Originally Posted by
Davy Crockett
Psychotropic drugs!
That is the one element that most/all have in common.
Won't hear one peep about it.
Wondering what kind of deal we'll get from the greatest deal maker in the world
Trump's campaign rhetoric notwithstanding, he is on record stating some truth, some lies and some brain-dead knee-jerk nonsense, including, but not limited to, the following:
It’s often argued that the American murder rate is high because guns are more available here than in other countries. Democrats want to confiscate all guns, which is a dumb idea because only the law-abiding citizens would turn in their guns and the bad guys would be the only ones left armed. The Republicans walk the NRA line and refuse even limited restrictions. Source: The America We Deserve, by Donald Trump, p.102 , Jul 2, 2000
The part I put in bold is both truth and lie. Republicans do, by and large, follow the NRA line, but that line is hardly representative of "limited restrictions." The NRA and Republicans have had a hand in every major federal gun control measure in this country's history. I don't expect Trump to know that, because the Second Amendment is just the red-headed step-child within the Bill of Rights to him. So maybe "lie" is too strong a word to assign to that part of his 2A record. It's probably more consistent with the brain-dead, knee-jerk nonsense in this case.
Then there was this from the same book:
I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun. With today’s Internet technology we should be able to tell within 72-hours if a potential gun owner has a record. Source: The America We Deserve, by Donald Trump, p.102 , Jul 2, 2000
"Assault weapon" can be defined by government any ol' way the whim suits them. That's as generalized a statement as one can make on the subject. "The" assault weapons ban that was en force at the time he made that statement was the most ridiculous mish-mash of useless language ever directed at an inanimate object within a piece of congressional legislation. The base definition of weapons or cosmetic accessories banned within the bill was, "semiautomatic assault weapon," which on its face is a misnomer. Every modern definition of "assault weapon" refers to a full-auto platform. Trump is/was exactly the target the forces of gun control were shootin' for when Clintoon's AWB set out to dumb-down that definition. I don't know a soul in the world who would claim Donald Trump is a Second Amendment advocate, especially not in light of the fact that he was so-easily moved to support the banning of a whole class of weaponry that wasn't even regulating the same class the legislation was named after. His more current conversion to advocate from banner, is hardly convincing. He would "deal" away the Second Amendment in totality if he thought it would "accomplish" whatever he was stupid enough to think the AWB "accomplished." His is not a scrutiny of constitutional law or founding principles, but of knee-jerk emotional considerations about children, death, guts and gore. Imagery of evil black rifles invokes those emotional responses in him. The Second Amendment is not safe under his so-called "protection."
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