Yes. He suggested that "2nd amendment people" could do something about the threat that Hillary poses to their rights to own a gun. I think we all know here he wasn't suggesting they start their own campaigns on gun ownership. Just last night, I was talking to a friend about how Trump seemed to be "toning it down." And I said to her "yeah, he's done this before, and I always think, shit he's toning it down, so now it might get close again." And I keep thinking There's no way he'll say something stupid again. Until he does. And it seems like each time, it is more outrageous than the last. How is this guy a legitimate candidate for the President of the United States? The NY Times has a good article about the whole thing here.
And now, a rant about guns:
I don't like guns. I don't like violence. I don't think that any average Joe American citizen has the right to own military caliber automatic weapons. Quite frankly, I also don't see the need for any American to have a hunting rifle either, unless that is how they get their food. But. Hunting is a "sport" so I understand that dream is a long shot, and that's ok. Because I believe we can all work together, we can all compromise to live in a safe country. I understand that gun control won't mean every single gun is gone. All I want is people who should not be able to buy a gun, to not be able to. All I want is it to not be possible to buy gun that can kill several people in seconds. Let's ban assault rifles. You can keep your hunting guns (I won't even do the research to see what a single shot, tough to reload hunting gun is called because I don't want to educate myself on that).
I would also like to hear the answer to the question I have had for a long time: if you claim you have a gun to keep yourself and your family "safe," but you also claim that you are a responsible gun owner and have them locked up in a closet, how are those guns keeping you safe? You are lying about something. You are either lying about them keeping you safe, and you just like guns, or you are lying about having them locked up. If, God forbid, something were to happen in your home, do you really think you will have enough time to run to your closet where your guns are locked up, tell the invader to just hold on a sec while you unlock it to get out your gun? So either your guns are laying out where your kid could get it and accidentally kill someone, or you just have the guns because you really really want to exercise that 2nd amendment right.
So, pardon me, while I exercise my 21st Amendment right from now until November 8. *
*Disclaimer- I cannot take full credit for that 21st Amendment joke, I saw something similar on twitter and think it is brilliant
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