Seth Meyers tears into the ridiculous talking points being proposed by Republican gun apologists.
Newsy is a free non-cable news channel available on broadcast television (68-3 in Boston) and on Roku streaming devices. On Newsy a few days ago, a former ATF official commented that he remembers boys having hunting rifles in trucks parked at Texas high schools. “There wasn’t a problem. Something has changed in the past 20-30 years,” he said.
WTF??? Seriously? Texas had, and maybe has, trucks in high school parking lots with unsecured guns?? He isn’t making that up? That is insane! Whoever this former ATF idiot is, he isn’t sharp enough to think up a few points on his own.
First, the guns under consideration today are assault weapons. Second, back in the day, they weren’t available to anyone, let alone everyone on demand, no questions asked. Third, the NRA used to be an organization devoted to gun education and safety. Now it’s an organization devoted to making assault weapons available to everyone, on demand, no questions asked.
Something I see in online comments that really gets me going are the gun nuts who jump on somebody who says “assault rifle.” Their complaint? They want to discuss the exact make and model of weapon that was used in a particular mass shooting, because they feel it’s been mischaracterized as a true assault rifle, as if that matters.
My reply to that is, that would be like me defending a political cartoon that offends them by pointing out it wasn’t inked with a #2 Series 7 Winsor Newton brush, but a #3 brush. IT DOESN’T FRICKIN’ MATTER!
Repeal the Second Amendment. It’s the root of this entire probem. Don’t take my word for it.
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