Huffington Post – by Luke Johnson
Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal came out in favor of gun control restrictions in a Tuesday morning appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
“I spent a career carrying typically either a M16, and later a M4 carbine,” he said. “And a M4 carbine fires a .223 caliber round, which is 5.56 millimeters, at about 3,000 feet per second. When it hits a human body, the effects are devastating. It’s designed to do that. That’s what our soldiers ought to carry.”
Said McChrystal, “I personally don’t think there’s any need for that kind of weaponry on the streets and particularly around the schools in America. I believe that we’ve got to take a serious look — I understand everybody’s desire to have whatever they want — but we have to protect our children and our police and we have to protect our population. And I think we have to take a very mature look at that.”
McChrystal, though he resigned in disgrace in 2010 after a Rolling Stone article, is still revered by many as a top general, and his comments are significant for a former member of the military. If he does continue to advocate for gun control, he could be a significant voice in a movement whose opposition appeals to machismo.
“I think serious action is necessary. Sometimes we talk about very limited actions on the edges, and I just don’t think that’s enough,” he said.
Asked what his message was to the National Rifle Association and the House Judiciary Committee, he said, “I think we have to look at the situation in America. The number of people killed by firearms is extraordinary compared to other nations. I don’t think we’re a bloodthirsty culture, and we need to look at everything we can do to safeguard our people.”
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a co-founder and backer of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, praised McChrystal later in the program. “Stanley McChrystal is a guy who has more crediblity than I ever will have in terms of guns and the damage that guns can do,” he said. “He’s devoted his life to public service. But Stanley McChrystal can be as good a spokesman as can the five of us.”
According to today’s Drudge Report. Congress is being inundated with calls about new gun control laws. The tally is 9 to 1 against any new gun laws or restrictions.
McChrystal is a c#@t. “No possible need for such firepower in the hands of the people”? Really? What a c#@t.
Here comes Bloomberg again spreading his lying agenda. “The guns will tear your arm off.” What a c#@t. The final sentence of the video says it all… “The evidence isn’t there.”
I didn’t say C#@T. I said #UN@.
Stop screwing with the first amendment, D#M@ IT!
Don’t make me take my profanity elsewhere! I mean it, damn it.
McCHRYSTAL HAS ABSOLUTELY NO HONOR!
HE HAS NO LOYALTY TO HIS COUNTRY OR OATH!
AFTER BEING G*D DAMNED SH*TCANNED FOR TALKING SH*T ABOUT BARRY TO A REPORTER!
NOW HE’S ACTING AS A MOUTH PIECE FOR THE COMMUNISTS AND LENDING HIS NAME TO BLOOMBERG?!
A BULLET IS TOO QUICK!!!
I HOPE HE MEETS A TRAITORS DEATH, AND MAY HIS DEATH BE SLOW AND PAINFUL. SALT THE EARTH OVER HIS GRAVE SO NOTHING GROWS THERE UNTIL THE END OF DAYS.
F&$KING JUDAS.
He wants Barry to forgive him and kiss his boo boo.
What a waste of flesh
What would you expect though, he probably cowered when they held his pension over his head.
My Fellow Americans:
I agree with McChrystal’s statement: “Something serious needs to be done”
Yes McChrystal, you are right!,.. and the first thing that needs to be done is to arrest, try, convict and hang traitors just like McChrystal.
MY FELLOW AMERICANS – McCHYRSTAL IS A BONIFIED 100% TRAITOR!
Please put his name and address on the “Traitor Arrest List”
JD – US Marines – If you know this traitor McChrystal, let him know,… WE KNOW!
I hope he enjoys his 30 shekels now.
I hope they put this jerk stick in charge of grabbing our guns. Come get some.
I hope he gets taken alive