Just wait until the republicans lose more seats in November (maybe the majority), some of you guys will be working overtime making up excuses for Trump. He will flip on all kinds of issues because its how you play a reality TV show. He believes in nothing.

You know people should understand that anytime you have an initial meeting like that, whether closed or open, you should expect to hear dumb things and dumb ideas. The purpose of those meetings to float ideas. These ideas might be off the top of their head and half thought out ideas. This how things come about. You look at several ideas, sort out the bad ones, and pick the best. Any good meeting should appreciate the free flow of thoughts. Sometimes a good process comes out of left field, misspoken thought. There is no sense in getting wrapped up about how a THOUGHT comes out. Especially in the sound bite clips we get bombarded with. What matters is official process or legislation that comes out. People make mistakes when speaking openly.

Saying take the guns now and worry about due process later, is just a crass and stupid way word the process that is place now... Restraining orders.

Anyways...the partisan blindness is strong on this thread...

So conservatives disliked their own elected officials so much they voted in the class clown to straighten things out??? My old man would have said you cut off your nose to spit your face..

So your ok with him knocking on your door. Taking your guns because you said something to someone.. then government folks deciding if you meet their idea of nuts or not??? Cops couldn't find time to run the list of folks that could end up with them knocking on your door..Probably some of us on this post.

Mac

Living in a free society means you accept that there will be bad with the good...

If we abided by the 2A as it was written then we would have a little more faith in the due process clause.

All of the rights enumerated in the Constitution work hand in hand with each other. You start screwing around or amending one right and the rest might as well be toilet paper.

If we truly abided by the Constitution..."I'm going to be a professional school shooter" could be countered with, "You're going to be professional Swiss cheese if you try."

How will I explain myself to my grandkids when they all must suffer at the whims of a tyrant because I chose to protect their parents from a statistically microscopic threat?

Mike

Hey chicken littles the sky didnt start falling yet. Don't get your panties so wadded up! Nobodys knockin yet. And nobody's takin anything either!

nsa is illegally spying on people, warrantless searches are routinely conducted by local law enforcement, property (cash) is still being seized without any charges being filed.

more government lawlessness shouldn't surprise anyone. this stuff is going on because people accept it. we were well trained to accept it from birth. indoctrination continues with metal detectors school lock downs and book bag searches.

Mark, we should have elected Johnson.

The root problem with James original post is that Conservatives do not consider their president a King, savoir or despot. We consider our elected to be employees so to speak. If one gets something wrong, learns from it, while tying hard to solve a problem, we keep them on a while longer. The Libs consider their elected, Gods and leaders and such and soil themselves if one would even use incorrect grammar.
I give Trump a lot of credit for having a bipartisan forum, even though it would open him up for constant criticism and more childish rhetoric.
I give this story a big nothingburger and James an A+ for his CNN resume'.