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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump Wishes There Had Been More Armed Orlando Clubgoers Shooting Blindly In The Crowded Room
Donald Trump, the Republican Partys presumptive presidential nominee, believes that if thered been more people with guns at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, Saturday night, the horrific massacre that resulted in at least 50 people dead wouldnt have been as bad.
If you had some guns in that club the night that this took place, if you had guns on the other side, you wouldnt have had the tragedy that you had, Trump said in a CNN interview Monday morning.
Trump is pushing the good guy with a gun theory, a favorite of groups like the National Rifle Association that want to stop any gun control measures. The argument is that mass shootings can be stopped more quickly if other people have guns and are able to fire back at the shooter .
But as CNN pointed out to Trump, there actually was a good guy with a gun at the Orlando nightclub. As the Los Angeles Times reported:
If you had some guns in that club the night that this took place, if you had guns on the other side, you wouldnt have had the tragedy that you had, Trump said in a CNN interview Monday morning.
Trump is pushing the good guy with a gun theory, a favorite of groups like the National Rifle Association that want to stop any gun control measures. The argument is that mass shootings can be stopped more quickly if other people have guns and are able to fire back at the shooter .
But as CNN pointed out to Trump, there actually was a good guy with a gun at the Orlando nightclub. As the Los Angeles Times reported:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-orlando-guns_us_575eb3b5e4b00f97fba8ccf2
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Donald Trump Wishes There Had Been More Armed Orlando Clubgoers Shooting Blindly In The Crowded Room (Original Post)
spanone
Jun 2016
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redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)1. He needs that NRA money.
He doesn't have a lot of financial support so he needs the deep pockets of those nuts.
C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)2. Rootin' Tootin' Donald McChump
I really didn't think there could be a person
on this planet dumber than Sarah Palin and
Dopie Donald has just seized the title.
Take another victory lap there, your greatness.
spanone
(135,873 posts)3. he's a boil on america's ass....at best
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)4. There was a good guy with a gun. It didn't matter.
What would have mattered? The bad guy not having a gun.
malaise
(269,157 posts)5. To be kind
Don the Con is a sick fuck
spanone
(135,873 posts)6. much too kind....