If you haven’t seen Biden’s response to the CNN/Youtube “debate’ question regarding gun control here it is:
Reason Magazine followed up with an interview with Mr. Townsend which, in my opinion, makes Townsend sound like less of a nutter than he came off in the video. I get what Townsend was going for, and I like it. I just think he failed a bit when it came to the actual presentation of it.
The Crypt has another followup on the story where we see this:
Biden even told The Crypt he would be happy to go hunting with Townsend, though the senator said he couldn’t equal Townsend’s firepower.“All I have is a 20 gauge and a 10 gauge shot gun. It won’t match his automatic weapon,” Biden said.
Errr.. what? My .223 AR-15 Bushmaster is pretty far down on the list of “go to” guns because it’s firing such a small, and weak, cartridge. My various shotguns (none of which are 10 gauge) rank higher on that list.
A complete magazine fired from a .223 AR-15 is going to result in 30 projectiles of 22 caliber flying through the air.
On the other hand a bone-stock 12 gauge Remington 870 Wingmaster loaded up with 9 pellet 00 Buck is going to send 45 projectiles of 35 caliber flying through the air.
Makes you wonder if Biden even knows that his shotguns are legal only by the grace of the Executive branch deeming them worthy of sporting purposes.
There are a lot of issues out there where people with strong views don’t totally understand the subject they are so adamandt about. Knee-jerk, emotional, and propaganda based reactions are a large political influence. Many who vote are influenced by these means and it becomes an uneducated mob mentality.
Case and point, you’ll notice how the crowd laughed at what Biden said when he insulted the caller. It’s sad the callers lack of political foresight in making that video as he was only understood by those “in the know” and gave ammunition to the mentality of our opposition. I have little doubt that anyone unknowing of truth related to the anti-gun lobby would agree with Biden. It’s political spin and a means to an end. The whole charade just gave legitimacy to the flawed views Biden followed up with.
If I were a betting man on truth, I’d have to say the “YouTube” video questions selected were done in a careful and deliberate manner. It seemed like one big act to me. Hopefully I’m wrong on that and many other things.