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RUNNING OUT OF BULLETS MEANT HE HAD TO STOP FIRING.AND WHEN HE STOPPED FIRING THAT'S WHEN HE STOPPED AND THAT EVENT WAS OVER AND NOBODY ELSE HAD TO DIE.THE WOMAN WHO STOPPED THE TUCSONSHOOTER BY NOT LETTING HIM RELOAD THAT DAY STILL LIVES ARIZONA AND YESTERDAY SHE ATTENDED ONE OF THESE TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN ARIZONA, WHICH THE REPUBLICAN SENATOR THERE, JOHN McCAIN, HAS BEEN HOLDING IN HIS HOME STATE.THE WOMAN WHO STOPPED THE TUCSON, ARIZONA SHOOTER WAS THERE IN THE ROOM WHEN THIS HAPPENED TODAY AT JOHN McCAIN'S TOWN HALL.>> MY 24-YEAR-OLD SON ALEX WAS MURDERED IN A MOVIE THEATER IN AURORA, COLORADO.THESE ASSAULT WEAPONS ALLOW A SHOOTER TO FIRE MANY ROUNDS WITHOUT HAVING TO RELOAD.THESE WEAPONS DO NOT BELONG ON OUR STREETS.>> I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW YOU NEED SOME STRAIGHT TALK.THAT ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN WILL NOT PASS THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.[ APPLAUSE ]>> I SAID THAT WAS TODAY.THAT WAS ACTUALLY YESTERDAY.JOHN McCAIN'S ARIZONA CONSTITUENTS, YOU CAN HEAR THEM AT THE END THERE APPLAUSING BOISTEROUSLY AT HIS ABILITY TO BESTOW SOME PATENTED JOHN McCAINSTRAIGHT TALK ON THAT WOMAN, WHOOBVIOUSLY NEEDS IT, THAT WOMAN WHOSE SON WAS KILLED LESS THAN AYEAR AGO IN THE AURORA, COLORADOMASS SHOOTING.THAT'S THE FOOTAGE THAT WAS AIRED BY CHANNEL 3 IN PHOENIX.OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS AN EDIT BETWEEN THE END OF THE WOMAN'S QUESTION AND THE PART WHERE JOHNMcCAIN SNEERS THE STRAIGHT TALK LINE AT HER.MAYBE THAT EDIT WAS CUT IN A WAYTHAT'S NOT FAIR TO JOHN McCAIN.MAYBE HE REALLY WASN'T IN REAL TIME SO INSENSITIVE AND ABRASIVETO A WOMAN WHO PROBABLY DESERVESSOME SENSITIVITY WHEN SHE IS TALKED TO ABOUT THESE MATTERS.BUT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, PATRICIA MAISCH, THE WOMAN WHO DISARMED THE TUCSON SHOOTER, SHEWAS IN THE ROOM AT THAT JOHN McCAIN TOWN HALL.SHE SAW THE WHOLE THING HAPPEN.SHE SAW THAT WOMAN ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT JOHN McCAIN THOUGHT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT GUNVIOLENCE AND SAW HIM ANSWER BY SAYING YOU NEED SOME STRAIGHT TALK.AND PATRICIA MAISCH, WHO WAS IN THE ROOM, TOLD TALKING POINTS MEMO IN AN INTERVIEW AFTER THE TOWN HALL THAT SHE FOUND SENATORMcCAIN'S RESPONSE "UNSATISFACTORY.""IN MY OPINION SQUOERKS SHE SAID, "THE COMMENT THE SENATOR MADE SAYING KAREN NEEDED SOME STRAIGHT TALK WAS A BIT DRIS RESPECTFUL IN LIGHT OF HER SON BEING MURDERED BY A MAN WITH A GUN LESS THAN A YEAR 'AGO."ACCORDING TO TPM'S INTERVIEW PATRICIA MAISCH SAID SHE'S HOPEFUL McCAIN WILL EXPAND BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN SALES BUT THEN SAID "YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT W. THESE GUYS.I HOPE HE DOES THE RIGHT THING."xxAT JOHN McCAIN'S TOWN HALL YESTERDAY IN ARIZONA DISCUSSING GUN RIGHTS A WOMAN WHOSE SON WAS
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