Boehner rejects new gun regulation

Arizona Shootings Unlikely to Change Gun Culture
Now is the time for mourning the Victims of Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, but it’s not the time for new gun-control laws aimed at preventing such tragedies in the future. That’s the political consensus in the wake of the attack on Representative Gabrielle Giffords at a “Congress on Your Corner” event at a Safeway Supermarket. A deranged gunman killed six of Giffords’ constituents, including a Federal Judge and a 9-year-old girl, with a Glock 19 ...

NY GOP Congressman joins Lautenberg in fight for gun control
In the wake of Saturday's senseless shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ8) and several others, which claimed the lives of six innocent individuals; conversation has heightened in various areas. Political vitriol has certainly be at the forefront with liberals and Conservatives slinging mud at each other in nothing more than finger pointing. Elected officials have weighed in and most have tried to watch what they say in order to pay proper respect during this time of mourning. Both ...

Democrat describes uphill battle for gun bill
I just spoke with Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., about where things stand on the Hill on her proposed ban on high-capacity magazines. The takeaway: It's going to be a tough battle to get any sort of new gun Legislation through Congress. "The NRA is out there already saying it's a slippery slope -- that if we take away the large magazines we're actually going to try and take away their guns, forgetting to mention that the Supreme Court has already said that everyone has a right to own a...

What your representatives are saying about the Tucson shooting
Just about every politician around the country has weighed in on the tragic January 8 shooting in Tucson, Arizona which left six dead and several injured, including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). Here is a round-up of what those who nationally represent Louisvillians are saying: "If there's any silver lining that comes from this it's that it wasn't, sort of, ‘there's a big movement in our country to kill politicians.’ Turns out that there was a young insane man in Tuc...

Third gun control bill proposed since Tucson shootings
Stumble This! High-profile gun violence has historically renewed legislative interest in the cause of Gun Control, and the shootings of twenty people in Tucson, Arizona is no exception -- only this time, the measures face steeper hurdles than before. Rep. Gary Ackerman, a Democrat from New York, is the third congressman to propose a gun control bill in the wake of the Murders on Saturday. (The other two are also New Yorkers.) His bill seeks to accomplish a goal other gun control advocates have ...

Media Point Fingers at a Favorite Enemy -- The Second Amendment
It was inevitable. After spending several days following the Tucson massacre working to curtail the 1st Amendment, the left and the media are now targeting the 2nd. As always, they have help from either those legitimately concerned for their safety or others trying to scavenge political points from the dead and wounded. Following the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is planning to push a bill “to ban the carrying of any firearm within 1,000 feet of what he describe...

N.Y. Republican offers low-cost security training for members
Freshman Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) says he doesn't see a need to spend additional money on security for members of Congress in the wake of Saturday's shooting in Arizona.  Instead, the former FBI agent, who worked undercover to help bring down mobsters and tackle Corruption on Wall Street, is offering his own services to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his fellow members.  Grimm penned a letter to Boehner Wednesday suggesting simple, low-cost security awareness training for members...

Rep. Flake to deliver weekly GOP address
A week after the Arizona shooting that claimed the lives of six and wounded fourteen, Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) will deliver the weekly Republican address, Speaker of the House John Boehner announced Thursday. Aides to Rep. Flake said his weekly address will focus only on the Arizona shooting rather than, say, healthcare or the Deficit.  “I’m proud on behalf of House Republicans to deliver this address honoring the Victims of the shooting in Tucson, Arizona and thanking the heroes who a

Wake Up Call
Good morning! "President Obama urged the nation to come together Wednesday night as he revealed gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had opened her eyes for the first time since the deadly shooting rampage," reports our Lukas Alpert. Four days after she was shot point-blank in the head, Giffords "was making small, purposeful movements on Wednesday - giving doctors hope she will recover fully. Giffords tugged at her Hospital gown and touched her head wounds after doctors at Tucs...

Obama's Tucson Speech Was Reagan-esque
Tragedies have a way of bringing out the best in some and the worst in others. When I first learned of the attack made on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords last weekend, memory carried me back to a tragic day in San Francisco in the fall of 1978. That was when former city supervisor Dan White entered the majestic City Hall, through a side window, and assassinated Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk. It fell to Dianne Feinstein, the 45 year-old president of the San Francisco Board of Sup...

Peter King Unlikely to Get His Gun-Free Bubbles
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Republican congressman Peter King's proposed Legislation creating 1,000-foot no-gun zones around congressmen and other high-ranking federal officials doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Speaker John Boehner is flatly against it, and gun-control advocates don't expect any gun-control Legislation to be able to get through this Congress, much less one that, despite King's good intentions, would seemingly be impossible to implement. [Hill] ...

NYT editorial makes sense
From the Hill: “Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is rejecting gun-control Legislation offered by the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in response to the weekend shootings of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others in Arizona. Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) announced plans Tuesday to introduce Legislation prohibiting people from carrying guns within 1,000 feet of members of Congress.” Bravo, Mister Speaker. The country needs to stop panicking every time something bad happen...

Rep. Peter King To Propose Law Making It A Crime To Come Within 1000 Feet Of Federal Officials With A Gun
As Democratic and Republican members rush to line up with new bills to restrict Speech or guns after the Tucson massacre, Rep. Peter King once again will not be outdone in criminalizing conduct. He is reportedly planning to introduce a bill that would make it illegal to knowingly carry a gun within 1,000 feet of the President, Vice President, Members of Congress or judges of the Federal Judiciary. This, of course, raises the problem with politicians being mobile. In states allowing concealed wea...

