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Jul. 20, 2012 1:32pm Meredith Jessup

While President Obama and Mitt Romney are taking a break from outspoken politicking today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is stepping forward and demanding action, criticizing the candidates for not directly addressing what he considers to be a key issue in the tragedy: gun control.

Here’s what Bloomberg had to say this morning in an interview with radio host John Gambling , just hours after the shooting in Colorado:

Gambling: Nice to see you as always. That deal in Aurora, just another horrific unexplainable mass murder.

Mayor Bloomberg: You know, soothing words are nice, but maybe it’s time that the two people who want to be President of the United States stand up and tell us what they are going to do about it, because this is obviously a problem across the country. And everybody always says, ‘Isn’t it tragic,’ and you know, we look for was the guy, as you said, maybe trying to recreate Batman. I mean, there are so many murders with guns every day, it’s just got to stop. And instead of the two people – President Obama and Governor Romney – talking in broad things about they want to make the world a better place, okay, tell us how. And this is a real problem. No matter where you stand on the Second Amendment, no matter where you stand on guns, we have a right to hear from both of them concretely, not just in generalities – specifically what are they going to do about guns? I can tell you what we do here in New York. The State Legislature passed the toughest gun laws – some states may say no. That’s okay, what do you want to do? And maybe every Governor should stand up. But in the end, it is really the leadership at a national level, which is whoever is going to be President of the United States starting next January 1st – what are they going to do about guns?

Gambling: The reality is you know that will not happen.

Mayor Bloomberg: Well, it’ll happen, John, if it was one of your kids yesterday in Aurora, maybe you’d stand up and say I’m not going to take this anymore. Maybe you get your friends and everything. And it’s not a question of what you think is right here. Here’s the issue: You want to be President? Okay, I said the other day, forget about stuff- you want to fix the economy? Tell us how you’re going to fix the economy, and tell us in a practical sense because the President has to deal with Congress, the President has to do things consistent with what the courts will allow. But just going and talking in generalities unfortunately doesn’t give the public the information they need to make an informed decision.

Gambling: Don’t you think that’s true again because the public doesn’t really know what it wants to hear? Doesn’t really care enough about that? And that the candidate has to play to the base because it’s the only way he or she is going to get elected, and therefor if he doesn’t get elected he can’t do anything-

Mayor Bloomberg: Well, it’s like saying, you know, I can be dishonest because I won’t get elected and then I can’t be honest. I mean, come on. You know, but number one, there’s something more important than getting elected, and that’s standing up and saying what you think is right. I mean, I listen to this all the time, everything – oh, it’s getting reelected. Getting reelected or elected isn’t everything. How do you- you’ve got to look your family in the eye, you’ve got to look yourself in the mirror and say this is what I really believe and this is what I’ll do if I get elected. And if it sells it sells, and if it doesn’t sell it doesn’t sell. And you know, you say people don’t know. Yeah, I think that’s fair. People don’t have a solution, or everybody has a different solution. But that’s why we elect governors and presidents and legislators to lead from the front, to come up with solutions, to tell us what those solutions they think are. Some will work, some won’t, some they’ll get through the Legislature, some they won’t be able to. But you still- if we just say, ‘Well, there’s nothing you can do about it.’ Think about where we’re going. This country is in very big trouble, and we need the two presidential candidates to tell us how they’re going to take us out of this. We used to be here in New York in the top ten in education in every standard. We’re lucky to be in the top 50. We used to have all the new jobs created here in this country. Everybody talks about jobs. Tell us specifically how you’re going to do it. New York City, we have our plans – some good, some bad, some people like them, some don’t – but we’re talking about the future of the country. Tax policy – you know, they talk about, ‘I’m going to reduce everybody’s taxes,’ or, ‘I’m going to reduce taxes for the group that I think will vote for me the most.’ That’s just not the way to do it. But guns – get back to Aurora – this is killing people every day, and it’s growing and it’s not just an inner-city, east coast, west coast, big city phenomenon. Aurora is not a big city.

Gambling: No.

Mayor Bloomberg: Suburb of Denver.

Gambling: Yeah.

Mayor Bloomberg: You know, the murder-

Gambling: 25 miles from Columbine, which I think is-

Mayor Bloomberg: The murder rate in the rural areas is just as bad if not worse than the murder rate in urban areas.

