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    W.H. Releases Letters from Little Kids Pleading for Gun Control

    I feel certain that their Union teachers helped them in writing these letters. Another co-ordinated op between the Socialist Democrats and the Unions. JMO

    W.H. Releases Letters from Little Kids Pleading for Gun Control


    7:20 AM, JAN 16, 2013 • BY DANIEL HALPER

    The White House today released letters from little kids pleading for gun control, just hours before President Obama is to release a comprehensive proposal to limit guns and ammunition. The letters were released to the Associated Press in what appears to be a coordinated effort to help shape the narrative the day of Obama's announcement.

    "Three days after six teachers and 20 students were killed by a rampaging gunman at their elementary school in Newtown, Conn., an 8-year-old from Maryland pulled out a sheet of paper and asked President Barack Obama for 'some changes in the laws with guns,'" the AP reports.

    "It's a free country but I recommend there needs (to) be a limit with guns," Grant wrote in a letter dated Dec. 17. "Please don't let people own machine guns or other powerful guns like that."
    In the days after the shooting, children around the country had the same idea as Grant. They put their feelings about the massacre on paper and sent those letters to a receptive White House.

    "I am writing to ask you to STOP gun violence," wrote Tajeah, a 10-year-old from Georgia. "I am very sad about the children who lost their lives. So, I thought I would write to you to STOP gun violence."

    Half way through the article, the AP admits, "The White House shared three such letters with The Associated Press, from young writers who seemed to agree that Obama should do what's necessary to make it harder for people to get guns."


    White House spokesman Jay Carney announced yesterday that Obama will be surrounded by little kids when he announces his gun proposal later today.

    Another letter reads:

    Eleven-year-old Julia, who lives in the District of Columbia and dotted the "I'' in her name with a heart, wrote that she has four brothers and sisters and "I know I would not be able to bear the thought of losing any of them." She said it should be "very hard" for people to buy guns and closed by acknowledging that Obama can't do it alone.

    "I know that laws have to be passed by Congress but I beg you to try very hard to make guns not allowed. Not just for me, but for the whole United States," Julia wrote, signing the letter with "my love and regrets." She will also be at the White House on Wednesday.
    The White House appears not to have released a single letter to the AP in opposition to President Obama's gun proposal.

    W.H. Releases Letters from Little Kids Pleading for Gun Control | The Weekly Standard

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    Just got a glimpse of the Press conference. Amazing that the White House managed to get the perfect ethnic mix for the photo op just from reading the letters......

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    I wouldn't want or let my child be featured at the press conference. There are way too many crazies out there. Just saying.

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