Students at George Mason University (GMU) have been notified that armed protesters may show up on campus ahead of President Obama’s town hall on gun control Thursday evening.
In an email sent to the student body, university police Chief Thomas Longo said authorities were expecting protests ahead of the event.
“Due to the sensitive nature of the topic, we will likely see protesters on campus — some of whom may be carrying weapons,” Longo said in the email obtained by The Washington Free Beacon.
He reminded students that it is lawful to openly carry firearms in outdoor spaces on campus.
“Please be advised that it is lawful to carry firearms in Virginia, and this includes at public outdoor spaces on our campus,” he said.
“University police are aware of this and will have officers present to ensure that all protesters remain law-abiding and maintain the safety and well-being of Mason’s faculty, students and staff,” he continued.
Of course there will be no firearms allowed inside the building where the town hall is being held, and there will obviously be metal detectors and Secret Service there to protect the President, but this still still makes me incredibly nervous.
Let's face it these gun nuts are all kinds of unhinged, their rhetoric is almost unintelligible at this point, and it only takes one mistake for some 2nd Amendment nutjob to get inside and do something horrific to the man working night and day to keep us all safe.
Personally I would like to see a gun free zone around the President that extended for about a mile. And anyone caught with a gun would have their shiny metal penis extender taken away permanently and then would be locked up until the President was safely back at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
we're practically third world status ..
ReplyDeleteThey should all be arrested as Domestic Terrorists and never own a firearm again. If Sarah fucking palin can restrict guns and what not at her book signing, what can the POTUS do?
DeleteI am sick of this shit. Arrest 'em and jail 'em any of 'em all of 'em!! Fuck OFF you RW punks!
'American Sniper' Widow Stands Up to Obama -- During CNN's Town Hall
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Delete'American Sniper' widow completely failed to make a good case for less gun controls in this town hall. She needs lessons in public speaking, and a brain wouldn't hurt either.
Barack Obama is a wannabe dictator . Baby Doc .
Delete8:16, that is RICH, coming from a Trump humper!
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So far the town hall is going well. None of the NRA sympathizers have been able to say anything against the new background checks. They just express fear.
ReplyDeleteWhen animals are cornered and have nothing to lose, they are the most dangerous. Half of America seems to be on a hair trigger... glad I don't live there anymore. This is going to get very bad before it gets any better. How soon before it America is no-go zone for travelers...
ReplyDeleteSoon I hope, because when it hits their pocketbooks, maybe people will take notice.
DeleteI never understood why background checks are only for some gun sales. Maybe we should have TSA only at some airports.
ReplyDeleteGreat point.
DeleteI agree. It IS a good point. Unfortunately, it is one the NRA supporters will never even acknowledge, let alone answer - except with the same old shit, anyway.
DeleteThe buffoons will try pushing the envelope, and President Obama will keep pushing for stronger background checks for buying guns.
ReplyDeleteI pray for his & his family's safety daily. Probably should pray for us as a country. No G - I'm not a religious person but do believe in a higher power & some days just need to pray.
ReplyDelete8:16 - you are insane.
DeleteHi Palin!
DeleteHow does one "pray to kiddie porn"? Strange and alarming that you used that as your choice.
DeleteSorry - my comment to @8:16 is misplaced here.
DeleteI pray for the President and his family too. President Obama has done so much good for this country despite the ever increasing insanity of the GOP and an unsettlingly large segment of the population. This gun fetish is made all the worse because of our failure to deal with the innate racism of our history.
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I'm not worried about anything happening to the president. However if open carriers show up in protest and a gun goes off by accident on each other I won't be crying.
ReplyDeleteIt's over --loved seeing Gabby Gifford & Commander Kelly. Great job appeasing the conspiracy nuts, too.
ReplyDeleteBarack Obama has risked his life every single day since he announced his candidacy. He's the bravest man in America.
ReplyDelete+1000 & that goes for his entire family.
