Republican threatens Beto O'Rourke over gun confiscation pledge

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:2020 is going to bring you another defeat. I will celebrate by buying another gun. You’ll be losing the sliver of what’s left of your mind.

Let's say Trump can't thread that needle (80k votes) again and gun control laws are passed. Will you obey the law? What controls would you follow or not? universal background checks? registration? mandatory buyback?

DP: As opposed to many Dems, Rs and Is and responsible Ds with guns do follow the law in peaceful ways.

I am pretty sure that in your scenario we would NOT see a Gunowners Matter "movement" rioting and inciting to violence across the land.

[Anonymous]

Can I use the universal background check system for hiring purposes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2020 is going to bring you another defeat. I will celebrate by buying another gun. You’ll be losing the sliver of what’s left of your mind.

Let's say Trump can't thread that needle (80k votes) again and gun control laws are passed. Will you obey the law? What controls would you follow or not? universal background checks? registration? mandatory buyback?

DP: As opposed to many Dems, Rs and Is and responsible Ds with guns do follow the law in peaceful ways.

I am pretty sure that in your scenario we would NOT see a Gunowners Matter "movement" rioting and inciting to violence across the land.

So almost all gun owners would obey the law? Even a mandatory buyback?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I considered selling my weapons “back” to the government, but after a background check and thorough investigation into the buyer, I determined the buyer has a history of violence and is mentally unstable. Big risk to everyone around it.

Not only that, but I keep wondering about something else I keep hearing: all these people on this thread keep saying that modern rifles "are only made for killing huge numbers of people as quickly as possible"

If that's the case, why is there one in the trunk of literally every police car in America?


What huge groups of people do our police officers need to be equipped to kill as quickly as possible?!?!


Because I'm really puzzled about this one. And why are there different names for the same gun, depending on who's holding it?

Because the media would call an AR15 in *my* hands an "assault weapon".

But they call the exact SAME AR15 in a *police officer's* hands a "patrol carbine".


Same gun. Different verbiage, depending on who's holding it. One with a very negative connotation, the other with a very neutral one.

Anyone care to explain this?

First of all, I have never heard anyone use the term patrol carbine. I hear it referred to as an AR-15 regardless of who is carrying it.

If you want to know why cops often choose this gun then google it. There are many reasons and I’m not doing your homework for you. I will get you started though. One of the main reasons is that it has a greater chance of penetrating body armor. Those cops have to go through extensive training and pass tests to prove that they can handle such a powerful weapon. Then they have to demonstrate their skills at least once a year. So here’s a question for you. If highly trained and experienced law enforcement professionals have to prove they are qualified, why shouldn’t civilians need to do the same?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just glad the democrats have finally succeeded in (inadvertently) trampling their tired, old “no one is going to take your guns” lie they’ve been trotting out every election season since the 90’s.


Now, the whole damn country knows that “democrat = gun confiscation”, and there’s no walking this one back or pretending it didn’t happen. This isn’t a fart in the elevator. You can’t unring this bell. Everyone heard it.

Granted, most gun owners have always known this, but there are indeed millions of trusting, gullible gun owners that took dems at their word when they heard them say in the past “no one is going to take your guns away”. Now all those millions know for sure exactly what dems want.


So I offer my sincere thanks to Beta O’dork, for finally wrecking the democrat lie we’ve been hearing for almost 30 years.

Listen to the raucous cheers that were given in response to O'Rourke's comment. No one should be surprised that Democrats really feel that way despite their claims otherwise.

Expect campaign ads that include Beto's comment. Scare tactics like that work.

It keeps escalating. Personally, I would have been good with some common-sense gun control laws after Sandy Hook.

But then you sick f#%ks decided you wanted to keep your arsenals more than you wanted to protect first graders. Given your complete lack of morality - demonstrated after each massacre (how many bump stocks did you buy after Vegas?) - you can’t be trusted. Any gun owner who values gun control is responsible enough to own guns though.

Screech all you want. Call me names, it's just noise to me. I know you hate me, and I just don't care. I'm armed, and you aren't going to change that.

Buh bye.

Yes, we know you don’t care. And you’re armed. And you would kill to keep your guns.

That’s why you no longer have a say in the matter. You’re irrational.

Remember the Holocaust. Things would have been different if Jews were armed. They would certainly have killed.

