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In regards to the Aurora, CO shootings

1:30 pm - 07/20/2012
My state has been a trainwreck lately. :(

This, however, is uncalled for.

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Friday that the shootings that took place in an Aurora, Colo. movie theater hours earlier were a result of "ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs" and questioned why nobody else in the theater had a gun to take down the shooter.

During a radio interview on The Heritage Foundation's "Istook Live!" show, Gohmert was asked why he believes such senseless acts of violence take place. Gohmert responded by talking about the weakening of Christian values in the country.

"Some of us happen to believe that when our founders talked about guarding our virtue and freedom, that that was important," he said. "Whether it's John Adams saying our Constitution was made only for moral and religious people ... Ben Franklin, only a virtuous people are capable of freedom, as nations become corrupt and vicious they have more need of masters. We have been at war with the very pillars, the very foundation of this country."

"You know what really gets me, as a Christian, is to see the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs, and then some senseless crazy act of a derelict takes place."


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layweed 20th-Jul-2012 08:26 pm (UTC)
And y'know, as far as the "why didn't anyone have a gun, blah blah blah", let's break it down for Rep. Gohmert, since he's obviously too fucking clueless to figure it out for himself.

Dimly lit theater, probably smokey haze, 200+ people running around in a mass panic, disoriented, shooter wearing armor. Even if someone HAD had a gun in there (who knows why, it's a fuckig movie theater), it's a damn good thing they didn't try to go all "Shootout at the OK Corral".
bestdaywelived 21st-Jul-2012 12:37 am (UTC)
There was absolutely without question a smoky haze. He lit off smoke bombs!
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