Wed Jun 18, 2014, 08:16 AM

Hillary Clinton On Gun Control: We Can't Let 'A Minority Of People' Terrorize The Majority

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke about her views on gun control Tuesday, saying she was "disappointed" Congress did not pass a universal background checks bill after "the horrors" of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

"I believe that we need a more thoughtful conversation, we cannot let a minority of people -- and that's what it is, it is a minority of people -- hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people," Clinton said during a CNN town hall.

Clinton said she feels for parents sending their kids to school, noting that there have been 74 school shootings since Sandy Hook.

"I don't think any parent, any person, should have to fear about their child going to school or going to college because someone, for whatever reasons -- psychological, emotional, political, ideological, whatever it means -- could possibly enter that school property with an automatic weapon and murder innocent children, students, teachers," Clinton said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/17/hillary-clinton-gun-control_n_5505080.html

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Hillary Clinton On Gun Control: We Can't Let 'A Minority Of People' Terrorize The Majority (Original post)	SecularMotion	Jun 2014	OP
I found the sentence that the Republicans	gejohnston	Jun 2014	#1
Wow, ge - that link is a pitch-perfect example of how	pablo_marmol	Jun 2014	#9
she bit on the 74 shootings lie?	ileus	Jun 2014	#2
What a stupid statement.	krispos42	Jun 2014	#3
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jun 2014	#4
Hillary is right	mwrguy	Jun 2014	#5
Thought control much?	blueridge3210	Jun 2014	#6
Gun control isn't so much about guns as it is about control	friendly_iconoclast	Jun 2014	#7
So it would appear. (nt)	blueridge3210	Jun 2014	#8
Looks like Huffpo and SecMo are into damage control already!	pablo_marmol	Jun 2014	#10

Response to SecularMotion (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 08:55 AM

gejohnston (17,502 posts)

1. I found the sentence that the Republicans

will use in their attack ads. The bolded will be the edited part in the commercials "I believe that we need a more thoughtful conversation, we cannot let a minority of people -- and that's what it is, it is a minority of people -- hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people,"
I do agree with her that we need a more thoughtful conversation. I would add to that an honest conversation, where both sides are honest and thoughtful. I don't see that ever happening
http://ethicsalarms.com/2013/05/08/now-you-tell-us-the-undeniable-deceit-in-the-post-sandy-hook-anti-gun-push/
Automatic weapon? OK, I'll let her slide on that.

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Response to gejohnston (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 12:29 PM

pablo_marmol (2,375 posts)

9. Wow, ge - that link is a pitch-perfect example of how

the GOP successfully exploits our dishonesty on "gun control".

Saving that.

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Response to SecularMotion (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 08:55 AM

ileus (15,396 posts)

2. she bit on the 74 shootings lie?

wonder if she know no children, students, or teachers have been shot with an "automatic weapon"

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Response to SecularMotion (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 09:30 AM

krispos42 (49,445 posts)

3. What a stupid statement.

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Thu Jun 19, 2014, 06:37 PM

mwrguy (3,245 posts)

5. Hillary is right

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Response to mwrguy (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 07:59 PM

blueridge3210 (1,401 posts)

6. Thought control much?

So now, we can't allow people to hold "viewpoints" that we don't like? Really?

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Response to blueridge3210 (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 09:23 PM

friendly_iconoclast (15,333 posts)

7. Gun control isn't so much about guns as it is about control

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Response to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 09:25 PM

blueridge3210 (1,401 posts)

8. So it would appear. (nt)

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Response to SecularMotion (Original post)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 12:58 PM

pablo_marmol (2,375 posts)

10. Looks like Huffpo and SecMo are into damage control already!

Revising what Hillary actually said:

"....we cannot let a minority of people -- and that's what it is, it is a minority of people -- hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people"

to:

"We Can't Let 'A Minority Of People' Terrorize The Majority."

This is really bad news.

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