Colorado Democrat Rep. Diana DeGette may never live this down, and gun rights supporters are hoping she doesn't. The Congresswoman is on fire about banning high-capacity magazines as a means of curbing gun violence, as if the criminals care. But while commenting at a Denver Post forum earlier this week, DeGette responded to a question about the number of magazines already in existence that won't disappear once the ban is in place. This is how she answered:
"I will tell you these are ammunition - bullets - so the people who have those now, they are going to shoot them, and so if you ban - 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."
In other words, once the magazines are empty, you have to throw them away. Except you don't.
And if you think that's dumb, the story gets worse. A spokesman for Rep. DeGette compounded this dismal display of ignorance by issuing a statement saying the Congresswoman "simply misspoke - "she should have referred to 'clips' which cannot be reused because they don't have a feeding mechanism."
Wrong again. And besides, the original question was specifically about high capacity magazines, not clips. So Rep. DeGette answered the question as asked. The problem is that she doesn't have a clue what she's talking about. Not about magazines, not about guns, not about anything related to the subject.
They live among us and they vote - on our laws in Congress. No wonder the country is in such a mess.
(This item from www.foxnews.com, Denver Post and other sources.)
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