Rand Paul wants to end ban on guns in Post Offices which was implemented after past mass shootings

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Senator Rand Paul Wants Congress To Allow Guns In Post Offices
BY MIKE RIVERA ON JANUARY 30, 2014 AT 2:48 PM

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) proposed an amendment Wednesday to remove the federal ban on guns in post offices during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee meeting.

The National Association for Gun Rights, a pro-gun group that sets itself apart from others such as the NRA by identifying as a grassroots movement, posted on its website earlier this week encouraging its members to “stand with Senator Paul by taking action right away” and contact other members of the committee who are “preparing to fight tooth-and-nail against Senator Paul’s proposal.” In the same message, the association also claimed that “‘Gun-free zones’ are really ‘criminal safezones’ that only serve to provide would-be criminals with a place to find unarmed victims” and that “no law-abiding citizen should be disarmed and placed at the mercy of would be criminals.”

Prior to a recent ban, U.S. Post Offices had been the venue for several mass shootings including an incident in Edmond, Oklahoma in 1986 that ended up coining the term “going postal” to describe workplace violence.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/30/3227921/senator-rand-paul-rallies-removal-post-office-gun-ban/

No rational person believes they need a gun to safely make a trip to the post office, it is frightening that so many people believe this level of paranoia is a good thing. It is even more frightening that a good number of people think the nut job who is introducing this amendment should be our next President.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Who the hell needs a gun to go to the post office?

Seriously? Who the f*** is that pARanOiD?

[Hoyt]

5. Stick around, they'll be here to cite statistics and tell us about

gangs of "thugs" targeting post office customers.

[DonViejo]

2. Unfortunately, it makes total sense to the flying monkeys...

"guns are in schools, why not the Post Office?" Perfect morons is what they are. Sad, tragic and disgusting.

[giftedgirl77]

3. Yet another one to add to the list of why Rand Paul

is a giant fuck nut.

[upaloopa]

4. I hate our American gun culture and more and more

gunners are driving me closer and closer to becoming a gun grabber.
Gunners won't be happy until they can carry their guns on every inch of non private space in the country. Well federal land belongs to all of us and I say keep your f...ing guns out of my space!

[demigoddess]

6. you can tell he wants to be president of the US

he keeps opening his mouth.

[Fumesucker]

7. How can you properly Go Postal without a gun?

Derp

[onehandle]

8. I hacked into his browser history and found 137 hits for this video.

[freshwest]

9. Rand should be arrested along with every perp that his NRA sponsored BS brings to pass. n/t

[MyOwnPeace]

10. Really?

And this guy gets a license to drive on public roads, and reproduce (oh, wait, you don't need a license to do that!).
Where do people come up with these ideas?