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originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
Most mass shooters are stopped with guns. How else would you stop them?
originally posted by: heartbreakkid
Damn anything negative said against Trump sure does trigger his base.
originally posted by: MRinder
a reply to: Southern Guardian
Like Trump's going to give a rats @$$ about being condemned by the French. France - the douche nozzle of countries.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Southern Guardian
France didn't like something Trump said???
originally posted by: Southern Guardian
No filter, no respect impacted, the president just opens his mouth and says whatever. Doesn't stop to think... and now the French aren't having it.
France has condemned Donald Trump's comment that armed civilians could have stopped the 2015 Paris attacks, which killed 130 people.
In a statement, the French government demanded President Trump "respect the memory of the victims of the 13 November attack".
"France expresses its firm disapproval of President Trump's comments in relation to the attack of the 13 November 2015 in Paris and we demand that the memory of the victims be respected.
www.independent.co.uk...
Donald Trump and his supporters are off the mark both factually and with regards to respect. Firstly Trump should be the last one to tell other countries how to stop gun violence and massacres considering the United States firearm death rate is more than 3 times the rate of France per capita, for a country that has 3 times the firearm ownership in comparison. United States had more school shootings thanthan 35 countries combined. These countries included India, South Africa and France. In 2016 alone the US had more than double the number of terrorist incidences compared to France.
How about studies? John Donohue, a law professor at Stanford University, was a co-author of a National Bureau of Economic Research study that examined how gun violence coincides with the ability for individuals to carry concealed weapons, known as Right To Carry (RTC) laws. The NBER study discredited the idea of the “good guy with a gun” as a possible solution to gun violence. This isn't the only study. We've even seen this in action when an armed School Resource officer was reluctant to counter a mass shooter back in February. Who's Trump to talk? Maybe he needs to get his facts right.
Putting those facts aside is the disregard for the feelings of those who lost loved ones from those deadly attacks in France. Did Macron and May make such comments in the past? No because they know better and respect the memories of the victims. They have no intention of using attacks to push their political agendas but Trump couldn't help himself?
"The free circulation of fire arms in a society does not constitute a barrier against terrorist attacks, on the contrary this can facilitate the planning of these kind of attacks," the French government said.
www.independent.co.uk...
This isn't the first time Trump has rebuke from foreign leaders. Theresa May pushed back at Trump after he was critical of Britain's healthcare, despite the fact the US has a dismal record in comparison. Trump should be the last person to open his mouth when it comes to such issues.
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
... How else would you stop them?
originally posted by: Lagomorphe
originally posted by: NthOther
a reply to: SKEPTEK
I've never really considered France an "ally".
"Bitch" is the word that comes to mind.
Care to elaborate please?
Thanks
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