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California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon: “Gun Lobbyists and Pro-Gun Pols Were in the Room with Las Vegas Spree Killer”

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Well, there is it, in white-on-black: California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon‘s assertion that the “gun lobby” and pro-gun right politicians are culpable for the Mandalay Bay spree killing. The only other thing you need to know: it’s been reported that killer Stephen Paddock purchased some of his guns in California. Putting two-and-two together and it’s only a matter of time before the Golden State will introduce a bill banning AR-style rifles, full-stop. Which would, I’m thinking, pass. Watch this space.

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  1. Thankfully he was not a millionaire who had planned this for months or had no criminal record. No way he could legally obtain a silencer anyways.

    #sarc

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  2. Of this I have no doubt.
    A state ruled by tyrannical one party fail, corruption, and a voter block so low informed as to be a joke. Well, erasing FREEDOM and LIBERTY is easy.

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  3. It’s domestic terrorism. No different than timothy mcveigh. Government isn’t always the cause or solution to everything sometimes it’s just evil people which obviously do exist.

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  4. this is a stupid point to make. he didnt shoot people at the hotel,he shot FROM the hotel at people in public, which im sure WAS a gun free zone as well.

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  5. So, if guns were already completely illegal, and instead he had driven his car into the parking lot full of Ammonium Nitrate (which he had too) and blown up hundreds, would the Assemblyman be directing the same blame at the National Farmers Union?

    This isn’t about changing things. It’s about guns.

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  6. I don’t think it would have the 5 D votes anyway. The rules would need to be changed to 50 votes and we know that Mitch ain’t gonna do that. I’m so pissed about this. It was a long shot to begin with and this asshole ruined it for us. After all, if someone craps in their pants we all must wear diapers.

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  7. This argument about him having a silencer is bullsh*t, and it needs to be disassembled and exposed. He could have gotten a silencer, he just didn’t. He certainly had the money, and obviously wasn’t a prohibited person, since he bought all those guns legally. The absence of the Hearing Protection Act did not prevent him from getting one. They are already legal in 42 states, including Nevada. If a homicidal nut job want one, they’ll get one. That left-wing douchebag Christopher Dorner proved that.

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  8. Let me get this straight.

    White man kills a bunch of people.

    Congress passes gun control laws in response.

    Black men go to prison for violating these laws even though they did not hurt (much less kill) anyone.

    Is that how it goes?

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  9. Fine! Then using that philosophy, every Muslim was aboard the planes on 9/11 and every Muslim was standing with the San Bernadino shooters.

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  10. I thought these people wanted to leave the union, so do that, and STFU about something you know nothing about. All of us of the gun were and are horrified by what this democrat did.

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  11. Just had to get my dalily dose of The truthaboutgunaboutgun. Woke up to HLN, covering the Las Vegus massacre. News chick was going on about how good it was that perp was not using a silencer, cause there would have been more people shot. But the snow flake comment would win an Emmy for ignorance was “NATO” rounds were used and those are for war because they are for war. Should only be available to police and military.
    The talking heads are turning themselves inside out trying to determine “motive” How about just evil as the motive.

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  12. Guy was a private pilot, right? How much gasoline could you pack into the cabin of the average GA aircraft before diving it into a crowd of thousands at a music festival?

    They continue to focus on the tool and not the operator.

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  13. And if I happen to state my disagreement with this policy on social media? Well then I guess I have to give up that freedom also, cause it’s that time. What a lovely little tin pot fascist POS.

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  14. Make sure you have a full unedited copy available to share on social media in case they’re “liberal” in their editing.

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  15. Curious that authorities and news media are not releasing info from his Facebook Page. What’s on it? What’s not on it? If we all want to know “why” then why is the news media demanding it? Perhaps it does not support the narrative of a right wing gun nut. Just saying…

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  16. Congress will go after bump fire and other mechanical trigger manipulation. Sadly, the whole reason bump fire is legal is that people use the gun’s recoil to perform that trick. The only way to keep that from happenning is to collect all guns with self loading systems, that is NOT a good idea. Remember that a shoestring or a belt loop can do the same thing.

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