Hillary Clinton Endorses ‘Ban’ on ‘Assault Weapons’ and High-Capacity Magazines, Seemingly Confuses ‘Automatic’ vs. Semi-Automatic Firearms
Speaking at a CNN town hall event Tuesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton argued a “ban” on semi-automatic rifles — or so-called “assault rifles” — as well as high-capacity magazines would help reduce gun violence in the United States.
“What’s been happening with these school shootings should cause everybody to just think hard,” she said. “I was disappointed that the Congress did not pass universal background checks after the horrors of the shooting at Sandy Hook and now we’ve had more in the time since.”
Clinton, thought to be a likely 2016 presidential candidate, then made a glaring error when making an emotional plea to promote gun control.
She said she couldn’t understand how an individual could walk into a school with an “automatic weapon” and “murder innocent children, students, teachers.” In fact, automatic weapons are highly regulated and very difficult to acquire. It is likely the former first lady was actually referring to semi-automatic weapons.
She referred to “automatic weapons” for a second time later during the town hall, saying they can do more damage than ever before. There have been two homicides committed with legally owned fully automatic weapons since 1934, according to GunCite.com.
“I will speak out no matter what role I find myself in,” Clinton added. “We cannot let a minority of people… hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people.”
The former secretary of state also personally addressed the mother of one of the Americans killed in Benghazi during a CNN town hall event on Tuesday, saying she can “totally relate to her as a mother or to any of the family members of the four Americans who were killed that night.”
Gun owners "terrorize" the majority of people in America. I guess that makes them all enemy combatants. But at least she can "totally relate" to the mother of one of the victims in Benghazi.
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But a minority must prevail according to a Democrat when it comes to Homosexual marriage, Immigration.
Background checks are very though and have been for years yet the LA Times ( a arm of the Democrat party ) in anti gun article after article acts like there are no background checks. Called the gun show loophole which doesn't exist in Calif.
They have ALWAYS at least insinuated that 'assault' and semi-automatic MEANT machine guns that fire as long as you hold the trigger. I get that same line from everyone I ever talk to about guns. They dont even hear you when you say semi auto MEANS you have to pull the trigger for each shot. Ive had them argue to red in the face about I dont know what Im talking about. Now I just laugh in their face and walk away.
The fact is, the vast majority of Democrat politicians WANT to eliminate ALL guns from the public... plain and simple, that's it.
The only reason why most of them don't come flat out and say it is because they know that most of the populace still supports our constitutional right. It's not like there aren't dozens and dozens of videos where they've essentially been caught saying they want to get rid of them completely.
Originally posted by pokeyfiero: Oh, Far worse. Far worse.
I doubt there are very many in law enforcement that want to be the ones knocking on doors to take your guns.
That is why they do it like this. Little nibbles and yes she knows exactly what she said. Americans are stupid.
I cant imagine what it would be like to storm a law abiding citizen's home just to take their guns. And for the record I am a part of the FEMA response team. As FEMA we are called on to help Americans during natural and man made disasters , NOT to take ANYTHING for political gains.
