Maddow on Love for Guns: 'I Just Don't Think We Should Be Allowed to Bring Them Home'

NewsBusters ^ | September 1, 2009 | Jeff Poor

[Rufus2007]

Rachel Maddow, gun lover? Well, sort of - and with some strings attached, of course.

The MSNBC host of the "The Rachel Maddow Show" appeared on Jimmy Fallon's Aug. 31 NBC show and told the host about her first date - at a shooting range.

"My first date with my girlfriend Susan was at a shooting range," Maddow said. "That was awesome. It was ladies' day on the range. Her sister is a lifetime NRA member and she was organizing ladies' day on the range at her gun club. So we did it. We shot AR-15s and we threw tomahawks and we did archery, pistols and skeets."

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[Rufus2007]

There's an image - Rachel Maddow and her life partner shooting at paper targets...

[albie]

“It was ladies’ day on the range”

...sorry Rachel but it’s for “ladies”. You should’ve been given the heave-ho...you ho!

[Dallas59]

MSNBC...What a joke.

[BertWheeler]

A gun just ain’t no good for you if you can’t take it home with you.

[Loud Mime]

I would not want to take Maddow home.

[domenad]

There is something about Ms. Maddow's Wally Beaver haircut that will forever keep me from taking her seriously.

Hey Maddow, you think a gun might be helpful to a gay about to get bashed by some rednecks? Oh wait, he'd better be liberal right? A conservative gay guy, they can kill him and drag him behind a truck in your world, I'm sure.

[Emmett McCarthy]

I agree, Rachel - YOU should not be allowed to take them home. Most of the rest of us should.

[alloysteel]

Rachel also seemed to have keen interest in throwing tomahawks.

Which would explain a lot about her fascinations.

[ClearCase_guy]

"It's like I mean you go to the carnival you know, like the roller coasters - it's fun. But that doesn't mean you get one to come home with."

Has she ever glanced at the Constitution? Does she have no understanding of the Second Amendment at all?

[MetaThought]

This must be some sort of affliction for some liberals.

I have an co-worker who’s found that he loves hunting but hates guns. I’m not sure how that’s going to play out.

[rightwingextremist1776]

Man....she is one NASTY looking witch.....
Where did she park her broom when she went?

[Alas Babylon!]

Well, she might of had fun for one day, but she’s the type that took home the holster, not the gun...

[NRA1995]

"It's like I mean you go to the carnival you know, like the roller coasters - it's fun. But that doesn't mean you get one to come home with. Doesn't mean you get to do your own home roller coaster - just leave it there, it's a game."

This lizzy chick hasn't a shred of brain in that skull of hers

[rahbert]

easy for her to say, since she probably has MSNBC
corporate sponsored security for her person and home.

[BenLurkin]

A truly demented individual. Very warped. (Just my opinion of course)

What is is about MSNBC that it attracts such borderline personalities?

They've got several "anchors" that are only one small step away from a 5150 hold.

[Hardastarboard]

I would not want to take Maddow home.

Who knows - that might be the best thing that could happen to her.

[camp_steveo]

I can have my own roller coaster too, if I wanted. WTF? I hate nannies.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

WOW. When I was a child, I had my own ferris wheel that my father made for me. Rachel would have seen it in my back yard and wanted to dismantle it because it isn’t RIGHT that another child should OWN a ferris wheel. Those belong at the carnival.

[sunny48]

Brokeback day at the range

[bmwcyle]

And she should kiss her female friend above the waist only.