Gambling: Have you ever talked with anybody about the psychology of that? I know the gun issue, but the psychology of that. Have we become less sensitive to our neighbor?

Mayor Bloomberg: I don’t know about that. You know, I’m not a physiatrist or a psychologist. I can tell you I don’t think there’s any other developed country in the world that has remotely the problem we have. There’s no other place that allows- we have more guns than people in this country. Every place else, if there are murders they’re generally not done with guns – not generally, a lot more are not done with guns. And everybody’s got problems with crime, and you know, that’s the real world. God didn’t make everybody perfect. But this is just- you know, and we can talk about it on the talk shows, we can wring our hands and say it’s terrible. You know, ‘I need more guns to protect myself.’ And that strategy doesn’t work. That’s like saying incarcerate more people and you’ll reduce crime rate. In New York City, we’ve reduced the incarceration- the number of people incarcerated by over a third and crime keeps coming down. Because when you send somebody to jail – particularly a kid – all they do is learn how to be a worse criminal. So that’s just not a good solution. You may be able to say, ‘I’ll put her in jail and throw away the key.’ That sounds good, but it doesn’t solve the problem.

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Comments (81)

WTFHappenedToTheUSA
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:00pm
Bloomberg is an idiot, always has been, always will be.

I am going to go downstairs and clean my gun while drinking a 200 ounce soda.

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- 50211bs
  Posted on July 21, 2012 at 1:49pm
  A nice big bag of french fries fried in transfat oil then salted would taste great with the pop. You can sure bet that mayor bloomingidiot’s body guards carry high caliber, high capacity rounds semi-auto’s. He is such a hypocrit.
  
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- Recceman90
  Posted on July 21, 2012 at 8:59pm
  I agree, Bloomberg needs to go away on vacation….isn’t his final term as nanny over with yet?
  
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- ENIGMA28724
  Posted on July 21, 2012 at 9:06pm
  You would think he was running for president or something. He never misses a chance to insert his opinion into the discussion whether it concerns him or his mini-state or not. I recall a mass murder in NYC where a nightclub was torched by a disgruntled customer with gasoline and 75-80 people died. Didn’t even use a gun. Some can think of all kinds of excuses that the public not be allowed to carry weapons. I think this case makes a very strong point that they be allowed to. As for me, I will depend on myself for my own defense, thank you very much.
  
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BelindaB
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:59pm
http://www.davekopel.com/2A/Foreign/The-Swiss-and-their-Guns.htm

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- Redwood Elf
  Posted on July 21, 2012 at 2:28pm
  Absolutely correct…is it any wonder that neighboring countries are unenthusiastic about invading Switzerland?
  
  I know it’s a cliche’, but if you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns.
  
  Here’s one of my favorite old filk songs, by Leslie Fish, on this subject:
  
  http://www.lawfulpath.com/ref/jukes.shtml
  
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dwilco77
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:56pm
If you take this Kooks guns away, he will run his truck through a group of Elementary schools kids crossing the street. If you take his truck away, he will make a homemade bomb out of fertilizer. There is no stopping these Kooks. Guns have nothing to do with this. This was an insane bastard that unfortunately was not stopped before he hurt innocent people. The issue is not guns. It is trying to figure out who these guys are before they act

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bobefann
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:31pm
Idiot. People are going to kill people no matter what you do. Did guns stop ancient armies from slaughtering one another? How about people stoning others to death? It’s going to happen. YOU CANNOT STOP IT. What these morons don’t understand is that guns make the playing field even. Weaker inviduals can protect themselves where they cannot otherwise. Everyone has personal protection that does not matter on size, strength, ability, etc. What happens if you make guns illegal and people start breaking into houses at night and start smuthering people to death? Next thing you know there is a smuthering epidemic. Are you going to illegalize pillows?

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CINCH
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:28pm
Amen. Bloomberg wants America to be a part of Bilderberg’s New World Order where no one except he and his elite armies have guns, money, food, etc. Don’t fall for his rhetoric. Google Bilderberg and you will find he and Soros and most of Obama’s Czars are all a part of Bilderberg’s New World Order along with quite a few Republicans. This is a cancer we need to fight with all our might. When our guns are taken, we will be like China, Russia and the rest of the third world countries. Fight back.

