Reagan-era figure Brady urges GOP to consider gun control

[SecularMotion]

TAMPA, Fla. • As Ronald Reagan's presidency looms large over the GOP convention, a key figure from that era delivered a stern, but impassioned, gun control message for today's Republican Party of Mitt Romney.

Jim Brady, the former press secretary to Reagan, who was shot in the head during an assassination attempt on the then-president, urged delegates in Tampa to help Romney "not to be afraid" of gun control legislation.

After four mass shootings in the United States in as many weeks, "we can do better than this," said Brady, recalling the convention he attended 32 years ago that nominated Reagan.

"You can help your nominee, Mitt Romney, by telling him not to be afraid to do what is right for this country, which we all love," Brady, a Centralia, Ill., native, wrote in a letter to GOP delegates on Wednesday, his 72st birthday. "You can tell him to join the national conversation that's taking place on WeAreBetterThanThis.org, and in millions of homes across the nation, and present to the American people his solutions to prevent gun deaths and injuries."

http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/reagan-era-figure-brady-urges-gop-to-consider-gun-control/article_90002846-070c-5a6a-924a-9e8196e7dfa5.html

[glacierbay]

1. One of those mass shootings

was perpetrated by the NYPD.

[GreenStormCloud]

2. That letter was quickly thrown in the trash by assistants. N/T

[Missycim]

3. Now you are lowering yourself

by quoting a Republican, will the hypocrisy never cease?

[Simo 1939_1940]

4. Clearly, you haven't been paying attention in class.

From the GOP platform:

The Second Amendment: Our Right to Keep and Bear Arms

We uphold the right of individuals to keep and bear arms, a right which antedated the Constitution and was solemnly confirmed by the Second Amendment. We acknowledge, support, and defend the law-abiding citizen’s God-given right of self-defense. We call for the protection of such fundamental individual rights recognized in the Supreme Court’s decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago affirming that right, and we recognize the individual responsibility to safely use and store firearms. This also includes the right to obtain and store ammunition without registration. We support the fundamental right to self-defense wherever a law-abiding citizen has a legal right to be, and we support federal legislation that would expand the exercise of that right by allowing those with state-issued carry permits to carry firearms in any state that issues such permits to its own residents. Gun ownership is responsible citizenship, enabling Americans to defend their homes and communities. We condemn frivolous lawsuits against gun manufacturers and oppose federal licensing or registration of law-abiding gun owners. We oppose legislation that is intended to restrict our Second Amendment rights by limiting the capacity of clips or magazines or otherwise restoring the ill-considered Clinton gun ban. We condemn the reckless actions associated with the operation known as “Fast and Furious,” conducted by the Department of Justice, which resulted in the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent and others on both sides of the border. We applaud the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in holding the current Administration’s Attorney General in contempt of Congress for his refusal to cooperate with their investigation into that debacle. We oppose the improper collection of firearms sales information in the four southern border states, which was imposed without congressional authority.

[glacierbay]

5. I wish our Party had that

in it's platform except for the part about the AG being held in contempt, then we'd see the R's lose every race in the country.
One can only hope.

[Atypical Liberal]

7. Imagine if the Democratic party adopted that, too.

Imagine all the air leaking out of the GOP balloon.

[rDigital]

8. It'd be hard for a Pro-2a Dem to lose most elections. nt

[4th law of robotics]

6. Brady ranks CA near the top in terms of gun safety

they are the third most crime prone state in the Union.

Perhaps brady doesn't know what he's talking about.