President Obama has wasted no time using the Oregon shooting as a pretext to call for more gun control. Republicans are absolutely right that the President is politicizing the tragedy. How dare President Obama do this.
It seems like any thoughtful answer should consider bipartisan solutions to violent crime. The apolitical – or non political – answer would be to have an eclectic combination of both gun control and a domestic torture program. After all, if torture works to stop terrorism from abroad, then why wouldn’t torture work to stop crime right here at home? I believe Republicans are much more capable of explaining why torture works and how the Fifth Amendment undermines our security than I am.
It’s time for a bipartisan solution that doesn’t just jettison the Second Amendment, but also the Fifth Amendment. President Obama, stop politicizing the shooting in Oregon and support torture now! So there you have it.