GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul recently appeared on ABC’s The View, a talk show known for its liberal bias.
Given President Obama’s recent gun-control speech, the issue of guns was sure to come up, and it did. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg desperately tried to corner Paul on the issue but failed miserably.
“Automatic weapons, they’re not for hunting. They do nothing — they’re only there to kill. And you’ll notice that a lot of things that happened are with automatic weapons,” she claimed to Paul. “When we see that why don’t we say, ‘Who really needs to have one other than people that are at war?’”
The audience, who likely shares political views with Whoopi, erupted in applause. Then Paul corrected Whoopi to let her know that automatic weapons are not available to the public without a tax stamp and federal background check. Also, citizens can’t own automatic weapons manufactured after 1986.
In fact, automatic firearms were banned in 1934.
Rand then points out that Whoopi is likely talking about semi-automatic firearms, which only fire one shot per pull of the trigger. He also points out that people do hunt and compete in shooting sports with semi-automatic rifles.
Rand also explained that it’s not necessarily the background checks themselves that many gun owners object to, it’s the fact that to truly enforce universal background checks, you would need a national gun registry, which is opposed by most gun owners.
Check out the video:
Now tell me this wasn’t the funniest thing you have seen in a while! Whoopi was still trying to get the last word, but the damage had been done.
Did you enjoy this embarrassing moment for the members of The View? Share your opinions below in our comment section.
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Even after she was told there is an automatic weapons ban, she was still going on about outlawing automatic weapons. And she is a gun owner?
Yes. it is somewhat of a shame that Whoopie G. doesnt know enough about the subject she was mouthing in order to make a correct statement. However, that reflects Whoopie G. and many other "public" persons, who spread fraudulent ideas provided by propagandists.
A german-born acquaintance of mine told me yesterday that if all guns were taken from Americans the gun violence would stop. He obviously knows less than Whoopie G.
Goldberg used "automatic weapons" meaning "semi-auto military assault rifles." Technically off a tad, but all viewers knew what she meant and a good 75% of them agreed outright. Hunters don't need military assault weapons to take out a deer, blowing the meat off the carcass, rendering it useless as food. Everyone knows that the reason people buy military assault rifles is to stock up for war as a nutball band of idiot militia members.
Be for stocking up like a good gun nut. Don't try BSing people telling them you're a hunt advocate with it. Real hunters use single-shot sniper rifles. You can still be a good domestic terrorist with single-shot carbine rifles. Or are you such a bad shot you need to unload 1000 rounds into a school to hit 30 kids and their teachers?