Mike Huckabee Gets Lesson on Israeli Gun Policy After #PrayForParkland Tweet

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Mike Huckabee gets lesson on Israeli gun policy after #PrayForParkland tweet
“No Governor, Israel NEVER had such a problem,” responded Alon Pinkas, a former Consul General of Israel in New York. “We don’t worship guns, we don’t sell assault rifles to people, we don’t have a genius creation like the NRA, we don’t regard every bunch of guys a ‘well regulated militia’ and we’re pretty much done fighting the British.”
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I find it interesting that some ppl take a bleeding heart position on what is termed gun control in the US...but when it comes to discussing the activities of settlers on the West Bank, then suddenly gun toting teens, expectant mothers, etc. seems normal to them.
I have to be honest, I'm not sure what you're saying here could you expand it? :scratch:
likes to be clear about other peoples point before he responds) :wave:
 
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I have to be honest, I'm not sure what you're saying here could you expand it? :scratch:
likes to be clear about other peoples point before he responds) :wave:
Stated differently: they may argue one way as regards gun control in the US, but where West Bank settlers are concerned - or anything to do with Israel - then suddenly they will take the opposite position.
 
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I find it interesting that some ppl take a bleeding heart position on what is termed gun control in the US...but when it comes to discussing the activities of settlers on the West Bank, then suddenly gun toting teens, expectant mothers, etc. seems normal to them.

People in Israel have to have a legitimate need for a gun to own one. Israel has common sense gun control relative to their internal security. America does not. Huckabee doesn't know what he's talking about. America stands alone among developed nations as the only country where we allow people to own military weapons for no particular reason.
 
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People in Israel have to have a legitimate need for a gun to own one. Israel has common sense gun control relative to their internal security. America does not. Huckabee doesn't know what he's talking about. America stands alone among developed nations as the only country where we allow people to own military weapons for no particular reason.

An interesting statistic:
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According to some of his findings which were published by the Washington Post, gun massacres fell 37 percent during the ban period and in the ten years after it lapsed in 2004, they went up an alarming 183 percent. (Is It Time To Bring Back The Assault Weapons Ban? Statista)
Notice the number of deaths before the ban and since it expired.
 
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I am praying this will finally be the straw that breaks the NRA's back.
Not likely, the Florida state legislature just voted down a measure to consider a ban on assault rifles 71-36. The Parkland students had traveled there and the legislators are going to have to talk to them tomorrow. That's fine, they can handle that, as long as they don't lose their A+ rating with the NRA.
 
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Not likely, the Florida state legislature just voted down a measure to consider a ban on assault rifles 71-36. The Parkland students had traveled there and the legislators are going to have to talk to them tomorrow. That's fine, they can handle that, as long as they don't lose their A+ rating with the NRA.
Parkland students lack the amount of "free speech" required to have the same access and influence of the NRA.
 
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Parkland students lack the amount of "free speech" required to have the same access and influence of the NRA.
I don't know about that, right now they have a national audience. Within a week these young people piled into two buses and took their arguments to Tallahassee, the state capitol, to lobby the legislature in favor of gun control. If they hadn't done that no one would be that concerned about the Florida State Legislature. Today, it is national news. These kids are my heroes.
 
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I don't know about that, right now they have a national audience. Within a week these young people piled into two buses and took their arguments to Tallahassee, the state capitol, to lobby the legislature in favor of gun control. If they hadn't done that no one would be that concerned about the Florida State Legislature. Today, it is national news. These kids are my heroes.
My reference is to the "free $peech" of big campaign contributor$ who can reasonably expect some measure of “ingratiation and acce$$. (per Justice John Roberts)” for the effort$.
 
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My reference is to the "free $peech" of big campaign contributor$ who can reasonably expect some measure of “ingratiation and acce$$. (per Justice John Roberts)” for the effort$.
I know what your saying but those kids are exercising their free speech with a national audience watching. It's not a lack of free speech that is their obstacle, it's whether or not the Florida state Legislature is listening. As it works out they won't even consider discussing a ban on assault rifles. Everyone of those who voted against bringing the debate to the floor has an A+ rating from the NRA. They are up against a powerful gun lobby, but today they are going to confront their representatives. I am waiting to hear what the discussion is like.
 
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So you only care about when White kids are shot but not Hispanic or Black? Thanks for clearing that up.

You're just a racist throwing out decontextualized facts and expecting something to stick.
 
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