Why Gun Control (Still) Won't Work
It has been a dismal decade for Gun Control advocates. They lost the federal so-called assault weapons ban when it expired in 2004. The Supreme Court made history by proclaiming an individual right to own Firearms for self-defense. A Democratic president came into office vowing not to take away anyone's guns. So it's no surprise that anti-gun forces would take the Mass Shooting in Tucson as a rare opportunity to reverse their fortunes. It's also no surprise that their proposals are models of fut...

How Violent Talk Blocks Sane Gun Laws
WASHINGTON — The slaughter in Tucson hasn’t shaken us out of bad political habits. Instead of promoting a sober conversation about the dangers of violent political talk, it has reinforced divisions between left and right. Even responsible Conservatives have dismissed any suggestion that Saturday’s attack is reason enough to condemn the threats of violence that have become standard to the discourse at the extremes of their side of politics. More importantly: We have not focus...

The Problem With the Militarization of Rhetoric
Washington—The slaughter in Tucson hasn’t shaken us out of bad political habits. Instead of promoting a sober conversation about the dangers of violent political talk, it has reinforced divisions between left and right. Even responsible Conservatives have dismissed any suggestion that Saturday’s attack is reason enough to condemn the threats of violence that have become standard to the discourse at the extremes of their side of politics. More importantly: We have not focused a...

How Violent Talk Blocks Sane Gun Laws
The slaughter in Tucson hasn’t shaken us out of bad political habits. Instead of promoting a sober conversation about the dangers of violent political talk, it has reinforced divisions between left and right. Even responsible Conservatives have dismissed any suggestion that Saturday’s attack is reason enough to condemn the threats of violence that have become standard to the discourse at the extremes of their side of politics. More importantly: We have not focused at all on how the...

Celebrity Moonbat of the Day: Spike Lee Says America Most Violent Country In History of Civilization
LEE: Right. VIEIRA: -and the level of Rhetoric. And not saying that it was responsible for what happened, but that it just adds to negativity, in general. LEE: Here’s my, my take in it. I think that, as film makers, as politicians, as artists, we have to understand that all, whatever we do goes out in the universe. And you should be aware of what you’re doing. And you cannot just say “Well I just did this and, and my - had nothing to do with what happened.” ThatR...

MSNBC Ed Schultz Has (Live TV) Proctology Moment
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz desperately needs a proctologist because he just inserted his own head up his own rear - and on national television, no less. It must hurt even worse considering Schultz began his broadcast by having so much fun using the Tucson tragedy to bash Conservatives.  First off, he began by smearing the armed services.  The cause of the horror at Tucson was because of “the crisis of under treated Mental Illness among our Veterans and other mentally ill Amer...

Gun control? Civility? My Predictions
Nothing will happen. I anticipate we will see reduced restrictions on Gun Control actually, as the NRA and its allies push back against the Tucson tragedy. That means no laws requiring gun registration, closing private sale and gun show Loopholes, reinstating the ban on extended clips, eliminating open carry laws, better Background Checks, etc. That's just not the way gun proponents roll, regardless of the tragedy. After all Columbine had no effect, nor did the Virginia Tech shooter. Why shoul...

House pays emotional tribute to Arizona victims
(01-12) 12:37 PST WASHINGTON, CA (AP) -- Grief-stricken members of Congress paid tribute Wednesday to the Victims of the Tucson shooting rampage amid consultations with security advisers on how they can protect themselves and their aides against such savage attacks. Still deeply shaken from Saturday's violence half a continent away, House Speaker John Boehner fought tears as he spoke of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' battle to recover from a gunshot wound to the head. "Our hearts are broken, but our...

COMMISSAR KOS: Theres No Time Like A Mass Murder To Pimp A Leftist Book
As Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was fighting for her life on Saturday, Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas did what any normal American would do: he used Twitter to promote his book and rant about how rotten and despicable Conservatives were for shooting her. Except he got the story completely wrong. Here’s what the Bard of Berkeley wrote as news of the shootings broke Saturday ( NSFW! ): “F***ing American Taliban.” Think about that for a moment.  As the lifebloo...

New York Times editorial selectively quotes Obama to score partisan points
Today's New York Times editorial is a near perfect distillation of how some elements of liberal America are just not capable of putting aside any partisan differences while discussing the Arizona shooting. The editorial gets off to an okay start: Mr. Obama called on ideological campaigners to stop vilifying their opponents. The only way to move forward after such a tragedy, he said, is to cast aside “point-scoring and pettiness.” He rightly focused primarily on the lives of those who...

Through the congressional looking glass
THROUGH THE CONGRESSIONAL LOOKING GLASS.... I can appreciate why members of Congress have taken a renewed interest in their personal safety this week, but some of the proposals seem off-track. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King (R-N.Y.), for example, has talked up a bill that would make it a crime to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official. This idea probably won't go far. Others are getting even more creative. An aide to Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) tells CBS New...

Boehner skips memorial for Ariz. shooting victims
House Speaker John Boehner did not attend last night's Tucson memorial service for Victims of the Arizona shooting rampage. Politico reports Boehner was at a Washington reception for Maria Cino, who is running for chairwoman of the Republican National Committee. An unnamed Democratic aide, speaking to Politico, said it was "disrespectful" for Boehner to skip the memorial. A Democrat identified as a senior congressional aide criticized Boehner in story by The Daily Caller for declining President ...