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kpete

(72,005 posts)
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:30 AM Aug 2019

NRA Lobbyist says Whaaaaat???

UPDATE:
In Tallahassee at the http://Banassaultweaponsnowflorida.org hearing-
@NRA LOBBIEST Marion Hammer just testified
"how do you tell a 10-year-old little girl that the rifle she got for Christmas is an assault weapon and she has to give it up or risk arrest on felony charges?"
Whaaaaat?


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NRA Lobbyist says Whaaaaat??? (Original Post) kpete Aug 2019 OP
So, so much wrong with that genxlib Aug 2019 #1
ah, you beat me to the lawn darts reference jberryhill Aug 2019 #6
And they were on the market for years before they were taken off ... marble falls Aug 2019 #15
Life is tough little girl, it's best to learn that now. nt Hotler Aug 2019 #2
Like This.... global1 Aug 2019 #3
Offer to trade her some lawn darts jberryhill Aug 2019 #4
Winner!!! LakeArenal Aug 2019 #11
These fuckers are sick. spanone Aug 2019 #5
That nasty old woman has lived True Blue American Aug 2019 #7
Tell her 10 year old should not have mass kill devices uponit7771 Aug 2019 #8
Has anybody checked on Santa? MontanaMama Aug 2019 #9
What the ever-loving fuck! smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #10
There are .22 cal bolt-action "youth rifles" jberryhill Aug 2019 #17
I'm sorry, but that is just sick. smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #19
'I don't think anyone makes a youth semi-auto.' Celerity Aug 2019 #30
Oh, I thought you were going to include the Hello Kitty AR-15 Mod jberryhill Aug 2019 #32
so depressing Celerity Aug 2019 #34
Most kids start with rifles -- they are safer trainer firearms. aikoaiko Aug 2019 #22
I will never understand gun culture and giving firearms to children. smirkymonkey Aug 2019 #23
Most people just let them use them at the range and then store them safely aikoaiko Aug 2019 #25
And why does a child need snowybirdie Aug 2019 #28
Sure. They can wait. True of any competitive activity with risk of injury aikoaiko Aug 2019 #33
Me too! Boy Scout Camp, it was great fun, target practice with the .22's, think I was 11. mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #37
Right, you have to work your way up to mass murder Clash City Rocker Aug 2019 #31
Quite a leap from teaching a child how to shoot a rifle to teaching them to have no respect for life aikoaiko Aug 2019 #35
Just like that! Cracklin Charlie Aug 2019 #12
10 year olds leftieNanner Aug 2019 #13
Now that's Parenting!!! LakeArenal Aug 2019 #14
Marion Hammer is a foul woman and probably always has been. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2019 #16
Hand puppets work pretty well lame54 Aug 2019 #18
"It's a slippery slope! Next they'll be saying we can't give toddlers grenades!" struggle4progress Aug 2019 #20
Who the hell gives a 10 year old an automatic rifle for Christmas? Initech Aug 2019 #21
You can't legally purchase an automatic rifle in the US as a civilian ... mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #39
Like this Marion: Downtown Hound Aug 2019 #24
It's like giving a 16 year old boy a Ferrari to crash Ilsa Aug 2019 #26
How can you tell a 10 old girl whose family member(s) Iliyah Aug 2019 #27
You say, "Your parents are deplorable white wing gun-humpers, and you don't Hoyt Aug 2019 #29
A query: Leghorn21 Aug 2019 #36
Evil woman who runs FL govt. mcar Aug 2019 #38
Yo Marion, onethatcares Aug 2019 #40

marble falls

(57,136 posts)
15. And they were on the market for years before they were taken off ...
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 11:00 AM
Aug 2019

and then the point was replaced with a weighted ball. No deaths just fractured skulls.

global1

(25,261 posts)
3. Like This....
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:34 AM
Aug 2019

You know little girl - that rifle you got for Christmas. It is an assault weapon and you have to give it up. If you don't give it up - you risk arrest and felony charges.

And I'd also arrest the person that gave that 10 y/o girl an assault rifle as a Christmas gift.

MontanaMama

(23,333 posts)
9. Has anybody checked on Santa?
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:41 AM
Aug 2019

with stand your ground laws and all that...this might not end well for him if he’s gifting rifles. 😳

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
10. What the ever-loving fuck!
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:45 AM
Aug 2019

Who in their right mind gives a 10 year old child a rifle as a gift? I can't even get my mind around how these people live their lives. It is so fucked up.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
19. I'm sorry, but that is just sick.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 11:28 AM
Aug 2019

I just don't understand this level of fucked-up-ness. I will never get it.

