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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoni Ernst supports using guns agsint the government.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/10/23/3583433/joni-ernst-guns/"I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family whether its from an intruder, or whether its from the government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important,
Fox "News" endorsed this.
belzabubba333
(1,237 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)their own paranoia, then blamed the gov.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)NRA propganda and fear mongering and gloom and doom pessimism constantly assaults them with....and they just give in to the propaganda..weak minds...total strangers to logic.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)abound. They tend not to go to Generwl Discussion threads like this where they are outnumbered and their logic or lack thereof, is full displayed.
But I know what you mean, some are totally taken in by the RW propaganda and the NRA they refuse to admit or deny they support.
Propaganda works.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)why isn't this news splayed all over MSM?
Neon Gods
(222 posts)I wish the press had the guts to show how stupid (and dangerous!) RWers like Joni Ernst are. How can anyone not see that she is saying it's okay for Americans to shoot government representatives if they disagree with a law they believe isn't constitutional.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)I am already tired of her, smile.
tradewinds
(260 posts)COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Thespian2
(2,741 posts)she bragged about doing that as she grew up.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Cristofundamentalist base.
Initech
(100,102 posts)And this is what you get. Thanks NRA!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)agree with Fox News, even on this site.
Sad.
spanone
(135,873 posts)SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)You gotta love these morons. "Take up arms against... ME!!!!"
spanone
(135,873 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)brewens
(13,620 posts)at WACO as sinister attackers wearing their "Darth Vader" helmets? I'm not sure I look at what Vernon Howell and his goons did there as much different than someone murdering a cop. They were serving legal warrents for a good reason. Couldn't Howell and his goons have just complied as right-wingers tell us black people should do for police officers?
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)If the government (which, as so many DUers before me have helpfully pointed out, has employed Mrs. Ernst for many years even before she was elected) decides Joni Ernst needs to surrender her rights, aren't they going to send a platoon of paratroopers carrying rifles, machine guns and mortars to pick 'em up? Right now I'm picturing a somewhat-attractive, middle-aged female version of Eric Cartman standing in front of the statehouse in Des Moines with a pistol in one hand and a rifle in the other screaming "Respect Mah Authoritah!"
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Never hear of many progressives loving guns so much.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)It's a talisman that affords a bubble of protection around its carrier. If you have two, you're twice as safe! Wear it on a chain around your neck to your next baby shower, or kid's piano recital! No harm will come to you and yours. Ala-ka-zam!
Don't let notions of well regulated militia to fight the British when they return to claim their colonies (which they did in 1812) deter you, even tho' they come 1st in the Amendment, from thinking it's all about getting rid of laws and duly elected officials you just don't like.
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)The woman's crazy. thanks Iowa and you're welcome for Cory Gardner, who's just as crazy but doesn't sound it. Colorado pulled a boner with that one.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)So Annie needs a gun. And little Andrew also.
The NRA, Ted Nugent and Wayne Lapierre are folks with hate and illogical thinking on an industrial scale, violence filled, Apoolypse obsessed snake oil salesmen and grifters no true progressive should be anywhere near but to mock.
Abouttime
(675 posts)This bsc crazy woman should be prohibited from serving in the senate, what she is saying is not just wrong its inflammatory and dangerous. This is beyond free speech, didn't we learn anything after the tragic shooting of Gabby Giffords? Dangerous nutjobs like Palin and Ernst actually incite violence, they have no place in national politics. I hope my fellow Iowans band together and remove this disgrace from office before another gun toting crazy goes on a killing spree.
Just for Fun
(149 posts)and suggest that she resign from her newly elected seat to save face.
Force the GOP to do a special election.