zsomething wrote:Politics aside, I've always despised people who "decorate" their firearms and treat them like a toy. I'm around a lot of gun folk, and whenever somebody "blings up" their weapon with such horseshit, we keep an eye on that jackass because he's gonna be the first one to sweep you, start shooting before they know down-range is unoccupied, not clear their weapon properly, etc. I don't care if they're a Republican or a Dem, when I see somebody "cute-ing up" their firearm, I put them down as someone who doesn't have a serious mindset about what they're doing and who's likely going to do something stupid. It's a weapon made for a purpose, it's not a play-pretty or something to show off to your idiot friends.
And it doesn't surprise me at all that Dumb Donald's Emmet-Kelly-bearded chinless offspring is a gun-bling jackass. Then again, he's one of those putzes who think "bring me a tied-down rhino" counts as "hunting."
You reminded me of this witch:
NRA lobbyist suggests new gun control law in Florida would 'take away rifles from 10-year-old little girls on their birthday'
Marion Hammer is considered one of the most influential gun lobbyists in the US
Hammer, 80, is leading the charge against a proposal to place a constitutional amendment on the Florida ballot in 2020 to ban assault weapons
At the meeting on Friday, she implied a little girl who got a rifle for her birthday may be disappointed if she had to 'turn it over to government or be arrested for felony possession'
The NRA's top lobbyist in Florida has implied that children would be disappointed if they did not get guns for their birthdays in her opposition to a proposed weapons ban.
Marion Hammer is considered an influential gun lobbyists and is currently leading the charge against a proposal to place a constitutional amendment on the Florida ballot in 2020 to ban assault weapons.
Hammer, 80, addressed the issue at a meeting of Florida economists on Friday.
The Tampa Bay Times Times reported her as saying: 'How do you tell a 10-year-old little girl who got with a pink stock for her birthday that her rifle is an assault weapon and she has to turn it over to government or be arrested for felony possession?.'
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https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/nra-says-new-gun-control-law-in-florida-would-take-away-rifles-from-10-year-old-little-girls.2672903/
(You can get Hello Kitty stickers for this one).