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aurora53
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:26pm
Do not listen to ‘nanny’ Blumberg. This POS is a communist. No wonder he is trying to disarm Americans. All of you liberals better wake up and smell the coffee before we lose our nation. You will suffer as much as everyone else, should this happen. Now, is your chance to do your bit in trying to hang on to our country. It will take all of us to fight this scourge as they have infiltrated every crevice of our society, and mostly in our government. Do not believe their lies. They will say anything and everything to convince you to join their objectives!

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jrose1967
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 5:52pm
So would they be any less dead if he had blown them up? There were no guns used in Oklahoma City. What we are dealing with here is evil. It’s the same thing in the Pres’ hometown of chicago.

These are spoiled, narcissistic children brought up under a progressive system that puts a premium on self-esteem and eschews responsibility. It celebrates self-indulgence and makes fun of hard work.

No wonder these kids are so F’d up. The blood of this horror is not on the hands of gun owners. It’s on the hands of liberal politicians, progressive social engineers and their mindless, godless minions. Period.

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- RMagnano
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 6:47pm
  You have removed the smoke and mirrors to show the TRUTH of the Liberal dogma. Guns don’t kill
  people, PEOPLE do.
  
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irish_5
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 5:37pm
Mayor, if you want gun control….start with the street gangs, drug dealers and 14 yr olds who rob convenience stores. Until you get THAT gun population “under control” you can leave us honest, law-abiding U.S. gunowners alone so that we can defend ourselves, family and fellow law-abiding citizens. I recently joined the NRA because of pie-in-the-sky liberals who don’t have the manpower or guts to disarm the murderous criiminals.

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- encinom
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 6:46pm
  Given the fact that most of the illegal guns in NYC are brought legally in states like Virgina and other lax gun law states where the politicians care more about the NRA than their citizens, the mayor is correct. No Citizen Needs an Assault Rifle that can hold more than 100 rounds. It is time to take this issue back from the militia compound nutcases that spend their days looking for black UN helicopters and let sane people come up with gun control laws.
- bobefann
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:36pm
  @Ecinom
  
  Do you honestly think gun violence and gang violence will go away if guns are outlawed? Answer me this question… MS13 likes to go around with machetes and kill their victims. What if four jumped a guy that could have been carrying a gun? Now he is dead when he could have protected himself. Just because you take guns away, doesn’t mean the violence goes with it. With the abolition of firearms, you have just made the playing field uneven and criminals have the upper hand. Congratulations.
  
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- Banter
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:49pm
  Encinom
  
  So limp-wrist, based on your post you are ok with rifles that hold under 100 rounds? Cool, because my AK has a 30 round mag which will do just fine. Thanks for the panty-waist lib endorsement.
  
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- smalls
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:38pm
  Encinom….. Let me explain this. An AR-15 is not an assault rifle. To the general public it is an ordinary semi-automatic rifle that shoots LITTLE 5.56mm rounds. An assault rifle is typically fully automatic. Now in this great country, you may apply for a special permit to own a fully automatic rifle in some states. It is a very lengthy process that usually takes about 6 months. But still I guess if only the bad guys were the ones with guns we would be much better off.
  
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- oldduffer
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:23pm
  Homeless loners run risks as LA stabber lurks
  
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- oldduffer
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:28pm
  That was for ennut.
  
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Blazebanned
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 5:20pm
Bloomingidiotberg, you want my guns come try and take them, and that goes for ANYONE.
I will be waiting….

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- encinom
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 6:47pm
  And you are a part of the paranoid mob that should not be allowed to look at them. Please lock yourself away on your compound, the have no place in decent society.
  
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- Banter
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:41pm
  Encinom
  
  You need to un-limp that wrist if you are going to point fingers.
  
  If the SHTF you won’t be a panty-waist whiney lib anymore.
  
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- oldduffer
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:27pm
  Sure hope I don’t have to defend you like I did my next door neighbors with a 38 special. I won’t do it if I ever find out who you are and in that situation. I just hope you didn’t multiply and got a vasectomy instead. We don’t need any more like you running around or we’ll have to get more guns to defend ourselves.
  
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martyinhagerstown
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 5:07pm
Washington would require folks to carry their guns and sufficient ammo until this crisis was over. Romney should require proof of gun ownership before getting student loans or registering to vote.