DeleteI remember when he started running, and they interviewed Michelle. She said, " Yes, I did not want him to run because people are MEAN." How right she was!!
DeleteShe also said, paraphrasing, "we realize he could be assassinated, but that can happen any day on the streets of Chicago and he is willing to take that chance for the citizens of this country."
DeleteI ADORE my President and, no matter how the likes of names that will not mentioned tried, he WILL go down in history as one of the best presidents ever.
Also, same interview, "I don't think about $arah Palin," and I doubt he does to this day.
DeleteSmoochie, poochie!
Well said, 5:28, and very true.
DeleteMildred
It makes me sad to see the toll this job has taken on our President. The sob reublicans have tried from day one to destroy him. Most of them are not fit to shine his shoes, yet people keep electing them to do more damage. This country is going to hell in a handbasket, mainly because of racism, which is at the base of all this hatred of our President. The loudmouths like PayMe get publicity, and they spread their bile and cause damage. Payback IS a bitch, and at least we can see her getting her "comeuppance" now that her slutty daughter is being exposed. They both wanted to be famous, but I doubt the present scandal is exactly what they had in mind!!
DeletePresident Obama Drops A Fact Bomb And Obliterates The NRA At CNN Gun Town Hall
ReplyDeleteDuring the nationally televised town hall on gun violence on CNN, President Obama called out the NRA for not showing up and revealed that the Obama White House has repeatedly invited the NRA to the White House, but they have declined to show up.
The President said:
By the way, there’s a reason that the NRA is not here. They’re just down the street, and since this is the main reason that they exist you’d think that they’d be prepared to have a debate with the President.
(Cooper: They haven’t been to the White House in years.)
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We’ve invited them. We have invited them repeatedly, but if you listen to the rhetoric, it is so over the top and so heated. And most importantly is not acknowledging the fact that there’s no other consumer item that we purchase…There’s nothing else in our lives that we purchase that we don’t try to make a little safer if we can.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/01/07/president-obama-drops-fact-bomb-obliterates-nra-cnn-gun-town-hall.html
I'd prefer they go all "Ferguson" on them,
ReplyDeleteurban assault vehicles, and such. Give them
a reason to get all froggy so that maybe the
constabulary might have to pop a few of them
making an example for future shows of penile
prowess.
Unfortunately, Jonathan, that would only supply them with ammunition to be able to claim he actually IS trying to take the guns.
DeleteI bet you have seen this:
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The NRA Might Not Hold As Much Sway Over Elections As You Think
ReplyDeleteA new study casts doubt on the group's strength in influencing which candidate voters back.
The National Rifle Association, often described as one of the groups most feared by lawmakers and often cited as a prominent obstacle standing in the way of gun control, may not be as powerful at influencing elections as it claims.
A new analysis, conducted by Douglas E. Schoen, LLC, found that the vast majority of candidates in races where the NRA spent over $100,000 were unsuccessful in 2012. The analysis also found that while more than half of the candidates the NRA supported in 2012 were successful, over 92 percent of the money the group spent went towards unsuccessful races.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nra-power-study_568eb360e4b0a2b6fb6f2205?utm_hp_ref=politics
What the Gun Debate Reveals About America
ReplyDeleteThe current gun debate is an incredibly revealing moment about us as individuals and as a country.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-dowd/what-the-gun-debate-revea_b_8923146.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
What Obama's New Move On Guns Does For Domestic Violence Survivors
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Sarah Palin's BFF, Taya Kyle, appeared on the CNN town hall with President Obama and proceeded to express her opinion that every American should be issued a firearm at birth.
ReplyDeleteWhothefuck is Taya Kyle? No one in particular. She was married to Chris Kyle, the SEAL sniper whose story was made into a movie by Clint Eastwood. Kyle allegedly is "the most deadly sniper" in US military history with over 200 claimed kills.
He was shot to death at a gun range in Texas by a deranged former Marine who he was trying to help. Kyle's rehab routine was to take former servicemen who were suffering from depression and PTSD TO GUN RANGES WHERE THEY COULD SHOOT UP TARGETS. Smart. Really, really smart.
