U.S. Attorney General Pledges 'Going to Take Action' After Florida Shooting

[DonViejo]

Source: US News




Feb. 15, 2018, at 10:51 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday pledged the Justice Department would work to vigorously enforce federal gun and violent-crime laws and preventively identify potential mass shooters, as the country reeled from a Florida school shooting that killed 17 people.

"It cannot be denied that something dangerous and unhealthy is happening and we are, once again, watching the images of our children — terrified — streaming from their school with their hands above their heads," the top U.S. law enforcement officer told a meeting of sheriffs. "We are going to take action. We must reverse these trends."

(Reporting by Lisa LambertEditing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2018-02-15/us-attorney-general-pledges-going-to-take-action-after-florida-shooting

[chelsea0011]

1. How about starting by going after The Second Amendment?

[Historic NY]

2. Is this the Onion?

[hatrack]

3. Like WHAT, specifically?

[GWC58]

8. By going after gunmakers! Nah, just kidding!

Sessions is going after immigration and legal cannabis,

[Bengus81]

4. Oh BULLSHIT,stop the LYING Sessions...............

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Whatever is on Lil' Beau's mind

it will be profitable to some component of the Republican coalition

Could be building a wall around every school, issuing a gun with every laptop,
24/7 security guards, metal detectors and patdowns

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on a more general note, law enforcement has done much online to catch predators,
wonder if they have any programs aimed at those who are about to go batsh*t violent?

[DFW]

6. Let me guess----strongly worded thoughts and prayers?

Just a hunch...........

[NewJeffCT]

7. Since there was supposedly a message sent to the FBI

he's going to use the opportunity to fire the senior leadership at the FBI and replace them with Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie

[DFW]

11. That would certainly constitute "action" in his eyes

So, maybe you're closer to the mark than anyone suspects

[hatrack]

10. WEAPONIZED thoughts and ARMORED prayers!

Yeah, that's the ticket!

[BumRushDaShow]

9. ATF claimed the weapon was legally purchased

“No laws were violated in the procurement of this weapon,” said Peter J. Forcelli, the special agent in charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Miami.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/florida-shooting.html

so not a DAMN thing DOJ can "do about it". CONGRESS has to pass laws to do something about it.

[Bengus81]

13. Can't belive my eyes when reading the gun laws in Florida--that's because there aren't any........

It's just unbelievable in Florida when it comes to guns...........

[BumRushDaShow]

20. When I did a quick search on FL earlier

I did notice that they didn't have open carry and was even sued for that restriction.

[pandr32]

14. Not this Congress

We also mustn't forget that the NRA has been pushing to make gun ownership an American identity. Many now have bought into, both ideologically and physically (by buying and brandishing guns). This will be the hardest part to confront because it is now a deeply rooted cultural phenomenon.
While it does seem to appeal to the right-wing the most, many on the left own guns as well.
It seems crazy when you look at how many own guns in this country and then when you look at their lifestyles. The number of actual outdoorsmen is small.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Well "legally" some "Congress" would need to make the law. DOJ can't make law.

And the laws that need to be created for enforcement are being blocked by the current Congress, so any "enforcing" that Beauregard fantasizes needs to happen, is meaningless.

[pandr32]

22. Of course it is

But he can pretend because he said something about what needs to happen next his hands are washed of it. What a guy!

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Of course.

[turbinetree]

12. Well Sessions did you return this money to the NRA back in 2016..............

Here are the other Republican senators who voted against the measures, and the amounts of money they have received from gun rights groups throughout their careers. Note that these are only direct contributions: the gun lobby spends millions of dollars in “outside spending,” or advertising and other efforts which cannot be legally coordinated directly with campaign committees.

