John Walsh Takes on NRA,

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John Walsh Takes on NRA, Vows to Continue Piers Morgan's Gun-Control Campaign on CNN

“The Hunt” host says Vice President Joe Biden agreed with him that politicians are “scared s—less” of the NRA

Piers Morgan is gone from CNN, but new host John Walsh plans to continue his campaign for gun control.

Besides hosting “America's Most Wanted” and advocating for victims’ rights, Walsh has been a longtime advocate of background checks and other safety measures. He said he would continue that fight now that he is joining CNN as the host of “The Hunt,” a new show about catching fugitives.

“I am the guy that has seen both sides of the issue,” Walsh told reporters Monday. “I own guns. I'm the father of a murdered child. I've done nothing but track violence in America since my son was murdered. We have a serious problem with guns in this country. And we refuse to address it. And the NRA solution to arm every grammar-school 80-year-old teacher with a gun is absolutely ludicrous,” he said.

Walsh said the NRA is so deeply in the pocket of the gun industry that “they're not a lobbyist on Capitol Hill, they're a gun manufacturer rep.” He also said Vice President Joe Biden recently agreed with him that politicians are “scared s—less” of the NRA.

“I said to Joe Biden, '90 percent of Americans are for a responsible background check for a gun, and you know what this Congress has done? Not voted on it, not brought it to the floor, not introduced a bill,'” Walsh said. “I said, ‘They're all scared shitless of the NRA, aren't they?'”

Walsh said the vice president replied, “John, every one of them. Because the NRA will run a tea bagger against you. … They'll put 5 million bucks against you.”

Walsh added: “I could name 15 first-world countries that check your mental state before you get a gun.”

Walsh said he has suggested that gun manufacturers put GPS tracking devices in every gun so stolen weapons could be easily recovered.

“Every one of us have a GPS chip in our cell phones. It's not Big Brother,” he said.

CNN President Jeff Zucker noted that Walsh has spoken in favor of gun control “many, many, many times on CNN.” But Walsh said he didn't know how much his gun-control efforts would be a part of his new show “The Hunt,” premiering July 13.

“I think ‘The Hunt’ is going to evolve as we do it,” he said.

Like “America's Most Wanted,” the new show focuses on catching fugitives. Walsh has dedicated his life to protecting people from crime since the murder of his 6-year-old son, Adam, in 1981.

He said that he has “testified in every state capital multiple times” about guns.

“I'm a gun owner, I've hunted all my life. I hunt quail on my ranch,” he said. “And I am the biggest advocate for background checks out of any gun owner in America.”

http://www.thewrap.com/john-walsh-to-continue-piers-morgans-gun-control-campaign-on-cnn/

[MAN OF BLUES]

every time I see that douche on tv I change the channel...
he's the poster child for dysfunctional...
his kid was abducted because his wife left the kid unobserved in a Sears, while she was looking at lamps... and the kid got kicked out of the store with some other kids...
his kid was NOT shot, he was strangled and had his head cut off...

" Adam was abducted by a drifter named Ottis Toole near the front exterior of the Sears store that afternoon, after being asked to leave by a store clerk. Toole lured Adam into his Cadillac with a damaged right bumper with promises of toys and candy, then proceeded to drive north on Interstate 95 toward his home in Jacksonville. Adam, at first docile and compliant, began to panic as they drove on. Toole punched Walsh in the face, but as this just made the situation worse, he then "walloped him unconscious" and proceeded to choke him to death. He drove to a deserted service road and decapitated Walsh with a machete. Toole later claimed to have disposed of Adam's body by incinerating it in an old refrigerator when he returned to Jacksonville. He drove around with the severed head of Walsh in his car for a few days until remembering it was in there, and then threw it into a canal."

I say background checks are a requirement for purchasing old refridgerators, old Cadillacs, and of course Machetes...

[gPink]

He's made a pretty good living over the ghost of his murdered son.

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/john-walsh-net-worth/

Net Worth:

$20 Million

Date of Birth
December 26, 1945
Place of Birth
Auburn
Profession
Talk show host, Presenter, Private investigator, Actor, Television Producer, Advocate, Television Director
Category
Richest Celebrities

[KawiG]

Scared the hell outta me...I thought you said Joe Walsh.

[Strawboss]

Bring it on, one blow hard who enjoys dramatizing and gaining money and celebrity from other peoples tragedies is nothing new to TV or America. Watch in the coming weeks how shamelessly the father of the man recently killed in CA is used and duped into being a poster boy like the parents from Sandy Hook by politicians who could not care less about him or his family in furthering their agendas.