Posted on 09/04/2019 6:31:08 PM PDT by Beave Meister
AOC, Texas Rep. Crenshaw duel over background checks: 'Why are you "lending" guns to people unsupervised?' Dylan Stableford 9 hours ago Reactions Reblog on Tumblr Share Tweet Email Scroll back up to restore default view. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Wednesday called out a Republican congressman who complained that implementing stricter gun laws would prevent him from letting friends borrow his handgun.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, shared on Twitter a local news report about a woman who police say shot and wounded a suspected robber who reached for her purse.
Situations like this story are why we protect the 2nd Amendment, Crenshaw tweeted, adding: Side note: With universal background checks, I wouldnt be able to let my friends borrow my handgun when they travel alone like this. We would make felons out of people just for defending themselves.
Texas law allows private gun owners to sell or lend a handgun to anyone who is over the age of 18 and not a felon. The state does not require background checks for private sales of firearms.
You are a member of Congress, Ocasio-Cortez responded in a tweet. Why are you lending guns to people unsupervised who cant pass a basic background check?
The people youre giving a gun to have likely abused their spouse or have a violent criminal record, [and] you may not know it, she added. Why on earth would you do that?
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And BTW, communism is far more dangerous than the concerns raised by Cortez.
honest to god, how can anyone look at what is going on in Hong kong and think it’s a swell idea for the government to have all the guns? not a gun owner, but damn glad there are plenty out there
neighbors friends and family probably are good judges if who they should lend a weapon to and who not to.
someone needs to tell the bimbo that rights are things I do not need your permission to exercise.
AOC is way out of her league going toe-to-toe with Rep Crenshaw.
Why are you giving citizenship and refuge to people with no background checks?
Sex offenders and drunk drivers who’ve been deported are returning.
“The people youre giving a gun to have likely abused their spouse or have a violent criminal record,”
He should tell her that that might be true of the people she hangs with but he tries to associate with a little better crowd.
AOC would be out of her intellectual depth in a mud puddle.
Yours, TMN78247
Crenshaw is loaning guns to his friends, not AOC's posse.
Once when I was at work, a sheriff’s deputy showed up in the driveway. His first question to my wife was “does your husband have any guns?”
She replied, of course he has a bunch of guns, I have no idea how many, though? Why are you asking me that? (Any gun guy knows you never tell them how many you have, your wife may not know one from the other, but likely she can count and will know when a couple of new ones make an appearance)
Turns out, there was a neighbor 2 houses down that the husband was suicidal, they went to the wrong house. Not their fault, we keep putting house numbers on our deck, a squirrel keeps pulling them off!
Crenshaw is trying to distract gunowners from his support for RED FLAG laws.
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