Posted on 03/25/2018 3:07:01 PM PDT by Kaslin
Oh, this is just too good—and it shows why we can’t sit down and talk with these people. Turning Points USA’s Charlie Kirk suited up and went into the belly of the beast to ask those participating in the March to Take Away Our Rights, I mean, the March To Save Our Lives, by asking anti-gunners what an assault rifle is, which devolved into a shouting match since they couldn’t define it. One woman asked if Kirk was stupid or failed to read the papers, which is hilarious since the news media, at least in Florida, has written about how the government abjectly failed to enforce the laws that could have prevented the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting on February 14. It’s not a question about lax gun laws, but back to this amazing video.
She replies it’s a military grade weapon, which is not an answer. Kirk aptly noted that the military also uses handguns, like the Beretta 92 FS 9mm, so does that deserved to be classified as military grade? The woman flies into a rage, asking Kirk if his ears are working since she’s not talking about pistols, but AK-47s.
Some guy shouts they’re taking about “f**king muskets,” which actually is true. Muskets were considered “military-grade” at the time, though it still doesn’t offer a valid argument for left-wingers who want to shred the Second Amendment:
Anti-gunners often claim that “modern/rapid-fire” arms are not protected. This argument assumes that muskets were the only type of arms in existence when the Second Amendment was written, and therefore our founding fathers never intended our protections to extend to modern firearms.
First, repeating rifles were in existence for more than 100 years before our Bill of Rights were included in our Constitution. Second, muskets were military-grade firearms. Our founding fathers wanted to protect our ability to overthrow a tyrannical government, which would include the capability to match whatever arms an opposing military possessed.
Third, if this argument were valid, then smartphones and social-media would not be protected as forms of speech under the First Amendment, because these “modern/rapid-fire” forms of communication were not around back then.
Kirk asks the question again, and no one can answer. The woman leaves, while another man replies it’s an AR-15, though he doesn’t know what “AR” stands for; it does not, as some progressives think, stand for “assault rifle
Gun Control Marchers Have No Idea About Guns
When Kirk asks what does “AR” stand for (it’s ArmaLite, by the way), the man shouts, “I don’t give a s**t what it stands for…it’s a deadly weapon.” Kirk then is able to get the man to say that pistols and knives should be banned.
“We should get rid of you, and Trump, and every one of you clowns,” he added. Someone then holds up a sign that says, “Trump is an unstable penis.”
Nice work, Mr. Kirk. It just shows you that if you give them enough rope, some the Left will hang themselves. That cannot be always our lifeline.
My only criticism is that assault rifle is an actual term. The first one was arguably the Sturmgewehr 44 (“storm rifle”) used by the Germany in World War II. The main function that differentiates these firearms with their civilian counterparts is that the former has a select-fire function. Civilian models are solely semi-automatic or self-reloading (i.e. one round per trigger pull). Most handguns have the same function.
The M14 and a M1A Springfield rifles are a prime example to show the difference. Both look similar and fire .308 Winchester, but the M14 has a select fire function. In all, if it’s an automatic rifle, you could call it an assault rifle. The term “assault weapon” is the one used the anti-gun Left that holds no meaning, but both terms are being used interchangeably by gun control advocates to make the case for more stricter gun laws. As you can see, they would certainly agree the the two phrases are one in the same.
Yet, Kirk capture the essence which is that the term assault weapon is a made up phrase used by gun control advocates to ban firearms, that anti-gunners don’t know anything about guns, and that their aim is to ban all guns in America. Also, I’m pretty sure he could define what an assault rifle is if these folks piped down for a bit.
More people were killed in a Russian shopping mall than in Parkland.
37 dead reported so far. Bet you won’t hear self-absorbed liberals call for mall control.
Lots of people die. Its a fact of human life all over the world.
They really need to get over it.
You said it.
“Watch: Anti-Gun Liberals Devolve Into A Cacophony Of Nonsense”
“DEVOLVE!?”
Liberal hoplophobia - put some ice on it.
But they’re useful to the Democrats. The less informed, the better.
Liberals have never seen an AR-15.
Golly, let’s ban what we don’t know! That’s the answer to violence in our schools.
If it sounds stupid, its probably stupid.
“Assault rifle”is a catch all term that relieves liberals the obligation of actual thought. It used to be “Saturday night special”. I still don’t know what that means either.
““Assault rifle”is a catch all term that relieves liberals the obligation of actual thought. It used to be “Saturday night special”. I still don’t know what that means either.”
AKA, Ugly Gun.
As wonderful a word as “devolve” is, and how well it captures the debased histrionics that passes for ‘reasoning’ from the left as regards RKBA, I take issue with the title.
The *STARTED* at ‘cacophony of Nonsense’ and have devolved now into something between ‘Lord Of The Flies’, ‘American Idol’ and Russia of 100 years ago.
To another post i call them SBGs for Scary Black Guns.
Due to redistricting this ignorant person is my representative. I do not live in Denver, the san fransicko of the Rockies.
My favorite ones are the ones who say all the NRA members should be shot.
To end gun violence.
Just like the ones who said Trump voters deserve to die in one breath and said Love Trumps Hate another.
They get really angry and abusive if you call them on their ignorance or confront them with truth, facts and figures.
“The M14 and a M1A Springfield rifles are a prime example to show the difference. Both look similar and fire .308 Winchester, but the M14 has a select fire function.”
Actually, I thought one of the characteristics of a military assault rifle was that, in addition to being capable of full automatic fire, it fired a medium power cartridge and that a rifle firing a more powerful cartridge like the .308 was a battle rifle.
“The term “assault weapon”...” could be used for any thing used as a weapon to assault someone, including a pocket knife, a ball bat or a shoe.
Amendment IIA well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Here are quotes from two Democrats, before the Dem Party became the Hate America Party, that speak specifically to the premise of civilians using arms for war...
"By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' the 'security' of the nation, and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy. Although it is extremely unlikely that the fears of governmental tyranny which gave rise to the Second Amendment will ever be a major danger to our nation, the Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships, in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important."President John F. Kennedy
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"Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible."
Vice President and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey
My magazines will never be as empty as Diana DeGette’s head.
Do you think Suzy soccer mom in her minivan gives a s**t about the pedantic definitions of assault weapons, select-fire, modern sporting rifles, magazines vs. clips, and the rest of all this minutia?
"Does it look like an army gun?" she'll ask. "Then ban it!"
When it comes time to ban assault weapons, liberals aren't going to make the same mistake they made in '94 in listing a bunch of cosmetic features like bayonet lugs and whatnot. They're going to go straight to the crux. "Semi-auto? Detachable magazine? Banned. Hand 'em over!"
I don’t believe the military uses the terms “assault rifle” or “assault weapon” for anything.
Let's see if I have this right: This little weasel and his pals are accusing Trump of being a tyrant while demanding that Trump trash the Second Amendment and take away our last means of defense against a tyrannycal state?
Sounds to me that this kid's prefrontal lobe needs to spend more time on the vine.
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