Guns

Posts relating to the issue of guns and gun control.

Obama In Newtown: “This Cannot Go On; We Must Change”

Dec 16, 2012

President Barack Obama has spoken at an interfaith prayer vigil in Newtown, Connecticut, in the aftermath of the massacre of twenty children and seven adults last Friday.

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“Newtown, we are with you,” the President told the assembly. [Read more…]

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What Does It Take To Get Gun Reform In The US?

Dec 16, 2012

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Murdoch And Turnbull Tweet About Guns

Dec 15, 2012

Rupert Murdoch’s tweet earlier today and Malcolm Turnbull’s reply tonight need little explanation.

Although you do have to wonder how many other shadow ministers would engage like this. Or ministers.

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Obama: “We’re Going To Have To Take Meaningful Action”

Dec 15, 2012

In his weekly address one day after the murders of young children and their teachers in Connecticut, President Barack Obama says “we’re going to have to take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this from happening, regardless of politics”.

The comment echoed a remark the president made just hours after the shootings.

Newly re-elected and unable to run again, Obama faces a hostile House of Representatives and a Democrat controlled Senate. The president will give his inaugural address to mark his second term swearing-in on January 20. It will be intriguing to see if his two comments in the past twenty-four hours will be developed further in that speech.


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