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Gen. Who Resigned Amid Critical Comments of Obama Offers Thoughts on Gun Control: ‘Serious Action Is Necessary’

Jan. 8, 2013 12:16pm Becket Adams

General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal Dishes on Gun Control, Says it Requires Serious Action

Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal (Getty)

Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal during a Tuesday broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” said gun control in the U.S. requires “serious action.”

“I spent a career carrying typically either a M16, and later a M4 carbine,” he said.

“And a M4 carbine fires a .223 caliber round, which is 5.56 millimeters, at about 3,000 feet per second. When it hits a human body, the effects are devastating. It’s designed to do that. That’s what our soldiers ought to carry,” he added.

He continued:

I personally don’t think there’s any need for that kind of weaponry on the streets and particularly around the schools in America. I believe that we’ve got to take a serious look — I understand everybody’s desire to have whatever they want — but we have to protect our children and our police and we have to protect our population. And I think we have to take a very mature look at that.

The former Commander of U.S. and NATO Coalition Forces in Afghanistan is, of course, referring to the Newtown, Conn., shooting that killed 26 people, including 20 children.

“I think serious action is necessary. Sometimes we talk about very limited actions on the edges, and I just don’t think that’s enough,” he said.

The “Morning Joe” hosts asked him if he has a message for the National Rifle Association and the House Judiciary Committee.

“I think we have to look at the situation in America,” he responded.

“The number of people killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations. I don’t think we’re a bloodthirsty culture, and we need to look at everything we can do to safeguard our people,” he added.

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South Philly Boy
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:30pm
He trying to get obummer POINTS

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- txjb
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 7:59pm
  Yes , he will say anything to help obama.
  
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- kenboo1
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 8:43pm
  If we don’t need them, why do the police need them???
  
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- charles116
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 9:19pm
  The police need them to fight crime not to make gals think they have big hoo hoos
  
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- Silversmith
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 10:15pm
  Yeah, the administration broke him and now he’ll say whatever they want. Who knows what he’s trying to avoid.
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 10:23pm
  Didn’t get the job done in a-Stan. Now he’s the expert in our country. Which constitution did he swear to defend?
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 8:04am
  He is a liberal turd burger from the word go, and always has been.
  
  Those serving in special ops hate his guts.
  
  Like all libs, the constitution and the it’s bill of rights mean nothing to them. They know you cannot take a man’s Bible, until you first take his guns.
  
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jammin johnny
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:30pm
It is globalist traitors like the general who will give the order to shoot U.S. citizens. On orders from a thug commander in chief. Our only hope is that his own troops will not follow an unlawful order and arrest them instead.

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Chromo200
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:26pm
He was on Huckabee today and I had to change stations, The guy is a schmuck .. Does he think that automatic weapons won’t make it to the streets … Just because he is a general I don’t need to listen to him.. he is full of BS .. He needs to go away and live a bungalow in Florida and disappear. He has nothing valuable to contribute.

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- liberal_equals_liar
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 6:50pm
  Chromo200, McChrystal is so stupid it is dangerous. When he was in charge of Afghanistan in 2009, one of his “orders” was for US Military Convoys to allow local traffic into convoys. This is a country where ANY vehicle can hide 1000lbs of explosives or more. His reasoning for putting Soldiers lives at risk: “Courteous driving will win the war.”
  
  He may have scored some conservative points by saying some funny things about Obama, but he is NO friend to conservatives.
  
