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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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zeonchar 22nd-Jul-2012 04:43 pm (UTC)
It really bothers me that anyone can buy a gun without any sort of training. In the military it is required every 6 months because they acknowledge that people lose their firearms skills unless they keep practicing. When I went through Military Police training they put us through some type of virtual reality type training with real guns that were augmented to work with the system and we had to deal with all types of scenarios and I hate to say it but more often than not we shot innocent people or bystanders.
serendipity_15 25th-Jul-2012 04:06 am (UTC)
I am seriously disturbed that there states that don't require people to pass a gun safety course before purchasing a gun (I'm also disturbed that they also don't require a refresher course at the minimum of once a year) because ownership doesn't equal competency.
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