It is in extremely poor taste to compare gun control supporters to Nazis. Hitler actually loosened gun control laws to make it easier for Nazis to acquire guns. The disarming of Jews was unrelated to gun control laws. Jews were a very small portion of the population. Discrimination against them was rampant, and the Nazis were very popular. You can’t honestly think that things would have worked out better for the Jews if they had started shooting at the Nazis. Please explain in detail how it would have helped for this very small portion of the population to rise up against the popular Nazi party. It is absurd and irresponsible to suggest that gun control is to blame or even contributed to the Holocaust.

https://www.independent.org/store/book.asp?id=106

Enjoy

First of all, “ruthlessly suppressed firearm ownership by disfavored groups” does not equal gun control. This had nothing to do with the gun control laws. Second, your little book refers to the Warsaw ghetto uprising, which was not at all successful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I considered selling my weapons “back” to the government, but after a background check and thorough investigation into the buyer, I determined the buyer has a history of violence and is mentally unstable. Big risk to everyone around it.

Not only that, but I keep wondering about something else I keep hearing: all these people on this thread keep saying that modern rifles "are only made for killing huge numbers of people as quickly as possible"

If that's the case, why is there one in the trunk of literally every police car in America?


What huge groups of people do our police officers need to be equipped to kill as quickly as possible?!?!


Because I'm really puzzled about this one. And why are there different names for the same gun, depending on who's holding it?

Because the media would call an AR15 in *my* hands an "assault weapon".

But they call the exact SAME AR15 in a *police officer's* hands a "patrol carbine".


Same gun. Different verbiage, depending on who's holding it. One with a very negative connotation, the other with a very neutral one.

Anyone care to explain this?

First of all, I have never heard anyone use the term patrol carbine. I hear it referred to as an AR-15 regardless of who is carrying it.

If you want to know why cops often choose this gun then google it. There are many reasons and I’m not doing your homework for you. I will get you started though. One of the main reasons is that it has a greater chance of penetrating body armor. Those cops have to go through extensive training and pass tests to prove that they can handle such a powerful weapon. Then they have to demonstrate their skills at least once a year. So here’s a question for you. If highly trained and experienced law enforcement professionals have to prove they are qualified, why shouldn’t civilians need to do the same?

Most cops I know go to the range maybe half a dozen times a year, usually to practice right before their annual qualifying drill.

I go to the range at least twice a month, sometimes twice a week during competition season and in warm weather, if I can find the time.

In over ten years I've never met any law enforcement officer who could outshoot me, local, state or federal.

Just because it's part of your job to carry a gun doesn't mean you're proficient or some kind of expert. It just means that you've demonstrated you're capable of passing the absolute minimum standard for the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2020 is going to bring you another defeat. I will celebrate by buying another gun. You’ll be losing the sliver of what’s left of your mind.

Let's say Trump can't thread that needle (80k votes) again and gun control laws are passed. Will you obey the law? What controls would you follow or not? universal background checks? registration? mandatory buyback?

Background checks? Doesn't bother me, I already get them when I buy a new gun.

Registration? Will not comply. The only thing registration is designed to accomplish is create a list of people who own guns for later confiscation. Fortunately, the dems have prematurely ejaculated over the whole confiscation thing, and have charged headlong past even talking about registration, and have gone straight to the confiscation-talk. So registration is sort of a moot point anyway now, since dems have already gone ahead to the next step.

Confiscation (what you call a "buyback")? ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT COMPLY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.



So there's some honest answers for ya.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would vote for him just for this. After all, R candidate is for violently taking land from Texans.

Actually eminent domain was created specifically to address this, so there'd be no need to violently take land away.

But thanks for checking in with your ridiculous hyperbolic nonsense.

What's with the e mojis? How old are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2020 is going to bring you another defeat. I will celebrate by buying another gun. You’ll be losing the sliver of what’s left of your mind.

Let's say Trump can't thread that needle (80k votes) again and gun control laws are passed. Will you obey the law? What controls would you follow or not? universal background checks? registration? mandatory buyback?

Background checks? Doesn't bother me, I already get them when I buy a new gun.

Registration? Will not comply. The only thing registration is designed to accomplish is create a list of people who own guns for later confiscation. Fortunately, the dems have prematurely ejaculated over the whole confiscation thing, and have charged headlong past even talking about registration, and have gone straight to the confiscation-talk. So registration is sort of a moot point anyway now, since dems have already gone ahead to the next step.

Confiscation (what you call a "buyback")? ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT COMPLY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.



So there's some honest answers for ya.

Uh. How about tracking down straw purchases and cutting down the number of illegally-owned guns on the street?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2020 is going to bring you another defeat. I will celebrate by buying another gun. You’ll be losing the sliver of what’s left of your mind.

