Im tired of the NRA being demonized: House Republican defends pulling out loaded gun at meeting

[turbinetree]

During a Monday morning interview on Fox & Friends, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) said he has no regrets about pulling out a loaded gun during a meeting with constituents last Friday morning.

Asked if he’d do it again, Norman said, “absolutely. I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“The only reason I pulled a gun out — or placed the gun at a table — was to prove a point that the gun doesn’t shoot by itself,” Norman said.

Norman said he pulled out his gun to make a point to members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America who were in attendance when Norman met with constituents at a diner in Rock Hill, South Carolina.


https://thinkprogress.org/ralph-norman-pulls-gun-during-constituent-event-no-regrets-b3ef2e5a113e/


FUCK YOU ..........................


November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

[PoorMonger]

2. Yikes

Here’s to hoping this nut job gets votes out.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Shaking my head

[magicarpet]

4. Branishing a weapon or a gun.

What an idiot...


"Brandishing” or “improper exhibition” or “defensive display” or “unlawful display” (or whatever your state and jurisdiction calls it) depends specifically on your state and jurisdiction. Very generally, however, for an operating definition “brandishing” means to display, show, wave, or exhibit the firearm in a manner which another person might find threatening. You can see how widely and differently this can be subjectively interpreted by different “reasonable” individuals and entities. The crime can actually be committed in some states by not even pointing a firearm at someone. In some states it’s a Misdemeanor crime and in others a Felony. So, focus, think rationally, know your state’s law, and be careful out there.

[Hoyt]

5. No, he pulled out a gun to intimidate. That's just about as bad as murdering someone, especially

when it's used on a spouse, as a racist act, and the like.

Our gun problem is far more than just the number of innocent people gunners kill.

[YessirAtsaFact]

10. This

[Turbineguy]

6. Does the NRA benefit Amazon?

Does the idea of walking around in a Mall with open-carry idiots dampen anyone's ardor into staying home and shopping through Amazon?

[gratuitous]

7. Makes one wonder

Would Rep. Norman be all right meeting with a constituent who insisted on carrying a loaded rifle into his office?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

12. Not if they're African-American and/or a Democrat

[Initech]

8. The NRA is a bully organization. They deserve all the demonizing they get.

[Eliot Rosewater]

9. He will shoot himself sooner or later, by accident. They always do.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. I think that his reckless behavior demonstrates the concerns of most of us about guns

He's darn lucky the gun didn't go off and accidentally shoot a constituent (this time). His constituents may not be so lucky next time they meet with him and he decides to pull a similar stunt, however.

[Xolodno]

13. So by his logic...

...we should eliminate all car and road safety rules and regulations because cars don't cause accidents, hit people, etc. Its the driver.