The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre was among speakers at #CPAC 2018 today, and he offered this defense of gun rights:
.@NRA's Wayne LaPierre: Right to bear arms is "not bestowed by man but granted by God to all Americans as our American birthright." #CPAC2018 pic.twitter.com/SSMQZnJ6Fm
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 22, 2018
ABC News’ Chief Political Analyst Matthew Dowd was beside himself:
This is simultaneously one of the most deluded, pathetic and scary thing i have ever heard. Explains a lot though. I guess he missed the part in the Bible about beating swords into plowshares, and loving your enemies. https://t.co/MAuovD6v1k
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) February 22, 2018
And if you needed any more reason to doubt a claim from Dowd, Jay Carney was among those agreeing with him:
And slept through his high school American history class. https://t.co/FiudXCe18m
— Jay Carney (@JayCarney) February 22, 2018
Meanwhile, the Founders are unavailable for comment about Dowd’s tweet:
It's me, a super smart conservative commentator who's never heard of natural law philosophy or read the Founders pic.twitter.com/ASVxtqwAUQ
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) February 22, 2018
are you familiar with natural law my man https://t.co/pItIP1GHVg
— Devin Nunes was a Trump Transition Official (@ALTscoe) February 22, 2018
Those pesky "endowed by our Creator" inalienable rights…
— J. Earl Howard (@DeaconBleau) February 22, 2018
"Alex, what is natural rights theory?" https://t.co/1ZEznHbrSO
— Chris (@rudzki) February 22, 2018
Here’s LaPierre’s entire speech at CPAC today:
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