Bernie Sanders

CTyankee

(63,912 posts) Wed Apr 6, 2016, 12:22 PM Apr 2016

gun violence took my neice's life but I support Bernie and his views on guns.

Get rid of the damn guns! Assault weapons need to be banned. Handguns should be tightly regulated and we shouldn't have so many of them. My guess is that the liability proposal would be in court the minute it's passed and Bernie knows that.

I'm totally sick of using the slain children of Newtown as a political weapon. I don't blame the parents because I know what it is to lose a beloved one to an act of gun violence. My brother collapsed at his daughter's funeral and her sister went into the ministry on account of the murder of her older sibling. It's a terrible thing to happen.

I hope to God that Bernie can show us the way...

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gun violence took my neice's life but I support Bernie and his views on guns. (Original Post) CTyankee Apr 2016 OP

((I am so sorry)) wendylaroux Apr 2016 #1

thank you. these things stay with you forever. CTyankee Apr 2016 #3

Brave post. Thank you. Hiraeth Apr 2016 #2

thank you. I appreciate that. CTyankee Apr 2016 #4

me too, CTyankee. I hope it, too Hiraeth Apr 2016 #5

Sorry for your loss. Gun violence took my brother's life. BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #6

Oh, that is tragic! So much to process after the shock of the immediate event... CTyankee Apr 2016 #8

Sorry for your loss. SamKnause Apr 2016 #7

I hope he will elaborate a little more and will get the support he needs on this issue CTyankee Apr 2016 #9

I heard him state at least 6 positions on gun control. SamKnause Apr 2016 #10

wonderful. I stand beside him proudly... CTyankee Apr 2016 #11

This is exactly the issue that came up at a debate BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #12

i'm so sorry and especially that this issue dana_b Apr 2016 #13

right now it is caught in the middle of an election year and bandied about as if it is CTyankee Apr 2016 #14

agreed. dana_b Apr 2016 #15

OMG, don't get me started on Flint. Those poor people had no recourse. They were powerless. CTyankee Apr 2016 #17

Sympathies And Respects corbettkroehler Apr 2016 #16

My brother died suddenly in 2004, suffering a 3rd stroke which killed him... CTyankee Apr 2016 #18

wendylaroux

(2,925 posts)

1. ((I am so sorry))

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 12:26 PM

Apr 2016

love to you,and family...

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

3. thank you. these things stay with you forever.

Reply to wendylaroux (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:47 PM

Apr 2016

Hiraeth

(4,805 posts)

2. Brave post. Thank you.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 12:35 PM

Apr 2016

My condolences to you and your family.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

4. thank you. I appreciate that.

Reply to Hiraeth (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:51 PM

Apr 2016

Hillary was using Newtown today on Morning Joe and I got to thinking about Bernie's words on guns. I was disappointed that Hillary made it seem that Bernie would not do anything he could to save the children there. It made me mad. So I wrote this. I hope it might be used for a good cause...

Hiraeth

(4,805 posts)

5. me too, CTyankee. I hope it, too

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 01:52 PM

Apr 2016

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)

6. Sorry for your loss. Gun violence took my brother's life.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:19 PM

Apr 2016

Murdered by his ex wife in cold blood after she sat disguised in a rental car while waiting for him to arrive home so she could ambush him.

It never crossed my mind to sue the gun manufacturer.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

8. Oh, that is tragic! So much to process after the shock of the immediate event...

Reply to BernieforPres2016 (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 03:39 PM

Apr 2016

The surviving sister was supposed to be with her sister that fateful night and backed out at the last minute, preferring to go to a party. Her guilt drove her to the ministry. I talked to her a few months ago. It seems that there were burial plots at a cemetery that were owned by her dad and I found out about them and were worth a nice sum of money. She is the owner now. I like to think that some real good came out of my brother's terrible life. She said she could use the money for her kids college. She and her husband co-pastor a Methodist church in North Carolina. I'm glad she has her strong faith to see her through.

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)

7. Sorry for your loss.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:47 PM

Apr 2016

I support Bernie on his gun stance as well.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

9. I hope he will elaborate a little more and will get the support he needs on this issue

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 03:41 PM

Apr 2016

to straighten it out for voters who believe the lies...

SamKnause

(13,110 posts)

10. I heard him state at least 6 positions on gun control.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 03:51 PM

Apr 2016

I think it was in a forum.

He wants to get rid of armor piercing bullets.

Close gun-show loophole.

Increase mental health availability and decrease wait times.

Strengthen and enforce instant background checks.

Make straw-man purchase a federal crime.

Ban semi-automatic assault weapons.

I agree with him.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

11. wonderful. I stand beside him proudly...

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 03:54 PM

Apr 2016

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)

12. This is exactly the issue that came up at a debate

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 04:08 PM

Apr 2016

This is not the one I was thinking of, but here is a clip of Bernie on guns from a debate when O'Malley was still around:

dana_b

(11,546 posts)

13. i'm so sorry and especially that this issue

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 04:44 PM

Apr 2016

has become so politicized. It seems so basic. Stop the selling of high powered Assault/semi/automatic weapons that have NO purpose but to kill people, and highly regulate the selling of all other guns. Why is this so controversial?

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

14. right now it is caught in the middle of an election year and bandied about as if it is

Reply to dana_b (Reply #13)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 05:10 PM

Apr 2016

political football...I am more than dismayed that this is happening. It needs to stop.

dana_b

(11,546 posts)

15. agreed.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #14)

Wed Apr 6, 2016, 05:27 PM

Apr 2016

people are still suffering every day because of this. I feel the same way about the BLM issues, Flint water crisis... people are suffering terribly and they get pandered too (by almost ALL of the candidates) and then forgotten about later.