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Glenn Beck Predicts How the Obama Admin. Will Go About Gun Control: ‘Make No Mistake, a Fight Is Coming’

Jan. 14, 2013 10:15pm Tiffany Gabbay

During his Monday evening broadcast, Glenn Beck predicted how he thinks the Obama administration will go about imposing stricter gun laws in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre. “Make no mistake,” he said, “a fight is coming.”

Despite threats of executive orders, Beck said he believes a compromise will likely come about in terms of legislation, perhaps a ban on semi-automatic rifles or more background check requirements. He also predicted that Hollywood, perhaps along with the video game industry, will be “slapped on the wrist” and asked to include more explicit warning labels on content containing violent themes.

However, immediately after the “next tragedy” involving guns, the Obama administration may take swift and decisive action, Beck said. The president will argue that he can no longer wait for a stubborn Congress to act and will use executive orders to address gun control.

The right course in opposing such measures, according to Beck, is “to emulate Gandhi, MLK and Jesus,” in terms of peaceful resistance. At the end of the day, he believes the Constitution should be all the Americans’ guide and violence should be rejected.

Beck also discussed our current gun laws with the rate and types of violent crime being carried out around the country. He noted that in 1994, Biden wrote a now fairly infamous assault weapons ban bill, designed to reduce crime by, according to Beck, “arbitrarily outlawing specific guns and gun features.” That features included curved magazines, magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds and certain pistol grips among others.

“That ban failed miserably,” Beck said. It “was not renewed after 10 years…and crime rates didn’t budge.”

He believes this is due to the fact that virtually none of the gun-related crimes over this time span included the use of assault weapons. Statistics Beck cited on the program revealed that during a three year period prior to 1994, only 17 out of 7500 gun-related crimes included the use of assault rifles. Thus, to Beck, such bans, including the types of reform sought today in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting are “based on feeling, not fact.”

Citing the politicization of tragedies like Newtown by both celebrities and politicians alike, Beck said that the public naturally then demands congress do something to remedy what they see as the problem. The facts, however, indicated that while the public actually does want stricter gun control, they do not favor an outright ban. Days after the Sandy Hook shooting a Gallup poll revealed opposition to an outright handgun ban rose to an all-time high of 74 percent while 51 percent opposed reinstating Biden’s 1994 bill. Support for stricter gun laws increased by 13 percent while support of banning gun ownership dipped by eight percent.

Beck also cited a Mother Jones article that chronicled 62 mass-shootings over the last 30 years in which not one was “stopped by a civilian using a gun.” The argument Mother Jones sought to debunk is the frequent claim by gun-advocates that guns, in the right, law-abiding hands, could be used to defend people from senseless violence during mass-shootings.

Beck disagrees. He noted a recent shooting at an Oregon mall last month in which a deranged shooter turned the gun on himself after slaying two others. The reason, Beck said, is because the assailant saw a citizen approaching him with a weapon and decided to take his own life instead of shooting another passerby.

“I’m pretty sure everyone else in the mall that day was grateful for the Second Amendment,” quipped Beck before going on to cite an incident in Israel where three terrorists unleashed machine gun fire into a crowd of civilians. Armed Israeli citizens were quick to take down the three terrorists even before the police or army arrived.

Gun control advocates “conveniently ignore countless success stories such as this one,” Beck said. “They ignore the mountain of evidence, like the fact [that] mass shootings… rose between the 1960s and 1990s but dropped in the 2000s.”

The entire gun debate, for Beck, can be boiled down to progressives “taking advantage of a crisis” to using “emotion” to rule the day and pass legislation. He does not believe the American public will cede.

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CharlestonJohn
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:57am
Farwalker who are you my english teacher?

