Lauren Boebert, George Santos Co-Sponsor Bill To Make AR-15 The 'National Gun'

[Initech]

With 647 mass shootings in 2022 and 85 already this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, guess what Rep. Barry Moore (R-Alabama) wants to do now? Well, on February 17, 2023, Moore introduced a bill, H.R.1095, that would declare the AR-15 style rifle the “National Gun of the United States.” Yep, three days after Valentine’s Day, he introduced this Bill that will be first discussed by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. And the bill has a trio of co-sponsors: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), Rep. George Santos (R-New York), and Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-Georgia).

The description of the Bill on the Congressional website currently does not have much more (or Moore) clarification beyond its stated title: “To declare an AR-15 style rifle chambered in a .223 Remington round or a 5.56x45mm NATO round to be the National Gun of the United States.” So it does not elaborate why Moore, Boebert, Santos, and Clyde specifically feel that such legislation is needed at this point or why taxpayer money should be spent deliberating such a legislation.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/02/26/lauren-boebert-george-santos-co-sponsor-bill-to-make-ar-15-the-national-gun/?sh=57683cd82466

I know this is old-ish news, but this is more fuel for the fire, and more proof that the MAGAs just don't give a flying fuck about the victims of gun violence. They just want their guns and that's it. I'll never understand a country that cares more about the weapons than the victims of said weapons.

[Irish_Dem]

1. The GOP is so proud of how it is murdering innocent Americans every day.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. good grief . the stupid lady is at it again?

[emulatorloo]

3. How about a bill to make Santos the 'National Liar' and Boebert the 'National Clown?'

[Mz Pip]

4. No need for a bill

It already is.

[LuckyCharms]

5. National gun?

Next there will be a national ointment.

National electric razor.

National toothpaste.

These people are fucking nuts.

[ebbie15644]

6. I definitely want

Them to vote on this. Voters need reminded again and again about their extremism

[underpants]

7. Hell....YES!!!

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Just more personal brand building.

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[Maraya1969]

10. So is that why all these idiots tweet stupid things only to get a ton of people to make

fun of their idiocy? They get money from likes and somehow use this crap to make money? I've always wondered why they would post things that get hundreds of people telling them to "Go to Hell"

[TheBlackAdder]

21. Yep. They emulate Donny T's way of always staying in the day's news feed. Look at MTG.

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They just do shit to stay relevant and always mentioned.

No such thing as bad press, right? Especially when your followers are fucking nuts too.

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[kentuck]

9. I would like to sponson a bill to make Boebert and Santos the "National Idiots".

Could I get another sponsor?

[Maine Abu El Banat]

11. Victims families

Who have to sit there and watch as these two ignorant fucks glorify the weapon that killed their loved ones. I guess pro-gun has come to mean devoid of decency.

[liberal N proud]

12. Oh FFS

A national gun?

[Wingus Dingus]

13. America's depravity personified by two garbage human beings

who are somehow in charge of us.

[RKP5637]

14. And people vote these degenerates into office and more like them. It reflects badly on their

constituents. And frankly it is incredible that these individuals are what the constituents want. I seriously have grave reservations about the future of the US. It is really getting fucked up to say the least.

[RussBLib]

15. That is just sick

Why don't these jokers get gunned down by an AK?

https://russblib.blogspot.com/

[Docreed2003]

16. They're professional trolls

They're doing this for the laughs and it's disgusting

[Initech]

25. And the scary thing is that they seem to feed off of their trollishness.

[Biophilic]

17. This is truly horrific.

And yes, I get they are doing this to “own the libs”, get in the news, and just generally stirring stuff up. But I am appalled at their sense of entitlement in the face of others grief. I’m going to stop looking for the bottom as there obviously isn’t one.

[Vogon_Glory]

18. No reason for a national rifle. If there was, there are better choices

Rifles with historical associations like the muzzle-loading Long-barreled Kentucky rifle or the Winchester 1873 rifle. In my opinion, the AR-15 doesn’t qualify.

Furthermore, a mass shooter using a muzzle-loading Kentucky hunting rifle is going to find that reloading it takes a lot longer than an AR-15 death machine.

[Wounded Bear]

33. If you want a modern gun, the Garand M1 Rifle won WWII...

it'd be more "appropriate" IMO.

[Vogon_Glory]

34. Good choice

I picked the Kentucky rifle and the Winchester because they were widely used by civilians for hunting and sustenance, even if they ere sometimes used to kill people.

I am certain that over the years since 1873, somebody living in what is now Bang Bang Barbie Boebert’s congressional district for hunting. I rather doubt they used AR-15s.

[Wounded Bear]

35. More than a few probably have and use M1s as well...

I hear its not a bad hunting rifle, though I'm not a gunner myself. Good range and caliber and the original used an 8 round clip IIRC which should be more than enough for hunting most big game. I suppose the weight is a bit much for humping through the woods and hills, though.

[bullimiami]

19. And Mass Murder can be the national crime.

[sakabatou]

20. How disgusting!

[genxlib]

22. Unfortunately, they are not wrong

It just isn't something to celebrate.

It is something that needs to change.

[Chainfire]

23. That is what happens when you send fucking idiots to make your laws.

[Initech]

26. Boebert, Greene, Gaetz, Gosar, Santos, Hageman - they're all loudmouth, obnoxious idiots.

And they seem to pride themselves on being loudmouth, obnoxious idiots.

[tanyev]

24. And all Americans will be required to own one, with proof of ownership

to be displayed every year by sending out a Christmas card featuring each family member lovingly caressing their deadly phallic symbol. Happy Birthday to the Prince of Piece!

[TheRickles]

27. Yes, that's the reductio ad absurdum we're headed for.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. They've both taken the "How stupid can you get?" challenge

[LoisB]

29. What's next? "I pledge allegiance to the AR and to the murders for which it stands, one nation

under the gun..."

[Mblaze]

30. It seems, these days

That the “national gun” is whichever piece is used in a mass shooting.

[Trenzalore]

31. Outside their enclaves of ignorance

They are really tone deaf.

[OMGWTF]

32. I just can't even with these fking assholes anymore.

DO BETTER Colorado and NY!

[Quixote1818]

36. I was expecting this to be from the Onion. nt

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

37. The cruelty is the point.

They're doing this to make us mad.

I'm long past 'mad'.

[Initech]

39. Yes it is. They're sick, deranged psychopaths...

That pride themselves on being sick, deranged psychopaths. And the utter irony that they're calling for mental health now, after Reagan gutted all of this country's mental institutions.

[Scottie Mom]

38. What sick fucks.

That is all.