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My right wing friend today told me that Obama signed an executive order today to confiscate guns. (Original Post) panader0 Jun 2014 OP
Ask you to show you the AO nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #1
The last I heard, he signs those on a daily basis. PSPS Jun 2014 #2
I helped him sign it, i have a copy randys1 Jun 2014 #20
lol Jefferson23 Jun 2014 #27
LOL! You win. Cha Jun 2014 #71
They are going to be really ticked off on the Bundy Ranch. gordianot Jun 2014 #3
Yes. Around 8AM this morning Obama banned all rifles, shotguns, handguns and also banned the NRA. InfoWingerWatch Jun 2014 #4
I did a search and I think this BS is coming from Alex Jones. panader0 Jun 2014 #5
My advice? Don't knock on his door for the next few days without giving plenty petronius Jun 2014 #6
It's sad to me. We are friends, have worked together quite a bit. panader0 Jun 2014 #14
I lost a good friend also kimbutgar Jun 2014 #25
When that paranoia gene kicks in pscot Jun 2014 #64
I lost a friend when she turned into an Ayn Randian Ilsa Jun 2014 #73
This has worked for me safeinOhio Jun 2014 #68
Won't put their $ where their mouth is & @ some level they know its BS lunasun Jun 2014 #81
No. The root of his belief is likely Obama's recent comments on Australia PoliticAverse Jun 2014 #7
CODE RED! CODE RED!!! HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #8
Oh no, black helicopters are out! freshwest Jun 2014 #30
Someone Told Me Dirty Socialist Jun 2014 #9
What, again? lpbk2713 Jun 2014 #10
he's gotta take the guns before he sends them to the FEMA camps, duh NightWatcher Jun 2014 #11
And force everyone to take his Obamaphone whether they need one or not... freshwest Jun 2014 #33
OMG! Obama is at my door and he wants my guns! Kingofalldems Jun 2014 #12
He's at the door. He may want a piece of pie.He loves pie SummerSnow Jun 2014 #18
I thought he had his own. I gotta spare, but jeeez. Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #57
I CALL BS Skittles Jun 2014 #76
Ask him just exactly how that's supposed to happen. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2014 #13
Ask him to provide the proof.... hadrons Jun 2014 #15
Pffffft. People these days will believe anything they read online. alp227 Jun 2014 #16
No such thing. Not even in the news SummerSnow Jun 2014 #17
I wis he could mwrguy Jun 2014 #19
I wish he could... 3catwoman3 Jun 2014 #65
shockingly enough, obama is not the leader of a country on the other side of the planet. unblock Jun 2014 #21
I think this Twitter Gun Troll says it best. nolabear Jun 2014 #22
"I'm gonna give your guns males names ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #34
That was hysterical trolling! Ilsa Jun 2014 #74
Righteous, wa'n it? nolabear Jun 2014 #77
"Is there any shred of proof of this?" Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #23
They took all my guns today. Fuddnik Jun 2014 #24
Then your friend doesn't understand what an executive order is.... pipoman Jun 2014 #26
Leave a calling card at the door... Liberal Veteran Jun 2014 #28
OMG! We should get a million of those printed out to leave on doorsteps and hand out at gun rallies! freshwest Jun 2014 #39
They aren't smart eough to flip it over. flying rabbit Jun 2014 #55
I haven't trusted Obama ever since he allowed the Martian Federation to join the UN struggle4progress Jun 2014 #29
No, that would be the bass player. He believes there is a UFO over his trailer. panader0 Jun 2014 #31
Maybe you can persuade the bass player to take over arguing with the rightwinger struggle4progress Jun 2014 #35
Your band seems really ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #38
I'm blues oriented. panader0 Jun 2014 #42
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #45
Yeah, he got busted for DUI panader0 Jun 2014 #46
DUI? That's a shame ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #54
Yeah, he got busted for DUI panader0 Jun 2014 #47
In jail, when not hitting on your girlfriend. Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #58
I wrote a song about it ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #61
LOL! I heard Jackson Brown waxed eloquent on the subject. Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #62
Lead player? Spirochete Jun 2014 #66
Well, I knew about Marvin. What about these? freshwest Jun 2014 #44
Australia has been held up by one side as a model of gun-control legislation... krispos42 Jun 2014 #32
actually called riverwalker Jun 2014 #36
No, but there is more than a shred of proof that your friend is an idiot lostincalifornia Jun 2014 #37
LOL. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #41
Well, first of all, executive orders are not called "bills" Art_from_Ark Jun 2014 #40
No, the Australia bill rescinds Obama's 2250 other orders to confiscate his guns... JHB Jun 2014 #43
It is HIS burden to show proof ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2014 #48
Slide a fake copy to him while he's hiding under his bed. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2014 #49
You deserve one of these. Rod Beauvex Jun 2014 #75
how ignorant and uninformed your friend is. we're not as smart as australia spanone Jun 2014 #50
Paranoia - paranoia liberal N proud Jun 2014 #51
Tell your friend, he/she is an asshole for listening to fox noise and that they madinmaryland Jun 2014 #52
We had words and I left panader0 Jun 2014 #53
OMG ... I thought that I was the only one ... Obama personally showed up with that Australia bill tandot Jun 2014 #56
I'm sorry your friend is a nitwit Warpy Jun 2014 #59
did you point at him and laugh? VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #60
Bubble-fied sobenji Jun 2014 #63
Yeah, Obama came and picked my guns up today. He stayed for lunch. Autumn Jun 2014 #67
I was looking at betsuni Jun 2014 #69
Machine gun jubblies!? Rod Beauvex Jun 2014 #72
The question is - would he, if he could? n/t Skip Intro Jun 2014 #70
President Obama has signed many executive orders. Jenoch Jun 2014 #78
full version of gun nut trolling Historic NY Jun 2014 #79
Hooray! Hooray! SheilaT Jun 2014 #80
Nope, it's BS sakabatou Jun 2014 #82
australia law allows for confiscation.Does your friend think Australia sucks lunasun Jun 2014 #83
 