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Mike76
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:56am
I’m not sure what to make of Glenn Beck anymore. His passivism is concerning to me. Glenn, if you haven’t noticed, fighting back with mere words, no matter how true, reasonable, and logical they are doesn’t work – the Left controls the media and the narrative. Using the system to protect liberty doesn’t work either, as we have a President who works outside of the system when it pleases him, and a Congress who will do nothing to stop him. Generations have been raised by the doctrine of the Left, and aren’t willing to be deprogrammed. Simply talking about the Constitution won’t protect it if you aren’t prepared to draw a line and defend it with your life. George Washington didn’t win the Revolution with dialogue – he won with muskets. The Constitution was written in blood, and deserves no less in it’s defense.

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LoveBringsTruth
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:53am
Beck you really know how to lay a turd after last weeks brilliant shows. Thanks for throwing your life, fortune and sacred honor out of the window. To the genocide camps we go!

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lid.smoker
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:45am
That’s a great picture of Glenn leaning over the pool table. He reminds me of Benicio Del Toro in some Richard Rodriguez south of the border movie, a total badass!

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Coyote1953
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:38am
Stop “feeling” – THINK

There has not been a “rash” of gun violence in the U. S. – as many would have you believe. We just have a President in his second term directing us towards his “socialist utopia”. Of course in the recent mass-shootings, the offenders had serious mental health issues.

The President is ignoring the mental health issue because he needs to disarm us.

The existing governance has an agenda to direct national policy towards the ultimate socialist system where the “government” owns all commerce. Their system has been tried in many countries and have failed because people just want to be free.

It’s a fact that Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and Mao took away the guns of their citizens.

By nature, people expect to be rewarded for their work. In the socialist system, people are marginalized for their work and penalized of excessive profit. In the socialist system, those who don’t want to work are only entitled to minimum assistance by the government.

Governments which respects the people have no fear of the people and allow the people to prosper.

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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:47am
  Coyote1953
  
  Governments which respects the people have no fear of the people and allow the people to prosper.
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  Don’t fool yourself into thinking the government doesn’t respect gun owners. If they didn’t respect us they wouldn’t be trying to disarm us.
  
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cosmic dogma
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:35am
Am purchasing a membership to the NRA for my daughter. Am encouraging everyone to become members. Am a lifetime member, as I suggest every one who reads this who has the ability, please join.

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Slowman101
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:33am
Obama is jut doing the bidding of his Muslim masters.

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jdog777
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:29am
It is fine and dandy to call for “peace and control” as armed men gather up people in the streets that refuse to give up their guns. Yes… they will fill up the jails. They build more jails… then camps… then….. Well, lets just ask the Jews what happens next. No Glenn… you don’t peacefully surrender as they herd you up. You don’t allow the Government to put law enforcement between tyranny and millions of gun owners. You stop it now. As a Mormon… you know better. Go re-read the book of Alma and re-read how the people of Nephi were justified in defending their Liberties from their oppressors… using FORCE under the direction of God. We don’t need sacrificial lambs… we need a Captain Moroni.

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TSUNAMI_22
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:27am
I saw the video.

Beck is simply covering his **** because he knows what the true right thing to do is and it ain’t to pursue peace through compliance with illegal laws.

Beck personally doesn’t believe a single word he just uttered. He knows that the smart ones like us sheepdog types see through this deliberate misdirection.

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- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:50am
  By the way, the reason Becks suggestion won’t work is because it relies on the rule of law to be present in order to carry any weight.
  
  There is NO rule of law.
  
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ZOZOMAN
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:27am
From what I’ve been seeing and hearing,,,then a fight there will be

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RepubliCorp
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:24am
FYI-Becky, Gandhi didn’t have any guns to fight with. The British made sure of that (gun-control)

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Jamboree
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:21am
Enjoy your chat and comments while you can. First thing happens is the Internet and radio/tv gets shut down or heavily censored. National emergency, you know. To resist you need to communicate, and that will be ended.

