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Sen. Dick Durbin Opens Hearing into Trump Assassination Attempt by Criticizing ‘Easy Access to AR-15 Rifles
Breitbart ^ | 07/30/2024 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 07/30/2024 8:35:28 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) opened the hearing into the Trump assassination attempt Tuesday by targeting “easy access to AR-15 rifles.”

Durbin began his comments by talking about movies and books depicting “the international assassin with sophisticated technology, elaborate plans, [and] well honed skills, [who] sets out to kill a leading political figure in the United States.

He quickly shifted gears to state that reality is quite different. In other words, the actual would-be alleged assassin was “a 20-year-old, introverted college student” who “outsmarted one of the most sophisticated American law enforcement agencies in history.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ar15; assassination; banglist; durbin; trump
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Dirtbin needs to STFU
1 posted on 07/30/2024 8:35:28 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yes because it’s the rifle’s fault rather than the actual user, in this case the assassin.

Liberal pukes don’t deserve one seat in government.


2 posted on 07/30/2024 8:36:38 AM PDT by InsidiousMongo
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Dick Turbin isn’t going to investigate anything


3 posted on 07/30/2024 8:38:10 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Predictable as the day is long.

This was a side-benefit to Obama and Jarrett’s plan to assassinate President Trump.


4 posted on 07/30/2024 8:38:28 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If you are upset the bullet missed, contact me immediately. I'll make sure your bullet doesn't.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

most sophisticated American law enforcement agencies in history

No.. they were.. DEI and the 20 year old murderer has proven that is no longer the case.


5 posted on 07/30/2024 8:39:44 AM PDT by cableguymn (They don't want peace they want skeletons )
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To: Lazamataz

Oh no it’s the scary guns!


6 posted on 07/30/2024 8:40:14 AM PDT by TStro (God created everyone equal. Samuel Colt made them polite)
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Nothing about easy access to rooftops overlooking a President candidate? And people on the ground telling police, there’s a man on the rooftop with a rifle? Not all of the SS, HLS and local leos on the same frequency? A guy with a rangefinder at a Presidential rally doesn’t raise suspicion? No, let’s concentrate on the fathers access to a rifle his son borrowed. That’s the ticket, you jackwagon.


7 posted on 07/30/2024 8:43:33 AM PDT by BipolarBob (My therapist says I'm obsessed with revenge. . . . I'll show him.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Gun control has become more of a political organizing tool for Democrats, like abortion and Richard Nixon. It’s something they drag out at election time but have no real plans vote on.


8 posted on 07/30/2024 8:47:59 AM PDT by Eva
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hope you guys who were cheering “hearings” are enjoying this farce...


9 posted on 07/30/2024 8:52:59 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My Mini-14 ranch rifle is a “normal” looking rifle. Fires the same ammo with the same accuracy. Libs are sooooo uh, well, pick a good insult. They’ll all work.


10 posted on 07/30/2024 8:53:51 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Dick should pay attention to what’s happening in Blue states and he’ll see their gun control is a complete failure


11 posted on 07/30/2024 8:54:22 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Makes we want to go buy another AR-15. Nah, I think I’ll settle for an AR-10, I like the extra thump of the 7.62x51mm Nato round.


12 posted on 07/30/2024 9:00:32 AM PDT by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: butlerweave

Exactly what l expect from this scumbag.


13 posted on 07/30/2024 9:01:44 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Anyone who would blame the AR is an idiot, it’s the individual who was the problem and the Federal assistance by incompetence (either planned or not).

The AR-15’s was a problem in a sense. It’s a poor choice for target wearing a vest to make a kill shot at 140 yards, because you need a head shot. He would have been better served with a hunting rifle, better optics, single shot, more accuracy. It’s really only going to be the first, or first two rounds that matter. Interesting that the kid would pick this gun to use, a DPMS AR-15, with .223, and not say something with a better penetration and accuracy like bolt action .308 or .306, both of which widely available in 5 rounds. If your going to use an AR style for a headshot, he should have used a 20 inch bull barrel, 1:7 twist, and 6.8spc or 6.5 Grendel IMHO. Just changing the upper, and using a 5 round magazine would have made it much more accurate in a prone position with low profile.

Being completely honest, the The Secret Service protection was so bad they probably could have come up and shot Trump with an antique derringer or black powder pistol. When people come to realize this, then we can get answers.


14 posted on 07/30/2024 9:03:33 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: ChicagoConservative27

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/facebook-admits-censoring-iconic-trump-assassination-attempt-photo-this-error

Social media admits they censored Trump shooting photo. But it was an accident.


15 posted on 07/30/2024 9:04:46 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: TStro

“Oh no it’s the scary guns!”

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Notice how power hungry Democrats and would be tyrants seem to have an inordinate fear of guns. Conservatives, on the other hand, are not concerned with controlling people so they have no reason to fear them. Just sayin’.


16 posted on 07/30/2024 9:09:47 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh great. Burpin is on the case. WE’re sure to get a good hearing.

Really though. The democrats just want to know how they failed in their assassination attempt. Any hearing or “investigation” is to make sure they can get a good shot and get away with it in the future. When they said “BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY” they meant it.


17 posted on 07/30/2024 9:11:21 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh ‘dick’ you and all your miscreant pals were happy as hell someone had an AR for the first time in your disgusting miserable lives. But were NOT happy with shot placement. Lying sacks of 💩 if you deny it. So ‘dick’....🖕


18 posted on 07/30/2024 9:12:35 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uldp80JIxP4


19 posted on 07/30/2024 9:12:53 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: Da Coyote
"Fires the same ammo with the same accuracy."

A Mini-14 is a nice rifle, but I have never seen one as accurate as an AR type rifle.

(flame away)

20 posted on 07/30/2024 9:13:09 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe (The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
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