InfoWingerWatch

(78 posts)
4. Yes. Around 8AM this morning Obama banned all rifles, shotguns, handguns and also banned the NRA.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 08:57 PM
Jun 2014

and... the Federal Reserve Note was replaced with the Amero.

petronius

(26,602 posts)
6. My advice? Don't knock on his door for the next few days without giving plenty
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 08:58 PM
Jun 2014

of advance warning. Call first, and then shout your presence from the far far end of the driveway.

Beyond that, your friend is a special kind of gullible if he believes that Obama basically banned guns and nobody noticed except Alex Jones (or wherever he gets his news). Either that, or he's pulling your leg...

panader0

(25,816 posts)
14. It's sad to me. We are friends, have worked together quite a bit.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:04 PM
Jun 2014

We play music together. But I can't tolerate him when he goes off like he did. The Las Vegas shootings of the cops--"False flag"
according to him. He's behind Bundy too. I don't want to lose my friend, I want him to get aware.

kimbutgar

(21,148 posts)
25. I lost a good friend also
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:33 PM
Jun 2014

It's no longer fun being around someone you have to tip toe around to not set them off on a political hate fest.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
73. I lost a friend when she turned into an Ayn Randian
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 12:10 AM
Jun 2014

Nutcase and started trying to tell me how to raise my kids. She got judgmental in a hurry by following that paranoid crap.

Sometimes, you are better off letting them go.

