Tag Archives: gun control

Ted Cruz Money Beg: Obama Wants Your Guns

JMG reader Wyatt points us to the latest money beg by Ted Cruz, who would like a donation of $35 or more to “make the Reagan Revolution happen again.” The Cruz camp fails to mention that Reagan was shot by a mentally ill man whose gun purchase might be thwarted today under the very rules just announced by President Obama.

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Glenn Beck: Obama’s Gun Control Actions Will Lead To Suicides By Mentally Ill People [VIDEO]

This afternoon Glenn Beck declared that President Obama’s gun control measures will lead to suicides by mentally ill people who won’t seek treatment lest their names be put on a gun confiscation list. Seriously. Oh, and this will also lead to a black market for psychiatry. For realz. Watch below.

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TERRORIST THREAT: NRA Tweets Photo Showing Bullets Next To Pro-Gun Control New York Lawmakers

The Guardian reports: A National Rifle Association publication targeted a pair of New York state legislators who sponsored recent bills aimed at limiting ammunition by tweeting a threatening photo on Monday of several bullets strewn across polaroid pictures of the two women. New York state senator Roxanne Persaud and Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon, both Democrats in Brooklyn, sponsored twin bills …

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Fox News Host Andrea Tantaros: Check Obama’s Podium For Raw Onions, He Faked Those Tears For Children Murdered In Mass Shootings [VIDEO]

Via Raw Story:  Fox News host Andrea Tantaros suggested on Tuesday President Barack Obama had used a “raw onion” to produce fake tears for shooting victims during his press conference on gun violence. After a commercial break, Fox News replayed a clip of Obama with tears flowing down his face. Tantaros said that she didn’t buy the emotion because “he …

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Ben Shapiro Has The Gun Control Sadz

You guys, little Benji Shapiro is really very super terribly upset about the gun control actions announced today by President Obama. He’s so upset, he’s going to stomp right down to his local gun shop/dollar store as soon as everybody reads his petulant tirade on the Daily Signal. An excerpt: President Obama just delivered the most stomach-churning press conference in …

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Obama Unveils Executive Action On Guns [VIDEO]

“The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage but they cannot hold America hostage. We cannot make carnage the price of freedom.” USA Today reports: President Obama announced a series of executive actions on guns Tuesday, focusing on the victims of gun violence in a White House event intended to prod Congress to take further action. Speaking to an East …

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Obama Announces Action On Gun Control

CNBC reports: Gun control initiatives are coming to the U.S. in the next few days, President Barack Obama said Monday afternoon. Obama, who has expressed deep frustration about U.S. gun control regulations after a series of mass shootings at schools and other places during his presidency, met with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday to discuss gun control measures …

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Texas Gov To Obama: Come Try And Take My Gun

From the Associated Press: Texas Gov Greg Abbott criticized President Barack Obama’s plan to move ahead with possible executive actions on guns in a tweet in which he told the Commander-in-Chief to ‘come & take’ the state’s guns. Obama said in his weekly radio address that he is looking for ways to keep guns out of the hands of ‘a …

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New York Daily News: “Merchants Of Death” Gun Makers Are Cashing In On Every Mass Shooting

The New York Daily News continues its loud campaign against the gun industry: For America’s gun makers, the slaughter of school children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School turned out to be very good for the bottom line. In the three years since the massacre in Newtown, Conn., the country’s biggest gun manufacturers have made loads of money following a …

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TEXAS: Gun Nuts To Stage Mock Mass Shooting

Unbelievable. Via the Austin Statesman: Gun rights groups say they will conduct a mock mass shooting this weekend at the University of Texas campus as they try to end gun-free zones. The Open Carry Walk and Crisis Performance Event will involve actors “shot” by perpetrators armed with cardboard weapons, said Matthew Short, a spokesman for the gun rights groups Come …

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Supreme Court Rejects NRA’s Assault Weapons Appeal: Municipalities May Continue To Ban Them

Some welcome news from the Supreme Court, which today refused hear an NRA appeal arising from an Illinois city which has banned residents from owning assault weapons. The Hill reports: In refusing to take the case known as Friedman v. Highland Park, the court — at least for now — lets stand a lower court’s ruling in favor of the …

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New York Daily News Trolls Its Critics

A few days ago the New York Daily News earned the furor of Teabagistan with its God Isn’t Fixing This headline, which it followed up with a front page that called NRA head Wayne LaPierre a “terrorist.” Today the tabloid trolled its critics with a blazing Everything Is Awesome! headline complete with photos of cute animals. But pay attention to …

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Erick Erickson Literally Shoots The New York Times

Yesterday the New York Times published a rare front page editorial in support of gun control. Wingnut commentator Erick Erickson responded in typically rational fashion by literally shooting seven holes in a copy of the paper.  JMG reader Joe directs us to the many amusing reactions on Twitter, one of which is below. Hit the link for many more.

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Merry Christmas From The GOP

As the nation is wracked by mass shootings, GOP Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore decided it would be a fun idea to post a holiday photo in which every adult plus a young boy is holding or wearing a gun. The photo’s caption reads: “It’s up to Americans to protect America. We’re just your ordinary American family. – With love & …

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Obama Issues Statement On San Bernardino Shooting, Calls Gun Law Loopholes “Insane ” [VIDEO]

NBC News recaps today’s address by the president: President Barack Obama pledged Saturday that Americans “will not be terrorized” by the threat of mass shootings, but described U.S. gun laws as “insane.” In his weekly address, he said the victims of the San Bernardino massacre should be honored by ongoing efforts to defend America. “That’s how we can send a …

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GOP Says No To New Gun Regulations, Not Even For Suspected Terrorists On No-Fly Lists [VIDEO]

House Speaker Paul Ryan today dismissed President Obama’s call for new gun regulations, saying instead the nation should focus on mental illness. Via USA Today: “People with mental illness are getting guns and committing these mass shootings,” Ryan said on CBS This Morning. Ryan made the same point earlier this week in reaction to the post-Thanksgiving shooting at a Colorado …

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New York Daily News Rips GOP Leaders For “Meaningless Platitudes” In Wake Of Mass Shooting

Over the last few years the New York Daily News has devoted countless screaming headlines which denounced the NRA, its head Wayne LaPierre, and many other gun control opponents. Above is tomorrow morning’s front page reaction to the avalanche of pointless “thoughts and prayers” tweets issued today by GOP leaders.

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GOP Gun Control Opponents End Future Mass Shootings Through The Power Of Prayer And Thoughts

All of the major GOP figures rushed to Twitter this afternoon to make sure everybody knows they are definitely praying for the people murdered in today’s mass shooting. They’re also thinking about them! Which totally helps! And tomorrow they will return to blocking all attempts at gun control in America.

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Obama On Colorado Shootings: Enough Is Enough

Reacting to yesterday’s shootings in Colorado Springs, President Obama today again called for stricter gun control measures. In a written statement, Obama said that regardless of the motive, it was unacceptable that these sort of mass shootings happen so frequently in the United States. “This is not normal. We can’t let it become normal,” he said. “If we truly care …

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Newly-Elected Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Outlines Agenda: Legal Pot, More LGBT Rights, Fewer Guns

Newly-elected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued a letter vowing to follow through on his progressive campaign promises. Deadstate recaps: Trudeau’s plans will include legalizing and regulating marijuana, reducing the number of hand guns and assault rifles, and securing rights for all citizens, especially focusing on LGBTQ rights. Trudeau’s letter lists several other priorities, such as fighting for the …

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