Well, anyway, Taya Kyle has ridden her husband's story to notoriety among a small clique of loons, Sarah Palin being one. Remember a few months ago Sarah was gushing on her Facebook page about meeting Taya Kyle, leading most observers to say "Who?"
I retired from the Army with 28 years in uniform. I'm a Vietnam vet who spent two tours in the bush in a gunfight almost every day. I have no idea how many people I killed or helped kill. I have a lot of friends who are combat vets from Vietnam. When we get together, we don't talk about kills and body counts. We talk about our friends who didn't survive, hoist a glass to their memories, write checks to a scholarship fund for their grandchildren, then we show photos of our grandchildren and complain about our enlarged prostates. I just don't understand this simple-minded, bizarre fixation on kills and guns.
Sorry, didn't mean to drag Sarah Palin into this.
Her husband was a psychopath who was successfully sued by Jesse Ventura for spreading lies -- taya is trying to get the multimillion dollar judgement thrown out now that she's a poor widow -- and he also claimed in his book that he killed two people in Dallas and they the cops covered it up for him, that when the cops tried to arrest him, he had a special card with a number on it and when the cops called it, secret peopl who worked for the government answered and told them that it was okay, that Chris Kyle could get a pass -- for murder -- on American soil.
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Cuckoo.
I just don't understand this simple-minded, bizarre fixation on kills and guns.
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I think if these gun worshippers had to spend one day in your shoes Old Redneck, they might realize what their dick extenders really do to other humans. If they could survive one day that is.
Mildred
The woman is nuts. Even Sarah Palin avoided her when she went to Alaska. The Palins would not go near her when she was opening a hospital. If the Palins are avoiding her, know she is cray to the max.
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HAHAHAHA 7:24 PM.
DeleteYou keep thinking that.
Fuck Taya Kyle and the horse she rode in on.
DeleteThe photo landed as Palin has been considering a 2016 presidential bid. When asked by an ABC News correspondent whether she'd consider entering the race for the Republican nomination, Palin said, "Of course."
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Michael Moore has received criticism from conservatives for his scathing comments on "American Sniper" a movie based on the autobiography of former Navy SEAL and sniper Chris Kyle
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How do these nut sacks get everything so confused?
Taya K proved it herself 7:54 PM
DeleteGawker left a few things out and got the "asking for child support" thing wrong, but no problem, now that Dakota's suit is under way:
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I recall that George Bush rallies did not permit any dissent at all...within a mile...no anti-war buttons, no signs, and certainly, no GUNS. America is becoming increasingly stupid, thanks to Hannity, Palin, Ailes, and the rest of the jerks who call themselves 'patriots.'
ReplyDeleteLook at how they treated the Dixie Chicks! For a song!
DeleteNot a song, 6:07 PM, but for they said in between. It will cost you big bucks, but I recommend seeing Bette Midler if you have chance. She has plenty to say, so talented, and spot on. You won't regret it!
Delete6:07 Yes, the Dixie Chicks had their careers destroyed all for saying they were ashamed W was from Texas. Imagine if anyone had thrown all the mud at W or Reagan the likes of which they throw at our President? Vile bitch should have been arrested as a traitor, instead of having her name mentioned as some type of "expert" on ANYTHING. I think this situation with her nymphomaniac daughter is finally opening some peoples eyes as to the PayMe grift.
DeleteTo renew a driver's license, you re-take the vision test.
ReplyDeleteTo buy a gun, no vision test. To keep a gun, no vision test. Mowing down 20 kindergarten kiddies with an assault rifle doesn't take good eyesight.
The neighbor with the drinking problem likes to fire off a round or two in his backyard. No one calls the police because none of us want an alcoholic with a gun pissed at us.
ReplyDeleteI lived by a troubled Vietnam vet years ago. He would fire off several rounds into a large dirt mound behind his home, late at night. We lived in a rural area, where this was allowed. It was terrifying.
