Rep. Steve King: Gun Access A ‘Higher Calling’ Than ‘One Event Of Violence’
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Only it’s not just “one event.”
“Yes, we have a Second Amendment,” King explained. “And even if some of this violence could be stopped by confiscating all the guns, we have a charge, our charge is to defend freedom and liberty. We are the bastion of western civilization, and that requires us to be able to defend ourselves against tyranny.”
King continued, “That’s the charge that our founding fathers gave us, that’s in our culture, we know that, we’ve had to do that worldwide. So, it’s a much higher calling than believing that somehow we end one event of violence.”
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AAASuperPatriot June 22nd, 2015 at 9:07 pm
Who would Jesus shoot?
Anomaly 100 June 22nd, 2015 at 9:21 pm
He’d just go out shootin’ people all willy nilly.
granpa.usthai June 22nd, 2015 at 11:48 pm
old black women who rape his women I guess?
Carla Akins June 22nd, 2015 at 9:12 pm
If it were only just one event.
tracey marie June 22nd, 2015 at 9:15 pm
what about voting rights, what about equality…take a nap old man you are babbling again.
Larry Schmitt June 23rd, 2015 at 12:44 am
Make it a permanent nap this time.
Anomaly 100 June 22nd, 2015 at 9:20 pm
“And even if some of this violence could be stopped by confiscating all the guns, we have a charge, our charge is to defend freedom and liberty.”
Freedom to die? FFS!
ExPFCWintergreen June 22nd, 2015 at 9:21 pm
So King is arguing that yokels in Iowa need guns to protect our “bastion” in case Belize or maybe Liechtenstein mounts Operation America Freedom and invades us with their massive armies?
Warman1138 June 22nd, 2015 at 10:53 pm
King can’t count.
liberalMD June 22nd, 2015 at 11:01 pm
I would not restrict gun access for only one death. But how many would it take to convince you, Steve? One hundred? One thousand?
How about over one hundred fifty thousand? And that’s just in the last five years and is undoubtedly an underestimate. That’s 5% of the population of Iowa. Still not convinced?
granpa.usthai June 22nd, 2015 at 11:50 pm
that’s why 21st century America needs to catch up with the times and GO NUCLEAR!
NW10 June 23rd, 2015 at 12:03 am
No credible Democrat or liberal has called for the confiscation of firearms Rep. King!
Larry Schmitt June 23rd, 2015 at 12:46 am
But, but, Obama. Confiscation.
Larry Schmitt June 23rd, 2015 at 12:43 am
Joe Not the Plumber said essentially the same after the Newtown massacre. He was an a$$hole too.
allison1050 June 23rd, 2015 at 2:08 am
one event..event! 9 people murdered and he calls it an event.
Greebo June 23rd, 2015 at 4:32 am
Especially since there’s no shortage of similar “events”.
bpollen June 23rd, 2015 at 4:43 am
“We are the bastion of western civilization” should be changed to “We are the bastards of western civilization”
jybarz June 23rd, 2015 at 6:15 am
“…our charge is to defend freedom and liberty.”
from who?
from President Obama?
from Democrats?
from sane people?
You, sir, the NRA, Republican and Democrat gun-nuts are bloody INSANE!
“…end one event of violence.”
What?
30,000+ gun deaths every year are monumentally beyond one event, A$$HOLE!
rg9rts June 23rd, 2015 at 6:26 am
Steve will never get it …even as someone puts one between his eyes
Chris June 23rd, 2015 at 7:31 am
Nice to see you’re grieving the loss of Christians, whom you are always looking out for, to a bigot, Steve.
William June 23rd, 2015 at 7:55 am
Did he say “one event of violence”?
Seriously?