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- Pro2A13
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 8:16am
  Get your old CB radios out of storage.
  Cutting off the liberal ‘news media’ is a good thing! They are a big part of this whole mess. If it gets started, be sure the liberal media cannot be ‘on the air’. They will be used by government as a weapon to demonize patriots. They need communications for propaganda. In every city, and in every town, they would need to be shut down.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 10:50am
  Jambo,
  Well then, that will be the call to arms then would it not? That in and of itself is Paul Reveres ride. Nice try prog.
  
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shift
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:20am
Here’s the deal, Glenn is right on this one and here’s why, if you try to put up a fight and a violent resistance you will either end up dead or in jail with a felony in federal prison. The police if they come for your weapons have the advantage. There wont be a group of militia there to back you up. There will only be you against a bunch of police, because they will go to one house at a time to get the guns, they will have the advantage in numbers. There will be some that resist and put up a fight but this is just what the gestapo types of whom many are in the police force now could care less about the 2nd amendment or your rights. In fact many of them “Waco was a great example” live for the thrill of this type of thing its what they think about all the time.

This period of darkness that America is going through with a president whom many question is even legally allowed to be president, the debt, the hypocrisy on the left, the attacks on our freedoms we will have another chance in 4 years to make this right, and with the way things are going, things will be on our side the next time. People are going to see real hardship coming, the massive amount of people living off the government now, the massive amount of jobs that are going to continue to be lost because of the reckless behavior of our government, all of this is going to have a huge impact next time we go to the polls. Resist but resist peacefully. Now is not the time for civil war.

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- spfoam1
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:31am
  That is right. The idea is to be law abiding and peaceful until there is no choice. Pressure your representatives to oppose any new regulations from Obama. The left has been practicing complaining and pressuring politicians for decades while the rest of us have been working and staying silent. Time to get noisy.
  
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- shift
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:37am
  People complain that even with all of the activism on the right over the past several years, we were not able to stop things like Obamacare, Gay Marriage, Obama being re-elected. I honestly feel that even though there were many people that joined movements like the Tea Party and other groups, there were still a large majority of American conservatives that did not do anything, in fact I know many that did not even vote, too many people are still more interested in going about their lives watching not interested or becoming involved, they are more interested in the latest sporting event, going to parties, shopping constantly, having the best cars, watching tv and movies. If people would truly wake up and do something things might change. The progressives are really good at putting their money behind their beliefs, I hate the fact that corporations and PACS, have so much control over legislation that gets passed but thats how are system works, lets use that to our favor, stop shopping at places that go against your beliefs and for Gods sake if you have a gun, put your money where you mouth is and join an organization like the NRA or the Nation Association of Gun Rights. I am amazed at how many people will spend $1500 dollars or more on guns but they wont donate $35 dollars to the NRA.
  
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- OperationNorthwoods
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:37am
  @SHIFT “In fact many of them “Waco was a great example” live for the thrill of this type of thing its what they think about all the time.”
  
  Those types weren’t too thrilled when they met force from the Davidians and had to retreat when they realized they were outgunned and pinned down. It was the Davidians who showed mercy and let them retreat and treat their wounded.
  
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- shift
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:52am
  If we react like the Davidians where were a bunch of nutjobs, I dont care if they were right or not, we will quickly be living in a police state, this is just what the NWO types want. They are hoping that we react this way. We need to resist we need to be willing to go to jail.
  
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Logic77
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:17am
The NWO now owns Glen, pretty sad. The military is made up of our sons and daughters and fathers and mothers, don’t think for a second they would follow an order from Obama, if anything they would turn on him and join the resistance freedom fighters. Never surrender, ever.

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nw5052001
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:16am
I like Glenn Beck, but there is a real problem…he has his food and necessities to make it through turmoil….the real issue he is ignoring and kicking it down the road for your children……he is not going to come save your children…..your only option is to removed the usurper…..stand up for Justice..you will never (your kids) have freedom without Justice…you all are letting them down

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SwampFoxHiggy
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:13am
DO NOT go gently into that goodnight, my lovely
RAGE, RAGE against the dying of the light

MOLON LABE

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SwampFoxHiggy
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:08am
Do not go gently into that goodnight, my lovely
rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Molon labe

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1911a1
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:08am
I think Glenn is correct , I mean really folks ,we cant get the masses organized enough to vote ? how the hell will we organize them for a sucessful battle against the powers that be? I dont think it will be quik the way glenn thinks though , i think some of us will be imprisoned for many many years by these traitors and opressors . it will be up to us to either do what we must do or not

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RushEcho2
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:00am
I saw Glenn Beck’s TV show today—much better than the write-up.