DeleteI'm sure it wasn't one-sixteenth as scary as the events he experienced that kept him awake or woke him up in a state that required him to blow of steam. You'd be very surprised how effective target shooting is as a coping skill if you'd actually open your hippy mind enough to try it
Deletetarget practice with alcohol - hippy mind
DeleteOne of the problems with shooting a gun " to let off steam" is that the bullet has to go somewhere. And that somewhere is occasionally into another person. I would certainly call the police if a neighbor thought that it was okay to shoot "a round or two in his backyard" while drinking. It's a shooting waiting to happen.
DeleteBeaglemom
I think there should be gun control in our country. No doubt about it and I own a gun. There are too many idiots in our country today and the fact anyone would want to kill President Obama totally blows my mind.
ReplyDeleteIt would probably be a Republican that should himself, or herself, be shot at sunrise!
I am so relieved to know that you have someone that regularly checks that you are still capable of handling a gun safely. That in the event of dementia, Alzheimer, stroke, failing eyesight, medications that affect judgement or motor control, etc. your gun will be removed and safely disposed of.
DeleteIt's always great to hear that a gun owner is aware that he/she will not ALWAYS be able to safely control the gun.
Thank you for doing your part to keep the people around you safe from a gun handled by someone no longer able to control it. The sort of gun control you advocate is exactly what this country needs.
This town hall needs to be cancelled immediately. Gun parts can be printed in plastic on 3-D printers. Then assembled. Will they actually work? Probably once, but are not durable. Once is one time too many.
ReplyDelete"He reminded students that it is lawful to openly carry firearms in outdoor spaces on campus."
ReplyDeleteI'm calling bullshit on this. If every Panthers game can be declared an "Extraordinary Event" that you can't even bring an umbrella or a purse to, so can this be. If Trump has the right to kick anyone he wants out of an arena because he sets the terms of use, so can the White House in this situation.
At George Mason University (site of the town hall meeting) only the "public" can open carry. Students, faculty and staff are not allowed to carry because of University policy.
DeleteLongo added that while it is lawful to openly carry firearms in public outdoor spaces on the George Mason campus, that right is not extended to students, faculty and staff, according to university policy.
What's your point? Declare it "An extraordinary Event", like they do for BLOCKS around Panthers stadium, where it's normally not only legal to open carry on the streets, it's legal to open carry in bars and any business. Or are you suggesting that a football team and their fans are more important than the President and citizens who want to hear what he has to say?
DeleteFWIW, what about the good old George W Bush days when if you wanted to protest something he had to say you had to go to a special fenced in pen two miles away? Tell me again how President Obama has taken away the right of the people to be heard and we should all miss the freedoms we had under Bush.
President Obama is amazing. I can't believe how he handles everything with such grace and strength.
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He has had to deal was some serious lunatics, too.
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‘We Can’t Outlaw Murder’
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Remember this?
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2015/01/for-those-who-can-handle-it-here-is.html
And it still pisses me off that the big Christian VG said that he could the stick those two fingers up his @ss and smell himself. What an absolute prick, supposedly in the name of all "godly."
ReplyDeleteVG sure has made an astounding recovery, hasn't he? You would think the old bastard was never even sick! Nothing that a little hand out couldn't cure!
DeleteCertainly sounds like a Heath or PayMe, doesn't he? Same way with words, so to speak. I wonder if it is Bristles, alternating between quoting bible verses and collecting $$$ as VG? Virgin Girl?
DeleteSee that toddler squashed into the shopping cart kid seat with mom's big sagging purse. That toddler could be the next active shooter in your life. 'Cause mom is stupid enough to leave her loaded gun with the safety off within reach of said toddler.
ReplyDeleteOR you could get caught in the cross fire when the "good guy with the gun" blows the toddler away.
Something like this makes me wonder if this President will ever be safe, anywhere. There is no need for open carry, and concealed carry permits should be as difficult to get as a decent job.
