Huckabee: If Somebody in That Prayer Meeting Had a Conceal Carry…By Todd Starnes, Fox Nation

President Obama had a moment to bring healing to the nation, but he chose to play politics instead, using the terrible massacre in Charleston to call for a crackdown on guns.

Everything with this administration is about politics. Everything.

Gov. Mike Huckabee told me he was disappointed with President Obama’s “grandstanding.”

“All the proposals this president has put forward on gun control would not have stopped this shooting,” he said.

According to the GOP presidential candidate, one thing might have stopped the tragedy: A pistol-packing church-goer.

“The one thing that would have at least ameliorated the horrible situation in Charleston would have been if somebody in that prayer meeting had a conceal carry or (if) there had been an off duty policeman somebody with the legal authority to carry a firearm and could have stopped the shooter," Huckabee said.

Our nation is wounded. And in these coming days, words and deeds matter.

For the sake of unity, I urge the White House to choose civility over rhetoric. We cannot allow people like President Obama to divide our nation. Nor can we allow politicians to score cheap political points on the graves of the innocent.

Now is the time for decency. And should our elected leaders be unable to muster such values, maybe they should just be quiet.

After all, silence is a virtue.

Via: Fox News

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In L.A., Obama addresses Washington’s dysfunction: ‘I did not say I would fix it’

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — President Obama wrapped up a day he began with an angry and frustrated reaction to the mass killings in Charleston, S.C., by acknowledging that he has been unable to change the culture of polarization and gridlock in Washington.

But he also challenged Democratic supporters to do their part to make the political changes rather than remain disillusioned about the inability of the nation's capital to respond to gun violence and other problems.

"When I ran in 2008, I in fact did not say I would fix it. I said we could fix it," Obama told an audience of about 250 at a fundraising event here at the stately hillside home of film mogul Tyler Perry. "I didn't say, 'Yes, I can.' I said, 'Yes, we can.'"

The president continued: "If you’re dissatisfied that every few months we have a mass shooting in this country killing innocent people, then I need you to mobilize and organize a constituency that says this is not normal and we are going to change it."

Obama arrived here Thursday afternoon to kick off a four-day California trip during which he will attend four Democratic fundraisers in Los Angeles and San Francisco, speak to the U.S. Conference of Mayors and play golf in Palm Springs.

During his appearance at the fundraiser at Perry's house — which was to raise money for the Democratic National Committee — Obama was aiming to rally his audience ahead of the 2016 presidential election cycle. He cited accomplishment, including improvements in the economy, but the tragedy in Charleston could not be avoided.

In addressing the tragedy, Obama sounded notes of frustration about the state of Washington's dysfunction, and he cited a letter he received from a man in Colorado who had voted for him twice but expressed disillusionment over the continuing gridlock.

Via: Washington Post

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Charleston Church Massacre Happened In Gun-Free Zone

The Charleston, S.C., church massacre is already drawing comparisons to the tragedies at the Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Conn., and at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. because it happened in a gun-free zone.

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Nine people were were fatally shot at a historically black church Wednesday night.

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Although South Carolina is one of several states around the country that issue concealed carry licenses on a “shall issue” basis, legal gun owners are not permitted to carry their firearms into places of worship.

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States that issue such permits grants gun licenses to residents without the “arbitrary bias and discretion, compelling the issuing authority to award the permit,” Buckeye Firearms notes.

According to South Carolina law, civilians may not carry their legal fire arms “on school premises (including day care and preschool facilities), in law enforcement offices or facilities, in court facilities, at polling places on election days, in churches or other religious sanctuaries, or in hospitals or medical facilities. (S.C. Code Ann.§ 23-31-215.)”

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The penalties for carrying a firearm in such places include a fine of at least $1,000, up to one year in jail, or both.

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The alleged gunman, who was captured in Shelby, N.C., Thursday, is 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof, a white male from Lexington, S.C. Reuters reported Thursday that Roof’s father gave him a .45 caliber pistol for his 21st birthday in April.

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That’s also the day when he became eligible to apply for a concealed carry permit. It is unknown if he is a South Carolina permit holder.

Via: Daily Caller

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Air Force Buys $84K Exit SignsDays Before Shutdown

(CNSNews.com) - Days before the government "shutdown" started, the Air Force contracted for an $84,380 upgrade on its ‘Exit’ signs for the Joint Base Charleston-Weapons Station in Goose Creek, S.C.

According to the Statement of Work, “approximately 973 existing wall/ceiling mounted exit lighting signs” will be removed and replaced with “0.92 Watt LED lighting signs.”

The new exit signs were marked off in the "Green Products Determination Form", which requires new lighting equipment to meet Energy Star requirements.

The Youth Center, Recreation Center, Sports Center and Bowling Center are among the many buildings slated to receive upgrades to their exit signs under the Sept. 27 contract with M2W Construction Inc. of Mississippi.

Pictures of some the older signs due to be replaced were taken by the Air Force and are available for viewing here.

The statement of work states that the new replacement signs “will be energy efficient 0.92 watt fixtures and shall satisfy the Buy American Act.”

Via: CNS News

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