Alison Parker’s Father: WDBJ Shooter ‘Messed with the Wrong Family’

[steve2470]

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/alison-parkers-father-wdbj-shooter-messed-with-the-wrong-family/

Andy Parker, the father of slain WDBJ reporter Alison Parker, continued his public campaign to force action on gun violence prevention following last week’s shooting, with an even more impassioned appearance on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper Sunday morning.

“I’ve done a lot of media interviews, as you probably know, and a lot with CNN, and with the exception of one news organization that you can probably figure out that will go unnamed, everyone has been so kind and considerate of our family,” Parker said at the top of the interview, likely referring to his recent interaction with Megyn Kelly on Fox News.

“I think that’s my fear is that, you know, this is going to be a big news story for a weekend, and then, you know, it’s on to the next one,” Parker told Tapper. “But, but, you know, we cannot let this drop. And I think this is different. This time this is different, because, Alison was one of you guys. I mean, she was part of the media. And it could have been, you know, it could have been anyone out there doing this.”

Specifically, Parker cited a “gun violence restraining order” law in California that “probably would have prevented” the death of his daughter had it been able to pass in Virginia. He vowed to keep hammering this issue until something meaningful was done.

[former9thward]

1. The CA gun violence restraining order would not have applied.

Flanagan had been fired 3 years ago and there is no evidence he had made any specific threats against the two that he shot. They had not tried to get a restraining order against him. He had made allegations in legal filings with the EEOC and the courts but nothing outside of that.

[tavernier]

2. I truly hope he is right and this can be

the beginning of the end of The Ununited States of National Rifle America.

[Doctor_J]

3. Sounds like Mr. Parker is not part of Fox Nation

I like him more each day.

[daredtowork]

4. Virginia gets a bad rap

There is a lot of progressive Virginia, even in the South. There are outright hippie colonies in the mountains. The problem is the wealthier class is conservative and dominating the political picture. Also, Virginia was terribly infected by "the Southern Strategy": there is a lot of racial segregation in South-Western Virginia, and the tolerance for social services is almost nil even though there is almost no non-farm/non-factory/non-mining economy and tons of people need assistance, especially with health care (because it's hard to attract professionals of any sort to rural areas). The teen pregnancy rate is sad.

[bermudat]

5. "Alison was one of you guys"

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was a member of Congress,
but that didn't move anyone in Congress to do anything about
gun control. If 26 innocent 6yr olds and their teachers getting massacred
at school didn't move this nation, nothing will.

[steve2470]

6. I think you're correct, sadly nt

[Doc_Technical]

7. The Second Amendment was written in the the late 18th century,

so this Amendment should only allow late 18th century firearm technology.

[NutmegYankee]

8. While I get the joke...

we wouldn't want freedom of the press to actually require a printing press.

[branford]

9. That is not only ridiculous, courts have summarily dismissed such arguments time and again.

It's akin to stating that the First Amendment only applies to documents inked with quill pens, hand-cranked printing presses, and people yelling on soap boxes. Do I even need to remind you of the state of same sex marriage, abortion and the entire penal system before the 20th Century.

However, you are free to lobby to change the Second Amendment to the Right to Keep and Bear Muskets. Until such time as the amendment changed, the term "arms" will have no temporal restrictions.

[GGJohn]

10. What a ridiculous statement.

That's like saying that the 1A was written in the 18th century, so only hand cranked presses and quill pens should be allowed.