Pic Of The Moment: Ever Heard This?

[EarlG]

Republicans scrutinized for AR-15 photo

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[onehandle]

1. Same-sex marriage is legal in DC.

I say let the punishment fit the crime!

[DetlefK]

6. Gay-marry them to a global-warming-believing, liberal, muslim, atheist illegal immigrant commie!

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Gowdy: southern hybrid vidalia onion with hood-hair.

Lab experiment gone bad.

[BillZBubb]

7. When I see Gowdy, I see Deliverance...

Cue the banjo picking.

[calimary]

10. I keep seeing Zippy the Pinhead whenever I see him.

[Aldo Leopold]

48. Holy shit! Spot on!

[brer cat]

14. Sorry, Cows,

Vidalia onions are Georgia-only products. We are not going to import this ass-#%@...we have enough of our own.

[DemoTex]

19. I see James O'Keefe, R/W "Activist"

Cut from the same cloth. Both with hood-hair.

[turbinetree]

32. I thought

he stuck his finger in light socket every morning to get that look

[msanthrope]

58. I see Draco Malfoy. nt

[samsingh]

3. enforce the law.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Armed and ready for the next DC witch hunt.

n/t

[davepc]

5. Uhm...their's no bolt

I guess you could use it as a club?

[Plucketeer]

8. Three "boltless" bits of uselessness

convene to celebrate their patriotism in DC.

[Roy Rolling]

9. Too soon

This picture was taken right before these gun-worshipping morons had an orgasm.

[AlbertCat]

17. beat (no pun intended) me to it

[sorefeet]

11. Is that thing wrapped

with American flags? Also against the rules of displaying the flag.

[MADem]

12. OMG, what IDIOTS!!!!!

Of course, nothing will come of it, because GOP=Above the Law in DC these days, but it does point out what clueless dolts they are.

[Roy Rolling]

13. Read the story

I was just embarrassed by someone who said it was a legal carry. And when I researched it, apparently these ass-hats disabled the gun and got a special permit to have it.

The image is misleading.

[AtheistCrusader]

18. I'm not aware of any special permits, but

That is a high cap mag, and the lower receiver is what is classified as 'the firearm', so removing the bolt doesn't make it legal.

I'd be curious to know more about the permit.

[rtracey]

20. Capital Police

Capital police state that congress members can have firearms in the confines of their office as long as the firearms remain unloaded....hmmm but if you try to carry an unloaded firearm into the capital building.....duck and cover....

here is the link...http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/239583-capitol-police-lawmaker-can-have-ar-15-in-office

[AtheistCrusader]

21. Must have that 'grocery deliverator' from Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2.

I mean, how would one explain that.

"I made it, right here on my desk with a lathe, some files, and a hammer."

[rtracey]

24. sorry

Sorry, I'm 57, I have ZERO idea what you are talking about...

[AtheistCrusader]

25. Its a teleportation device, but only works on groceries.

Kids cartoon movie. Stop strictly silly business.

[kag]

50. "I'd be curious to know more about the permit."

Me too. Since when can you get "permit" to break the law?

[asiliveandbreathe]

15. another reminder - it's okay as long as it is a republican

Like the current SOH Boehner....re tobacco corps - from 1996 documentary by PBS called "The People and the Power Game," John Boehner is caught red-handed in an amazing act of corruption -

From Crooks and Liars..

Boehner: Mine asked me to give out a half dozen checks quickly before we got to the end of the month and I complied. I did it on the House floor which I regret and I should not have done, it's not a violation of the House rules, but it's a practice that's gone on here for a long time.

Were the checks from tobacco companies?

Boehner: Ahh, I think if my memory serves me correctly, I think it was a tobacco company, yes.

Q)....but in this case tobacco's well timed contributions helped save its subsidy. The people that were passing out the checks won.

So how did he become their leader in the HOUSE? Oh right, being corrupt is just fine for Republicans...

[NickB79]

22. Not true, it was also OK for NBC to bring high-cap mags to DC as well

Following the mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012, then-NBC host David Gregory had a dust-up with local authorities after he brought a 30-round high-capacity gun magazine on "Meet the Press,” which is filmed in Washington.

Local police investigated, but eventually decided not to bring charges against Gregory.

IMO, BOTH should be/should have been charged.

[asiliveandbreathe]

26. If my comment left you thinking I agreed this was legal - I apologize...

Of course Boehner is going to it it wasn't illegal...but in days past and current - corruption is everywhere - and those with the captian kangaroo pockets.."just fill 'em up - and I will make this go away"....pay to play...

[Buzz Clik]

16. It's red, white and blue. It's patriotic.

And it is hanging over his Second Amendment flag.

What could be more patriotic that taking an weapon designed only to kill humans and hanging it in your office?

No problem!

[catbyte]

23. Jesus Jumping Christ. Aside from the dumbass NRA pandering, why is Gowdy sporting a look

from the Ed Grimley Collection?

[Shamash]

27. Methinks some folks doth complain too much

Unless of course someone wants to show me the DU fauxtrage when Dianne Feinstein did this for a 2013 press conference in DC:

[Jakes Progress]

43. Would you care to supply the background to your picture?

Or did you really think Diane owns that gun?

Or were you just pumping for the NRA?

[Shamash]

44. I stated the background

I believe the purpose of the OP was noting that possession of such weapons is illegal in DC, and illegal possession has nothing to do with ownership. If you disagree, see how far that gets you when you tell the nice officer "It's not mine, I'm just holding it for someone else so that makes it okay."

