Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, a loyal Democrat and liberal-left ideologue, blamed the Fort Hood massacre --perpetrated last Thursday by a radical Muslim soldier --on firearms.
"Mayor Daley is deplorably capitalizing on the outrage at Fort Hood to push his gun prohibition agenda," said Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
"This is the height of moral bankruptcy from a man whose administration was sued Wednesday morning by the Chicago inspector general over apparent interference with an investigation into possible wrongdoing by current and former city employees."
The Mayor of one of the most -- if not the most -- politically corrupt cities in the United States, Daley reacted to the Fort Hood shooting by telling reporters, "Unfortunately, America loves Guns. We love guns to a point where that, uh, we see devastation on a daily basis. You don't blame a group."
"You don't blame guns, either," Gottlieb fired back. "You hold the perpetrator responsible for his crime, not the instruments he used. Would Daley blame cars for the highway carnage created by drunk drivers?"
Gottlieb went on to say, "Perhaps the real culprit here is former President Bill Clinton. The Washington Times revealed this morning that after he took office in 1993, the Army, under Clinton, instituted a ban on the carrying of firearms by military personnel on their bases. As a result, soldiers have been disarmed and left vulnerable to this kind of attack. Using Daley's logic, he should blame Clinton for the Fort Hood massacre. That makes more sense than blaming guns."
Mayor Daley is proud of his involvement with a group called Mayor Against Illegal Guns, says political strategist Mike Baker.
"As with our current president -- who hails from Chicago -- Daley is your typical Illinois politician who talk like Hippies but behave like the Mafia," he quipped.
Gottlieb and other gun-rights activists believe Daley has an agenda that he shares with other anti-gun extremists: They will exploit any tragedy to pursue their goal of public disarmament and destruction of the Second Amendment. Whether it is the assassination of a Seattle police officer, the murder of 13 people at Fort Hood, or the horrible body count of crime victims that has piled up in Chicago under Daley's regime, they will dance through the blood toward the nearest sympathetic microphone to push their cause.
"I'm not a member of any gun-rights group, but I'm not buying [Mayor] Daley's analysis. The Fort Hood murders were perpetrated by a radical Islamist. In this case, he used firearms. He could have used any other method -- IED [improvised explosive device] or bio-weapon -- and still would have killed innocent people. Perhaps more than the 13 deaths attributed to the killer's attack," explains former NYPD detective and US Marine Sid Frances.
"America must ignore the ravings of anti-gun fanatics," he concluded, "who are so blinded by a hatred for individual liberty and personal protection that they cannot see how foolish and petty they have become," said Gottlieb.
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
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This terrorist rampage is the fault of the PC that has infected all aspects of life. It is people like the POPULIST EXAMINER who defend Hasan from people who call him a terrorist who are to blame. The lefts defense of this terrorist is not surprising since we see lately who else they defend. Child raping directors.
Underage illegal alien prostitution rings and their enablers ACORN etc.
THEY have blood on their hands.
Guns at a military base? Solider using "firearms"? Lord, say it ain't so... Richard Daley, how much crack did you have to smoke before you decided to post those statements?
Mayor Daley, I think it's time for you to step down. Your political correctness is blinding you like all the other politics in office these days. And if your NOT seeing it like it is, How can we American's trust you and all the rest. Call it what it is!!! AN ACT OF TERROR by an Islam!!!!!
Poor Hasan,gets shot by a PRIVATE base hired security gal,who was not supposed to be in the hall.She put several slugs into the poor guy. Notice no videos only "Yaah he did the shooting"''one 20 clip handgun and 6 revolver pistol--both firing at the same time---like a machine gun firing 100 rounds non-stop. Did anyone see him rise his gun clutch hands? Just like in the 911 attacks--saw a plane fly into the Pantgone--and nowhere to be found the lying pr!cks :^/
Um, gun control is not a "liberal" or "democratic" position. I'm a flaming liberal and I live in Texas so you had better believe that I need to be armed to the teeth. As long as the military and police have guns, citizens need to have access to guns. Daley is not espousing a "democratic" or "liberal" position, but his own point of view.
Regarding what happened at Fort Hood - from what I've been able to piece together from a variety of sources there were a couple of soldiers that had PTSD and were being redeployed anyway. They refused to go and pulled out guns to keep from being forced to do so. Hasan, the military psychiatrist, stepped in to intervene in the matter and got shot for his trouble. The military, not wanting to publicize the mutiny of PTSD soldiers being redeployed spun this whole bizarre tale about Hasan to cover their butts.
daley is right. take the guns away from the army, they have killed millions.
jojo, the FN Five Seven the terrorist Hasan used has a standard 20 round magazine but you can get a $15 extender to make it a 30 round mag. Very nice accessory.
And do not believe the stories about the Five Seven being a "cop killer" pistol. the SR round and a similar lead free round are the ONLY rounds available to the public. The "armor piercing" round is available to the police and too the military but the military here does not use that proprietary round at all as far as I know. Those armor piercing rounds are available at ONE Military depot in the US. And the paperwork is staggering.
The irony of this Daley story is that soon HIS city will have to allow its citizens to keep and bear arms.
Bluebeard is on record supporting terrorists killing our service men and women by rumor mongering.
Daley is a fool with an army of security around him with automatic weapons protecting him if he wants to make an example have his own bodyguards disarm then he can be a real man.
Dear Locked & Loaded,
I do not support terrorists. I have simply looked at all the available evidence and come up with the answer that fits all of the evidence. Critical analysis is a process that is a lot like adjusting the sights on your rifle. If you don't, you'll hit something other than what is in your crosshairs. Read all of the initial news reports about the Fort Hood incident very carefully, otherwise you'll be going off half-cocked.
GUNS!
Whey then do we NOT take the guns and weapons from the U.S.military?!
That should solve the problems of the world!
There are too many things about the whole situation that do not add up. With only one shooter, there would have been plenty of opportunity for even unarmed man to take him down. Why didn't they?
Unless he carried a whole lot of extra clips of ammo with him, there would be almost no way that he would have been able to shot over 40 people. Something does not add up
that's why only the military and police should have guns...
Yeah cuz disarming law abiding citizens is working SOOOOO well for Chicago and Chicago public schools. There's a new gang related shooting EVERY DAY!!! Do ANY of you think those gang bangers lawfully purchased those arms? But it doesn't matter, if you can manage to get the guns away from the criminal aspect of society, they will resort to knives, baseball bats, hammers, pencils, etc. At LEAST give the citizens a means to protect themselves. If you think Chicago police are going to prevent the gangs from doing drive bys and mugging you on city streets you are SADLY mistaken!
Yeah cuz disarming law abiding citizens is working SOOOOO well for Chicago and Chicago public schools. There's a new gang related shooting EVERY DAY!!! Do ANY of you think those gang bangers lawfully purchased those arms? But it doesn't matter, if you can manage to get the guns away from the criminal aspect of society, they will resort to knives, baseball bats, hammers, pencils, etc. At LEAST give the citizens a means to protect themselves. If you think Chicago police are going to prevent the gangs from doing drive bys and mugging you on city streets you are SADLY mistaken!
Mayor Daley, Is suffering from an ailment common to many politicians. "CRANIAL RECTAL INVERSION SYNDROM"
hey Mike,daley is a crack.
Donna, be careful what you wish for.
Daley's not going to step down. If, by some miracle he did, Jessie Jackson would be running for that office, fast as lightning.
Daley will leave office like his old man did, in a coffin.
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