Rubio warns against jumping to conclusions after Florida school shooting

[Julian Englis]

Source: The Hill

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) on Wednesday cautioned that a law may not have prevented the tragic shooting at a South Florida high school, in response to calls for increased gun control.

Rubio said that "people still don't know how" the shooting occurred, or how the 19-year-old suspect Nikolas Cruz obtained the weapon he used to kill 17 people in the Broward County school.

"I think it's important to know all of that before you jump to conclusions that there was some law that we could have passed that would have prevented it. And there may be, but shouldn't we at least know the facts?" Rubio said on Fox News.

Rubio said it was not appropriate for his Senate colleagues to use the incident as an opportunity to call for increased gun control immediately.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/373956-rubio-cautions-some-law-might-not-have-prevented-florida-school

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Rubio is truly little.

[weissmam]

1. what a complete asswipe

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. No words!

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. FU asswipe

[SummerSnow]

4. Jumping to what conclusions....another senseless mass shooting.

What a jerk. Translation; don't make this political. It is political, cause it's the Rethug politics that is making this happen so often and easy

[Phoenix61]

5. Said the man who got over 3 million in

donations to his political campaign from... Yep you guessed it right, the NRA.

[mpcamb]

20. What we can be sure of in reguard to the FLA shooting is that members of congress will ask for

"thoughts and prayers" and wish that "there was more we could do" as they cash their NRA campaign checks.

[Scalded Nun]

6. No, don't do anything you fucking worthless piece of shit

Heap on the prayers and thoughts. That will make everything alright.

I have yet to hear the words 'Domestic Terrorism'.

[chuckstevens]

7. Yeah, I got 3 million from the NRA, so don't fuck this up for me!

What a selfish, soulless man!

[TomSlick]

8. I'm sorry, my mother would not approve but

Horse Shit. Marco Rubio and others like him that take NRA money in exchange for their "thoughts and prayers" are complicit.

Members of Congress and state legislatures need to decide who they represent - We The People or the gun manufacturers.

[PunksMom]

9. They are so clueless

I am sick of all Republicans at this point.

[Phoenix61]

21. They are not clueless

They are greedy, heartless, immoral bastards.

[ResIpsa]

10. Guns are yesterdays juice Rube..

Even Remingtons going bankrupt. Wake up and smell the coffee. Get on the winning team.
Believe it or not, you can saturate even the gun market in America. Imagine just how many guns that totals?

[onecaliberal]

11. Fuck off yiu rancid piece of shit. Try worrying that your kid can go to school and never come home.

I’m so fucking angry.

[sakabatou]

12. *gets out my clue-by-four*

[47of74]

13. 47of74 says Rubio can go to hell.

[rockfordfile]

14. Another NRA pos. Follow the money. He's a scumbag.

[safeinOhio]

15. No need to jump to conclusions.

Like it was a military style, semiautomatic, high capacity weapon. The same kind people have been calling for a ban on. You dummy.

[CatMor]

16. It seems after every mass shooting....

some Republican politician tells us not to jump to conclusions. Isn't this the 18th one this year we shouldn't jump to conclusions regarding strict gun laws.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

25. All a mass shooting does is restart the clock on the ban of talking about gun control.

Just like the NRA wants them to, the Repugs immediately begin repeating their "too soon, too soon" mantra.

[CatMor]

26. Yes, that's what they do.....

when is the right time to talk about it according to them. Is it after the 20th shooting or the 30th or never. I can't comprehend their thought process on guns being more important than life.

[missingm]

27. Tell him we are talking about the other 3 school shootings this year

Or the scores of shootings in 2017.

[SCVDem]

37. I'm talking about Columbine!

Too fucking soon for that?

Fuck off NRA and GOP!

[Satch59]

17. Broken record...

The ONLY way to change this disgrace is to vote out every GOP coward and get veto proof legislation passed. Universal background checks, assault rifle ban...let's start there...

