THE MADNESS OF THE US GUN LOBBY

THE MADNESS OF THE US GUN LOBBY

Postby Cannydc » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:19 pm

Three parents whose young children were killed in a school shooting in 2012 have sued right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for defamation.

Mr Jones has long claimed on his radio show and InfoWars website that the Sandy Hook Elementary school attack was "completely fake" and a "giant hoax".

Twenty children - all under the age of seven - and six adults were killed.

Mr Jones has implied that the parents are actors seeking to undermine laws allowing private gun ownership.


I wonder just how many 'followers' this particular nutcase has, and who he thinks really killed those little kids.

Parents of Sandy Hook victims who have spoken publicly about their experiences have been targeted by trolls, both online, as well as in person.

Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, whose son Noah Pozner was one of those killed by a gunman, filed their lawsuit in Travis County, Texas, where Mr Jones lives and works. Last June, a Florida woman who believes the attack was fabricated, was sentenced to five months in prison for making death threats against Mr Pozner by phone and email.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43799449
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Postby Maddog » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:21 pm

Cannydc wrote:Three parents whose young children were killed in a school shooting in 2012 have sued right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for defamation.

Mr Jones has long claimed on his radio show and InfoWars website that the Sandy Hook Elementary school attack was "completely fake" and a "giant hoax".

Twenty children - all under the age of seven - and six adults were killed.

Mr Jones has implied that the parents are actors seeking to undermine laws allowing private gun ownership.


I wonder just how many 'followers' this particular nutcase has, and who he thinks really killed those little kids.

Parents of Sandy Hook victims who have spoken publicly about their experiences have been targeted by trolls, both online, as well as in person.

Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, whose son Noah Pozner was one of those killed by a gunman, filed their lawsuit in Travis County, Texas, where Mr Jones lives and works. Last June, a Florida woman who believes the attack was fabricated, was sentenced to five months in prison for making death threats against Mr Pozner by phone and email.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43799449



Jones is a conspiracy theorist, like Rollup.

He's also a kook.

He' not a gun lobbyist.
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Re: THE MADNESS OF THE US GUN LOBBY

Postby Cannydc » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:25 pm

Maddog wrote:
Cannydc wrote:Three parents whose young children were killed in a school shooting in 2012 have sued right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for defamation.

Mr Jones has long claimed on his radio show and InfoWars website that the Sandy Hook Elementary school attack was "completely fake" and a "giant hoax".

Twenty children - all under the age of seven - and six adults were killed.

Mr Jones has implied that the parents are actors seeking to undermine laws allowing private gun ownership.


I wonder just how many 'followers' this particular nutcase has, and who he thinks really killed those little kids.

Parents of Sandy Hook victims who have spoken publicly about their experiences have been targeted by trolls, both online, as well as in person.

Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, whose son Noah Pozner was one of those killed by a gunman, filed their lawsuit in Travis County, Texas, where Mr Jones lives and works. Last June, a Florida woman who believes the attack was fabricated, was sentenced to five months in prison for making death threats against Mr Pozner by phone and email.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43799449



Jones is a conspiracy theorist, like Rollup.

He's also a kook.

He' not a gun lobbyist.


That's not what is implied by his actions.
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Postby Maddog » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:25 pm




He's also pretty mad at Trump. :gigglesnshit:
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Postby Big Fat Frosty » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:26 pm

your country is eating itself
your spending all this money outside
while you rot from the inside
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Postby Maddog » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:27 pm

How about we swap him for the purple clothes wearing dude that believes in lizard people?

Icke?
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Postby Cannydc » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:27 pm

From other sources...

"Alex Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist who has long claimed the shooting was “completely fake” and a “giant hoax” perpetrated by opponents of the Second Amendment."

( the right of the people to keep and bear arms)
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Postby Rolluplostinspace » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:28 pm

Maddog wrote:
Cannydc wrote:Three parents whose young children were killed in a school shooting in 2012 have sued right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for defamation.

Mr Jones has long claimed on his radio show and InfoWars website that the Sandy Hook Elementary school attack was "completely fake" and a "giant hoax".

Twenty children - all under the age of seven - and six adults were killed.

Mr Jones has implied that the parents are actors seeking to undermine laws allowing private gun ownership.


