Thursday, January 31, 2013

Lindsey Graham: GOP-Forced Budget Cuts Will Mean Fewer Cops, So People Need To Arm Themselves

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/01/30/1516431/lindsey-graham-gop-forced-budget-cuts-will-mean-fewer-cops-so-people-need-to-arm-themselves/

By Josh Israel posted from ThinkProgress Justice on Jan 30, 2013

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who has been among the Senate’s most vocal backers of draconian budget cuts and has opposed increasing funds to put more police officers on the streets, said Wednesday that he will oppose gun violence prevention legislation because budget cuts will mean inadequate police forces to protect the public.

Graham told Baltimore Chief of Police James Johnson and former naval Captain Mark Kelly (husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords) that he planned to oppose the gun violence measures because people will need high-capacity magazines to compensate for the police response times these austerity measures will force:

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