Good luck.

safeinOhio

(32,676 posts)
68. This has worked for me
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 11:44 PM
Jun 2014

After the election lots of people would start talking about Obama taking away guns. So, I'd bet them $1,000.00 that by the time he left office no one would take away any guns he legally owned. No one would take me up on the bet and they always watched what they said around me after that.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
81. Won't put their $ where their mouth is & @ some level they know its BS
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 01:11 AM
Jun 2014

Ironic
likely more guns now than “o8

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
7. No. The root of his belief is likely Obama's recent comments on Australia
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:00 PM
Jun 2014

and the banning of semi-automatic weapons.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
8. CODE RED! CODE RED!!!
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:01 PM
Jun 2014

The plan has been discovered. Crap. Send in the black FEMA helicopters.

This probably isn't the best time to inform your friend that mental illness is covered by Obamacare....

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
30. Oh no, black helicopters are out!
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:39 PM
Jun 2014


Look! Up, in the sky! No, it's not Superman! The Randian Supermen have a plan to get rid of all of us!*



*At least Ayn Rand's accolyte Paul Ryan does, but he's only mortal, I think. At any rate, I'm sure he carries his native soil with him wherever he goes.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,692 posts)
13. Ask him just exactly how that's supposed to happen.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:04 PM
Jun 2014

Better yet, tell him a couple of federal marshals came to your house today, took your guns and gave you $50 for them. You could even make up a receipt to show him. Give him a good scare.

alp227

(32,023 posts)
16. Pffffft. People these days will believe anything they read online.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:06 PM
Jun 2014

Ignore your friend and make your friend yell crazy stuff at a wall.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
17. No such thing. Not even in the news
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:06 PM
Jun 2014

and if that was true Rethugs and their Bagger minions are very quiet on it. I pity extremist.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
34. "I'm gonna give your guns males names ...
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:48 PM
Jun 2014

and rub them together and make kissing noises."

I'm sure that made old gun guy shot his computer (or maybe in his pants ... leaving him really confused).

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
23. "Is there any shred of proof of this?"
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:18 PM
Jun 2014

Yes, this is prima facie proof that your friend is a typical gullible nutjob.

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)
28. Leave a calling card at the door...
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:37 PM
Jun 2014

On the front it should say:

We came by to get your guns, but you weren't at home. We'll drop by later.

Sincerely

Barack Obama's Thug Squad

On the back it should say:

God, you really believed that for a second, didn't you? Are you really that gullible?

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
29. I haven't trusted Obama ever since he allowed the Martian Federation to join the UN
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:39 PM
Jun 2014

But now it's like the whole country has been taken over by some mind control beam

Nobody even admits to seeing all the big purple-green spiders roaming the streets

I heard you can stop them with that blow-dart frog poison but nobody will sell me any


panader0

(25,816 posts)
31. No, that would be the bass player. He believes there is a UFO over his trailer.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:45 PM
Jun 2014

He's harmless and apolitical. The right winger is the lead player, very good. I wonder how musicians can be righties. It seems to me that music helps to open the mind.

struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
35. Maybe you can persuade the bass player to take over arguing with the rightwinger
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:49 PM
Jun 2014

That would save you time and energy

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
38. Your band seems really ...
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:53 PM
Jun 2014

interesting.

Please tell me you don't play heavy-metal head-banging "music!"

{Pardon my clear musical bias}

panader0

(25,816 posts)
42. I'm blues oriented.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:56 PM
Jun 2014

Lead player (the right winger) can play anything.
We have a couple of CD's, all original.
We made 'em before the drummer went to jail.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
45. LOL ...
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:01 PM
Jun 2014

Drummer in jail!

The "Blues"? Delta? Chicago? Bunch of folks playing minor chord riffs and repeated words over and over again?

