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Democrats Fundraising Off School Shooting
Powerline ^ | 08/30/2025 | John Hinderaker

Posted on 08/30/2025 1:22:57 PM PDT by DFG

This is truly ghoulish: Minnesota Democrats are fundraising off Robin Westman’s murderous spree:

Note the suggestion that “Minnesota Republicans…may refuse to take action, even now.” As though it were self-evident that Westman’s murders require banning a particular type of firearm, one of several, I believe, that he used.

Governor Tim Walz has said that he is considering calling a special session to enact more gun control legislation, including an “assault rifle” ban. Minnesota Democrats want to turn the 2026 election into a referendum on gun control, as they turned the 2022 election into a referendum on abortion. They thus seek to avoid accountability for the disasters that their unitary rule over the state has caused.

When the Democrats had unfettered control in 2023, they did not try to enact an “assault rifle” ban. Rather, they passed “red flag” legislation that is intended to prevent mentally ill people, like Robin Westman, from maintaining possession of firearms. It obviously didn’t work in this case.

The Democrats would be able to pass a rifle ban if one House Republican votes for it, since that body is tied 67-67. That assumes that every Democrat in the House and the Senate votes for the ban and that Democrats win the special elections that are pending.

Such a ban could well be unconstitutional under the Heller and Bruen decisions. Several federal appellate courts have upheld such bans, while at least one district court has held such a ban unconstitutional. The Supreme Court so far has declined to rule on those cases, but eventually will have to do so. I think the current Court probably would hold “assault rifle” bans unconstitutional under Heller and Bruen.

The Court also could rely on broader due process principles, as “assault rifle” bans are entirely irrational. Technically speaking, there is no such thing as an assault rifle. It is a purely political term that, as a practical matter, denotes a semiautomatic rifle with a black plastic stock instead of a brown wooden stock. No one suggests that a ban on all semiautomatic rifles, or firearms generally, could be upheld. So what rational basis is there for banning the ones with black plastic stocks?

Of course, any such decision is years off in the future. The Democrats don’t care about the law or the Constitution, they care about the 2026 election.

Finally, by the way, the Democrats’ claim that donations to their House caucus will be reimbursed by taxpayers, up to $75, is correct. This is an outrage in Minnesota law. Not only are the Democrats fundraising off the Westman murders, we taxpayers are subsidizing them to do it.


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: banglist; democrats; fundraising; minnesota; robertwestman; robinwestman; tampontimmy; westman

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1 posted on 08/30/2025 1:22:57 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Typical.


2 posted on 08/30/2025 1:24:02 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: DFG

Dems love dead bodies. They make displays of them.


3 posted on 08/30/2025 1:25:46 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: DFG

4 posted on 08/30/2025 1:26:14 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Yes we’d like to take your guns! For your own good! As you know, we always look after you and your family! We deeply care!


5 posted on 08/30/2025 1:34:19 PM PDT by albie
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To: DFG

6 posted on 08/30/2025 1:37:13 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: DFG

It’s strange there was no Democrat outcry for gun control after Trump was shot and nearly killed by a potential assassin using an AR-15.


7 posted on 08/30/2025 1:38:21 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: DFG

How did the gun target and shoot these people? To my knowledge, the gun did not have a way to ever do this.


8 posted on 08/30/2025 1:41:11 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Jane Long

RE: no call to ban guns after Butler....

But many posted on social media about next time get more gun range practice, improve your aim, hahahha, etc.

Really sick.


9 posted on 08/30/2025 1:41:20 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: DFG

The idiot Mayor of Minneapolis knows he wants to ban guns. He appears to be just a tad confused about how they work.

“””
“We have these assault rifles that can reel off 30 clips in conjunction with a magazine before the person needs to reload.”

http://x.com/greg_price11/status/1961058568712393107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1961068204467376312%7Ctwgr%5E30c093202347398a1cfa5fe6416598614f674c91%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fmedia%2Ftv%2Fminneapolis-mayor-flubs-basic-gun-facts-while-demanding-weapons-ban%2F


10 posted on 08/30/2025 1:41:44 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: ConservativeMind

Hey, in the dark at night if the gun safe is not locked the weapons crawl out and escape to fire rounds on their own.
Implied in the media.


11 posted on 08/30/2025 1:42:39 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: packagingguy

🎯


12 posted on 08/30/2025 1:45:11 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: DFG

If the hypocritical Dems thought the reaction against ICE was okay then watch what would happen if agents came visiting to break into homes with legally registered firearms to confiscate them.

“Come on in. Sure, go ahead. Do you want some lemon squares and a cup of coffee? Have a nice day.” /S

The fentanyl, heroin and cocaine major dealers and their gangs won’t get a visit-——theirs are already illegal and not registered. Skipped the background check and five day waiting period, too.


13 posted on 08/30/2025 1:49:28 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: DFG

Democrats have ALWAYS wanted to take away ALL guns from honest citizens.


14 posted on 08/30/2025 2:11:24 PM PDT by Cold Heart (Democrats protect criminals and prosecute innocents)
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To: DFG
Did Robert violate any gun purchasing laws?

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly did and nothing came of it. Hunter Biden did and nothing came of it. I'm sure there are others.

15 posted on 08/30/2025 2:13:38 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: DFG

That’s why mentally ill people feel at home in the demonicRAT Party.


16 posted on 08/30/2025 2:21:32 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: DFG

I can’t go five seconds on YouTube without getting a sandy hook parents ad


17 posted on 08/30/2025 2:21:59 PM PDT by Sowellspeaks
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To: sauropod

Democrats doing school shootings.


18 posted on 08/30/2025 3:35:54 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & subvertion )
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To: DFG

Democrats would fundraise for diaper rash.


19 posted on 08/30/2025 7:42:26 PM PDT by drSteve78 ( Older Je suis Deplorable. Even more so )
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To: drSteve78

Did you think they wouldn’t. They will blame the crime on Trump.


20 posted on 08/30/2025 7:47:34 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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