The New York Times’ call to ban just some guns wasn’t good enough for the New Republic’s Phoebe Maltz Bovy, no siree! She wants to ban all the guns:
It’s time to ban guns. Yes, all of them. https://t.co/aFqSDhEsl1 @tweetertation pic.twitter.com/lgodaaOJ5G
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) December 10, 2015
An excerpt:
I say this not to win some sort of ideological purity contest, but because banning guns urgently needs to become a rhetorical and conceptual possibility. The national conversation needs to shift from one extreme—an acceptance, ranging from complacent to enthusiastic, of an individual right to own guns—to another, which requires people who are not politicians to speak their minds. And this will only happen if the Americans who are quietly convinced that guns are terrible speak out.
She doesn’t get that the more those on the left scream to ban guns, the worse it gets for them, does she?
Points for honesty! https://t.co/OFz9WMlfSa
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 10, 2015
@allahpundit That could result in a 64 style blowout.
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) December 10, 2015
Stupidity level: 1,000 https://t.co/Bg8E6X90R2
— Thomas Parker (@TheThomasParker) December 10, 2015
@NewRepublic @tweetertation Its like you're determined to be irrelevant and go out of business.
— Christopher R Taylor (@KestrelArts) December 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/primatemachine/status/674993489621348352
https://twitter.com/jrireland1/status/674993005032534016
And it doesn’t help politicians who say that they’re not trying to take guns:
Keep telling us how this isn’t the goal @TheDemocrats. https://t.co/IV9mmwEOfE
— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) December 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/cmahar3/status/674999388498821120
https://twitter.com/kennyrobinsonIV/status/675000871592292352
She doesn’t explain “how” she’ll accomplish this in her article either, which is quite important — because it’s impossible:
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/674998326845169665
How hard could it be? https://t.co/5mz2R4Pztv
— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) December 10, 2015
Do you have any idea how unrealistic that is? @NewRepublic @tweetertation
— (((Greg Camp))) ? (@GregCampNC) December 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/MrDonCarpenter/status/675002141564538882
https://twitter.com/JohnofAustria/status/675000304274939904
Flashback. This is what it looked like when the government tried to confiscate cows that were grazing on federal land:
@bleedingheartmx BLM did bring out Assault rifles at Bundy Ranch. pic.twitter.com/sKo5cip9rF
— gab.ai/SurvivorMed (@SurvivorMed) May 28, 2015
We assume Ms. Bovy will be the first to sign up for gun-grabby duty, right?
tbh i don't like the chances of someone named phoebe to confiscate 350 million guns
— IWantNothingHat (@Popehat) December 10, 2015
Or not.
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