“A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT.”
– George Washington

“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence. The very atmosphere of FIREARMS EVERYWHERE RESTRAINS EVIL INTERFERENCE.”
- George Washington

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Airbornedevildog
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 4:34pm
this shooting in colorado has bloomberg and the other communists shouting for gun control, but if that guy walked into a theatre with 100 gun carrying people I doubt he would have gotten so far.

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- encinom
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 6:48pm
  No, but how many more would have been killed by “friendly fire.” NRA idiots are their own worst enemies.
  
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- smalls
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:42pm
  NONE! What kind of person would go into a room where 50% of the people were armed?? Have you ever heard of a person who walked into a shooting range and opened fire on the patrons? Not that I could find. You are a idiot. If Bloomy wants guns gone so bad why not start with his armed guards that follow him around. Obviously he feels he needs protection! He is no different than any other citizen that has the right to defend themselves.
  
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- ENIGMA28724
  Posted on July 21, 2012 at 9:15pm
  In reply to ENCINOM, no where near as many would have died from friendly fire as compared to the number who actually did or were wounded. It just doesn’t happen that way. Legal CCW carriers are actually quite cautious about using their weapons. Your profound paranoia about firearms and their legal use by the public is obvious. Why don’t you move to Britain where firearms are virtually forbidden, and the violent crime and murder rate went up after the laws went into effect? You’d be much happier there and we would be much happier with you there, too.
  
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TeslanEdison
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 4:15pm
How can he be the Mayor of NY one of the few places occupied by a foreign power “The British” and not understand the historical significance of being able to own a gun. Honestly do you think the British occupied NY and didn’t confiscate anything that could be used as a defense? How can he not get that after the first responders who may or may not have guns are gone, you only have the citizens until such time as the military can muster. NY has no room to make commentary on the gun laws of the rest of the country as they have a ban in that city, due in no small part to the location of the UN headquarters there.

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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 4:14pm
I think he just likes seeing his name in the news. If we give up our guns we would end up like Syria.
we would be fighting for freedom with our hands and the evil ones would have the guns.

The day the whole World is at true peace. love and Godly, that is the day we lay down the guns.

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- Bowlz
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 5:12pm
  Bloomberg has ‘Napoleon Syndrome’. On top of that, he’s a progressive, elitist. He thinks other people should simply do as he says, but not as he does, and not ask questions. When he allows his security to give up their guns and accepts the exact same exposure that everyone else faces, I might consider listening to him. He’s the same as Rosie and her hypocrisy with guns. I don’t know what his Dad did to him, but he seems like an angry little man who has to control everything.
  
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bobbie22
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 4:13pm
Tell this fool to stop talking out of his arse

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Airbornedevildog
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 4:04pm
And states with the toughest gun control laws also have the highest crime rates. Bet he would have thought twice if he walked into a theatre with 100 other people carrying guns.

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southernORcobra
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 3:26pm
from my ccold dead hands…

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livingtruthUandI
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 3:11pm
Defense, security, public safety, motor vehicle department, mail and currency at most are the essential role of government. Can you list what the state of government roll is, in today’s environment?
If your answer is one word- POLITICAL- defiantly understand the abstract meaning of the word, which is the unlimited pandering overtime, until fully seize control over what deemed the subject, that could be an individual, property, and happiness.
If government sees, that people are helping and caring for and of each other, that would be a threat to its body. The reason is justified, which is, government is no longer needed. Keep in mind, when we nominate an individual to speak on our behalf, it does not mean he/she can ran away with the empowerment granted. On the contrary, should be held responsible of the people trust in him granted.
Now imagine if everyone we elect to represent us- We the People-, on local, state and federal level and everyone is sworn to deliver what was sent out with the people voice and mission, and all of these representatives met and each felt the power, would collectively give them all the thoughts and right to view, that if we joined forces, we would have the ultimate power. That is your Government.
A government feed of the bottom, until dry, to become a fire never feels full.

Government give order, People do all the work , what a turn of event.

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JudyG46
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 3:03pm
They still don’t ‘get it’. Take guns away from law abiding citizens then only the bad guys have guns. They’ll get them in any way they can and we will be defenseless. Leftist idiots.

