Mark Kelly Renews
Vow to Fight National Reciprocity After Shooting of Unarmed Congressman
by AWR Hawkins18 Jun 2017
On June 16, just
two days after unarmed Republican house members were attacked in Alexandria, Virginia, gun
control proponent Mark Kelly pledged to fight the national
reciprocity legislation that would allow congressmen to be armed for
self-defense.
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was left in critical condition,
and four others were also wounded when the attacker opened fire during
Wednesday’s congressional baseball practice. The gunman carried an “assassination” list
in his pocket that contained the names of three GOP house members who were at
the baseball practice.
GOP lawmakers responded to the shooting by stressing a
renewed focus on national reciprocity, with some pointing out that they have
concealed carry licenses but cannot keep guns with them because they have to
drive into Washington D.C., which has draconian gun control laws. On Thursday, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY)
sought to remedy this situation by introducing legislation that would that
would force D.C. to recognize the carry permit of every state.
In other words, D.C. would adopt national reciprocity.
But on Friday, Kelly pledged to stop any effort to pass legislation that would
allow law-abiding citizens to be armed in this fashion.
Speaking to NPR,
Kelly said he and his wife are fighting against “concealed carry reciprocity.”
He also vowed to fight efforts to remove “gun-free zones in schools.” He couched these
statements amid a larger discussion of creating a “safer society.” But the
problem–as Wednesday’s attack showed–is that barring law-abiding citizens from
having guns with them for self-defense only makes them vulnerable. Congressional
baseball practice attendee Rep. Mike Bishop (R-MI) said it made them “sitting ducks.”
Kelly spoke in favor of passing universal background
checks, claiming that background checks lower crime. He did not point out that
the Alexandria attacker acquired his firearms from a Federal Firearm License
(FFL) holder, which means he passed background checks to get
them.
Kelly also failed to note that his wife, Gabby Giffords,
was shot by a man who passed a background check to acquire his gun.
Mark Kelly
Mark E. Kelly is
married to Gabrielle Giffords, and a
co-founder for the Americans for
Responsible Solutions.
Note: Gabrielle
Giffords is married to Mark E. Kelly,
a co-founder for the Americans for
Responsible Solutions, an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy, and
an advisory board member for the Truman
National Security Project.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a contributor for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone, and the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund.
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, is a member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, and the founder & chairman for
the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society, and the Alliance for Justice.
Marc R. Benioff is
a member of the Breakthrough Energy
Coalition, and was a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Covington
& Burling LLP was the lobby firm for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Eric H. Holder Jr.
is a partner at Covington & Burling
LLP, was an intern at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a board member for the American Constitution Society, and the attorney
general at the U.S. Department of
Justice for the Barack Obama administration.
Michael Chertoff
is a senior of counsel at Covington
& Burling LLP, and was an assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice.
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” Government Bureau for guns.
Robert Raben was
an assistant attorney general for the U.S.
Department of Justice, a director at the American Constitution Society, and a director at the Alliance for Justice.
Janet
Reno was an attorney general for the U.S.
Department of Justice, and a board of adviser’s member for the American Constitution Society.
Mario M. Cuomo was
a board of adviser’s member for the American
Constitution Society, and Maria
Cuomo Cole’s father.
Maria Cuomo Cole
is Mario M. Cuomo’s daughter, and a
trustee at the Brady Center to Prevent
Gun Violence.
Brady
Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Timothy J. Roemer
is an advisory board member for the Truman
Center for National Policy, and was a co-chair for the Catholic advisory committee to 2008 Obama campaign.
Gabrielle
Giffords is an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy, married to Mark E. Kelly, a co-founder for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, and an advisory board member
for the Truman National Security Project.
Patrick J. Murphy
was an advisory
board member for the Truman Center for
National Policy, a co-chair for the Catholic
advisory committee to 2008 Obama campaign, and is an advisory board member
for the Truman National Security Project.
Tim
Kaine was a co-chair for the Catholic
advisory committee to 2008 Obama campaign, a Richmond (Virginia) mayor, the Virginia
state government governor, is a Virginia
congressional delegation senator,
and married to Anne Holton.
Anne
Holton is married to Tim Kaine,
the secretary of education for the Virginia state government, and A. Linwood Holton Jr’s daughter.
A. Linwood
Holton Jr. is Anne Holton’s
father, and was the Virginia state
government governor.
Victoria
Reggie Kennedy was a co-chair for the Catholic
advisory committee to 2008 Obama campaign, and is the founder &
president of the Common Sense about Kids
and Guns.
Common
Sense about Kids and Guns is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
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