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Eugene

(61,964 posts) Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:19 AM Jul 2015

Jeb Bush calls for end to ban on guns in military recruiting offices

Source: Associated Press

Jeb Bush calls for end to ban on guns in military recruiting offices

Associated Press in Carson City, Nevada
Friday 17 July 2015 21.12 BST

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said on Friday that a ban on carrying guns in military recruiting offices should be lifted.

He made the comments on Friday during a town hall-style event in Carson City, Nevada, a day after a gunman killed four marines and wounded a sailor and another marine at a pair of military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His statement drew enthusiastic applause from the crowd.

“It seems to me that if you have military bases or recruiting offices, these are symbols of American might, they’re targets,” Bush told reporters after the event. “This is how you garner attention. You go to places where there’s vulnerability, and it’s a very powerful symbolic attack on our country.”

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He noted that Congress would need to act for the gun ban at recruitment centers to be repealed.

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Jeb Bush calls for end to ban on guns in military recruiting offices (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2015 OP

How ironic. Wasn't it his father that decreed they not be armed? redstateblues Jul 2015 #1

No, neither Clinton or George HW Bush are at fault Lurks Often Jul 2015 #5

Good idea, Jeb HassleCat Jul 2015 #2

And Jeb! is supposed to be the smart one??? C_U_L8R Jul 2015 #3

Wow how provocative of you Jeb underpants Jul 2015 #4

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)

1. How ironic. Wasn't it his father that decreed they not be armed?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:26 AM

Jul 2015

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)

5. No, neither Clinton or George HW Bush are at fault

Reply to redstateblues (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:36 AM

Jul 2015

I've seen Clinton blamed for that as well. It's been a while since I dug into that particular myth, but the short version is while the regulation in question may have been amended several times, the basic language of the regulation goes back to the 1950's.

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)

2. Good idea, Jeb

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 10:26 AM

Jul 2015

I look forward to walking into the military recruiting center in my shopping mall and comparing side arms. "I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours," is obvious. But most recruiting offices have females now, so I might get a chance to say something like, "Oh! A ten millimeter. That's a big gun for such a cute little lady." Macho BS and sexism in one visit. It's a winner!

C_U_L8R

(45,021 posts)

3. And Jeb! is supposed to be the smart one???

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:16 AM

Jul 2015

Geesh!

underpants

(182,925 posts)

4. Wow how provocative of you Jeb

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:16 AM

Jul 2015

Did your staffers click on Fox News for 20 seconds yesterday? That was THE talking point of the day ALL DAY yesterday.

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