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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,446 posts) Sat Jun 17, 2017, 02:58 PM Jun 2017

Snopes: Did Rand Paul Tweet That Purpose of 2A Is to Shoot at Tyrannical Government?

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Rand Paul Tweeted That Purpose of Second Amendment Is to Shoot at Tyrannical Government?
A genuine tweet posted by the Kentucky senator was circulated out of context after lawmaker Steve Scalise was shot in Virginia.

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Rand Paul tweeted that the Second Amendment wasn't designed to protect our right to shoot deer, but the government when it becomes tyrannical.

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.@Judgenap: Why do we have a Second Amendment? It's not to shoot deer. It's to shoot at the government when it becomes tyrannical!

Link to tweet

This message is genuine. It was posted by Paul on 23 June 2016, and remains on his timeline. However, the words in the tweet are not Paul’s; they are a quote from Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News judicial analyst and author. His Twitter handle, @Judgenap, appears at the beginning of the tweet to show that Paul is quoting Napolitano, who at the time was speaking at a lecture series Paul organized.

Edited to add some background:

Sen. Rand Paul’s year-old Second Amendment tweet resurfaces after shooting
David Gilmour—June 14 at 9:08AM | Last updated June 15 at 3:22AM

And:

Fact Check > Fauxtography
Did Alexandria Shooter James Hodgkinson Hold a Sign With a Rand Paul Tweet?
A doctored image appears to show Hodgkinson holding a sign with a tweet about the Second Amendment.

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Snopes: Did Rand Paul Tweet That Purpose of 2A Is to Shoot at Tyrannical Government? (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2017 OP

There is nothing out of context about the quote exboyfil Jun 2017 #1

He didn't quote it to disagree with it , to me anyway. Kittycow Jun 2017 #2

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)

1. There is nothing out of context about the quote

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 03:05 PM

Jun 2017

Other than they had it placed on the shooter's placard regarding taxes. Obama was called a tyrant as well by Republican lawmakers as well. You can very easily make the case that a government that does not have equitable representation is tyrannical (see the Declaration of Independence). Republican logic leads to a 2nd Amendment solution. The shooter was criminal and dangerous and should have been locked up for the rest of his life if had not already died.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)

2. He didn't quote it to disagree with it , to me anyway.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 04:57 PM

Jun 2017

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