Ana Kasparian and RJ Eskow of The Young Turks discuss Republican Representative from Texas Louie Gohmert’s push for legislation allowing members of Congress to carry guns on Capital Hill. www.cbsnews.com Excerpt: Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert is working on introducing legislation that would allow members of Congress to carry concealed weapons in Washington, DC, but he told CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante that this is an issue that goes beyond last Saturday’s tragic rampage in Tucson. New TYT Network channels: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com New TYT Facebook Page(!): www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com www.theyoungturks.com DISCOUNTS: www.theyoungturks.com FREE Movies(!): www.netflix.com Note: The above two links are for TYT sponsors. Read Ana’s blog and subscribe at: www.examiner.com TYT Network (new WTF?! channel): www.youtube.com Check Out TYT Interviews www.youtube.com
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You dont think people walk home in DC really have you ever been their.
You dont think people walk home in DC reall have you ever been their.
@ChastityArgyle have you ever thought that maybe switzerland has perfect values because they have guns, not the other way around?
Only police and federal protection agencies like the CIA are allowed to carry guns cause they need a trust issue that the person wont use it to committ and crime and lie. Only police and federal protection agencies like the CIA are allowed to carry guns cause they need a trust issue that the person wont use it to committ and crime and lie. Its a violation of the bill of rights to only a elite people carry guns. That becomes a threat to public safety and is a violation to the bill of rights.
in reality the bill of rights says a person can only bear fire which means have firearms in their homes and only in their homes. Drug addicts, child molesters, and criminals have been caught by police with concealed and nonconcealed weapons and they were imprisoned and not protected by the bill or rights. It would make finding criminals harders. Alot of sexual predators exist that haven’t been caught half the U. S populations so this would let them rape their victims and kill them/threaten tokill
@ChastityArgyle wells your acceptance that, to reduce the number rifles in the Völkerhänden strongly simplified and WRONG is. W
@safewaysecurity Well you’re simplifying it too much as well and also interpreting facts merely to support your own conclusion. Switzerland doesn’t have the same kind of social problems as Mexico and the United States. Higher education rate, better health system, more resilient economy; fewer poor and desperate people basically. I believe that decreasing the number of guns in peoples’ hands will help the problem, but not get rid of it. Nor will allowing the current trends to continue.
@safewaysecurity I completely agree with you, but not every house, after they’re out of the military they’re only allowed to have semi autos
@thelostism Your point is we taken, look ,you and I both know we will never get rid of guns here in the U. S. but, what we can do is tighten the laws, as much as possible, to keep them out of the hands of just anybody so easily. That can be done with improved regulation and limits to clip sizes. You don’t need a 33 round magazine to hunt.
@dmproduction100 You cannot really compare other countries murder rates to ours. But what you can do is you can compare the murder rate and the crime rate from when law abiding citizens could own them to when they were banned. Every country that has banned firearms has seen an increase in crime such as the U. K,Australia, ect. Look at Switzerland, every household owns a FULLY AUTOMATIC rifle and they have the lowest crime and murder rate in the world. Mexico has a gun ban. . . how is it working?
@dmproduction100 Thanks DM. Normally I just troll folks. Americans are so weird about guns and democracy. But you know it’s like the old saying – Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. But People with guns kill WAY more people than people with fists or knives. What you really need to be safe is a massive bomb. Bomb beats gun.
@Murrangurk2 Very good comment, I hope more people read it and take notice of its message. More guns is not the answer, smart polics is. When I hear all the talk about our founding fathers I cringe as I think they would if they knew how their words are being twisted today. When this counrty was founded is a very different time than we have today, that is why we have amendment to the constitution. They knew this could and should change, what they never wanted was ignorance.
@safewaysecurity You missed the point, Zamudio is not trained in this arena, you are correct, he didn’t fire his weapon, thank God he hesitated. In his own words” I almost shot the wrong person, which means he thought about it. I am extremely happy he did, the result would have been a louder cry for gun control. Guns are for personal protection and he was not in danger. Other countries seem to get along better and have less of a murder rate than the U. S. , that’s something to ponder.
@dmproduction100 He didn’t even remove the gun from his holster. It’s disgusting how people are trying to turn a hero into some sort of irresponsible OK corral crazy cook because he chooses to carry a gun to defend himself. I’m willing to bet my house that if police shot the wrong guy TYT would come and say something to the effect of ” look it was a stressful situation and the guy was holding a gun and police heard shots ” but Zamudio showed restraint and they are shouting ” OMG BAN GUNS OMG “
I’d pound her
I’d pund her
I don’t think a 70-year old congressman can defend himself from a common criminal even if they DO have a gun.
@JJPHILLYLG Of course. . . but–the founding fathers knew that weapons tech. would evolve. . thus. . the constitution says–SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED–to keep up with modernization. . . the bad guys will ALWAYS find ways to have big guns. . . SO WILL I. . .
It Was The Government Who Sold Guns To Mexico. Now Those Same Guns Are Used By The Drug Cartel. Government ( Republicans And Democrats) ALWAYS Want To Handle The EASY Stuff Such As Taking My Gun Away From Me. Instead Of Doing The Hard Stuff Of Ending The Drug Wars.
Illegal Guns Are Already Illegal. MEET THE NEW BOSS ( OBAMA) SAME AS THE OLD BOSS ( BUSH) . When The Government Ends The War On Drugs Then You Can Talk Gun Control.
@Murrangurk2
“Armor doesn’t kill people” is exactly what’s wrong with it. Some people need to die a horrible horrible death.
How can you say he “almost shot the wrong person” when his gun was still holstered? I repeat, he never took his gun out, he never pointed it at anybody. The guy was being a responsible gun owner who used good judgement and did not go running out guns blazing.
So they can end up killing each other on the House floor.
sure let you carry it rifle. if they have a permission, why not. only Beschränkung,
dukeljk, don’t take my word for the near shooting. If you watch the interview with the man you would know he almost shoot the wrong person, not my words, his own words. The interview was on the ED Show on MSNBC last Thursday, which would have been the 13th of this month. You say you can believe it, check it out and then comment. Go to The Ed Shows Archieve and see if I am lying. You may have to wait about four or five days as the archieve is behind, its only up to Jan. 7th.
@dmproduction100 Fuck you have no idea, where you there? I don’t buy that. . .