Pic Of The Moment: GOP Candidate Demonstrates "Responsible Gun Ownership"

[EarlG]

Georgia governor candidate aims gun at teen in campaign ad. 'Get over it,' he tells critics.

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[Soxfan58]

1. Subliminal David Hogg?

They are nothing but a bunch of COWARDS!!!!! Three daughters and I never felt the need of a gun to throw the boyfriends out.

[knightmaar]

2. I'm sure he'll argue the gun isn't REALLY pointed RIGHT at the kid

But, christ, what an asshole.

[pandr32]

26. Still...intended intimidation is obvious

[Sentath]

31. Brandishing a Weapon

https://definitions.uslegal.com/b/brandished/

Federal law defines brandished as, “with reference to a dangerous weapon (including a firearm) means that all or part of the weapon was displayed, or the presence of the weapon was otherwise made known to another person, in order to intimidate that person, regardless of whether the weapon was directly visible to that person. Accordingly, although the dangerous weapon does not have to be directly visible, the weapon must be present.” (18 USCS Appx § 1B1.1)

[pandr32]

33. Absolutely

[yallerdawg]

3. A public display of an insane behavior.

This person should be flagged, and gun-purchasing and -ownership revoked and denied.

That is what a sane community applying common sense would do.

[Major Nikon]

5. The NRA used to be primarily about gun safety and marksmanship

By the 80's the gunnut hostile takeover was complete.

[Soxfan58]

11. I took their safe hunter course

My father thought I should be taught gun safety even if I never owned one. Which ended up being the case. They did teach respect for the damage a gun can do.

[trixie2]

41. Back in the 70s they taught gun safety in schools

Very responsibly! We had guns, locked up and out of sight, for hunting and skeet shooting competitions. The guns were disassembled with the ammo located in a different location. As the world got crazier the guns were kept at a gun club and all the guns have now been sold or turned in on a buy back program. It seems that the more America got gun crazy the more we wanted to disarm our family.

[DetlefK]

4. Did all this 2A-talk even once mention a well-regulated militia?

[Major Nikon]

6. We must completely ignore that part

In fact, you can just scratch it out and highlight the RTKBA part.

[Soxfan58]

13. .

[Initech]

7. That kid looks like he's about ready to flee the room as soon as they're done.

[irisblue]

8. What is with the 3/4 guns on the background? Zombie apocalypse time?

Pointing a weapon at someone you're not prepared to shoot? This is responsible gun ownership?

[jayschool2013]

9. Ha ha

Get it? It's a joke about killing people. Oh, my sides are splitting. These GOPers are such cut-ups. Or is it clowns?

[dembotoz]

10. basic basic basic hunter safety...treat every gun as if it were loaded

i mean like day one first thing out of their mouth

[orangecrush]

29. THIS!!!

[Freethinker65]

12. Please tell me he will not win the nomination

[MGKrebs]

21. He will likely not win the nomination.

This guy is the current Sec. of State here. The one who accidentally released voter files with everybody's personal data included. And who left the voters files exposed online.
https://apnews.com/b96f4825faa7439ab85af1d2459673c4
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/georgia-secretary-of-state-accidentally-releases-voters-private-information/article_00453378-8f07-11e5-82bc-dfa4202b4b62.html

He does not appear to be very smart or capable.
Several of the Repub candidates are falling all over themselves trying to be the most pro-gun. The first thing Hunter Hill wants you to know about him is that he was an Army Ranger. And Clay Tippens main qualification seems to be that he was a Navy Seal. The Lt. Gov already has the NRA endorsement, so Kemp (the SoS) is desperate to show he likes guns too.
And Michael Williams. Don't get me started on him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Williams_(Georgia_politician)

It's like an endless tragicomedy.

He is running against the current Lt. Gov (among others) who is way ahead in the polls.
The winner will face the Dem in Nov, Stacey Evans or Stacey Abrams.

[NNadir]

14. That boy should disguise himself as a fetus.

While they carry on endlessly about what they call "preborns," they have no problem shooting, executing denying health care to or starving fully viable human beings.

In Georgia, this sort of thing is likely to get the guy elected. It would be better of course if the kid wasn't white, but in a pinch it will do.

