't forgetting."
jennifer bendery ?@jbendery 38m
Obama says people should ask lawmakers who don't support universal BG checks, "Why not? Why are you part of the 10 percent?"
White House Live ?@WHLive 36m
Obama: "If youre a mom...who wants to make this country a safer, stronger place for our children to learn & grow...raise your voices"
White House Live ?@WHLive 15m ?
"We have cried enough. We have known enough heartbreak...#NowIsThe time to turn that heartbreak into something real." President Obama
jennifer bendery ?@jbendery 29m
Less than a minute into this WH gun violence event, victims of gun violence on stage already crying. pic.twitter.com/2j3OQcweqH
watch:
transcript: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/03/28/remarks-president-gun-safety
find out where your rep stands on guns: http://thebea.st/YIwKAu
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Pres. Obama: "Shame on us if we've forgotten. I haven't forgotten those Newtown kids." (Original Post)
bigtree
Mar 2013
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Gregorian This message was self-deleted by its author.
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bigtree This message was self-deleted by its author.
bigtree
(85,977 posts)4. don't be
no real harm in speaking out here, Gregorian. You make very good points about Bush's violence being akin to our own domestic atrocities.
bigtree
(85,977 posts)5. update: video
Robb
(39,665 posts)6. Powerful voices are working to change the subject.
K&R.