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- kenboo1
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 8:48pm
  I guess you have to have a very long tongue and know how to kiss a$$ to make 4 star… I would follow Colonel North or Colonel West any where any time…
  
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Turxx
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:15pm
My name is Troy Dulude and I’m from Minnesota. I support the Constitution with every fiber of my being and recognize the Bill of Rights as rights we are born with, not because we are Americans but because we are human beings. I oppose our actions in the middle east, Obama care, gun control, the federal reserve… I believe corporations are not people. I believe the system is corrupt. I believe politicians are not above the law. I believe our president is out of control, as was the previous. The solution starts with your states, demand your states declare sovereignty. This does not mean secede!! It means stick to the Constitution: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people (the 10th amendment). Read the Constitution and stand up for it. Stop voting the same people in who would destroy it or sell you down the river for big bank or big business agenda. Demand change and be ready to fight for it. There has never been a time in our history since the Declaration of Independence where it has been more important to sever political ties, to stand up and shout, “I AM A HUMAN BEING, I AM FREE AND MY VOICE MATTERS!”. This is a republic, our government was designed to represent the majority while defending the minority from oppression. This is America, land of the free and home of the brave. Don’t tread on me.

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john vincent
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:15pm
Hey Mr General: What should be done to the young punk who knocks out a greyhound bus driver with a pea shooter, causing him to swerve over a cliff, killing 65 passengers?? Jail him and abolish straws?

The kneejerk reaction regarding arms and death should never be at the expense of something good. The Preamble to the Constitution: WE the people….thats we, you, and I IF we hold American citizenship dear. It is not my fault there are miscreants loose in the land. There always have been, and always will, but you do not tear up the foundation with a bulldozer because of a few lazy laborers.

The Constitution is that foundation, it is the backbone of the American structure, and it is perfect. It was written for such a time as this, that men may know, whether they be prince or pauper, that they may not usurp what belongs to all, and that is the freedom to protect life and property. And by a generals admission that ‘guns’ are a problem, he is prostituting that freedom by debasing the constitution by public opinion. I do not care what public opinion is, for at any time it may move like the tides, but the anchor of America is that which was written in stone by good men, men who foresaw the dangers of men having too much power. They knew of what men today do not: hearts can be molded by other weak hearts, and men will give up that which they do not hold dear.

Mr General, guns as well as a thousand other things can be problems, but leave the foundation alone.

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- zapparules
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 9:29pm
  NOTHING is perfect
  
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Turxx
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:10pm
The talk always circles around to, protect the children, protect the individual. Pad all the corners in the world and keep anything bad from happening. Can’t people see where that leads? The second amendment is there to protect the whole, the nation, the constitution. With out it the other ones are meaningless, when they decide the first, the third, the forth, the fifth… don’t apply anymore either, holding that piece of paper in the air isn’t going to stop them.

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- zapparules
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 9:43pm
  Without it the other ones are meaningless…
  Then why wasn’t it made THE First Amendment?
  
  No Amendment is absolute.
  
  ” … the right of the people to keep and bear Arms …”
  SO…
  Do I have the right to bear any type or amount of Arms I care to?
  So can I have a nuke?
  
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- RevDev
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 12:01am
  zapparules, I trust you the Individual more with a nuke than a tyrant. I don’t fear you as much as I would the American Government that has torn loose of its bindings and gone lawless. The Constitution is to protect you and me not to empower the Government. The 2nd amendment is to empower the citizen against just such a Government. Please read up on the largest mass murders in human history. It is not an individual in a school in Connecticut. It is people like Assad, Hitler and Mao. Your engaging in hyperbole will not help and does dishonor to the dead children of Sandy Hook. I beg you to look at the pictures of those precious angels and remove yourself from your distrust of your neighbors and rationally ask how you would keep that from happening again. I think there has been better discussion to that end on Glenn’s show Thursday night (1-3-2013) and on Real News than anywhere else. Please watch (with an open mind) that show and a few of the Real News shows since the killings. I think honest people will admit this is fixable in 4 or 5 steps that do not disempower your fellow citizens.
  
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- RevDev
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 12:06am
  Zapparules, Read the Federalist Papers and you will know. Knowledge is power. Molon Labe
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 10:31am
  Zap
  
  Before there was an America, people carried fire arms. Concord and Lexington happened because the British came to confiscate and/or destroy weapons in the possession of the miltia.
  