John Cornyn (TX) $169,625

John Thune (SD) $159,705

Mitch McConnell (KY) $132,700

Roy Blunt (MO) $122,630

Jim Inhofe (OK) $121,850

Rand Paul (KY) $109,045

Dean Heller (NV) $104,265

Richard Burr (NC) $97,050

Richard Shelby (AL) $96,850

Pat Toomey (PA) $96,077

Cory Gardner (CO) $93,434

Lindsey Graham (SC) $90,866

Pat Roberts (KA) $90,150

Ted Cruz (TX) $89,579

David Vitter (LA) $79,748

Marco Rubio (FL) $77,139

John McCain (AZ) $76,225

Chuck Grassley (IA) $75,600

Mike Crapo (ID), $72,940

Steve Daines (MO) $72,680

Jeff Sessions (AL) $62,200 ......................................................Jeff Sessions (AL) $62,200

Roger Wicker (MI) $59,250

Shelley Capito (WV) $58,200

Ron Johnson (WI) $57,925

Bill Cassidy (LA) $57,153

Tom Cotton (AR) $55,189

Rob Portman (OH) $55,150

Thad Cochran (MI) $53,050

Jeff Flake (AZ) $46,200

John Barrasso (WY) $46,099

Jim Risch (ID) $44,200

Jerry Moran (KA) $43,850

Orrin Hatch (UT) $38,350

Mike Enzi (WY) $37,500

James Lankford (OK) $37,425

John Hoeven (ND), $35,700

Lamar Alexander (TN) $34,750

Lisa Murkowski (AK) $34,358

Johnny Isakson (GA) $33,400

Deb Fischer (NE) $31,100

Joni Ernst (IA) $28,700

Thom Tillies (NC) $28,700

Tim Scott (SC) $27,400

John Boozman (AR) $26,235

Dan Coats (IN) $22,900

Bob Corker (TN) $22,440

Mike Lee (UT) $21,500

Ben Sasse (NE) $20,307

David Perdue (GA) $17,150

Mike Rounds (SD) $17,100

Dan Sullivan (AK) $12,036

And this is your quote there snowflake....................


"It cannot be denied that something dangerous and unhealthy is happening and we are, once again, watching the images of our children — terrified — streaming from their school with their hands above their heads," the top U.S. law enforcement officer told a meeting of sheriffs. "We are going to take action. We must reverse these trends."




Hey asshole, you have blood money on your hands and you talk out of both sides of your unprincipled mouth................your a fucking traitor and you have lied before, why should anyone trust you dip shit, your all talk and now your being given air time to spew your bull shit.................and you about as bright as a burned out light bulb, and you also have one one oar in the water, you are mentality unsuitable to be in power, you took money to perpetuate this genocide ..................



November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

[Bengus81]

15. LOL...they gave money to Roberts and Moran from Kansas??

Shit,those two would LICK the boots of the NRA and PIMP their "guns for everyone" message for free to keep their cushy Senate seat.

BTW...Kansas is KS,not KA.

[turbinetree]

16. The list is not quite current....................

but your point is well taken, they all sleep in the same bed.....................Citizens United is very much alive and perpetuating this scene of destruction on the street, casino, schools and in public lands....................

[groundloop]

17. I can already hear it: "If you just enforced the laws we already have blah blah blah blah"

The damned second amendment has been so badly mutilated over time it's going to take a gargantuan effort to fix this problem. It's obvious that existing laws can't address the problem of too many people having access to deadly weapons who shouldn't have them nor have any reason to have them.

What keeps eating at me is why are the words "well regulated militia" included in the second amendment? There can be no answer other than the second amendment was intended to allow members of a "well regulated militia" to own firearms. (I'm sure I can get away with bringing this up now without being flamed, the NRA trolls typically take a few days off after every massacre to let everything get back to the status quo).

[niyad]

18. does that mean going on vacation, jeffie? you don't think we believe you will do anything useful,

do you?

[Grins]

19. "It cannot be denied...."

"It cannot be denied that something dangerous and unhealthy is happening..."

Famous last words.

But you will deny it. And won't do a damned thing about it. But thanks for admitting what the whole damn world already knows about us.