I wonder just how many 'followers' this particular nutcase has, and who he thinks really killed those little kids.

Parents of Sandy Hook victims who have spoken publicly about their experiences have been targeted by trolls, both online, as well as in person.

Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, whose son Noah Pozner was one of those killed by a gunman, filed their lawsuit in Travis County, Texas, where Mr Jones lives and works. Last June, a Florida woman who believes the attack was fabricated, was sentenced to five months in prison for making death threats against Mr Pozner by phone and email.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43799449



Jones is a conspiracy theorist, like Rollup.

He's also a kook.

He' not a gun lobbyist.

I have nothing to do with Jones.
Seeing him break apart and start screaming when he was interviewed by the British guy who's name escapes me was quite shocking.
It was about gun ownership.
I would imagine he lost many fans here.
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Postby Maddog » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:28 pm

Big Fat Frosty wrote:your country is eating itself
your spending all this money outside
while you rot from the inside


You're*

The Chinese will have to find new customers I guess. :leer:
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Postby Maddog » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:30 pm

Cannydc wrote:From other sources...

"Alex Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist who has long claimed the shooting was “completely fake” and a “giant hoax” perpetrated by opponents of the Second Amendment."

( the right of the people to keep and bear arms)



That doesn't make him a lobbyist.

It means he thinks there is a giant conspiracy to take away guns.

Sometimes you Brits just don't get it. :leer:
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Re: THE MADNESS OF THE US GUN LOBBY

Postby Big Fat Frosty » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:37 pm

Maddog wrote:
Big Fat Frosty wrote:your country is eating itself
your spending all this money outside
while you rot from the inside


You're*

The Chinese will have to find new customers I guess. :leer:

glib deflection...
your defence spending
and federal infrastructure
now far exceeds the country's output to prop it all up
and have any kind of inclusive society
if it wasnt for the drugs trade your inner cities would be filled with well armed cannibals
:thumbsup:
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Postby Cannydc » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:39 pm

Maddog wrote:
Cannydc wrote:From other sources...

"Alex Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist who has long claimed the shooting was “completely fake” and a “giant hoax” perpetrated by opponents of the Second Amendment."

( the right of the people to keep and bear arms)



That doesn't make him a lobbyist.

It means he thinks there is a giant conspiracy to take away guns.

Sometimes you Brits just don't get it. :leer:


I get the nuanced difference between the two. However, the descriptions I read in your newspapers tell both stories equally (right wing lobbyist, CT nutjob).

There's plenty of CT on Infowars, that's for sure. The concern is that others see him as a 2nd Amendment hero and follow through on the death threats etc.
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Postby Maddog » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:44 pm

Big Fat Frosty wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Big Fat Frosty wrote:your country is eating itself
your spending all this money outside
while you rot from the inside


You're*

The Chinese will have to find new customers I guess. :leer:

glib deflection...
your defence spending
and federal infrastructure
now far exceeds the country's output to prop it all up
and have any kind of inclusive society
if it wasnt for the drugs trade your inner cities would be filled with well armed cannibals
:thumbsup:



Were, not in too bad of shape. But we have unfunded mandates that are going to cause some serious problems in the next 20 years. May be one hell of a ride, but what are you going to do? Politicians love spending other peoples money, and when they run out, they just borrow (print) some more. :thumbsup:
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Postby Maddog » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:51 pm

You Brits are doing a much better job than we are in getting spending under control. Give yourselves a high five. :more beer:
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Re: THE MADNESS OF THE US GUN LOBBY

Postby Big Fat Frosty » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:55 pm

Maddog wrote:
Big Fat Frosty wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Big Fat Frosty wrote:your country is eating itself
your spending all this money outside
while you rot from the inside


You're*

The Chinese will have to find new customers I guess. :leer:

glib deflection...
your defence spending
and federal infrastructure
now far exceeds the country's output to prop it all up
and have any kind of inclusive society
if it wasnt for the drugs trade your inner cities would be filled with well armed cannibals
:thumbsup:



Were, not in too bad of shape. But we have unfunded mandates that are going to cause some serious problems in the next 20 years. May be one hell of a ride, but what are you going to do? Politicians love spending other peoples money, and when they run out, they just borrow (print) some more. :thumbsup:

or start another cold war
in a fractured EU...
:dunno:
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