Matt Gaetz shows just how stupid he is again...

[Archae]

Hey Matt, ever hear of "The St Valentine's Day Massacre?"

Matt Gaetz claims 'no mass shootings' when automatic weapons and cannons were legal

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) claimed on Monday that there had been "no mass shootings" in the era when automatic weapons were legal.

"Your grandparents used to be able to order mail-order automatic weapons, and when the Second Amendment was written, the American people, such as they were, could own cannons. No mass shootings back then," he said.

The National Firearms Act outlawing automatic weapons was enacted in 1934 due to an increase in gang crime, including mass shootings.

https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-automatic-weapons/

[Walleye]

1. Well I guess he's too young to have watched the Untouchables, maybe he doesn't watch anything in B&W

[dchill]

2. And how is it that this clod was not prosecuted?

Does his dad have that much pull? His Trumpfather?

[RockRaven]

4. The logic is: "the FL Repuke politician sex trafficker can't be prosecuted because the jury won't

believe the FL Repuke politician sex trafficker who would be the main witness"

IOW, Gaetz won't be prosecuted because Greenberg is a not very credible witness. In addition to being a thief and sex trafficker, Greenberg has accused other people (a political opponent, I think) of being sex traffickers before, so supposedly that means the jury won't believe him about Gaetz even with whatever other corroborating evidence may exist this time.

[dchill]

5. Then why give Greenberg any deal?

[RockRaven]

7. An excellent question, which I would like to know the honest answer to...

Not sure we will ever hear that much candor from the prosecutors involved.

They can always fall back on "to prevent the cost and risk of a trial, and we got him to plead guilty to very serious charges, one of which has a long mandatory minimum" and just make the plea deal decision about Greenberg himself (most criminal charges in the US don't go to trial after all). But that doesn't explain why they spent so long delaying his sentencing while he was supposedly cooperating very thoroughly. That's just hanging out there...

[dchill]

8. It begs explanation, absolutely.

[gratuitous]

3. And even if Gaetz's facts were right (they aren't right)

What does life in the United States in the 1930s have to do with the daily carnage going on now? If you're not willing to do anything about, Buckethead, get out of the way so the grown-ups can do something.

[rsdsharp]

6. Clyde Barrow's favorite weapon was a BAR with a cut down stock.

He had several. He called them his “whippit” guns, because he could hold it by a sling over his shoulder, and whip it out from under a coat.

He probably didn’t use it in a “mass shooting” as defined today, but he used it to break people out of Huntsville prison, numerous bank robberies and shoot outs with police.

[republianmushroom]

9. But Daddy, will protect him.

[orthoclad]

10. He's not stupid. He's rich,

and in Congress.
After not getting charged for multiple sex crimes.

Another case of DOJ high-roading.

[Skittles]

11. yeah well we didn't hear so much about serial killers "back in the day" either

crime, like everything else, evolves

[B.See]

12. Has (no doubt) a PhD in sociopathic BATS*ITTERY