But if you really wish to make comparison of the pictures, one is a picture of one non-functional weapon with a trigger lock, kept in a locked case and only then after advance permission was given by Capitol Police (even if that permission was faulty), and the other is a picture of a veritable arsenal of completely functional and unsecured weapons.

I guess it is just a case of IOKIYAD?

[Jakes Progress]

59. Quite a bit of convolution to mask

a gun-fetish.

Do what you gotta.

[SoapBox]

28. Jumpsuits and shackles.

Oh how I can dream!

[Martin Eden]

29. That's not an AR-15.

It's a patriotic phallus.

[TheCowsCameHome]

30. So is the gun.

[Martin Eden]

34. How about ...

... two dickheads posing with a patriotic phallus?

[SpankMe]

31. A gun wrapped in a flag...

...is soooooo Republican! Could they get more stereotypical?

[Initech]

40. Only thing missing is a Bible and an oil painting of Jesus.

[Oldtimeralso]

41. That Oil Portrait of Jesus...

Has to be a Caucasian man painted on black velvet!

[Blue Owl]

33. God, Guns, & Gowdy

[valerief]

35. Will they be arrested? Can any future corporate lobbyists ever be arrested? nt

[PoliticAverse]

36. Note that DC didn't prosecute David Gregory over the 30-round magazine incident...

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/no-gun-magazine-charges-for-david-gregory-86079.html

[PatrynXX]

39. yea but 3 yrs later

people think he should have and think he got off lucky , especially the way his show was going.

[captainarizona]

37. Book em dano!

If its a felony make a citizens arrest!

[PatrynXX]

38. don't think would should ever paint an AR-15

has enough problems with ammo jams. let alone having paint on it , if David had enough problems with bring a magazine for an interview. This would be even bigger , Capitol Police are not the Govt running things in that st... oh sure it's not a state smh

[Jakes Progress]

42. Golly. It's almost as if republicans were lying hypocrites.

How could that be possible.

[YoungDemCA]

45. Even if AR-15's were legal in the District of Columbia, this still would be illegal...

...unless Buck is telling the truth, that he did in fact get permission to bring an AR-15 into his House office by the Capitol Police:

The District of Columbia explicitly prohibits a person from illegally possessing a gun within a gun free zone. As noted in the District of Columbia Guns in Schools section, since the District prohibits the open or concealed carrying of guns, they are effectively banned in gun free zones. A “gun free zone” is defined as any area within 1,000 feet of a public or private day care center, elementary school, vocational school, secondary school, college, junior college or university, or any public swimming pool, playground, video arcade, youth center, or public library, or in and around public housing, or an event sponsored by any of these entities.

The District also prohibits a person from carrying or having readily accessible a firearm upon the U.S. Capitol Grounds or within any of the Capitol Buildings. “Capitol Buildings” are the U.S. Capitol, the Senate and House Office Buildings and garages, the Capitol Power Plant, all subways and enclosed passages connecting two or more of such structures, and the real property underlying and enclosed by any such structure.

http://smartgunlaws.org/other-location-restrictions-in-washington-d-c/#identifier_3_5528


FWIW, here's the text of the law itself.

It shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons, except as authorized by regulations which shall be promulgated by the Capitol Police Board, to carry on or have readily accessible to the person of any individual upon the United States Capitol Grounds or within any of the Capitol Buildings any firearm, dangerous weapon, explosive, or incendiary device;

http://dccode.org/browser/#/10/10-503.16

We need the Capitol Police to set the record straight here.

[blkmusclmachine]

46. http://www.politicususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/GOP-elephant-scum.jpg

[NickB79]

47. Members of Congress can keep firearms in their offices, Capitol Police say (Yahoo News)

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/members-of-congress-can-have-firearms-in-their-117093701946.html

A Republican congressman who brought an AR-15 rifle to his Capitol Hill office did so legally even though it’s illegal for most people to carry a firearm under Washington, D.C.’s strict gun laws, police say.

Last week, Colorado Rep. Ken Buck tweeted a photo of himself and Rep. Trey Gowdy posing with the American-flag-painted assault rifle.

Buck told the Washington Post that he received clearance from authorities to transport the firearm from his home state to his office on Capitol Hill.

“I went to Capitol Hill police,” Buck said. “They went to the D.C. police, [and] they got permission for me to transport it into the District. I went to TSA, and followed all of the regulations in getting it onto the plane and getting it here.”

[drynberg]

49. Lesson of this Outrage?: We DO need more gun laws to stop this idiotacy from happening.

[Shamash]

51. It would be less embarrassing for liberals in general

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If you had spelled it either "idiocy" or "idiocracy", depending on what you meant. Making us look like Tea Party placard wavers misspelling words about low intelligence does not help make your point.



Considering that the weapon in the picture posted by the OP is about as dangerous as a picture of a gun (the parts that let it fire a bullet are in Colorado), explaining why it is idiocy would also be a nice touch to help distinguish you from the gentleman above.

[Bjorn Against]

53. It would be less embarrassing for you if you had used a graphic which included proper spelling

Unless you were trying to make a point about erectile dysfunction the correct word is important, not impotent.

[Shamash]

54. It's a -meme poster-, the misspelling was -deliberate- word play. n/t

[Bjorn Against]

55. Yes, I am sure it was deliberate.

I am also sure that you have never once in your life made a spelling error.

[Esse Quam Videri]

52. Good god

So unfortunate that Buck is my rep. We so need to move to Boulder.

[lonestarnot]

56. Idjit asshats.

[DefenseLawyer]

57. With apologies to mental patients

Trey Gowdy looks like a mental patient.