{"id":350242,"date":"2018-02-28T22:42:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/america-needs-idiot-control-not-gun-control\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T22:42:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:42:15","slug":"america-needs-idiot-control-not-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/america-needs-idiot-control-not-gun-control\/","title":{"rendered":"America Needs \u201cIdiot Control,\u201d Not Gun Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opposes measure to increase Fed role in background checks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Watson<\/strong><br \/>Prison Planet.com<br \/>February 28, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>In an appearance on CNN Tuesday, GOP Senator John N. Kennedy (R., La.)\u00a0railed against stricter gun control provisions, saying that America needs \u2018idiot control\u2019 rather than gun control.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BxfD1bHFq38\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>CNN host John Berman questioned Kennedy regarding his stated opposition to legislation being considered in the Senate that would give federal agencies greater access to state records, in order to better determine the eligibility of a person to buy firearms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/115th-congress\/senate-bill\/2135\">The bill<\/a> would offer greater federal funding to state agencies that comply, while withholding it from those that don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we need more gun control laws,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot a single one?\u201d Berman asked.<!-- [donotprint] --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ppani\">\n<li>A d v e r t i s e m e n t<\/li>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p><!-- [\/donotprint] --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Kennedy declared. \u201cI think we need more idiot control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Berman asked Kennedy to expand on what he meant by the term \u2018idiot\u2019, the Senator stated that he was referring to violent criminals like the shooter in Parkland.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy said he was not referring to anyone with a mental illness, and that he may have \u201cmisused\u201d the term in that context.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy then stated that violent criminals are too often assumed to be mentally ill when many are just plain \u201cevil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Senator noted that the mental stability of the Parkland shooter has not been properly determined at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know that, so I will call him an idiot,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r8Iz6AgUe-8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Wednesday, February 28, 2018  at  10:22 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/senator-america-needs-idiot-control-not-gun-control.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/senator-america-needs-idiot-control-not-gun-control.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opposes measure to increase Fed role in background checks Steve WatsonPrison Planet.comFebruary 28, 2018 In an appearance on CNN Tuesday, GOP Senator John N. Kennedy (R., La.)\u00a0railed against stricter gun control provisions, saying that America needs \u2018idiot control\u2019 rather than gun control. 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