{"id":31450,"date":"2018-02-15T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T21:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=31450"},"modified":"2018-02-15T13:13:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T21:13:11","slug":"blood-money-bought-17-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/02\/15\/blood-money-bought-17-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Money Bought 17 Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Already Republicans are tweeting their prayers and condolences, but anytime someone mentions negotiating common sense gun control, they purse their liver lips and say that this just isn’t the time for that.  Bullshit!  If not now, when?  If pressed, Republicans continue that they would really love to help, if only the Second Amendment didn’t prevent them.  Well, if I have an absolute right to bear arms, perhaps, I’ll go to Joe’s Nuke Shop, pick up a small thermonuclear device, and head for the White House… just to visit of course.  Now all but the most rabid Republican Ammosexuals would agree that I don’t have a tight to bear nukes.  Since I don’t have an absolute right to bear those particular arms, the issue becomes where we draw the line.  For Republicans, the line is drawn with blood money.<\/font><\/p>\n

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In the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School<\/a> in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) called it a "terrible day you pray never comes,"<\/a> and the backlash on Twitter was quick.<\/p>\n

The New York Daily News reports that over the course of his career as an elected official, Rubio has received $3,303,355 from the NRA,<\/a> plus an "A+" grade, and during the 2015-16 campaign cycle, he accepted $90,205 in contributions from gun rights groups. Several people tweeted "$3,303,355" to Rubio, adding comments like, "You chose money over dead kids" and "While you’re praying, also pray for a spine to stand up to the NRA that has bought you off so effectively with their blood-money."<\/strong><\/p>\n

Others called him out for voting against limiting firearm magazine capacities and keeping people on the terrorist watch list from purchasing guns<\/strong>, and said he should draft legislation that bans AR-15s, the weapon used by the alleged shooter on Wednesday… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Lawrence O’Donnell interviewed an anguished father, whose daughter survived the shooting without physical injury.<\/font><\/p>\n