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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTea Party Senator: Keeping Guns From ‘Demented Individuals’ Will ‘Restrict Our Freedoms’
Tea Party Senator: Keeping Guns From Demented Individuals Will Restrict Our Freedoms
Responding to the tragic shooting in Colorado during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he would oppose gun control efforts that could be used to restrict our freedoms and instead suggested arming responsible people to combat sick, demented individuals who want to do harm.
Johnson also argued that any additional measures to restrict large gun magazines that carry 100 rounds of ammunition similar to the high-capacity clip that the alleged Colorado shooter employed would infringe on Americans Second Amendment rights:
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Johnson disagreed and argued that the assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004 and banned high-capacity magazines, actually made things worse in the Aurora shooting. If a responsible individual had been carrying a weapon, maybe, maybe they could have prevented some of those deaths, some of those injuries, he said.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/07/22/561611/tea-party-senator-keeping-guns-from-demented-individuals-will-restrict-our-freedoms
Responding to the tragic shooting in Colorado during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he would oppose gun control efforts that could be used to restrict our freedoms and instead suggested arming responsible people to combat sick, demented individuals who want to do harm.
Johnson also argued that any additional measures to restrict large gun magazines that carry 100 rounds of ammunition similar to the high-capacity clip that the alleged Colorado shooter employed would infringe on Americans Second Amendment rights:
JOHNSON: People will talk about unusually lethal weapons, that could be potentially a discussion you could have. But the fact of the matter is there are 30-round magazines that are just common. You simply cant keep these weapons out of the hands of sick, demented individuals who want to do harm. And when you try to do it, you restrict our freedoms.
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Johnson disagreed and argued that the assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004 and banned high-capacity magazines, actually made things worse in the Aurora shooting. If a responsible individual had been carrying a weapon, maybe, maybe they could have prevented some of those deaths, some of those injuries, he said.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/07/22/561611/tea-party-senator-keeping-guns-from-demented-individuals-will-restrict-our-freedoms
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Tea Party Senator: Keeping Guns From ‘Demented Individuals’ Will ‘Restrict Our Freedoms’ (Original Post)
ProSense
Jul 2012
OP
So he think guns shouldn't be kept out of the hands of criminals and terrorists?
meow2u3
Jul 2012
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randr
(12,412 posts)1. This is the sort of nonsense American's have allowed to enter public debate
Reagan was surrounded by gun carrying agents and still a mad man shot him.
"This is the sort of nonsense American's have allowed to enter public debate
Reagan was surrounded by gun carrying agents and still a mad man shot him."
...it's also nonsensical because is there a "demented" test for carrying a gun?
I mean, was Holmes known to be "demented" before this incident?
Turbineguy
(37,343 posts)2. Yeah, what would be next?
Keeping demented people from becoming Senators? It's the thin end of the wedge, the camel's nose under the tent!
YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)3. Hard to believe Feingold lost to this guy....
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meow2u3
(24,764 posts)5. So he think guns shouldn't be kept out of the hands of criminals and terrorists?
Oops, I forgot. He thinks white criminals and terrorists should be allowed to pack heat. They never commit gun crimes.
Initech
(100,080 posts)6. Holy crap. Words fail me.