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minnfinn
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:07pm
This is shocking to hear of a man who should know that AR-15s aren’t use “walking around the streets” by law-bidding citizens. Millions of the latter use them safely, legitimately for dozens for reasons (e.g. hunting, target shooting, home defense, investments/collecting, etc.) AR-15 are functionally the same as hundreds of other semi-auto hunting, target, self-defense other models that have been around for well over 100 years! This Gen. swore an oath to defend our Constitution in it’s entirety, not just othe ones Liberals, Leftist and people like him approve of. God help us!

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woodyee
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:06pm
Does anyone know how the subject was broached with this disgraced pig? Was it brought up in casual conversation, or was the purpose of his appearance to give his opinion on the subject?

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Turxx
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:04pm
SIMPLETRUTHS, there has been “peace time” since the end of WWII, se haven’t declared war since 1941, which is _another_ reason our forefathers opposed standing armies. So presidents couldn’t run amuck with our military. These things are supposed to require an act of congress.

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woodyee
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:04pm
Hey McChrystal! You DISGRACED pig!

It’s not for you to decide what WE need to defend ourselves with, any more than it is your business to decide what kind of car we should drive, or what kind of food we should eat. Barking up the tree of 300,000,000 Americans isn’t going to get you the appointment you want – go plant your face between the arse-cheeks of the man you’re sucking up to and give him a reach-around, you pig.

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- charles116
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 9:23pm
  I think Alex Jones is pretty much making the points for Obama.
  And Wayne La Pee-er.
  Presentation is very important ladies.
  
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- zapparules
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 9:46pm
  So NO ONE gets to decide what we get to defend ourselves with – eh?
  
  In that case… I want a nuke!
  You OK with that?
  Better be.
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 9:29am
  Charles: Next time the cops get carried away and beat some crack head half to death go stand in front of the Apple store and talk then looters onto doing the right thing. OR, when your boy crashes the dollar and the EBT cards stop working stand in front of the local supermarket and talk reason. You have an answer for everything, apply your god-like wisdom for good.
  
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Idahosauce
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:03pm
BTW, the overwhelming majority of gun crime/death is black on black…..so only restrict guns from blacks if you want to make a difference, right?

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FaithfulFriend
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:03pm
Look all you want ex-mcgeneral.The 1 time you could have stood up for the 1 thing you had sworn to protect and defend you withdraw your testicles and bow in observance to those who wish to destroy it.

How pathetic.

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Idahosauce
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:01pm
Voted for barry and now this? With friends like this, the Constitution doesn’t need enemies…. the problem is a mental one, not a gun one….. Keep your effing hands off my 2nd Amendment Right!

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donttreadonryan
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:59pm
The msm is attempting to counter the marine that wrote Feinstein. Unfortunately a ton of sheeple will fall in line and quote this traitor to the constitution. There again he spoke out against the commander in chief while serving. Idiot.

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InfiniteSolutions
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:51pm
Who paid this guy off! Oh ya, I’m going to listen to him just because he says it should be so and because he was in the military. He’s entitled to his own opinion and it doesn’t change mine. I personally do not like guns but I think it’s inherantly a necessary evil. At one time it translated to survival but quickly became a weapon of distruction. Let’s make guns all disappear in the whole world, including nuclear weapons, bows and arrows and politicians. Then we can live peacefully.

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BEAR0571
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:32pm
Traitor!!!!!!!!!!

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- pavnvet
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:40pm
  I will second that. The enlisted are the ones that carry firearms into battle. This POS carried one for looks. And .ike many others have said, c’mon and try and take my guns. I guarantee I will take out a couple of you before you take me if it ever would come to that.
  
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- El Pistoffo
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:41pm
  Definitely a traitor.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:51pm
  Looks like he wasn’t so serious about that oath he took. Sad, too. Looks like he’ll be counted among the enemy when the time comes.
  
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- eagledown
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:02pm
  Let me ask you this General.
  
