Thursday, April 04, 2013

Getting Her Stupid On

Colorado Democrat Blooper

Colorado Democrat's Ignorance On Guns Makes Forum Laugh After Stupid Comment

Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette has been the lead sponsor on a federal ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines in two Congresses, saying it's one of her top priorities.

But Tuesday at a Denver Post forum on the gun control debate, the senior congresswoman from Denver appeared to not understand how guns work.

Asked how a ban on magazines holding more than 15 rounds would be effective in reducing gun violence, DeGette said:
"I will tell you these are ammunition, they're bullets, so the people who have those now they're going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won't be any more available."

What she didn't appear to understand is that a magazine can be reloaded with more bullets. According to the Shooter's Log, only early on were magazines for AR-15s designed to be disposable, but the military changed that and now magazines are used several times. In handguns, a magazine is designed to be reused hundreds of times.

After her remarks, the audience in the forum at The Denver Post building started laughing - apparently everyone in the room knew this except for her, a gun control "expert".

Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith, responding as the audience was laughing, urged people who hadn't shot a gun to "get the facts ... Let's be educated as we make this decision."

Bless her heart. Someone should probably explain to her that it really depends on which magazine you're reading. Some aren't worth looking at a second time - but some you'll want to hang on to, like old copies of National Geographic were the African ladies nipples look like giant pepperonis.

1 comment:

InsomniacSeeker said...

I'm surprised she can feed herself. Wait, maybe she uses Obama's boob. bwahaha....