Monday, July 20, 2015

Conservative Media Erroneously Attribute Military Base Gun Policy To Clinton Administration


http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/07/17/conservative-media-erroneously-attribute-milita/204465

Conservative media are claiming that President Bill Clinton enacted a policy that bans guns at military bases in the wake of the mass shooting at a military facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In fact, the policy was enacted in 1992 during the administration of George H.W. Bush and does allow guns to be carried on base under some circumstances.
Conservative Media Blame Military Base Gun Policy, Incorrectly Claiming It Began Under President Bill Clinton
Fox Guest: Clinton Executive Order "Took Away The Rights For Service Members To Carry Concealed [Weapons]." On the July 16 edition of Fox News' Happening Now, guest Chad Jenkins stated, "Unfortunately the executive order put in place by President Bill Clinton back in the '90s took away the rights for service members to carry concealed and to protect themselves here on the homeland." [Fox News, Happening Now, 7/16/15]
Fox's Doocy: Gun Free Zones "Started With Bill Clinton." On the July 17 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, host Steve Doocy claimed that former President Bill Clinton banned guns on military bases:
DOOCY: The recruiting facility behind you, on the door, next to the bullet holes is a sign that says gun-free zones. The President of the United States with an executive order could end that policy that started with Bill Clinton. [Fox News, Fox & Friends 7/17/15]
Fox's John Roberts: Military Base Gun Policy "Was Enacted In 1993 When President Clinton Took Office." On the July 16 edition of Hannity, Fox News correspondent John Roberts falsely reported that the policy regulating guns on military bases was not "enacted" until the Clinton administration:
ROBERTS: A 1992 directive from February of 1992 that was enacted in 1993 when President Clinton took office severely limits the presence of firearms in military facilities, including recruiting centers. However, there are some provisions in that directive that allow weapons to be held on military facilities. [Fox News, Hannity, 7/16/15]
the party that can't keep track of the lies they plan to use shows inability to control or handle a situation that after so many goofs you would think they would research before jaw jacking their way through misinformation they also have shown they give a damn it doesn't have to be true it just has to reach their base of water carriers. 

a party built on dishonesty has ruined the country's credit rating and reputation and have the audacity to say it's shameful that Pres. apologized to our lost alliances and brought that back to our side, that part was conveniently omitted.

if there were armed service people in the recruitment office were they trained in responding to an attack on that kind and if they had returned fire there could have been countless civilian lies at risk but republicans see them as collateral damage the main objective was to arm more people around more innocent people.