Scott Ott, editor of ScrappleFace.com, is also columnist for The Washington DC Examiner. Here’s an excerpt from his latest column, and a link to read more. You can access his other DC Examiner columns, or view PDF versions of the street edition of the paper, any time by clicking the ‘Columns‘ link at the top of the ScrappleFace homepage.
New York massacre pushes Obama to close gun-free zones
By Scott Ott, Washington Examiner Columnist
In the wake of a mass shooting which killed 13 people in Binghamton, New York, this week, the Obama administration said it would “move with all haste to close a loophole which gives crazed gunmen unfettered access that frequently leads to such shocking casualties.”
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8 responses so far ↓
1 camojack // Apr 7, 2009 at 8:10 am
I thought Binghamton was a quiet little backwater of a town.
I guess the operative word there is “was”…
2 Fred Sinclair // Apr 7, 2009 at 8:15 am
Perhaps we should pass a law, making such shootings illegal. That’ll solve the problem, right?
3 gafisher // Apr 7, 2009 at 8:29 am
It’s just so unfortunate that the gunman died before Obama could apologize to him.
4 gafisher // Apr 7, 2009 at 8:34 am
By the way, sorry to go OT but isn’t it amazing how Obama’s approval numbers seem to be proportional to his distance from the White House?
5 boberinyetagain // Apr 7, 2009 at 9:34 am
Fred, be careful…making thing illegal only increases their allure for some folks. It makes them feel “naughty” when they do them.
6 da Bunny // Apr 7, 2009 at 11:50 am
“our Constitutional freedoms are best enjoyed at 98.6 degrees. The benefits of civil rights drop off rapidly as the body approaches room temperature.”
So true, Scott…so true!!
According to some reports, this Wong/Voong [who cares?]Vietnamese guy “hated America,” and was very vocal about it. Then why was he still here? Why didn’t he go back home, since he hated it here so much? I’m sick to death of these so-called “immigrants” [moochers] who come here and accept the generosity and financial assistance of the U.S. citizenry, yet turn around and either criticize the country, or commit heinous acts of violence here. [See also that "Cho" loser who shot up the VA Tech campus.] Hey, I’d have been happy to pony up for a ticket to send either one of these pieces of filth back to where they came from. Why do they come here, and if they don’t like it, why don’t they GO HOME?
7 mindknumbed kid // Apr 7, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Fred - Boy I sure hope they don’t get carried away with your crazy idea of making it illegal to shoot people until they’re dead.
8 mindknumbed kid // Apr 7, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Nothing says danger like a gun free zone.
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