Gun purchases always go up when a Democratic president starts talking about bans and confiscation — it’s why President Barack Obama was unofficially named “gun salesman of the year.” And the talk about bans and confiscation usually follows a tragedy like the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas. But then there are those who have a change of heart and decide they no longer want the AR-15 they once purchased. After seeing a spate of videos in 2018 of people sawing their AR-15s in half, we’ve now seen a man smashing his AR-15 with a hammer “as instructed by his local police.” And voice actress Tara Strong had a good idea: Have President Joe Biden “try” a national AR-15 buyback and then send all the AR-15s to Ukraine.
CNN managed to find a self-proclaimed “NRA Republican” who’s seen the light after the Uvalde shooting and now questions why he ever owned an AR-15. So was this guy one of those “gun nuts” who was compensating for a small penis last week but this week is being interviewed on CNN by Poppy Harlow? He apparently “donated” his AR-15 to the police department so they can kill people with it.
Richard Small is a self proclaimed "NRA Republican" and long-time gun owner who says the Uvalde, Texas, shooting made him question why he owned an AR-15-style gun. Watch his conversation with @PoppyHarlowCNN https://t.co/pAZJCGs8jZ
— CNN (@CNN) June 1, 2022
Oh boy, one person. Congrats.
— Brian (@Kosh800) June 1, 2022
He doesn’t have to own one, and he shouldn’t decide who can.
— Dr. JCash (@JMCash90) June 1, 2022
Was he going to shoot people with it?
— 6toe (@6toe2) June 1, 2022
I wish she would have asked him where or when he had ever fired it.
— M A Young🌻🇺🇦 (@Marissa4Young) June 1, 2022
So he doesn't trust himself with it? Thinks owning might lead him to commit a horrific crime with it?
— mp1022 (@frank_devoe) June 1, 2022
So, does he thinking he’s mentally unstable and capable of using a firearm illegally? Seems more logical than being scared of a firearm that is an inanimate object that can’t do anything without humans.
— 弱旅 (@_underdog_) June 1, 2022
The ONLY reason to question why you should own an AR-15, is because you may not be able to stop yourself from doing bad things with it. If you are going to be a responsible gun owner, that inanimate object will never become a weapon against the innocent.
— High Toby (highway robbery on horse back) (@TobyShane78) June 1, 2022
Wouldn’t locking it up in your gun safe keep it from being used to kill? Or does the AR-15 also emit signals that trigger homicidal impulses and you can’t be trusted with one in your house?
Dick Small? That’s what they came up with?
— Ryan (@LikesBikes432) June 1, 2022
You're such a conspiracy theorist, UF. No media orgs just make up a person and name to push their current narratives. They totally organically found a gun person named Dick Small. https://t.co/rGNi1mclM4
— Upstate Federalist (@upstatefederlst) June 1, 2022
— SC IslandTime (@OffshoreJoe) June 1, 2022
Made me question it as well. And I decided, since the police no longer protect citizens, we need more AR 15s.
Also:
Seeing crowds of people burn cities down
Watching the police stand down to rioters
Seeing police allow autonomous zones…Yep…need more
— Tennessee_Texan (@TexanTennessee) June 1, 2022
Any chance you’ll do a story about how having mass shooters among us actually compels law-abiding people to arm themselves?
— Kevin Tolbert (@KevinPTolbert) June 1, 2022
Maybe you should interview women who aren't Republicans that refuse to give up our semi-automatic rifles due to the actions of psychopaths
— Kimberly Morin (@Conservativeind) June 1, 2022
Him owning a gun or not will make zero difference in mass shootings. Just logic.
— Maya N (@Umightwant2know) June 1, 2022
I’m going to get rid of something there’s no danger of me using in an illegal manner. Look at me!
— Insightful Bachelor (@Racerx1166) June 1, 2022
This seems like an odd news story. What is the “news” part?
— Brad Clark (@bradrclark) June 1, 2022
The news is that this guy is an outlier who filled CNN’s narrative.
Related:
Here’s a man destroying his AR-15 with a hammer ‘as instructed by his local police’ https://t.co/X7ZcuZW3nK
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 30, 2022
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