Comments on: Rep. Mike Thompson’s gun violence panel backs assault-weapons ban

By: Skippy

Skippy — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:40:14 +0000

Easy answer: restrict political speech to soapboxes and flyers, spoken by land-owning white men, just as the Founding Fathers clearly intended.

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By: David Wells

David Wells — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:24:00 +0000

Ignorance is curable snarky. Really it is.

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By: bear

bear — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:25:48 +0000

Easy answer: restrict guns to single-shot muskets and pistols, held by the Guard and Reserve, as the founding fathers clearly intended.

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By: Ray M.

Ray M. — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:23:37 +0000

Thompson will back whatever his highness, Barry Obama, tells him.

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By: Steveguy

Steveguy — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:55:12 +0000

I have seen that Mike Thompson is a member of the NRA, and Mike Thompson has also accepted ‘hunting trips’ sponsored by the gun lobby.. Fact, look it up.

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By: Tim Clary

Tim Clary — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:12:50 +0000

Rep. Thompson-what about ammunition? Don’t you think limiting or taxing bullets would cut down on gun violence?

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By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:26:38 +0000

Mr. Thompson needs to review his oath to uphold the Constitution of these United States. He also needs to review what the people told him at the public meeting he called because the outcome of his committee is pretty much diametrically opposed to what the vast majority of his own constituents said! Is he more committed to the elite authoritarian agenda than to the people he is supposed to represent in Congress?

Also, I still await a reply from him about why the U.S. government is spending money it doesn’t have in order to buy over 1.6 BILLION bullets for domestic use! This nakedly aggressive action by the feds not only merits congressional investigation but it must be STOPPED at once. So, let’s have an adequate answer from you, Mr. Thompson.

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By: Bonnie S. Arthur

Bonnie S. Arthur — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:09:40 +0000

Thanks, Mike, for being a great representative.

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By: Originalst

Originalst — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:58:03 +0000

Our founders recognized that when a govt. is not responsive to the public, the public have not only the right but the duty to replace it. This is exactly what they did during our revolution! They used arms that the colonists had themselves.
The founders provided the right of citizens to own arms for many reasons: Hunting, protection, and to replace governments! That right is not to be infringed upon. Licenses, registration etc etc is infringing on that right! No where does our Constitution provide for “reasonable” restrictions as the govt calls them.

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By: Michael Peterson

Michael Peterson — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 05:00:00 +0000

At the Santa Rosa Gathering you held, the people were at least 6 to 1 against what you are proposing. Did you listen at all?

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By: Snarky

Snarky — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:41:54 +0000

James Bennett:

Your inner fears are fearsome!

Flouride in the public drinking water is and has been a proven and documented benefit to generations of lucky children. Thats why the American Dental Association supports fluoride.

Vaccinations, too, have been a huge benefit to generations of Americans and humans around the world. Even people who do not get vaccinated are protected somewhat by the stopping power of a vaccinated population as microbes cannot pass from victim to victim easily when most humans are immune.

As far as government overreach that we all see, all we have to do is to witness the shooting and wounding of three different innocent bystanders by southern California police yesterday in their overzealous and dangerous behaviors related to their “manhunt” of a suspect. Three innocent victims of police excess are now going to suffer from gunshot wound damage for life. And we all know that the police who fired those shots will be protected by a corrupt out of control government.

Google that story, James. Bullets from overzealous and dangerous cops are far more hazardous to your health than flouride or vaccinations !!

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By: Nora Gonzales

Nora Gonzales — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:36:07 +0000

Progressives, and that is a kind word for what Thompson really is, want our cars, guns and money.

They want to force us into using public transportation, confiscate our guns we use to protect ourselves and take our money through progressively increasing taxes.

Why, that’s easy. The democrats, progressives or whatever you want to call them, want to control our lives, where we live, how we live and what we can do or not do to protect ourselves. They believe they know best and they are more than willing to force us into their chains.

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By: James Bennett

James Bennett — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:42:04 +0000

Simon says:
molest their property rights.
Simon says:
vaccinate the children with proven toxins.
Simon says:
Blow up dams that produce clean energy
(and flood generations of ag lives).
Simon says:
Put fluoride poison in the water.
Simon says:
Screw small business.
Simon says:
Disarm citizens and molest their Civil Rights.
Simon says adhere to your oath-GOTCHA-YOU’RE OUT!

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