Celerity

(43,461 posts)
30. 'I don't think anyone makes a youth semi-auto.'
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 01:59 PM
Aug 2019

one would think so, but leave it the US to prove this wrong





https://ruger.com/products/1022Compact/models.html











then there are these even more disturbing pics



aikoaiko

(34,177 posts)
22. Most kids start with rifles -- they are safer trainer firearms.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 11:50 AM
Aug 2019

It is much easier to manage a kid with a rifle than a pistol because of the radius of turning the muzzle.

Most kids I know start off on 22 lr rifles of some kind.

Ironically, AR15 are super soft shooting and kids can manage the recoil well. They are a lot louder than 22 lr, though.


aikoaiko

(34,177 posts)
25. Most people just let them use them at the range and then store them safely
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 01:37 PM
Aug 2019

But not all and not long ago adolescents and teens kept Ruger 10/22 rifles or 20 gauge shotguns in the bedrooms.

aikoaiko

(34,177 posts)
33. Sure. They can wait. True of any competitive activity with risk of injury
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 02:05 PM
Aug 2019

I think I was 12 when shot my first rifles at Boy Scout camp.
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
37. Me too! Boy Scout Camp, it was great fun, target practice with the .22's, think I was 11.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 02:25 PM
Aug 2019

41 years later, I've never shot another gun since, aside from airsoft or b.b's.

Clash City Rocker

(3,396 posts)
31. Right, you have to work your way up to mass murder
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 02:05 PM
Aug 2019

I guess that’s why these mass shootings are rarely committed by small children. You have to train them when they’re young to have no respect for human life, and then, when they’re older, you can pretend to be shocked when they murder many people.

aikoaiko

(34,177 posts)
35. Quite a leap from teaching a child how to shoot a rifle to teaching them to have no respect for life
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 02:08 PM
Aug 2019

Maybe we could bridge the gap by glorifying warriors.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
12. Just like that!
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:56 AM
Aug 2019

Give up your assault weapon or face federal charges!

What difference does it make how old she is?

leftieNanner

(15,137 posts)
13. 10 year olds
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 10:56 AM
Aug 2019

Shouldn't have an assault rifle. Remember the 9 YO girl who's parents thought it would be cool for her to shoot an UZI at a range and she couldn't handle the recoil. Killed the instructor. Imagine her carrying that around for the rest of her life.

JFC but these people are evil.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
16. Marion Hammer is a foul woman and probably always has been.
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 11:13 AM
Aug 2019

She's infamous here in Florida and relentless. She plays dirty and doesn't care whom she hurts. The only good thing I can say about her is that all humans are mortal.

Initech

(100,090 posts)
21. Who the hell gives a 10 year old an automatic rifle for Christmas?
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 11:48 AM
Aug 2019

That seems like some grossly irresponsible parenting there.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
39. You can't legally purchase an automatic rifle in the US as a civilian ...
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 02:29 PM
Aug 2019

Not by most people's definition of what constitutes 'automatic' anyway.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
24. Like this Marion:
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 01:35 PM
Aug 2019

'Sweetie, that assault rifle should never have been given to you in the first place. You're too young and it was a terrible idea. And they are about to be made illegal which means the government will buy it back and we can get you something else for Christmas. When you are of legal age, you can go out and get your own gun if you still want one, and it will be okay as long as you get proper training and meet all legal requirements."

Well, that was easy. You're up, Marion.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
26. It's like giving a 16 year old boy a Ferrari to crash
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 01:53 PM
Aug 2019

and kill his best friend in before he, the driver, dies of burns. True story.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
27. How can you tell a 10 old girl whose family member(s)
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 01:54 PM
Aug 2019

were shot by a rifle that the shooter got for Christmas?

Again, these people do not care, it's all about money/profits.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
29. You say, "Your parents are deplorable white wing gun-humpers, and you don't
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 01:56 PM
Aug 2019

want to be like them.”

onethatcares

(16,177 posts)
40. Yo Marion,
Fri Aug 16, 2019, 02:30 PM
Aug 2019

how do YOU tell a parent that their child is dead by hand of another that got an assault style rifle for Christmas?

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