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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 11:04 AM Feb 2018

After Florida shooting, Trump offers comfort -- to gun owners

WASHINGTON — The day after a shooter killed 17 people at a Florida high school, President Donald Trump offered comforting words — for gun owners.

"We are committed to working with state and local leaders to help secure our schools and tackle the difficult issue of mental health," Trump said in brief remarks at the White House. "It is not enough to simply take actions that make us feel like we are making a difference. We must actually make that difference."

Translation: Your guns are safe.

"That's very encouraging that he's not mounting up with the anti-Second Amendment posse," said Larry Pratt, executive director emeritus of the Gun Owners of America, an advocacy group based in Virginia. "The response from gun owners will be principally that he didn't say the kind of things Hillary Clinton would have said had she been president and the way Barack Obama reacted to other situations like this."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/after-florida-shooting-trump-offers-comfort-gun-owners-n848306

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After Florida shooting, Trump offers comfort -- to gun owners (Original Post) Zorro Feb 2018 OP
F&UCK LARRY PRATT... lastlib Feb 2018 #1
GOA exists for those who think the NRA is too soft on protecting gun rights. Paladin Feb 2018 #2
Good to know, I guess. Not familiar with GOA until now. Unreal appalachiablue Feb 2018 #3
"Trump's Comfort Gun Inn" sounds right, maybe a new hotel franchise opportunity.. appalachiablue Feb 2018 #4

Paladin

(28,252 posts)
2. GOA exists for those who think the NRA is too soft on protecting gun rights.
Sat Feb 17, 2018, 11:29 AM
Feb 2018

I kid you not, there are individuals who think the NRA isn't pro-gun enough. Pray that none of these people live in your neighborhood. And Larry Pratt is a piece of shit.

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