TRENDING: Tim Scott points to 'moral decay' after school shooting

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Republican Rep. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the new appointee to replace Sen. Jim DeMint, indicated Wednesday he may oppose any gun control legislation in the Senate next Congress, saying instead the larger issue is one of "moral decay."

"I think the solutions are not necessarily in new legislation. Perhaps the solution starts with us examining the mental condition of the person and the persons in the past that have had the desire to create the atrocities we have seen recently," he said on CNN's "Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien."

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...and, we're off to the races.

[Gman]

1. zero sum gain

[BeyondGeography]

2. Of Republican families?

Because that's what the Lanzas were, through and through.

[AntiFascist]

3. Precisely...

and the "moral decay" that has lead Tea Party types to become irrationally concerned about Obama supporting Islam, Socialism and even Fascism, and leads many of them to want to arm themselves with numerous assault weapons. This is pure insanity.

[tj_crackersnatch]

9. spot on eom

[valerief]

4. I wipe crap like him from my backside every day. nt

[BootinUp]

14. Maybe thats the constitution they are talking about.

As in morning constitutional.

[valerief]

21. Boom! Good one!

[Aviation Pro]

5. The 'moral decay' bullshit....

....is not going to win the day this time. Americans are increasingly turning away from organized religion and its sway over multitudes of fearful, racist douchebags. This isn't to say that Americans are less spiritual, in fact they are more so.

So keeping on barking up that tree, shitbird, there's nothing there.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. No Scott

The larger issue is that some people shouldn't have access to guns. In particular those like the shooter who are mentally unstable.

[judesedit]

7. Yeah.As he leaves work early to get tothe titty bar before he goes home so his wife doesn't find out

What a bunch of holier-than-thou hypocrites. They are some of the biggest consumers of porn in the country. Lyin asses. Talk about moral decay. Just take a look at Congress.

[Third Doctor]

8. Whose morals are in decay, Tim?

I'm sure you would say everone that does not believe the way you do. The problem which you and your fellow lunatics refused to grasp is that menally ill people have too much access to military grade weapons. This is deminted hand picked successor? I see why.

[Historic NY]

10. Well he definitely couldn't go to someplaces in this country...

he wouldn't make it back to his car.

[kelliekat44]

11. I guess droping bombs from drones on innocent women and children is not moral decay.

Are those men and women behind the throttles and laser beams mentally ill also? Our hypocrisy shows more and more. Our moral decay started a couple centuries ago and has never stopped.

[groundloop]

12. The Kochs, NRA, etc. must have had enough time to get their talking points in order.

And, as everyone who's paid attention during past tragedies have seen, they'll be out in force very shortly deflecting blame to everyone except themselves.

[BootinUp]

13. Bought and paid for nutjob. nt

[struggle4progress]

15. Maybe Tim will work to allow citizens to bring their assault weapons to the

Cannon House Office Building where his office is, so they can feel safe when chatting with him?

IIRC, that is currently forbidden, but if Tim is serious about allowing guns everywhere, he ought to be working to allow them in the Congressional buildings on Capitol Hill

[brett_jv]

16. Well, the 'moral decay' piece is BS

As is him using it as justification to block gun-control legislation.

However, examining the mental condition of such persons is clearly a logical course of action. We should do EVERYTHING we can learn to identify what the warning signs of such episodes are. I'm not against learning as much about the guy's frame of mind as possible.

I just wonder what he'll say if we discover what I expect to discover here ... the guy was a right-wing wackadoodle from a family full of the same ... iow, he really was pretty much just like the Senators most fervid constituents.

[Skittles]

17. guns don't contribute to moral decay

nooooooooooo - a couple of guys kissing might

[bpollen]

18. yeah, well...

Moral decay = making mental health care harder to get and guns easier.

[olegramps]

19. Republicans are the root of moral decay.

[Puzzledtraveller]

20. It's the Millenials

I have wondered if there was generational propensity for mass shootings, particulary in school. It may also be that with 24/7 news coverage it just appears that the millenials have been the most deadly. Present millenials excluded of course.