Manuel Oliver's Dishonesty and Misbehavior at Last Night's Gun Violence Town Hall Was Disgraceful

January 22, 2020 9:57am

Most of the speakers at the town hall meeting were decent and respectful. But Manuel Oliver's dishonesty and misbehavior last night was disgraceful.

For instance, he said we have too many gun deaths because we have too many guns. THAT IS FALSE. In the last 50 years, the number of privately owned firearms in America has more than tripled, but the firearm homicide rate is at a near 50-year low.

He advocated for the hastily enacted 2018 Florida law that prohibits gun purchases by 18, 19, & 20 year-olds. What other Constitutional Rights can be denied to 18-20 year olds? NONE.

But the law does have an exemption for 18-20 year old military and law enforcement personnel, so they can purchase firearms. That means the law of Florida says Constitutional Rights are earned through one's employment.

After the event concluded, but while still in the church, Oliver lost his temper and began using several cuss words that really shouldn't be said in a House of God.

The loss of his son's life to a criminal does not grant him a free pass to misbehave or infringe upon the Rights of others. But Oliver is the same jackass who improperly and arrogantly interrupted a Congressional hearing by shouting down Matt Gaetz.

Video of his inappropriate spectacle is at https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-ne-gaetz-parkland-parent-conflict-20190206-story.html?fbclid=IwAR2KKuu2PAO6SvzDscJEv1JO22AIL9zvlNX_RDgIBxecacru1NNxSDIgZtM

I don't fault Oliver for his anger. And there is no way I can understand the extent of his grief. But for the same reasons family of a murder victim cannot sit on the jury at the killer's trial, his demands that we violate the Constitution must be rejected.

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