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ROSIE: MY GUARDS ARE ARMED, BUT NOT IN HOUSE
By LINDA MASSARELLA
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Gun-control activist Rosie O'Donnell defends her use of armed bodyguards, saying she needs extra security when she travels - but wouldn't let guns in her house.
"In public places, my security people, who are off-duty policemen, have guns," she says in the current issue of National Review.
But "the security people who work in my home do not have guns."
"The statistic is that you're three times more likely to be a victim of violence if you own a gun. That's why I choose not to have them in my home," Rosie says.
She was labeled a hypocrite last week when news broke that one of her bodyguards had applied for a gun permit in Greenwich, Conn., to accompany her 4-year-old son to and from school.
O'Donnell said because of her vocal support of gun control, she and her family have been threatened - and that security experts advised her to hire a bodyguard for her three kids.
But O'Donnell, who helped lead a protest march against guns in Washington last month, insists she doesn't suffer from a case of double standards.
"I'm not against someone having a gun, as long as it's licensed, registered, and has a child-safety lock.
"I don't think gun owners are the enemy. I don't think they're evil."
She stresses her push for gun control is part of her overall effort to aid children - and charges the National Rifle Association doesn't care for all kids.
"The only life that is important to them is white, Republican life," she charges.
As for politics, the portly talk-show host admits she loves Hillary Clinton but can't stand the president.
"I lost a tremendous amount of respect for him during [the Monica Lewinsky affair], and it has not been recovered."
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Slowpoke Rodrigo...he pack a gon...
"That which binds us together is infinitely greater than that on which we disagree" - Neal Knox
I'll see you at the TFL End Of Summer Meet!
ROSIE: MY GUARDS ARE ARMED, BUT NOT IN HOUSE
By LINDA MASSARELLA
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Gun-control activist Rosie O'Donnell defends her use of armed bodyguards, saying she needs extra security when she travels - but wouldn't let guns in her house.
"In public places, my security people, who are off-duty policemen, have guns," she says in the current issue of National Review.
But "the security people who work in my home do not have guns."
"The statistic is that you're three times more likely to be a victim of violence if you own a gun. That's why I choose not to have them in my home," Rosie says.
She was labeled a hypocrite last week when news broke that one of her bodyguards had applied for a gun permit in Greenwich, Conn., to accompany her 4-year-old son to and from school.
O'Donnell said because of her vocal support of gun control, she and her family have been threatened - and that security experts advised her to hire a bodyguard for her three kids.
But O'Donnell, who helped lead a protest march against guns in Washington last month, insists she doesn't suffer from a case of double standards.
"I'm not against someone having a gun, as long as it's licensed, registered, and has a child-safety lock.
"I don't think gun owners are the enemy. I don't think they're evil."
She stresses her push for gun control is part of her overall effort to aid children - and charges the National Rifle Association doesn't care for all kids.
"The only life that is important to them is white, Republican life," she charges.
As for politics, the portly talk-show host admits she loves Hillary Clinton but can't stand the president.
"I lost a tremendous amount of respect for him during [the Monica Lewinsky affair], and it has not been recovered."
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Slowpoke Rodrigo...he pack a gon...
"That which binds us together is infinitely greater than that on which we disagree" - Neal Knox
I'll see you at the TFL End Of Summer Meet!