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- encinom
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 6:50pm
  HE BOUGHT THE GUNS “LEGALLY.” The NRA written gun laws allow these wound be killers to legally purchase weapons for largest bang.
  
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KeystoneState
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:44pm
Hey Bloomberg, why don’t you ride public transit up to the mountains, buy a cabin and sit in it with no guns or soda, and leave everyone else alone ok?

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hogorina
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:28pm
A NATIONAL WARNING OF WHAT AWAITS INNOCENT PEOPLE

Not one person ever shoots innocent people unless afflicted by some well concealed neurosis. First, blame Hollywood and the sub human elements known as script writers. Pornography and anti-social misgivings are loaded down upon children at earlier ages. Criminals now control our country. It is now a crime in order for one not to be some sort of criminal within America. It is the work of sociopaths, who have lost contact with their fellow man. Sadly, innocent people lost their lives because one individual was mentally disturbed at the walls of a misinformed national society.

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- Big_Rick
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 3:43pm
  I believe that carrying multiple weapons into a crowed theater and opening fire is already illegal. And as far as leaving it up to police to have the weapons and trusting them with your safety, how did that work here? Had a responsible, law abiding citizen with a concealed carry permit been allowed to carry into the theater and had the opportunity to take this guy out, how many lives might have been saved. Pass all the laws you want, criminals will still not abide by them, that’s why their called criminals.
  
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DannyM
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:22pm
Will someone please tell that man to shut up and mind his own business instead of every other person’s in the world? It is infuriating to have some diminutive self-righteous politicians with a massive Napoleon complex find his way to a microphone in order to make commentary on something so tragic by linking it to his agenda. Besides, he’s just the mayor of a city, a really rotten one with over 10% unemployment. He should be pursuing a better business climate so as to help create jobs, but not Mr. Bloomberg, he wants to pontificate, and if that doesn’t work, good old fashioned tyranny will.

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Elias The Artist
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:18pm
To mayor bloomberg,

NUTS.

signed,
An American patriot

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- jrose1967
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 5:58pm
  Love it!
  
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- encinom
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 6:52pm
  Who is the patriot, the nut case in his militia compound spewing NRA talking points, or the mayor of the most important city in the country addressing the root cause of this national cancer. The NRA written gun laws allowed this to happen.
  
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- CoogsUrDaddy
  Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:54pm
  @ Encinom- FOAD you useless piece of shiite. When guns are gone from the law abiding who the hell are you gonna be rescued by? Lord Obama. STFU and why you aren’t ever robbed or beat is beyond me. Such an incident should change your mind, you useless c-rag.
  
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- watashbuddyfriend
  Posted on July 23, 2012 at 9:38am
  CoogsUrDaddy, you did well in your post! Thanks
  Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:54pm
  
  @ Encinom- FOAD you useless piece of shiite. When guns are gone from the law abiding who the hell are you gonna be rescued by? Lord Obama. STFU and why you aren’t ever robbed or beat is beyond me. Such an incident should change your mind, you useless c-rag.
  
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rafa2design
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 2:16pm
Where I live in NC the law states I can’t conceal carry into a venue where a fee had been charged for admission. I always assumed this meant sporting events and movie theaters. I don’t know if it’s the same in CO, but if someone had been carrying in that theater I am sure less people would have been hurt. The point is that these violent shootings are happening in places that our government has forbid us to carry firearms: churches, schools (universities), malls, and movie theaters.

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- ENIGMA28724
  Posted on July 22, 2012 at 8:21pm
  My church [and Pastor] in NC actually encourages it’s members who have CCW permits to carry in church. Thus far, we have had zero problem with violent behavior by anyone. The word “riddled” comes to mind when I think of someone coming in to attempt harm to church members.
  
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Sara72
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 1:52pm
…. if more people carried… this JACKASS deranged shooter may not have had time to kill so many

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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on July 20, 2012 at 1:45pm
Gee you Communist Piece of crap,The theater had a no Concealed carry sign on the door!
The criminal did not read the sign!!!! We Need Sign Control!!!
Go to hell Bloomberg.

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- devildogger
  Posted on July 20, 2012 at 5:04pm
  Smokey, go to hell bloomberg is a sentiment I heartily endorse. Stay in that vile, democrat infested pit you call NYC, you impotent boob.
  
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