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katzkiner
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:57am
The third rail of politics has always been the 2nd Amendment, you will not get a second chance to keep it. Choose wisely. Are you Americans or what? Obama and his minions are. COM MUN ISTS . How many millions will they eliminate? I would not leave that decision to Chicago Revolutionary Front.

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therapist
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:53am
We would be of no use to anyone, especially our families if we were to get tossed in jail. Bad idea. We didn’t win independence from GB by letting ourselves be jailed.

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AlaskaBob
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:51am
When ninja attired but not identified federal agents attacked at Ruby Ridge and later when the FBI tried to get a “two fer”, the Feds claimed no local overriding legal authority (no judge at the site) and teh courts ruled their actions unconstitutional. Feds wrong = two dead …. and Larry Potts was promoted.

At Waco, full on assault by Feds (Operation Showtime), wound up with the FBI burning down the buildings secondary to incendiary effects of gas canisters…. outcome… mucho dead and a video of BATF agents raising their flag over the burned out compound and hi-5′ing themselves.

Fast and Furious…. mucho mucho dead.

On and on… progress leading to independence or legal restitution requires an opponent that can be swayed by compassion and logic. Britain could be swayed….but was the Clinton administration swayed??? Can the Obama administration be swayed. Can one negotiate with ideologues will be sacrifice the rule of law… dispassionately watch Americans die in Libya or play a numbers game resulting in hundreds of Mexican nationals being murdered? Glenn’s approach will require innocent gun owners being killed (murdered) since jailing them will not achieve the “flashpoint” that Obama wants. The gamble is that a public will allow rearming/maintain arms of the segment of the population while the Administration offers amnesty to the survivors. It takes major repression for a people to be driven to opposing a government… especially one so soft and

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- katzkiner
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:10am
  At the time of Waco CNN broadcasted an individual sliding down the roof from a second story window. He was in a fire suit with a re breather, and a holster for a sidearm. It was standard issue for Delta kill teams at the time. When he saw the camera he walked away quickly. The cover story was that it was a burned Davidian. He walked out of sight. No FBI approached him. Sure !
  
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- dublinthewagons
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:40am
  BATF guestapo went to Waco to kill 73 men, women and children. They took the news media with them to show their superiority. Jack leg cold blooded thugs showing off their muscles. The dividians lasted longer than expected. But the end results were the same, except by holding out as long as they did it embarrassed the thugs. That may be why it has taken this long for them to try again. Just a thought
  
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liltexasgal
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:41am
It might do some good to allow this issue to cool off for awhile. People on both sides keep stoking the flame and forcing the issue. While progressives never let a crisis like Sandyhook go to waste, Conservatives fall right into the progressive trap by letting them know what bothers us the most. I don’t know what’s best but it seems to me that you wouldn’t want a bully to know where your weak spot is. We have been put in the position of being the “reactor” in this relationship instead of the leader. If we stop reacting and start acting, maybe we could change this national nightmare.

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- dublinthewagons
  Posted on January 15, 2013 at 1:10am
  Good idea to settle don and cool off. We have until Jan.21 swearing in. Then Barry turns on the fan and takes a dump.
  
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Celeste.Christi
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:38am
Beck Sold Out.
The survivors of the camps and gulags all said:

“When they came for us we should have fought them. Even though all we had left was knives and bats, we should have fought them.”

He knows this.
What a Fool Beck’s become.

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DennisWG
Posted on January 15, 2013 at 12:38am
Will Obama and Bidet disarm the Secret Service?

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