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Letter from the POTUS
OnTheFly:
--- Quote ---Hello, everybody --
Each week, like many presidents before me, I sit down to record a short address to the nation. It's something I take very seriously because it offers a chance to bring focus to an issue that needs to be part of the national dialogue.
But today, I've asked someone to take my place.
Francine Wheeler is a mother. She and her family live in Newtown, Connecticut. Four months ago, her six year-old son Ben was murdered in his elementary school, along with 19 other children and six brave educators.
Joined by her husband David, Francine shares her perspective about the steps we can take to reduce gun violence and prevent the kind of tragedy she understands all too well.
It's a message that every American should hear:
Watch Francine, then join her in speaking out to make our country safer.
This week, because people like Francine and like you got involved, the U.S. Senate took a step forward on commonsense reforms to reduce gun violence.
And that's good. Because this shouldn't be about politics. This is about doing the right thing for families that have been torn apart by gun violence, and for all our families going forward.
But we've got a lot of work to do before Congress finishes the job.
So if you believe that we can take sensible steps to protect more of our kids from gun violence and protect our Second Amendment rights, stand up and join us.
Just visit WhiteHouse.gov to get started:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/newtown-address
Thanks,
President Obama
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My response...
--- Quote ---RE: "Why I'm not giving the Weekly Address"
Mr. President,
It is shameful that you are using the deaths of the Newtown children to push your flawed anti-gun agenda on the American people. My heart goes out to the grieving parents who lost children in these crimes, but just because a group of emotionally distraught people call for an action, does not mean that action is correct or constitutional. I'm sure there were mothers who lost a son in WWII, but would their grief justify our withdrawal from the war?
The so called "common sense" legislation you are asking for would have done NOTHING to stop this horrible tragedy. If more background checks are the answer, then why did the background checks conducted when these weapons were legally purchased not stop this crime? If military style firearms are the problem, then what about the countless other semi-automatic weapons that could have done just as much damage? You try to convince the people that standard capacity (incorrectly referred to as "high capacity") magazines are the problem, but when you have defenseless victims it doesn't matter. A deprived individual could have done the same damage with lower capacity magazines when there is no one to stop them.
Why do you only discuss limiting the Second Amendment? Why not consider limiting the First? If the media would not cater to these sick individual's desire to live on forever, we would likely see a reduction in these copycat crimes. Each of these people have watched other mass murderers become famous when their name and face are splashed across every news outlet. It goes on for weeks after the killings and then on every anniversary. These people know that the rest of the world will remember them and feel their pain for years to come. So why have you not spoken about limiting free speech when it has contributed so much to these tragedies? Is it because you don't want a solution, but you want to APPEAR to be doing something while you falsely promote the Democratic party's agenda?
If you truly cared about america, you would be looking for real solutions to this problem.
Sincerely,
Me
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After Obama sees the logic in my letter, I am expecting a complete reversal in his stance.
Fly
Dan W:
--- Quote from: OnTheFly on April 14, 2013, 09:26:06 PM ---After Obama sees the logic in my letter, I am expecting a complete reversal in his stance.
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I suspect we will witness porcine aviation before that happens
OnTheFly:
--- Quote from: Dan W on April 14, 2013, 09:38:10 PM ---I suspect we will witness porcine aviation before that happens
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LOL
Fly (but not a pig)
CliffD:
Fly, well said. You know, that's what it takes too...they have the power, connections and finances to continue to pull these political stunts and we, well, we don't. But, if we all continue to pound them with correspondence, maybe we will make a dent. In essence, we already have. They would have passed all their silly legislation months ago if people wouldn't have spoke up.
Nice job!
abbafandr:
As mentioned in a different thread, OBAMA is pulling a time honored lawyer trick. When you can't win a case on the merits, you go for the emotional angle. This weeping mother (properly weeping, I hasten to add), with POTUS and Michelle pouring on the crocodile tears, you know they have lost the fight om its merits.
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