Yahoo News thread on Roseberg, OR. hooting:
Speaking at a conference in New York City, Vice President Joe Biden said he believes investigators will find that a semi-automatic or automatic weapon was used in Thursday's shooting.
"The Second Amendment doesn't say you can own a bazooka, it doesn't say you can own an F-15 with hellfire missiles," Biden said. "There's the ability of the government to limit the type of weapon available.And although we don't have enough information for me now to comment on the specifics, my guess is — I'm prepared to bet you — that it was a semi-automatic weapon or an automatic weapon. I don't know that yet, but that'll be my guess, for many people to be shot in such a short amount of time."
The vice president added: "Were basically the only civilized country in the world where we have these mass murders ... 87 percent of the American people agree with the proposal I put together with the president [in 2013 after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown] on background checks and gun safety. Even over 60 percent of NRA families support it. So folks, I cite that as part of the disfunction because we are able to have decided minorities prevent consensus from occurring."
Speaking at a conference in New York City, Vice President Joe Biden said he believes investigators will find that a semi-automatic or automatic weapon was used in Thursday's shooting.
"The Second Amendment doesn't say you can own a bazooka, it doesn't say you can own an F-15 with hellfire missiles," Biden said. "There's the ability of the government to limit the type of weapon available.And although we don't have enough information for me now to comment on the specifics, my guess is — I'm prepared to bet you — that it was a semi-automatic weapon or an automatic weapon. I don't know that yet, but that'll be my guess, for many people to be shot in such a short amount of time."
The vice president added: "Were basically the only civilized country in the world where we have these mass murders ... 87 percent of the American people agree with the proposal I put together with the president [in 2013 after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown] on background checks and gun safety. Even over 60 percent of NRA families support it. So folks, I cite that as part of the disfunction because we are able to have decided minorities prevent consensus from occurring."