Almost every week, Republicans join a competition to see who can say the most outlandish things, and in the process, they push the envelope on just how absurd InsaniTEA can become. I trust that you will believe it, when I tell you that last week was no exception.
Bobby Jindal does not think a mass shooting should be used as an excuse to talk about gun control.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who thankfully has suspended his run for president, freeing up his seat in the Republican clown car for some perhaps bigger clown, does not want to talk about guns. Some innocent people watching a movie were just gunned down in his state by a right-wing extremist who expressed his hatred for feminists and liberals—but why should that occasion a discussion about how obscenely easy it is to get guns in this country? What do you want to do? Prevent more tragedies or something?
"We are less than 24 hours out, we’ve got two families that need to bury their loved ones. We’ve got families waiting for their loved ones to leave the hospital and are praying for their recovery," Jindal said at a press conference Friday. "There will be an absolute appropriate time for us to talk about policies and politics, and I’m sure that folks will want to score political points off this tragedy, as they’ve tried to do on previous tragedies."
Hmmm, political points. Is that what they’re calling keeping guns out of the hands of mass killers and toddlers these days?
Jindal told reporters he might be happy to discuss gun policy later. How about never? he asked. Is never good for you?
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For Republicans, Ammosexuals nearly all, it is never appropriate to talk about gun control on days that begin with a T: Tuesday, Thursday, Taturday, Tunday, Today or Tomorrow. This is only the sixth of six Republican doozies form last week alone. Click through for the other five.
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Jindal's oath of office included a commitment for protecting the public's health and safety which he seems to have abandoned.
Of course he abandoned it…he's Republican isn't he?
Well, almost any of us could have predicted almost any of these. Hairball is an idiot and a narcissist. Dennis Rodman has an uncanny ability to make friendswith the worst of the worst. Megyn Kelly always blames victims. Always. Scott Walker is Scott Walker. Bobby Jindal is Bobby Jindal.
So rather than trying to comment on these, I will address the question you asked about anti-gun lawsuits and to whom the law applies. Note that I didn't say I will answer it. I'll provide what I can find.
I first learned about this law in connection with the Aurora Theater shooting. I could have sworn I saw it on Daily Kos, but their search engine can be hard to use, and I found plenty on Google without DKos. This link http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index.php/parents-lost-daughter-mass-shooter-now-owe-220000-suppliers/ is from a legal blog. What it says is the Colorado and federal law "shield firearms and ammunition sellers from liability based on a customer’s wrongful acts." There is some question whether a website from which the shooter bought tear gas grenades only is covered by the statute. It's referred to as the "fee recovery" statute. This suit didn't involve any manufacturers but of course that doesn't mean they aren't also protected.
I do remember seeing Rachel's Outrage-O-Meter show which included this, and she includes manufacturers – although this suit didn't include any. She mentions the Colorado state law, but not the federal law, so I suppose there might be a difference. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/22/maddow-aurora-shooting_n_7421414.html But if the NRA wrote and backed this bill – and you know they did – and provided boilerplate, I would be surprised if there is much difference, and I would expect none of substtance. I would, on the other hand, NOT be surprised to learn that a whole lot of states have a similar if not identical law.
As far as the Colorado law, Rachel linked to the actual law, and it specifically mentions firearms or ammunition manufacturers, importers, and dealers. I'd say that's pretty broad. http://tornado.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2000/sl_235.htm Incidentally it was passed in 2000.
It may be that the shop could be sued is the lawsuit is not "based on a customer’s wrongful acts", but based on a shop owner's negligence in failing to chek background, if that is what happened here.
There is a loophole that if the check doesn't come back within 72 hours it's legal to close the sale without itg. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/684/068/247/
More info on background checks http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/04/11/seven-media-myths-about-the-gun-background-chec/193588
Why does his talking points not surprise me!! I am happy that he is not running again, as suspending his campaign totally ends it for him, I would have liked to see him squirm.
Why does his talking points not surprise me!! I am happy that he is not running again, as suspending his campaign totally ends it for him, I would have liked to see him squirm. The clown bus has a vacancy.
Welcome back Tee. Long time no see, There's aways a new clown ready to ride.
Shootings in movie theaters is getting way to common. The “captive” audience is way too tempting for the Ammosexuals! I have satellite and don’t need to go to a shooting gallery to see movies. That said, people should be able to go see a movie without the fear of getting killed while doing it!
There has to be some changes. People don’t like change, but change is what we need and must have RIGHT NOW!
My condolences to the victims and their families of this right-wing nutjob! They need JUSTICE AND CHANGE!
Let's pray they don't discover live theatre.
Those were doozies, all right, but the only one that worries me is Scott Walker. I think he is a robot, prgrammed by ALEC. It is still hard to believe he was elected governor twice,but he was, and he may appeal to enough right wing conservatives to get the Rep. nomination. As for Kelly, she does what she is paid to do, look pretty and act dumb, you know the way REAL women are supposed to be?(sarcasm, for those who don't know me) Trump is like the two year old that wants his attention NOW, and ignore anything else but him.
His butt is full of Koch.
Will comment tomorrow sometime. I am exhausted after visiting my mother this afternoon/evening and I need to be up early for physio and then off to teaching English after that.
Don't overdo it!
The Louisiana mass shooting made headlines here too, of course, but quickly faded away as just another "Only in America, again" and "Nothing's ever going to change there", so with Jindal's reaction fitting that pattern our news isn't bothered with theses standard GOP responses. Jinal's remark has already become cliché, its been used that often after a mass shooting or police brutality. Of course Jindal is not going to say anything that might alienate his rabid, ammosexual base him as a governor or a presidential hopeful, he's not that stupid.
The rest of the other five, well four really, were the usual stuff too. And so was Alternet, ridiculing Trump for his attention-seeking, but giving him that attention in two slots, just as they've done the week before. I rather had seen a big doozie that made our newspapers last Saturday: Backlash After Mike Huckabee Says Iran Deal Is Like Leading Israel to ‘Door of the Oven’ The statement made by Huckabee on the 23rd was big news here in Europe, so I do hope Alternet is paying some attention to this news item next week instead of another two items on Trump.
I think Hairball is getting the attention, because he's so far ahead in the polling, although that really means nothing.
Sorry TC – am not well, I clicked through on a link in Joanne's comment and lost my comment that I had just written, it was my fault and it wasn't worth repeating – I did however find this horror when I clicked through to here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/22/maddow-aurora-shooting_n_7421414.html from Joanne's comment –
""That's not a typo," Maddow said, adding, "The mother and father of the victim who died in the Aurora mass shooting have just been ordered to pay a quarter-million dollars to the gun retailers who sold the bullets that were used in the Aurora mass shooting — the parents of the girl who was killed.""
I don't know why they sued the manufacturer, but that sounds plain unjust!
Right click links and choose "open in a new tab".
It IS unjust.
Following the massacres by James Holmes in Aurora, CO and John “Rusty” Houser in Lafayette, LA – the NRA now claims it’s a proven fact that …
I believe it!
Hugs to all!