  Can you guarantee the American people that you and other Generals would Dis-Obey any Un-Constitutional actions against us coming from the Foreign Agent (POTUS) in the White House or the U.N.?
  
  I didn’t think so; that’s why we will not dis-arm!!!
  
  Have a nice day.
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 7:14pm
  Mr or Ms BINARY COMMA,
  
  This is what you must know:
  
  derp derp derp derpy derp
  
  It is so.
  
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CWPrequired
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:31pm
A disgrace to the uniform and the Constitution with that statement.

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Serenabit
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:03pm
Take a look at what this commissioned officer did to the rules of engagement for our military in the Middle East, and you will note that he has not had the best interests of America, it’s people, or it’s military as a first priority in quite some time.

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team1blazer
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:01pm
Obviosly, the “general” has a complete misunderstanding of the 2nd amendment. The whole purpose of the right to keep and bear arms is to protect the citizenry from a tyrannical government. We are “outgunned” by our government now….we simply can’t allow them to take away our only tools to defend against them (communists)

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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:25pm
  The ballot box is a much more powerful tool than a gun, and it has the added benefit of not going to jail after you use it. Now of course you have to be willing to submit to the idea of your guy not winning, apparently that’s the real problem isn’t it.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:52pm
  Simpleton, the ballot box serves no purpose any longer. It has proven to have failed. It is time now for the cartridge box. If you’re scared, I’d suggest you get out of the way.
  
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- Free_Thinker
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:40pm
  Simple, if someone breaks into your home to kill you, just use a ballot box to stop them and let me know how that works out for you.
  
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 2:47pm
Absolute disgrace to his uniform. What the heck is an academy officer doing carrying a gun anyways?

As I’ve said, Shwarzkopf was the last great American General. Now all generals are freaking D.C. politicians in a uniform. All the really good officers never make flag officer because they care more about their men and mission than they do kissing the right arse.

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Metallicat
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 2:45pm
yes the number of people killed by firearms is extraordianary when compared to nations who are not allowed gun ownership. But for a country that has that right,the number of crimes committed by gun owners compared to the number who have them is relatively small. now if 10% of those gun owners were regularly using their guns for crimes,we would have a problem,and that is not what we are seeing. compare gun deaths between Mexico and the US. We do NOT have a problem with gun owners in America,we have a problem with criminals who do not follow laws.

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m14guy
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 2:40pm
Another flag officer who left his oath for a paycheck.

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- Fubared
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:15pm
  Yep
  
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MDECKER
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 2:37pm
I happen to like the General but, “serious action is necessary”, means only one thing, Militia!

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Metallicat
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 2:35pm
I dont trust our modern generals who have been indoctrinated into the UN global government mentality.

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- scott4freedom
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 8:03pm
  Evict the un from us soil now…And all thier trained military officers!
  
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- txjb
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 8:06pm
  You hit the nail on the head ! sold out ,now one world order goons .
  
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drs1969
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 2:35pm
Not surprising he wants to take guns away. He’s drawn a gov. paycheck his whole career. This is exactly why our forefathers were dead set against standing armies in peace time.

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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:22pm
  “This is exactly why our forefathers were dead set against standing armies in peace time.”
  #1 – provide citation of that claim
  #2 – When was the last time there was “peace time”?
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 3:54pm
  Simpleton, you don’t read much do you?
  
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- Friar-3Michael
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:00pm
  Article I, Section VIII
  Article II, Section II
  
  Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts: “What, sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty.” Rep. of Massachusetts, I Annals of Congress at 750 (August 17, 1789).
  
  James Madison: “As the greatest danger to liberty is from large standing armies, it is best to prevent them by an effectual provision for a good militia.” (notes of debates in the 1787 Federal Convention)
  
  Thomas Jefferson: “Nor is it conceived needful or safe that a standing army should be kept up in time of peace for [defense against invasion].” –Thomas Jefferson: 1st Annual Message, 1801. ME 3:334
  
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- happ77
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:31pm
  Friar-3michael 1
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