Stacey Abrams Supports Banning AR-15s, Won’t Say if She’d Confiscate Them From Georgians

Washington Free Beacon. ^ | October 30, 2018 | David Rutz

[george76]

Democrat Stacey Abrams would not say Tuesday whether she would support rounding up AR-15 firearms from Georgians if elected governor.

Conservative co-host of "The View" Meghan McCain read out a list of Abrams' gun control bona fides, including her "F" rating from the National Rifle Association and endorsements from the group Everytown for Gun Safety and gun control activist Michael Bloomberg.

"Do you, like Everytown, support banning the AR-15?" McCain asked.

Abrams replied she was not "anti-gun," talking about her enjoyment of trap shooting and target shooting, but she also touted her support of background checks, three-day waiting periods, and keeping domestic abusers from buying guns before addressing McCain's question.

"I do not believe that weapons of mass destruction like the AR-15 belong in civilian hands," she said. "I've shot an AR-15, and I think you probably have, too, and while it's an amazing amount of power, it also is an amazing amount of destruction, and there's very little that can be done to protect vulnerable communities when the AR-15 is present."

McCain said she appreciated Abrams' honesty.

"I assume that by banning it, you would be rounding them up," she said. "It's the most popular gun in America … Would you be rounding them up from civilians in Georgia?"

Abrams did not directly address the question of "rounding them up from civilians," instead focusing on her support of a ban generally.

"We have had a ban on assault weapons before in the United States, and I think that we should do it again.

[Robert A Cook PE]

“Conservative” McCain?

At least McCain did ask questions. The national socialist party’s ABCNNBCBS usually just fluff the democrats, accuse the repubbies of stealing the kitchen, before burning the house down as racist pigs.

[ClearCase_guy]

talking about her enjoyment of trap shooting and target shooting

Yeah. That's what the Second Amendment is all about. Uh-huh.

[Blueflag]

Frankly, the legislature and supreme court of GA won’t allow a GA governor to adopt the “I’ve got a pen and a phone” model.

She can say whatever she wants. Georgia State gummint is still quite solidly red.

[grobdriver]

there's very little that can be done to protect vulnerable communities when the AR-15 is present

Jeezz.. it's like they're a bunch of vacationing swimmers and a Great White shark is nearby.

[Theodore R.]

Just saw that he popular Oprah is coming into GA to campaign for Abrams.

[farming pharmer]

"Won’t Say if She’d Confiscate Them From Georgians"

Now THAT would be entertainment.

[ealgeone]

Just saw that he popular Oprah is coming into GA to campaign for Abrams.

Does this mean she's behind?

[nevergore]

Wife and I voted early at the Milton Library yesterday..... at 4:00pm there was an hour wait....very unusual, normally just walk in.....

[Campion]

there's very little that can be done to protect vulnerable communities when the AR-15 is present

The stupid is strong with this one.

[MNJohnnie]

How in the world GA Women are you voting for this moronic socialist?

STOP voting with your genitalia. Pay attention to who the Dem candidate REALLY is, not just the fact she is black and a woman.

Look at the crazy insane radicals who are her poltical allies. They are her allies because she thinks just like they do. She shares the same poltical views as she does

THINK before you vote instead of voting your emotions.

[DBrow]

“I’ve shot an AR-15, and I think you probably have, too, and while it’s an amazing amount of power,”

Try a Garand once or twice if you want to experience power.

[Snickering Hound]

"I do not believe that weapons of mass destruction like the AR-15 belong in civilian hands," she said. "I've shot an AR-15, and I think you probably have, too, and while it's an amazing amount of power, it also is an amazing amount of destruction, and there's very little that can be done to protect vulnerable communities when the AR-15 is present."

Sounds like that NY Daily News columnist Gersh Kuntzman who claimed firing an AR-15 gave him PTSD...

[Andy'smom]

Who do you think is likely to win?

[frog in a pot]

"We have had a ban on assault weapons before in the United States, and I think that we should do it again.

She is too much the politician to campaign on confiscation of privately owned guns.

But she is enough of a leftist to quickly move to outlaw transportation and impose heavy fines if found in public with either ammunition or a gun.

And no, McCain, she wasn't honest with you and you weren't honest with your audience by knowingly letting her get away with intentionally not disclosing her political agenda to the voters.

An obvious follow-up question by a competent interviewer would have been: "Given your use of the word, "ban", if elected, under what, if any, circumstances would you advocate confiscation of privately-owned ammunition or weapons?"

[SMGFan]

Oprah Is Going To Georgia To Campaign With Stacey Abrams

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bimadewunmi/oprah-stacey-abrams-georgia-governor

[ctdonath2]

Reminder: New York implemented the closest thing possible to an “assault weapons ban” - owners can keep what they have, so long as they register it, and can ONLY dispose of it to the state (no new purchases, no resale, no bequeathing); registration compliance is 4% of a half-million owners.

And that’s a state where extensive gun control has been normalized.

Pull that stunt in redneck-dominated Georgia, and you’ll re-ignite the Civil War.

[Magnum44]

Oprah is going to leave her island, er, I mean the plantation, to come to Georgia and campaign?

[SMGFan]

sistah helpin’ sistah

[ScottinVA]

“Pull that stunt in redneck-dominated Georgia, and you’ll re-ignite the Civil War.”

I would hope that being redneck-dominated would mean Abrams wouldn’t be elected in the first place.