[trixie2]

42. Excellent points

[cp]

15. Actual Message: CONFIRMED! Tiny penis

Men I know who are confident in themselves do not feel the need for infinite guns. They treat the guns they have with respect. Most of all, they treat themselves and other people with respect.

[elmac]

16. we live in a very sick and disgusting country, nt

[Duppers]

19. Indeed.

[tclambert]

17. You guys just have no sense of humor. It's not like he made fun of someone's smoky eye shadow.

See, making a joke about killing people--that's funny. Making a joke about how much Sarah Huckabee-Sanders lies, well, that's just OVER THE LINE!

[KG]

18. just the latest confirmation.

[bronxiteforever]

20. Have to balance a budget, point a gun at someone

Have to improve education, point a gun at someone
Have to deal with personnel decisions, point a gun at someone.
This person obviously has no skills to act professionally in the role of a chief executive of a state.

[Gothmog]

22. K&R

[apkhgp]

23. Well boy am I relieved

Now we can go into this election with clarity and common sense. We all need to point guns at each other. Long live the 2nd Amendment.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

40. Ask them about the 1st and 4th

and the enabling clause of the 14th...and watch their eyes glaze over.

[Tarc]

24. Even the gun nuts should be angry over this

You never, ever point a gun at a person while you're cleaning, demonstrating, etc... This is like cardinal rule #1.

[47of74]

27. the gun nuts don't care anymore

They love pointing guns at others. Especially if the people they are pointing the weapons at are non white, christian, and so on...

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

39. At that range

there's many techniques to get ahold of that gun and disarm that fool. The techniques I'm aware of usually end w the butt of the gun across the head or directly in the nose and mouth area. CANNOT stand folks like this guy.

[justgamma]

25. The boy should have

walked in carrying a AK 57 with a few pistols in his waistband. Bet daddy wouldn't have pointed a gun at him.

[Gothmog]

28. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

[muntrv]

30. Point it at Trump or Roy Moore.

[Sophia4]

32. Unbelievable.

[Initech]

34. This is what happens when you have more guns than brains!

And that guy does not have what one would call a "healthy appreciation" for the 2nd amendment. If anything quite the opposite!

[Ilsa]

35. I counted ten guns, at least, in the ad.

Some were glimpses of part of a gun, like the barrel.

[PatrickforO]

36. OK, guy's clearly a jerk. My dad always told me to never, never, never point

a gun at anyone unless you intend to kill them.

That said...funny story...years ago, during the mid-1960s, my cousin J used to bring boys home and when my Uncle R knew, he'd be cleaning his shotgun when J brought the boy in. It was one of those that fold open, and Uncle R would snap it shut, then look up at the boy and begin asking questions.

What were his plans for the future?

How was he doing in school?

Did he have a job?

Were his intentions honorable?

J is now in her late 60s and can laugh about it, but at the time she was mortified.

[Moral Compass]

37. Aside from all the other things wrong with this...

Basic gun safety requires that you never ever point a gun at anyone unless of course you are planning on shooting that person.

What this idiot did on camera is illegal in almost every state as pointing a gun at anyone (especially a child) is considered to be threatening them with grievous harm and even death. Not just not cool but also not legal.

In Florida and many other states that boy would have been legally able to shoot that idiot.

What an incredible fuck stick.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

38. Guess what?

Run for the hills kid. A lunatic father in law is a life time of sorrow. Point a gun at me old man and you'd see and feel some business.

[dalton99a]

43. Brilliant move.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

44. Could this be any more tone deaf ?

I think kids feel that they've had enough guns pointed at them lately - Hell, since Columbine - that this shit is not funny at all. Anyone who thinks it is funny hasn't yet experienced the wrenching gut-twisting terror of having this happen near you. And that's always one of the first things you hear at the scene,"Oh we never thought this could happen hear." It can happen anywhere.

My niece is 15. She attends Marjory Stoneman Douglas Highschool. She did not herself get wounded or see anyone shot, but when SWAT came to the classroom to escort the kids outside, she walked past bodies lying in pools of blood and body parts splattered on the walls. One of the reasons it took a while to identify some of the children is because Cruz aimed for faces. She's 15. She will never be the same. Her innocence has been ripped away from her and this moment will define her life. We are worried for her future. She is such a sensitive girl.