Let's say Trump can't thread that needle (80k votes) again and gun control laws are passed. Will you obey the law? What controls would you follow or not? universal background checks? registration? mandatory buyback?

DP: As opposed to many Dems, Rs and Is and responsible Ds with guns do follow the law in peaceful ways.

I am pretty sure that in your scenario we would NOT see a Gunowners Matter "movement" rioting and inciting to violence across the land.

So almost all gun owners would obey the law? Even a mandatory buyback?

NJ just enacted a law six months ago that banned the possession of magazines over 10 rounds. Possession of even ONE magazine over 10 rounds is a felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison.

Residents of NJ were given 90 days to turn in all magazines over 10 rounds to the State Police.


Do you know how many were turned in?





None.


Not a single one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2020 is going to bring you another defeat. I will celebrate by buying another gun. You’ll be losing the sliver of what’s left of your mind.

Let's say Trump can't thread that needle (80k votes) again and gun control laws are passed. Will you obey the law? What controls would you follow or not? universal background checks? registration? mandatory buyback?

Background checks? Doesn't bother me, I already get them when I buy a new gun.

Registration? Will not comply. The only thing registration is designed to accomplish is create a list of people who own guns for later confiscation. Fortunately, the dems have prematurely ejaculated over the whole confiscation thing, and have charged headlong past even talking about registration, and have gone straight to the confiscation-talk. So registration is sort of a moot point anyway now, since dems have already gone ahead to the next step.

Confiscation (what you call a "buyback")? ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT COMPLY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.



So there's some honest answers for ya.

Uh. How about tracking down straw purchases and cutting down the number of illegally-owned guns on the street?

PP here.

I'm totally fine with both of those.

But they won't be very popular with gun control proponents because neither provision will take guns away from the non-criminal public at large. And that's the real goal, as we've now seen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would vote for him just for this. After all, R candidate is for violently taking land from Texans.

Actually eminent domain was created specifically to address this, so there'd be no need to violently take land away.

But thanks for checking in with your ridiculous hyperbolic nonsense.

What's with the e mojis? How old are you?

Here’s one for you cowboys:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would vote for him just for this. After all, R candidate is for violently taking land from Texans.

Actually eminent domain was created specifically to address this, so there'd be no need to violently take land away.

But thanks for checking in with your ridiculous hyperbolic nonsense.

What's with the e mojis? How old are you?

I like emojis. I think they're fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2020 is going to bring you another defeat. I will celebrate by buying another gun. You’ll be losing the sliver of what’s left of your mind.

Let's say Trump can't thread that needle (80k votes) again and gun control laws are passed. Will you obey the law? What controls would you follow or not? universal background checks? registration? mandatory buyback?

Background checks? Doesn't bother me, I already get them when I buy a new gun.

Registration? Will not comply. The only thing registration is designed to accomplish is create a list of people who own guns for later confiscation. Fortunately, the dems have prematurely ejaculated over the whole confiscation thing, and have charged headlong past even talking about registration, and have gone straight to the confiscation-talk. So registration is sort of a moot point anyway now, since dems have already gone ahead to the next step.

Confiscation (what you call a "buyback")? ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT COMPLY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.



So there's some honest answers for ya.

Uh. How about tracking down straw purchases and cutting down the number of illegally-owned guns on the street?

PP here.

I'm totally fine with both of those.

But they won't be very popular with gun control proponents because neither provision will take guns away from the non-criminal public at large. And that's the real goal, as we've now seen.

So if registration helps with this would you still oppose it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2020 is going to bring you another defeat. I will celebrate by buying another gun. You’ll be losing the sliver of what’s left of your mind.

Let's say Trump can't thread that needle (80k votes) again and gun control laws are passed. Will you obey the law? What controls would you follow or not? universal background checks? registration? mandatory buyback?

DP: As opposed to many Dems, Rs and Is and responsible Ds with guns do follow the law in peaceful ways.

I am pretty sure that in your scenario we would NOT see a Gunowners Matter "movement" rioting and inciting to violence across the land.

So almost all gun owners would obey the law? Even a mandatory buyback?

NJ just enacted a law six months ago that banned the possession of magazines over 10 rounds. Possession of even ONE magazine over 10 rounds is a felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison.

Residents of NJ were given 90 days to turn in all magazines over 10 rounds to the State Police.


Do you know how many were turned in?





None.


Not a single one.

Sounds like Rs and Is and responsible Ds with guns do NOT follow the law in peaceful ways.