Mark E. Kelly, gun-control proponent and husband to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, recently purchased an AR-15 (an “assault weapon,” he called it)—which he now says he intended as an illustration of the need for more stringent gun laws.
Kelly reportedly bought the AR-15 and a 1911-style semi-automatic pistol at Diamondback Police Supply in Tucson, Arizona.
I am not being facetiousness or even halfway snarky.
Check the video and the transcript. Notice that this is not an off-the-cuff remark but a prepared written statement.
“The time has come, America, to step up and ban these weapons. The other very important part of this bill is to ban large capacity ammunition feeding devices, those that hold more than 10 rounds. We have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds. And yet it’s legal to hunt humans with 15-round, 30-round, even 150-round magazines. Limiting magazine capacity is critical because it is when a criminal, a drug dealer, a deranged individual has to pause to change magazines and reload that the police or brave bystanders have the opportunity to take that individual down.”
And then we have her comments about PTSD (starting at 2:36):
“The problem with expanding this is that, you know, with the advent of PTSD, which I think is a new phenomenon as a product of the Iraq War, it’s not clear how the seller or transferrer of a firearm covered by this bill would verify that an individual was a member, or a veteran, and that there was no impairment of that individual with respect to having a weapon like this.”
I am sorry, but this is not a person in proper control of her faculties. It may be a temporary thing brought by the stress of finding her Gun Control bills crash and burn when she probably thought they could not be but approved instantly after Sandy Hook. She has been at this basically since she was elected to the Senate in 1992 and to see that the legislation that defined you is rendered irrelevant has to take a toll.
I am not going o be a hypocrite and shed crocodile tears for her but there is sadness to see somebody possibly starting to dip her toes into maelstrom of madness.
The “23 of January” redoubt is home to a small army of pistol-toting young men who see themselves as guardians of President Hugo Chavez’s “socialist revolution.” These die-hard Chavistas say there is no way they will let Venezuela’s “oligarchy” and its alleged Washington patrons return to power.
Beating back the opposition “would cost us blood, sweat and tears, but they won’t be back,” said Carlos Torres, the guard at the gate.
If Chavez’s populist state is indeed threatened by domestic and foreign foes as claimed, this is the defense. On alert and, in many cases on edge, are hundreds of well-armed toughs who belong to such shadowy “collectives” as La Piedrita, which have been blamed for strong-armed intimidation of political opponents and worse.
For such Chavez supporters, Monday’s call by Communication Minister Ernesto Villegas to be “on a war footing” was clearly heard.
And to answer some questions: Yes, the government did arm them and did so under the table. They are shock troops to be used whenever the opposition grows too strong or a TV or Radio Station says something that bothers the regime. You happen to say something against the Supreme Leader, be ready to fill some holes in your domicile courtesy of roving bands of the faithful.
It is never about guns, it has always been about control.
UPDATE: These are some of those “shock troops” making their presence known in front of a TV Station that would be the equivalent of Fox News in Venezuela, that is not pro government. Low ball figures: one in four has a gun concealed in him and very probably issued by the government.
Motorizados vestidos de rojo se presentaron en…by Globovision
The video also answers a couple questions: Why do we need a Second Amendment? Check! Why do we need magazines with 15-20-30 rounds? Check!
And before you can say “This will never happen here!” that is exactly what was said in Venezuela before Chavez became President.
Photo by Oleg Volk…like we did not know that already.
Because only a certified idiot will assure that a whistle is a good method to prevent attacks. If you love the women in your life, empower them with the proper amount of firepower because their lives depend on it..
