able to beat utah, which as reported here is also vying to be the first one with an official state gun. in georgia tuesday night, a man stood up at republican congressman paul broun s town hall meeting with a simple question. quote, who s gonna shoot obama? according to witness mark farmer went to the meeting to ask about social security reform, congressman broun laughed. and then made no effort to correct the questioner on what constitutes proper behavior, or to in any way distance himself from such hate filled language. an article in the athens banner herald reported that broun addressed the question by saying, the thing is, i know there s a lot of frustration with this president. we re going to have an election next year. hopefully we ll elect somebody that s a conservative, limited
arizona territory. karen finney, steve core knacky and david winston are back with us. it is interesting in this context. after the tucson tragedy a lot of gun rights activists said we were worried that this tragedy was going to be used as a way to curtail gun rights. now we ve seen this. utah just officially voted for a state gun. we ve seen a proposal in texas that would allow concealed weapons to be carried on college campuses. karen, are you surprised by what s going on? the timing is what s a little surprising. it s kind of an odd timing to introduce state legislation like this, while particularly given that congressman giffords is frankly still recovering and as you just reported, one of her employees is just able to come back. but, look, the important thing here is that we ve got to be able to find a balance between our second amendments rights and security and safety. i think for a time after the shooting there was a good
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utah republicans want to be the first in the nation to have their own state gun. the browning m 1911 semiautomatic pistol. here is how republican state senate representative carl whimmer puts it. naming an official state firearm is as harmless as naming an official state cooking pot. also from the category of you can t make this stuff up, something out of a clint eastwood movie is taking shape in south dakota. state representativeha hal wk ia republican and is proposing a bill that would force every south dakotan over 21 years of age to buy a firearm in order to ensure ordinary self-defense. residents are allowed to pick a firearm suitable to their temperament, physical capacity, and preference. now mr. wick knows this measure won t pass. he just wanted to take a swipe at the federal health care law. you know, the mandate thing.
utah republicans want to be the first in the nation to have their own state gun. the browning m 1911 semiautomatic pistol. here is how republican state senate representative carl whimmer puts it. naming an official state firearm is as harmless as naming an official state cooking pot. also from the category of you can t make this stuff up, something out of a clint eastwood movie is taking shape in south dakota. state representative hal wk is a republican and is proposing a bill that would force every south dakotan over 21 years of age to buy a firearm in order to ensure ordinary self-defense. residents are allowed to pick a firearm suitable to their temperament, physical capacity, and preference. now mr. wick knows this measure won t pass. he just wanted to take a swipe at the federal health care law. you know, the mandate thing.