Let Me Explain Something To My Democrat Colleagues.': Marjorie Taylor Greene Unleashes On Dems

[Occam's Banana]

https://twitter.com/gunpolicy/status/1553933000026603526

This Ryan Busse guy is a gun grabber, but I agree with the following (just not in the way he wants me to):

https://twitter.com/ryandbusse/status/1553764506320322561

Here's his entire thread (hidden to save space):

 

https://twitter.com/ryandbusse/status/1553764487680864257

To which I would reply with what TheTexan said - all of it:

AR-15's are weapons of war.

And it is our right to have weapons of war.

[T]he 2nd amendment is to protect your right to own weapons of war. That was its intention. The fact that it also protects your right to own warm & fuzzy "self defense" weapons is a byproduct.

The 2nd amendment wasn't added so that you could protect grandma from some dude breaking in your home.

The 2nd amendment was added so that you could kill your government. For warfare. To bring death & destruction in the strongest possible terms.

The fact that people are scared by the word "weapon of war" is all the more reason we need to stand by it.

The 2nd amendment was intended to protect "weapons of war".

If we decide to give up that argument because it doesn't "poll well" then we've already lost.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to TheTexan again.

And ditto for terms like "assault rifle" and "assault weapon". Don't try to "ackchyually" them. Don't run away from them. Embrace them - and then throw them back hard in the faces of those who expected to have you cornered, because you were supposed to shy away from them while trying to justify yourself.

The rhetorical tactics of gun grabbers depend critically on putting their opponents on the defensive. So don't be defensive.

 

[The Northbreather]

This is quite possibly the dumbest thing I have heard all day.

AR-15 as a platform, is used throughout the military. The vast majority of components you buy off the shelf as a civilian are compatible with military weapons. The parts are mostly interchangeable. You could even slap a M4 upper on an AR-15 lower and it would work fine. Most civilian components are also mil-spec - built to the same specifications as the military versions.

The only difference is the selective fire. For the purpose of AR-15/M4 comparison we can say the only difference is the burst mode. (automatic is not widely used with the M4).

The simple lack of a burst mode in the civilian version of the weapon does not make it "entirely inadequate" as a weapon of war - it is still a weapon of war.




The fact that people are scared by the word "weapon of war" is all the more reason we need to stand by it.

The 2nd amendment was intended to protect "weapons of war".

If we decide to give up that argument because it doesn't "poll well" then we've already lost.

Agree 100%.

People buy guns based on their reliability to perform the ultimate violence if need be.

It is a tool specifically made for this purpose.

Quibbling about whether or not to allow the citizens to own them because they are weapons of war is an obvious straw man and it muddies the water.

 

[CaptUSA]