This piece comes not from the “news” end of MSNBC but from Maddowblog, and it’s written by Steve Benen, because who else would write the Maddowblog? Benen is reporting the shocking news that North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson “essentially” said he owns an AR-15 “in case he needs to violently overthrow the government.”
North Carolina’s lieutenant governor essentially said he owns AR-15s in case he feels the need to violently overthrow the government. (via @MaddowBlog) https://t.co/sNfUclqtmd
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 4, 2022
So what did Robinson actually say?
“I’ll tell anybody, I got them AR-15s at home and I like to go target shooting and all that. That’s not what they’re there for,” Robinson said. “I’m not ashamed to say it, I’m probably not supposed to say it, but I’m gonna say it anyway — I got them AR-15s in case the government gets too big for its britches,” he continued. “‘Cause I’m gonna fill the backside of them britches with some lead.”
So he doesn’t keep it for hunting, which is what the Second Amendment is all about?
So, he is literally stating what the constitution and the founders designed the 2nd to be for.
Based. https://t.co/lE2fOu6CSR
— Jim Mason (@livefreejim) June 4, 2022
Quit trying to make me like Mark Robinson. https://t.co/1HtSeDHt3Z
— FreedomInArms2A (@FreedomInArms2A) June 4, 2022
Based. https://t.co/c8s30F1dT9
— Brian (@gemstatebrian) June 4, 2022
Yup.
That's pretty much correct. https://t.co/BeG90xFBdX
— Likes-To-Fight-Guy (@BellicoseCitizn) June 4, 2022
your point? https://t.co/XeQVJl3VDp
— Agent Otter Dude (@TexasLiberty15) June 4, 2022
"Essentially said" lol.
Sort of like when ARs are now labeled "assault style" because they are not assault rifles. https://t.co/HAS5hwzY3R
— Styxhexenhammer666 (@Styx666Official) June 4, 2022
There is a zero percent chance that he "essentially" said anything resembling this. I doubt highly he feels the need to "violently" overthrow anything, let alone the fucking government. MSNBC, you're kinda bad at this, huh? https://t.co/Kn5b9mHeN7
— Johnny Applesauce (@ArtPunkBeardGuy) June 4, 2022
This man knows his constitutional rights well – thanks for helping sell the next NC Governor @MSNBC https://t.co/WBme16wCqS
— Nichole Kingston (@NRUS1017) June 4, 2022
Finally a politician making sense https://t.co/efxSyOfKA3
— Problematic Pleb (@ProblematicPleb) June 4, 2022
God, guns, he's got my vote 👍 https://t.co/UfdmdPLIgV
— Cha'altish Zoth Merchant (@W_S_Walcott) June 4, 2022
That's the only reason I own my rifle too.
Duh. https://t.co/0kRt9UlUsO— Bernel Life™ (@Real_Bernel) June 4, 2022
Endorsed. https://t.co/YBvCVhvQCd
— Sir 'Monkeypox' Mycroft (@sir_mycroft) June 4, 2022
Related:
WaPo analysis takes a closer look at ‘how the Second Amendment was reinterpreted to protect individual rights’ https://t.co/3Fx8quCgqi
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 31, 2022
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