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Showing Original Post only (View all)(Gov R-NE) Heineman: Too early to talk gun control [View all]
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Paul Hammel
LINCOLN Gov. Dave Heineman, whose wife, Sally Ganem, is a former elementary school principal, said Monday that he spent the weekend talking with his wife about the massacre at a Newtown, Conn., school.
But answers to stop another similar tragedy were elusive, he said.
This is just an evil tragedy, Heineman said in a conference call with reporters. Its unthinkable, its unspeakable.
When asked about gun control, the Republican governor said all the facts need to be gathered first.
FULL story at link.
Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20121217/NEWS/712179921/1707#heineman-too-early-to-talk-gun-control
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So, because 2 people devoid of ideas cannot fathom a solution, the rest of us should wait for them?…
Journeyman
Dec 2012
#9
And then another tragedy will occur pushing back the date to have a conversation even further
PA Democrat
Dec 2012
#13
People own these guns so they can massacre local law enforcement if they come knocking with an
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#22
What a convenient way to pretend that all the preceding mass killings with firearms didn't matter...
MrScorpio
Dec 2012
#17
Does he say this to folks who have watched half their horses escape from the barn and
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#18