Richard Nixon Wanted A Handgun Ban

[bigrebnc1775]

WOW how things have changed
Woodward whom helped to bring down Nixon is thrown under the bus by the left
And Nixon has become some kind of hero of the left

 

[JoeB131]

Watching these modern day liberals channel their inner love for Nixon is entertaining. Today's Liberals are realizing they are more Nixon than JFK. JFK's economics were to Capitalist for today's liberal.Kennedy's position that a rising tide raises all ships is not enough for liberals. They are more worried that everyone's ship is not the same size.

Guy, if you are willing to go back to the policies of JFK, with strong unionization, a 70% upper tax bracket on the wealthy, strong infrastructure spending, I'm all for it. Absolutely.

Of course, with Nixon and JFK, there really wasn't an economic argument. Both parties agreed that strong government infrastructure spending and a strong, unionized middle class were the ideal. That argument ended when Eisenhower continued most of the policies of FDR.

Until the crazy people took over the GOP in the 1980's, that is, and figured out it was easier to get dumb religous people to vote against their own economic interests if you wave a bloody fetus or a picture of two dudes kissing in front of them.

 

[JoeB131]

WOW how things have changed
Woodward whom helped to bring down Nixon is thrown under the bus by the left
And Nixon has become some kind of hero of the left

Not at all.

We just have a sense of historical perspective, you lack. Which is what happens when you guys are against things you were formerly for when Obama proposes them. (Drone Strikes, RomneyCare, etc.)


Nixon's good things- Normalizing relations with China, Arm Control Treaties, OSHA, the EPA, common sense gun laws, bringing Vietnam to an end etc.

Nixon's bad things- Watergate, escalating the Vietnam war into Cambodia.

 

[jon_berzerk]

WOW how things have changed
Woodward whom helped to bring down Nixon is thrown under the bus by the left
And Nixon has become some kind of hero of the left

isnt that funny how that works

--LOL

 

[tjvh]

Well if Nixon wanted a ban on handguns, then of course we should all just surrender our guns and do exactly what the progressive Liberals want us to do, they do after all know what is best for the rest of us...

 

[Two Thumbs]

By Rebecca Leber

Previously unreported tapes of Richard Nixon reveal the president once called for a ban on handguns.

The Associated Press reports Nixon took a hard stand during an exchange on May 16, 1972, the day after an attempted assassination on George Wallace:

“I don’t know why any individual should have a right to have a revolver in his house,” Nixon said in a taped conversation with aides. “The kids usually kill themselves with it and so forth.” He asked why “can’t we go after handguns, period?”

Nixon went on: “I know the rifle association will be against it, the gun makers will be against it.” But “people should not have handguns.”​

Republicans, including Nixon and Ronald Reagan, have backed anti-gun violence measures, and yet President Obama’s commonsense, widely supported proposals have only met blanket resistance from the NRA.

More: Richard Nixon Wanted A Handgun Ban

So the dems had a Pres they wanted and still fucked him in the end.

quell surprise

 

[Two Thumbs]

Nixon proposed the EPA and signed it Dec. 2, 1970.

and now, if citizens don't live as the epa demands, they fine them until they are homeless. If the citizen should take them to court and win, the epa will still fine them until they are homeless.


we warned you, but you don't care.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Watching these modern day liberals channel their inner love for Nixon is entertaining. Today's Liberals are realizing they are more Nixon than JFK. JFK's economics were to Capitalist for today's liberal.Kennedy's position that a rising tide raises all ships is not enough for liberals. They are more worried that everyone's ship is not the same size.

Guy, if you are willing to go back to the policies of JFK, with strong unionization, a 70% upper tax bracket on the wealthy, strong infrastructure spending, I'm all for it. Absolutely.

Of course, with Nixon and JFK, there really wasn't an economic argument. Both parties agreed that strong government infrastructure spending and a strong, unionized middle class were the ideal. That argument ended when Eisenhower continued most of the policies of FDR.

Until the crazy people took over the GOP in the 1980's, that is, and figured out it was easier to get dumb religous people to vote against their own economic interests if you wave a bloody fetus or a picture of two dudes kissing in front of them.

