Colorado Rep. Diana DeGuette put up a post over at the Huffington Post on Friday because she wanted to clarify her idiotic statements from last week, or something.
Rather than debate me on the merits of this common-sense proposal, the gun lobby has decided to distort remarks I made at a recent forum in Denver to attack me personally. After the forum, opponents of my bill intentionally mischaracterized one phrase from my remarks, spreading half-truths to mobilize their on-line allies. This is what they do and what they have done for decades to distract the public conversation from the critical issue of reducing gun violence. And this week they employed these tactics to undermine my high-capacity magazine ban.
The gun lobby wants to divert the public’s attention from the fact that a high-capacity magazine ban would reduce the number of magazines in circulation, simply because they would no longer be available for lawful purchase. If Congress passed a high-capacity magazine ban, disturbed individuals like the Aurora shooter would not be able to purchase a 100-round magazine through a few clicks on a website, or buy a 30-round magazine at their local sporting goods store.
No ma’am. You said something stupid that proved you have no idea about the items you are trying ban. You can mischaracterize the reaction to that as much as you like, but the secret is out.
We know you want to eventually disarm law-abiding firearms owners and deny them their civil rights. That is why we are exposing you as an know-nothing. Your hope to dance in the blood of victims in order to score political points is quite blatant. And disgusting.
Noooo, Diana-honey, we *want* you to keep spouting off. Proving what a staggering ignoramus you and all your kind are.
What color is the sky on her planet, that quoting her verbatim and posting videos of her all over the internet are attempts to “silence” her?