I'm kidding ... I love most "Blues".

panader0

(25,816 posts)
46. Yeah, he got busted for DUI
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:07 PM
Jun 2014

driving a backhoe to the store with three passengers to get more beer at eleven PM, bouncing, lights blaring.
That violated his probation.
Delta and Chicago. John Hurt to Buddy Guy.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
47. Yeah, he got busted for DUI
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:08 PM
Jun 2014

driving a backhoe to the store with three passengers to get more beer at eleven PM, bouncing, lights blaring.
That violated his probation.
Delta and Chicago. John Hurt to Buddy Guy.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
32. Australia has been held up by one side as a model of gun-control legislation...
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:47 PM
Jun 2014

...which included, if I have my facts straight, confiscating (don't know if it was with compensation) handguns and semiautomatic long guns, mandatory licensing and registration of both guns and their owners, and putting the burden on potential gun owners to prove to the government that they legitimately needed to own a gun prior to getting a license.


The NRA got a ton of publicity simply by showing stacks of confiscated guns being sawed into pieces by workmen with industrial circular saws. I seem to recall when I was much younger NRA-funded infomercials on TV.



Since this legislation hasn't a chance in hell of passing the US Congress, I doubt Obama ordered the 2,400 ATF Special Agents to go confiscate 300 million firearms from some 35 million households spread out among 3.5 million square miles of territory.


it seems... ambitious.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
40. Well, first of all, executive orders are not called "bills"
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:55 PM
Jun 2014

A bill is a proposed law that has not been enacted.

You should show your right-wing friend this little video

JHB

(37,160 posts)
43. No, the Australia bill rescinds Obama's 2250 other orders to confiscate his guns...
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:57 PM
Jun 2014

Y'know, the ones he signed every day while he was in office (and twice on Sundays).

But your friend can fear not: the rescind is simply to clear the decks for tomorrow's Double Secret Confiscation order.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
49. Slide a fake copy to him while he's hiding under his bed.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:14 PM
Jun 2014

Then watch him crack his head open trying to read it.

madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
52. Tell your friend, he/she is an asshole for listening to fox noise and that they
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:18 PM
Jun 2014

should just shut the fuck up.

tandot

(6,671 posts)
56. OMG ... I thought that I was the only one ... Obama personally showed up with that Australia bill
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:48 PM
Jun 2014

and he took all my guns ... while winking at Joe Biden, who was standing right next to him ...

then they told Hilary Clinton (who was standing right behind them), to castrate all the males and get them ready for the FEMA camp ...

Boy, I hate drinking a couple of Bloody Mary's that early in the evening. It makes everything seem so real ...

Warpy

(111,256 posts)
59. I'm sorry your friend is a nitwit
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:57 PM
Jun 2014

but it's just more fringe right fear mongering and he fell for it.

Tell him he needs to listen to music instead of idiots on his ray dee oh.

Obama's been coming to git their gunz for 5 years now. They believe that almost as much as they believe all those gunz are going to keep them safe.

sobenji

(316 posts)
63. Bubble-fied
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 11:18 PM
Jun 2014

You will have to get them out of their fox bubble if you want any kind of reasonable discussion. Good luck with that

betsuni

(25,519 posts)
69. I was looking at
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 11:57 PM
Jun 2014

some other threads (the NSFW debate), clicked the wrong thing and wound up back in the middle of this conversation -- for a second I thought Obama was coming for our nipples. From my cold, dead hands, etc.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
78. President Obama has signed many executive orders.
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 12:48 AM
Jun 2014

I do not believe he has signed an executive order in which you described

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
80. Hooray! Hooray!
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 01:04 AM
Jun 2014

I've been saying for a while now that guns should be confiscated.

Wait? There is no such executive order? Oh, darn.

Seriously, while I have been known to advocate outright confiscation -- and no one need bother to point out to me that such a thing won't happen -- I'm not delusional enough to believe such nonsense. Unlike your right wing friend.

Besides, I sort of think that there must be limits on what kinds of executive orders a president can issue, and despite my personal feelings about guns, I doubt that one like that would be even remotely enforceable. Even I can think it through: Executive order to take away all guns. So how will it be enforced? Who will actually go door-to-door?

If an actual law were passed, somewhat along the lines of how it was done in Australia, that would be different.

It is so irritating the crap that right wingers come up with.

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