“You won’t get gun control by disarming law-abiding citizens. There’s only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up and if you don’t actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time… It’s a nasty truth, but those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun controllers. I happen to know this from personal experience.”
~Ronald Reagan

”By calling attention to ‘a well regulated militia,’ ‘the security of the nation,’ and the right of each citizen ‘to keep and bear arms,’ our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy… The Second Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.”
~John F. Kennedy

 

[Papageorgio]

WOW how things have changed
Woodward whom helped to bring down Nixon is thrown under the bus by the left
And Nixon has become some kind of hero of the left

Not at all.

We just have a sense of historical perspective, you lack. Which is what happens when you guys are against things you were formerly for when Obama proposes them. (Drone Strikes, RomneyCare, etc.)


Nixon's good things- Normalizing relations with China, Arm Control Treaties, OSHA, the EPA, common sense gun laws, bringing Vietnam to an end etc.

Nixon's bad things- Watergate, escalating the Vietnam war into Cambodia.

We? I thought you were an independent?

 

[Two Thumbs]

By Rebecca Leber

Previously unreported tapes of Richard Nixon reveal the president once called for a ban on handguns.

The Associated Press reports Nixon took a hard stand during an exchange on May 16, 1972, the day after an attempted assassination on George Wallace:

“I don’t know why any individual should have a right to have a revolver in his house,” Nixon said in a taped conversation with aides. “The kids usually kill themselves with it and so forth.” He asked why “can’t we go after handguns, period?”

Nixon went on: “I know the rifle association will be against it, the gun makers will be against it.” But “people should not have handguns.”​

Republicans, including Nixon and Ronald Reagan, have backed anti-gun violence measures, and yet President Obama’s commonsense, widely supported proposals have only met blanket resistance from the NRA.

More: Richard Nixon Wanted A Handgun Ban

John F. Kennedy

By calling attention to a well-regulated militia for the security of the Nation, and the right of each citizen to keep and bear arms, our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fear of governmental tyranny, which gave rise to the 2nd amendment, will ever be a major danger to our Nation, the amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic military-civilian relationship, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the 2nd Amendment will always be important."

But, but a shamed republican said he was against hand guns

 

[JoeB131]

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Until the crazy people took over the GOP in the 1980's, that is, and figured out it was easier to get dumb religous people to vote against their own economic interests if you wave a bloody fetus or a picture of two dudes kissing in front of them.

“You won’t get gun control by disarming law-abiding citizens. There’s only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up and if you don’t actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time… It’s a nasty truth, but those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun controllers. I happen to know this from personal experience.”
~Ronald Reagan
]

Okay. We tried that. We went from having a prison population of less than half a million in 1980 when we elected that senile old actor, to one of 2 million today.

Feel any safer? I don't.

Of course, Reagan got shot because a person who everyone knew was crazy had no problem walking into a gun store and buying a gun.

 

[Skull Pilot]

Richard Nixon was a criminal and criminals love weapon bans.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

[

Until the crazy people took over the GOP in the 1980's, that is, and figured out it was easier to get dumb religous people to vote against their own economic interests if you wave a bloody fetus or a picture of two dudes kissing in front of them.

“You won’t get gun control by disarming law-abiding citizens. There’s only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up and if you don’t actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time… It’s a nasty truth, but those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun controllers. I happen to know this from personal experience.”
~Ronald Reagan
]

Okay. We tried that. We went from having a prison population of less than half a million in 1980 when we elected that senile old actor, to one of 2 million today.

Feel any safer? I don't.

Of course, Reagan got shot because a person who everyone knew was crazy had no problem walking into a gun store and buying a gun.

You haven't tried anything you keep allowing criminals back out on the streets, and you don't even want too address the crazy people issue just let them back out on the street is the left's answer.

 

[jon_berzerk]

[

Until the crazy people took over the GOP in the 1980's, that is, and figured out it was easier to get dumb religous people to vote against their own economic interests if you wave a bloody fetus or a picture of two dudes kissing in front of them.

“You won’t get gun control by disarming law-abiding citizens. There’s only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up and if you don’t actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time… It’s a nasty truth, but those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun controllers. I happen to know this from personal experience.”
~Ronald Reagan
]

Okay. We tried that. We went from having a prison population of less than half a million in 1980 when we elected that senile old actor, to one of 2 million today.

Feel any safer? I don't.