ReplyDeleteI wish there was a "like" button. Your comment is simple wisdom. Thank you.
DeleteIf the gop/tp parties had worked along with the President, as the Founding Fathers meant it to be, this would be a much stonger, safer saner country. Instead, as he was being innaugurated, they were plitting his downfall. Block EVERYTHING he tried to do. What cowardly creeps they still are.
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President Obama recently put into place 23 executive orders affecting gun safety and gun control 2 days ago. This letter has just recently surfaced from the House Appropriations Committee. I find it ironic president elect Obama was calling for a judicial inquire into every executive order put into place by then president George W Bush and now president Obama is attempting put into place 23 executive orders that infringe upon the 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution.
martybeck13 about 11 hours ago
G'day mate, I don't wanna offend anyone here but what's the deal with the gun thing in America? I'm from Australia mate so don't get me wrong, our country's are real close allies and I have nothing but respect for you as a nation, and I agree with all your posts otherwise I wouldn't follow you. But we had 1 mass shooting in Australia 20 years ago and changed the gun laws immediately... not a single mass shooting since... in 20 years. People still have guns, but functional guns, for example no one has stopped farmers from having a gun that suits his purpose, same as hunters or sport shooters. We just don't allow nutbags to roll into the shops and buy semi automatic anti personnel weapons like in America. It would frighten me to send my kids to school not knowing if they're going to make it home bro. Am I missing something?
Poor, pathetic MOH. By number President Obama has issued far fewer executive orders than George W. Bush. In addition, President Obama has had to deal with a Congress controlled by the GOP which has steadfastly refused to participate in governing this country since January 20, 2009. It's amazing the president has not had to issue an executive order every day to get anything done.
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The number of EO's that President Obama has signed (227) pales in comparison to Reagan's (381) record. Obama still hasn't signed as many as W (291). Get a clue.
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Guns in America town hall with Obama transcript (full text)
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‘American Sniper’ Widow Taya Kyle Takes on Obama at Town Hall on Guns: ‘We Cannot Outlaw Murder’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/01/07/american-sniper-widow-taya-kyle-takes-on-obama-at-town-hall-on-guns-we-cannot-outlaw-murder/
Back in the 1980s, the comic strip Bloom County ran one where 10-year-old newspaperman Milo Bloom is working at the editorial counter when a gun nut comes in blathering wildly about "guns don't kill people..people kill guns!" and other crazy stuff. He ends by shoving a paper at Milo saying, "It's all written down right here", to which Milo responds, "Verbatim". It was funny at the time because most gunzloonz weren't that unhinged. Sadly, the gunzloonz rhetoric today is every bit as incoherent and illogical as the satire of it was back then.
ReplyDeleteThe NRA stands only for a few things now, and among them is that EVERYONE, including convicted felons, illegal immigrants, and the insane should all have the ability to own any firearm of their choice.
ReplyDeleteTHey also apparently believe there should be no restrictions at all, so the average Jane six-pack can buy a rocket launcher, a WWII bazooka, or a case of grenades without even a driver's license.
President Obama is a brave man, because he knows there are thousands of ignorant idiots indoctrinated by Limbaugh, the NRA, and lunatics like Palin who want to kill him.
If that ever happened, the USA would suffer irreparable harm, but we will likely never reform our gun laws to any sane standard.
I disagree with your final clause. I think we WILL reform our gun laws. it's happening. Subscribe to THE TRACE. The NRA is running scared and Bloomberg is funding the Anti-NRA movement. I do agree that the President is magnificent.
DeleteTaya Kyle, ‘American Sniper’ widow: Gun control won’t make us safer
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What is her solution. More sniping?
Milking widowhood for $$.
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Too bad Sarah is missing all the juicy info coming out.
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There were no obvious guns at the town meeting. I watched the entire thing. You can be sure that since the POTUS was appearing, there were thorough checks done of ALL entering the premises.
ReplyDeleteI seriously doubt anyone came in hiding a gun or it would have been taken from them!