Why focus on the gun and not the issues related to the abortion?

Sgt Spencer Sikder — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 11:01:03 -0500

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/obama-%e2%80%98this-is-not-normal-we-can%e2%80%99t-let-it-become-normal%e2%80%99/ar-AAfLbCh?ocid=spartanntp

Obama: ‘This is not normal. We can’t let it become normal.’

President Obama on Saturday called for additional gun control measures in the United States, after the slaying of three people Friday at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 28 at 2015 12:51 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 12:51:53 -0500

It doesn't matter what the issue is regarding abortion. You can't just shoot people.
I could give a damn what his motive was.
Trying to justify it that way... just doesn't work if you are pro-life.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Nov 28 at 2015 5:35 PM

LTC Stephen F. — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 17:35:20 -0500

What do you expect from lame-duck POTUS Obama who has consistently been in favor of stricter gun-controls through his two terms in office Sgt Spencer Sikder?
POTUS Obama has been consistently in favor of supporting abortion rights an oxymoron as far as I am concerned. I am opposed to individuals taking vengeance on random people as seems to be the case in Colorado.
The irony of the POTUS and others decrying the killing by gunfire at an abortion clinic where who knows how many pre-born children have been skewered in the name of freedom of choice.

Response by MAJ Alvin B. made Nov 28 at 2015 6:01 PM

MAJ Alvin B. — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:01:31 -0500

The gun is an easier issue to focus on as it was the tool used and it also supports a key political objective.
It remains to be seen as to what the trigger issue might have been. Had he wielded a hammer or a knife, the coverage would not have been as intense.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 28 at 2015 6:07 PM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:07:56 -0500

First off, abortion is a constitutionally protected right along with gun ownership. You can't pick and choose which constitutionally protected freedoms you get to support. Second, the only people this terrorist affected were those who were there to receive healthcare services like cancer screenings and pap smears. I don't know if you actually understand what planned parenthood is and what services they offer.

Response by MSgt Curtis Ellis made Nov 28 at 2015 8:18 PM

MSgt Curtis Ellis — Sat, 28 Nov 2015 20:18:56 -0500

Because typically, when you have an issue with something, you don't go and shoot it up... Sounds like a mental issue to me...

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 29 at 2015 5:17 AM

LCDR Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 05:17:01 -0500

Christian terrorism is still terrorism.

Is this the part where we say that all Christians have to denounce him, or else be branded terrorists, and suggest they wear identifying marks?

Response by Sgt Spencer Sikder made Nov 29 at 2015 10:10 AM

Sgt Spencer Sikder — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:10:09 -0500

Thank you all for your perspectives. I suppose I was looking at this from a standpoint that this tragic event entangled two very important issues in our country, however POTUS decided to only look at one. That one issue would not have prevented this zealot from committing his crime. If we recall, there was a rash of fire bombings of these clinics in the past. So its not the gun that is the issue, it's the way some think they need to fix what in their minds needs repair.

Response by Maj Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 29 at 2015 1:59 PM

Maj Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 13:59:41 -0500

Because guns are the issue. I love guns and I am all for gun rights, but if you have to have training and pass a test to drive a car, why don't you have to in order to own a gun? It takes longer to be able to legally operate a fork lift than it does to legally own a gun! How is that right?

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 30 at 2015 7:38 AM

Capt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 07:38:13 -0500

After reading the posts here I am appalled.

Folks from the far right and the far left have to quit politicizing every event.

In almost all events there seems to be three stories. The far left, the far right and the real happening.

Both extremes are doing major harm to our country and if we don't stop this crap we are going to find ourselves no longer a country and wondering why some one else has taken us over.

I am beginning to think that people will make a parking ticket either a gun or abortion issue.

Response by Ronald Reed made Dec 1 at 2015 11:02 AM

Ronald Reed — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 11:02:35 -0500

A vary good point, i have asked that question myself especially after viewing a bit of the videos..what they do at PP does nothing for women's rights or any one else's either. The fact that some luny suggested after birth abortions as part of PP should scare every one,

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made Dec 1 at 2015 9:46 PM

SFC Michael Hasbun — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 21:46:52 -0500

This particular terrorist was poorly researched. Not only was he unaware that the video causing the uproar about PP was a hoax, he failed to realize that he would have stopped more abortions by bombing a church...

http://deadstate.org/christian-group-conducts-study-finds-out-that-christians-have-the-most-abortions/

Christian group conducts study, finds out that Christians have the most abortions

In the wake of the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs, the findings of asurvey just released by LifeWay, a Christian research group, reveal s

Response by CSM Charles Hayden made Dec 1 at 2015 9:48 PM

CSM Charles Hayden — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 21:48:39 -0500

Silly question, who was speaking? What does he care about?

Response by Cpl Tou Lee Yang made Dec 2 at 2015 5:04 AM

Cpl Tou Lee Yang — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 05:04:08 -0500

Because a woman having an abortion does not cause the death of strangers.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 7:11 AM

Capt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:11:09 -0500

This discussion has left the realm of the real world. Trying to blame a political party for these crimes is just plain BS.

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 2 at 2015 8:50 AM

PO3 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 08:50:56 -0500

For those that keep saying Christian Terrorism -

Right .... and Christians are celebrating on the street, giving out candies, singing and dancing on the street, and they all want to kill PP because doing that they can go to heaven with 72 virgins to enjoy??? ... what is wrong with you all? There is a huge different here! but ... you don't care.

Response by 1LT Aaron Barr made Dec 2 at 2015 1:20 PM

1LT Aaron Barr — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:20:01 -0500

Because the media supports gun control and abortion.

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made Dec 2 at 2015 1:21 PM

PO3 Steven Sherrill — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:21:09 -0500

Sgt Spencer Sikder This is the same man who in PARIS said that these mass shootings don't happen in other countries. He is so out of touch with reality that it is scary. He will spin anything he can to his agenda of making millions of legal gun owners into criminals for exercising our constitutional rights. I am a responsibly armed American Citizen. I hate that this happened. I hate that innocent people were killed regardless of where it occurred.

I don't know anything about the source for this so the article may or may not be valid, but the video shows the insensitive remarks made by Mr. Obama in Paris.

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/12/01/obama-in-paris-mass-shootings-like-pp-shooting-dont-happen-in-other-countries/

Obama In Paris: Mass Shootings Like PP Shooting Don't 'Happen In Other Countries' - Breitbart

Obama In Paris: Mass Shootings Like PP Shooting Don't 'Happen In Other Countries'

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Dec 2 at 2015 3:10 PM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:10:28 -0500

It's not a "gun" or "abortion" issue.

The person who committed this was a murderer. That's already against the law. Just because he doesn't like something else, he killed others. That isn't "Protest" in the Constitutionally Protected sense.

That's a Madman on a Rampage. Let's get out of the politics, and get into the issues. What kind of Legislation would have stopped a Madman? Seriously?

Response by PO3 Sherry Thornburg made Dec 2 at 2015 6:31 PM

PO3 Sherry Thornburg — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 18:31:42 -0500

One wonders. But, he has been out for expanded gun control all along, so this isn't a new thing from him.

Response by CW4 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 3 at 2015 3:15 AM

CW4 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 03:15:27 -0500

They want to disarm the population so they will be easier to control.