President Barack Obama assured the grieving, shell-shocked Newtown community on Sunday that "you are not alone" and vowed sternly to wield "whatever power this office holds" in a quest to prevent future mass shootings.
"We can't tolerate this anymore," Obama said from behind a podium on the stage of a Newton High School auditorium, as adults wept, or hugged, or sat quietly, many hugging small children. "These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change."
"In the coming weeks, I'll use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens -- from law enforcement, to mental health professionals, to parents, and educators -- in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this, because what choice do we have?"he said.
The speech, broadcast nationwide, offered the bold suggestion that Obama might engage lawmakers on the subject of gun control -- a topic that has not been among his top priorities during his presidency.
"We can't accept events like this as routine. Are we really prepared to say that we're powerless in the face of such carnage?" Obama said. That the politics are too hard? Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year, after year, after year is somehow the price of our freedom?"
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And there it is out of his own mouth.
Time to stack magazines, boys.
I had the feeling he was wiping away tears of joy the other day when this opportunity to implement a firearms ban was handed to him.
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ReplyDeleteBarack Obama Homey In Charge Again
Christmas is gonna be good this year ;)
ReplyDeleteWe all knew if the Obamao got a second term he would try and do a gun grab, this is no surprise. He was just waiting for the right incident to occur.
ReplyDeleteDisarm everyone, for the children.
ReplyDeleteNow who didn't see that coming?
You know what's coming, when Fox news repeatedly and respectfully refers to Barry as the "President" and the compotent, comforting, all knowing and infallible "consoler in chief."
ReplyDeleteAlong with their following suit, with the rest of their 4th estate quislings commrades, of burying the police audio and video proof of more than one shooter; at a mininum there were two.
We now know more about the shooters school records than we do the school records of the peResident of the USA.
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ReplyDeleteConnecticut state police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance provides an update on the investigation of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, telling reporters that two adult survivors who suffered gunshot wounds at the school are recovering.
By M. Alex Johnson and Becky Bratu, NBC News
Two adults injured in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut are recovering in the hospital, Connecticut state police confirmed in a news conference Monday.
If only he'd taken that attitude after Fort Hood, instead of saying it was "workplace violence" eh?
ReplyDeleteAlmost makes you think that everything he does is to further his own political agenda, doesn't it ...