[appalachiablue]

18. "Wait for all the facts", the 'investigation.' Meaning: STALL bigly

until people forget and move on, as usual.

[hotrod0808]

19. Fuck him. nt

[kairos12]

22. Disgusting vile Rubio.

[truthisfreedom]

23. Its too soon is the rethug we need more money from the NRA

Message.

[UpInArms]

24. Nah ... all ive got is

Thoughts and prayers ...

And am beginning to wonder why this event is even newsworthy, as it is such a common occurrence ... our lawmakers think it is hunky dory, as witnessed by their lack of concern

Move along, folks ... nothing to see or learn here

(Sheesh)

[theaocp]

28. Fuck you, whore.

Let's have some REAL fun and find out what Scalise thinks about this.

[Doitnow]

29. What? Do bullets come out guns?

[turbinetree]

30. Hey Rubio...............did you see this, I really think you did...................

Link to tweet

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And we have the motherfucking receipts.......................

[Hermit-The-Prog]

41. price per thought + prayer?

What's the going rate, I wonder?

Rubio sure seems to think those thoughts and prayers are extremely valuable.

As for conclusions, I conclude like many others -- non-military personnel do not need military weaponry. It would be hard for that deranged young man to commit mass murder with, e.g., a single shot .22 varmint rifle.

[Skittles]

31. NOW IS NOT THE TIME

it will NEVER be the time

[calimary]

32. Don't forget, he's the NRA's pet.

He's bought and paid for. $3,303,355. Stormy Daniels should be so lucky...

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/kimmel-writer-quotes-every-gop-lawmakers-post-florida-thoughts-prayers-tweet-much-money-took-nra/

Who's yer daddy, Marco?

[Yavin4]

33. If the shooter was Muslim, he be writing hate legislation right now. n/t

[hay rick]

34. Evidently now is the time to pander to the NRA.

Rubio maintains his place among the slimiest of the slimy Republican NRA sellouts.

[mwooldri]

35. Wrong, Mr. Rubio.

Case in point.

1. When was the last mass school shooting in the United Kingdom?
2. What changes to gun laws were made as a result of this?
3. Has there been any attempted mass shootings at a UK school since then.?

Answers.

1. 13 March, 1996. Dunblane, Scotland.
2. Virtually all handguns were banned in the aftermath of Dunblane.
3. None that I know of.... because there hasn't been one.

I know one would say "that is the UK, this is America.". The point is gun control laws if enforced do work. America can have common sense gun laws, and private citizens can still bear arms. And we can drastically cut the rate of gun violence in the USA too.

[dalton99a]

36. Fuck you, greedy spineless coward.

[LovingA2andMI]

38. Let's Just Break This Down, Shall We....

Today's Republicans do not give a flip flying shit HOW MUCH BLOOD are on their Greedy, Evil Hands, as long as the NRA is filling their back-pockets.

When folks get this around their heads, then, and only then, they will vote them completely out.

[SergeStorms]

39. Up you ass, Rubio.

I'm so sick of these NRA apologists kissing their butts every time there's another school shooting. I hope that Mr. Rubio has to experience what these children and parents went through, and are going to be going through for quite some time. Until these bastards feel the pain, they'll never realize what they're doing to this country.

[DFW]

40. The NRA's idea of jumping to conclusions

Just because the dead were all killed by bullets does necessarily mean those bullets were fired by a gun...........

[Nitram]

42. Jumping to conclusions? It's the Publicans who always jump to the conclusion that shooters are

Muslim terrorists. What "conclusions" are they scared of? That assault rifles and their ilk should be banned as having no legitimate recreational use.

[Javaman]

43. robot rubio parroting the damage control meme for the NRA.

fuck this blatant coward.

[Paladin]

44. Fuck you, Little Marco. (nt)

[Firestorm49]

45. B S

Ah, the standard Republican “ no nuts” reply. “Too early to talk about it” blah, blah, blah.
It is very hard to talk about it when you are owned lock, stock, and “ barrel “ by the NRA, right, Marco?