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Ronald Reagan.. A Great President
Bubba Joel
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6DmjBneGBc
Agree
I still can't understand why GUN PEOPLE think he was so great!
HE SUCKED FOR GUN OWNERS! He was PERSONALLY responsible for getting the Brady Bill passed, not to mention preventing the manufacturing of new machine guns!
Where does this Reagan worship come from? He was a crappy "conservative" in several areas. He tripled the defecit, spent money like it was water, and built up the government like he was Obama's grandpa!
Get a clue people, he was NOT a friend of gun owners, nor a true conservative!
Merc
Given as a stump speech, at speaking engagements, and on a memorable night in 1964 in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign.
http://reagan2020.us/speeches/A_Time_for_Choosing.asp
He was PERSONALLY responsible for getting the Brady Bill passed, not to mention preventing the manufacturing of new machine guns!
Well, not him so much, but he did get shot the same day that James Brady did.
Stop and think for ten seconds.
What would you do when asked to sign those bills?
Was it the best thing to do?? Probably not, were you shot? No, you were not.
It is your playground, and I don't want to argue with you, but you are 100% WRONG on this one. He was PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE for getting the bill passed! He "made the phone calls" and shook people down to get it passed. Don't believe me? Do some research, and you'll find that the BRADY CENTER wrote him a letter thanking him for getting it passed! That letter is online, I'll see if I can find it.
And no, I don't know what I would do after I'd been shot, but I have been known to stick to my beliefs, no matter the social or financial consequences.
The point is, many people act like he is some sort of god, and he wasn't such a great "conservative" as people make him out to be. His "Legend" is a load of hooey.
Merc
quote:Originally posted by CaptFun
quote:Originally posted by Mercury
He was PERSONALLY responsible for getting the Brady Bill passed, not to mention preventing the manufacturing of new machine guns!
Well, not him so much, but he did get shot the same day that James Brady did.
Stop and think for ten seconds.
What would you do when asked to sign those bills?
Was it the best thing to do?? Probably not, were you shot? No, you were not.
This site has some GREAT information about Reagan, and how he was an enemy to gun owners:
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/newsarchives/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=SHOWTOP
Read that, and let me know what you think.
Also this:
http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=22064
Twenty-four years later, Reagan was still pushing gun control. "I support the Brady Bill," he said in a March 28, 1991 speech, "and I urge the Congress to enact it without further delay."
Merc
Reagan is like wool over the sheep eyes.
Yep, mutton puncher first class.
quote:Originally posted by Mercury
He was PERSONALLY responsible for getting the Brady Bill passed, not to mention preventing the manufacturing of new machine guns!
Well, not him so much, but he did get shot the same day that James Brady did.
Stop and think for ten seconds.
What would you do when asked to sign those bills?
Was it the best thing to do?? Probably not, were you shot? No, you were not.
I've been shot. I wouldn't have signed the bills.
In CA Ronald Reagan also signed, well before he was shot, a bill banning the open carry of loaded firearms. While I do not for a second believe this is reponsible for CA's current gun control mania(the Democrats running the state are responsible for that) it doesn't speak well of Reagan that he supported, pushed and signed such a bill.
I don't think Reagan was horrible on guns, I think he wasn't particularly good and not much different than our current Republican presidential candidate. Allowing that he was very good on many things but not on guns doesn't seem off base.