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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoe Scarborough, ‘If you defend assault weapons, you look like a jackass.”
http://www.politicususa.com/scarborough-assault-weapons-jackass.htmlJoe Scarborough, If you defend assault weapons, you look like a jackass.
By: Jason Easley
Jan. 31st, 2013
Joe Scarborough has a message for those who are defending assault weapons, If you go out and try to defend assault weapons, then you end up looking like a jackass.
Here is the video-at link~
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The NRA doesnt want any laws when it comes to guns. Thats the whole point of their existence. They arent defending the average Americans Second Amendment rights. They are a lobbying front for weapons manufacturers. The fewer laws the better. The easier it is to buy a gun, the more profits will grow for the gun industry. Thats is the purpose of what the NRA is doing. While working to make sure that the laws on the books cant be enforced, the NRA has taken the public stand that the problem is that government isnt enforcing existing gun laws. What the NRA doesnt mention is that they are the ones who are lobbying Congress to limit the power to enforce gun laws.
From a public relations point of view, Scarborough nailed it. Anyone who tries to defend assault weapons ends up looking like an uncaring jackass, or someone who is completely out of touch with reality. The flaw in the NRAs fantasy intruder scenario is that they assume all criminals are armed with guns. (This makes sense when you consider that the NRAs position is just say no to any and all gun laws.) What if the intruder doesnt have a gun? If the intruder is not carrying a gun, the woman would only need one bullet. Thats the problem with these survivalist fantasy scenarios. They can be spun in any and all directions.
The NRA is selling a fearmongering fantasy that is making their membership and the Republican members of Congress who mouth their talking points all look like jackasses.
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Joe Scarborough, ‘If you defend assault weapons, you look like a jackass.” (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jan 2013
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aquart
(69,014 posts)1. No. You look like an accomplice.
DrDan
(20,411 posts)2. wonder if any of our apologist friends here heard that . . .
obviously to the right of Joe . . . whew