Following the deadly shooting at a community college in Oregon on Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said that lawmakers should not discuss gun control laws.
“Obviously, there are those who are going to be calling for gun control,” Carson told radio host Hugh Hewitt. “Obviously, that’s not the issue. The issue is the mentality of these people.”
He said that the U.S. needs to look for “early warning clues” about potential shooters in order to prevent tragedies like the Thursday shooting.
“What I worry about is when we get to the point were we say we need to have every gun registered, we have to know where the people are, and where their guns are, that’s very dangerous,” he said. “And that I wouldn’t agree with at all.”
A gunman opened fire on Thursday at the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, leaving at least ten people dead.
Listen to Carson’s remarks:
It is sickening when gun profits are more valuable than people’s lives. There should be a ban on the sale of certain types of weapons in this country as well as body armor. After all, a person who uses any military style weapon to hunt is a bad hunter who should be ashamed of themselves.
I wish he’d explain why that would be a bad thing. You know, get his paranoid fantasies out there for all to see.
So, Ben. Which guns, if any, could be registered? If gun registration is to help investigations should a gun be used in a crime, then it should apply to all guns. How about simply proof of ownership or recovering lost items? Don’t people register their dogs?
He said that the U.S. needs to look for “early warning clues” about potential shooters…
“What I worry about is when we get to the point were we say we need to have every gun registered, we have to know where the people are, and where their guns are, that’s very dangerous,” he said. “And that I wouldn’t agree with at all.”
G*ddamit! This fool is just irritating me no end.
OK. Just for sake of ___________ and giggles, let’s run with this idea.
What is he proposing? If mental health issues are the crux of America’s murderous tendencies, what can be done in that regard? Is he proposing to build more mental asylums where people can be housed and treated? I don’t think he’s referring to background checks because that would limit the number of obtainable guns and, to paraphrase a movie line, the guns must flow.
He’s saying that guns aren’t the problem, we should never limit the number of obtainable guns. He saying that crazy people are the problem. So what is this idiot savant proposing to do, anyway?