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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: twyacht on April 01, 2012, 05:55:43 PM
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Of course he did,.....
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/biden-trayvon-martins-death-should-spark-gun-law-debate/
Biden: Trayvon Martin’s Death Should Spark Gun Law Debate
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:02pm by Madeleine Morgenstern Madeleine Morgenster
CBS
Vice President Joe Biden said the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin should prompt a debate about gun laws, particularly the state’s “Stand Your Ground” statute.
“It’s important that people be put in a position where their Second Amendment rights are protected, but that they also don’t, as a consequence of the laws, unintendedly put themselves in harm’s way,” Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Biden, a former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said any such discussion would be a state issue, not a federal one. Still, he expressed doubt over the idea that carrying a gun makes people safer.
“The idea that there’s this overwhelming additional security in the ownership and carrying concealed and deadly weapons…I think it’s the premise, not the constitutional right, but the premise that it makes people safer is one that I’m not so sure of,” Biden said.
George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer, has claimed self-defense in shooting Martin, who was unarmed. Zimmerman remains free, claiming protection under “Stand Your Ground,” which permits using deadly force rather than retreating in a fight.
“I’m confident the people of Florida will debate and discuss whether or not this law, the Stand Your Ground law, whether is being applied as it was intended to [be] applied and whether or not as intended it makes sense,” Biden said. “But that’s a decision for the state to make.”
Watch the clip below, via CBS:
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Uh Joe,....if you had your way, and the jerk you work for had your way, you wouldn't even allow us commoners to own guns.
It's the law Joe,...it ain't going anywhere....Only the Libs are stirring the pot, (as they always do),...
November is taking too long to get here....
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Remember when Holder said "Fast and Furious" illustrated the need for more gun control ?
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Never let a crisis go to waste.
Rahmiekins may be gone to Chicago, but the philosophy remains.
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I'm all for the debate. Let's start with the NFA of 1934, and show how stupid and worthless it has been >:(
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Biden, a former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said any such discussion would be a state issue, not a federal one. Still, he expressed doubt over the idea that carrying a gun makes people safer.
I wonder if Vice President BiteMe would have the same opinion if there was talk of disarming his Secret Service detail.
Guns for me, but not for thee.
Bastards.
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