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President Trump’s nominee to lead the military health system said Tuesday he thinks it is “insane” for civilians to be able to purchase semi-automatic rifles like the one a gunman used to kill 26 people at a Texas church.

Dean Winslow, a professor at Stanford University and retired Air Force colonel, made his remarks during his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Armed Service committee, according to the Washington Examiner.

“I may get in trouble with other members of the committee just say how insane it is that in the United States of America a civilian can go out and buy a semi-automatic like an AR-15, which apparently was the weapon that was used,” Winslow said. “I think that's an issue not as much for this committee, but elsewhere.”

Winslow was responding to a question from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., who asked whether service members with domestic violence convictions, such as Devin Patrick Kelley, should receive a dishonorable discharge or bad conduct discharge from the military.

Kelley used a Ruger AR-55 rifle to kill 26 and wound more than a dozen at the First Baptist Church in Sunderland Springs on Sunday, police said.

The Air Force said Monday it failed to enter Kelley’s conviction for choking and kicking his wife and striking his young stepson hard enough to fracture his skill into a federal database. It could have prevented him from purchasing the firearm he used in Sunday’s massacre.

“It’s a combination of laziness and people being overworked,” a former Air Force Office of Special Investigations agent told Fox News.

The Air Force is required by the Pentagon to report the info. The Lautenberg Amendment, enacted by Congress in 1996, helps prohibit people convicted of domestic violence from purchasing firearms.

Kelley's case "should have been reported and put in the database and that's why we've launched this complete wide full-scale review," Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told "Fox & Friends."



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No civilians that I know own a Ruger AR 55


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Blame the object and not the broken system. You got your 15 minutes of Fame now go away.




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Why, how dare those peasants take up arms against King George’s troops! It’s just insane.

Elitist peckerhead.


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No civilians that I know own a Ruger AR 55
That's all you could find wrong with this story? A typo?
 
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A man who does not believe in government "by the people". And he's in government, imagine that.
 
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DJT should withdraw this nomination.
 
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retired Air Force colonel


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The Air Force said Monday it failed to enter Kelley’s conviction for choking and kicking his wife and striking his young stepson hard enough to fracture his skill into a federal database. It could have prevented him from purchasing the firearm he used in Sunday’s massacre.


Classic case of deflecting blame....That, and he's a professor so he's likely a very far left liberal loon.



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DJT should withdraw this nomination.

This ^^^^^



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retired Air Force colonel


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The Air Force said Monday it failed to enter Kelley’s conviction for choking and kicking his wife and striking his young stepson hard enough to fracture his skill into a federal database. It could have prevented him from purchasing the firearm he used in Sunday’s massacre.


Classic case of deflecting blame....That, and he's a professor so he's likely a very far left liberal loon.

Yep, from Palo Alto, Kali.


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It is insane that the AIR FORCE FAILED TO DO THEIR DUTY and comply with federal law.

How many more assholes like the murderingmotherfuckingpieceofshit were not handled appropriately by the AIR FORCE LEGAL AND MEDICAL BRANCHES?

Was ineptitude on the part of the AIR FORCE LEGSL AND MEDICAL BRANCHES the this murderingmotherfuckingpieceofshit was able to purchase firearms when he was a prohibited person!





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No civilians that I know own a Ruger AR 55
That's all you could find wrong with this story? A typo?


I think the Colonel is insane, I didn't want to call out the Cray Cray, because I have family visiting today from the Air Force so I went lightly.


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Too bad for him he took an oath to protect and defend the constitution on the United States of America. I guess he forgot about that. So he can STFU with all his intellectual laziness.




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Dear President Trump,

Are you sure Col. Winslow is the best man for the job?

Yours truly, RichardC


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OK. So where do we go to advise our dear President on our feelings?




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“I may get in trouble with other members of the committee just say how insane it is that in the United States of America a civilian can go out and buy a semi-automatic like an AR-15,...

"I may get in trouble with other members of the committee just say how insane it is that in the United States of America a civilian can" practice Catholicism.

"I may get in trouble with other members of the committee just say how insane it is that in the United States of America a civilian can" prevent us from searching their home without a warrant.

"I may get in trouble with other members of the committee just say how insane it is that in the United States of America a civilian can" not be forced to testify against himself.

"I may get in trouble with other members of the committee just say how insane it is that in the United States of America a civilian can" not be inflicted with cruel and unusual punishment.

Etc...

Go to hell Colonel.


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I have the distinct feeling that this Colonel is one of those that when told to unload his pistol, he heads for the nearest window, aims it outside, closes his eyes, and then proceeds to pull the trigger until he empties the magazine.

I'm not kidding.


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I think it's insane that citizens rely so much on govt to protect us. So there. Bite me.



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Trump needs to boot him.
 
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OK. So where do we go to advise our dear President on our feelings?


https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact


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