False susp peppers Ryan
NOT EVEN the police blood spilled in Dallas can get House Speaker Paul Ryan talking about guns.
The man falsely identified as a suspect in the attack by an Army veteran that left five cops murdered asked the Wisconsin Republican on Tuesday what can be done to prevent the mentally ill from getting guns.
“What are you going to do to ensure that guns do not fall into the hands of individuals with some type of mental disorder?” Democrat Mark Hughes (inset) asked at a CNN town hall. “And what is your plan for vets that come back that have a potential disease for mental illness?”
Ryan unsurprisingly ignored the firearm question, saying there was “common ground to be had here,” regarding fixing the Department of Veterans Affairs.
“We have not reformed our mental health laws in a generation,” Ryan added. THE MAKER of the assault rifle used to kill students and teachers in Newtown wants to profit off the blood of the gun violence victims, an attorney for grieving Connecticut families said in court papers Tuesday.
Attorney Joshua Koskoff called Remington’s efforts to protect its competitive edge in the gun market “repugnant.” He said the company became the nation’s top “seller of military weaponry to civilians . . . through its calculated marketing and pursuit of profit above all else. Plaintiffs lost family members, including children, in the service of that bottom line. Now Remington wants them to do more to protect its profitability.”
The suit seeks to hold Remington liable for the 2012 slaughter of 20 children and six educators, saying it was negligent in marketing and selling the AR-15. Remington says it fully complies with the law.