Rick Santorum: Students should learn CPR, not seek gun laws

[Judi Lynn]

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Source: Associated Press


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mar 25, 2018, 5:15 PM ET

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum said Sunday that students who have rallied for gun control should instead learn CPR or find their own way to prevent a school shooting.

"How about kids instead of looking to someone else to solve their problem, do something about maybe taking CPR classes or trying to deal with situations that when there is a violent shooter that you can actually respond to that," the Republican said on CNN's "State of the Union."

The 2012 and 2016 presidential candidate said students could work to stop bullying in their communities or respond themselves to a shooter instead of asking lawmakers to approve legislation to protect them.

Santorum's comments prompted outrage on social media a day after hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied across the U.S. to push for tougher laws to fight gun violence.


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/rick-santorum-students-learn-cpr-seek-gun-laws-54004784

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[riversedge]

1. As a surgeon, Ive operated on gunshot victims whove had bullets tear through their intestines, cut

A few replies to santy stupid comment.




Eugene Gu, MD
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5h5 hours ago

As a surgeon, I’ve operated on gunshot victims who’ve had bullets tear through their intestines, cut through their spinal cord, and pulverize their kidneys and liver. Rick Santorum telling kids to shut up and take CPR classes is simply unconscionable.
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Ted Lieu
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5h5 hours ago

Ted Lieu Retweeted CNN Breaking News

Dear Rick Santorum: CPR is good for heart stoppage. Not good for victims of multiple AR-15 bullets, which typically impart 3 times the lethal energy upon impact than a 9mm handgun bullet. AR-15 bullets obliterate organs and cause so much bleeding that victims die very quickly.

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Former GOP Sen. Rick Santorum suggests students protesting for gun control would be better served by taking CPR classes https://cnn.it/2G40V0h
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David Hogg
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2h2 hours ago

I think @RickSantorum might need to learn CPR for the NRA following midterms

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[Chemisse]

2. "looking to someone else to solve their problem"

Ahhhh those selfish kids, always wanting other people to save their lives.

Instead they should be hard at work, doing CPR on friends who don't have a chance in hell of being revived after having lost so much blood that their hearts stopped beating. Pile some guilt on top of the trauma, just for kicks.

[Turbineguy]

3. Still

frothy, all all these years....

[left-of-center2012]

4. Every time I hear his name ...

I'm reminded how Rick Santorum and his wife brought their dead still born baby home for their children to meet.

"In 1996, the Santorums' son Gabriel was born prematurely after 20 weeks of pregnancy and died in the hospital two hours later.

Karen wrote that she and Rick slept with the dead infant between them in the hospital that night,
then brought him home the following day and introduced him to their other children as your brother Gabriel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Santorum#Personal_life

[GeorgeHayduke]

5. Isn't this the backwater idiot

whose name you cant responsibly let your children google?

Eesh.

[Dopers_Greed]

6. Keep digging the hole

[John Fante]

7. Stupidity and hate.

The two defining qualities of American conservatism in 2018 (greed, remorseless, hypocrisy, and a lack of compassion round out the top 5).

[RainCaster]

8. Urban Dictionary- Santorum: That frothy mixture...

of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the by-product of anal sex.

[farmbo]

9. In what world are the deranged musings of this Idiot still relevant?

And what kind of ABC News Director still even has him on a Sunday Morning guest list?

Hey ABC... the 90s just called...They want their irredeemable political hack back.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Lockingb - Santorum has not been an elected representative for many years

His (paid) opinion is not, in itself, "important news of national interest", as LBN rules require. Please repost in GD. Thanks.