Of course, Reagan got shot because a person who everyone knew was crazy had no problem walking into a gun store and buying a gun.

because the system failed

and let a crazy buy a firearm

the millions of honest folks

are expected to forfeit their rights

of firearm ownership

 

[JoeB131]

[

You haven't tried anything you keep allowing criminals back out on the streets, and you don't even want too address the crazy people issue just let them back out on the street is the left's answer.

Guy, we lock up 2 million Americans. Compare that to 69,000 Japanese prisoners and 78,000 Germans. Locking people up isn't the answer. So while we do have the guy who swiped a slice of pizza doing a life sentence, it's really not detering crime all that much.

In fact, it's probably making things worse. If you lock up a pot-smoker with a rapist, you aren't going to get a more mellow rapist, you are going to get a more angry and dysfunctional pot smoker...

I'd be all for a system of institutionalizing the insane and making sure they got proper treatment, but geez, you guys wouldn't want to pay the taxes for it.

 

[JoeB131]

[quo

because the system failed

and let a crazy buy a firearm

the millions of honest folks

are expected to forfeit their rights

of firearm ownership

As George Carlin pointed out, there are no rights if they can be taken away. There are privilages.

Gun ownership is a privilage. Freedom of religion is a privilage. It is something you have because the majority of your fellow citizens agree you should have it.

Nor did the system "fail" in the case of Hinkley or Loughner or Lanza.

The system did exactly what it was designed to do. Make it easy to make a gun sale so that the gun industry could record a profit.

If the gun industry was held to account for the people maimed by their products like the tobacco industry or the automobile industry are, they'd really restrict their customer base to only those they can trust to not get them into that much trouble.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Progressives, neocons, anti constitutionalists come in all forms.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Watching these modern day liberals channel their inner love for Nixon is entertaining. Today's Liberals are realizing they are more Nixon than JFK. JFK's economics were to Capitalist for today's liberal.Kennedy's position that a rising tide raises all ships is not enough for liberals. They are more worried that everyone's ship is not the same size.

Guy, if you are willing to go back to the policies of JFK, with strong unionization, a 70% upper tax bracket on the wealthy, strong infrastructure spending, I'm all for it. Absolutely.

Of course, with Nixon and JFK, there really wasn't an economic argument. Both parties agreed that strong government infrastructure spending and a strong, unionized middle class were the ideal. That argument ended when Eisenhower continued most of the policies of FDR.

Until the crazy people took over the GOP in the 1980's, that is, and figured out it was easier to get dumb religous people to vote against their own economic interests if you wave a bloody fetus or a picture of two dudes kissing in front of them.

JFK believed in keeping corporate taxes low and policies that spurred a healthy private sector and would not accept unemployment above 5 percent. Never heard JFK talk of redistribution.

 

[Ava]

By Rebecca Leber

Previously unreported tapes of Richard Nixon reveal the president once called for a ban on handguns.

The Associated Press reports Nixon took a hard stand during an exchange on May 16, 1972, the day after an attempted assassination on George Wallace:

“I don’t know why any individual should have a right to have a revolver in his house,” Nixon said in a taped conversation with aides. “The kids usually kill themselves with it and so forth.” He asked why “can’t we go after handguns, period?”

Nixon went on: “I know the rifle association will be against it, the gun makers will be against it.” But “people should not have handguns.”​

Republicans, including Nixon and Ronald Reagan, have backed anti-gun violence measures, and yet President Obama’s commonsense, widely supported proposals have only met blanket resistance from the NRA.

More: Richard Nixon Wanted A Handgun Ban

"Republicans, including Nixon and Ronald Reagan, have backed anti-gun violence measures, and yet President Obama’s commonsense, widely supported proposals have only met blanket resistance from the NRA."

The voters, back in those days probably did not fear nor distrust their own government nor associate those administrations with a tyrannical takeover of the people, once all of our liberties were steamrolled one by one.

 

[aaronleland]

And Reagan started Lifeline, which George W. Bush expanded to cellphones, which led to the "Obamaphone".

Ah, teaching Republicans history is fun.

I find it funny that you actually believe you're 'teaching' anyone anything. Seriously. Very ******* funny.

Please do make an ass of yourself more.

Obviously Republicans do need a history lesson. They have rewritten history so that their Republican heroes were models of conservatism. Until they are willing to admit that Reagan was about as liberal as Mitt Romney people will continue giving them history lessons.