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Tommy_Carcetti

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Fri Jun 22, 2012, 03:11 PM Jun 2012

JoeySam the Unlicensed Plumber and Rep. Allen West (R-Crazytown): Two Birdbrains of a Feather

Both have made the incredibly stupid, flawed claim that gun control was to blame for the holocaust.

The story:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/allen-west-also-blames-gun-control-for-the-holocau

Allen West told a crowd at a campaign stop in 2010 that gun control in Germany was essentially responsible for the Holocaust — the same argument made by Joe the Plumber in a video this past week.

"In 1930, there was a gentleman in Germany who took away private gun ownership and you know what happened to that population," West says in the video. "You must be well informed and well armed, because this government we have right now is a tyrannical government."

The statement echoes what Samuel Wurzelbacher (a.k.a. Joe the Plumber) said this week in a campaign video.

"In 1939, Germany established gun control," Wurzelbacher says in his video while loading a gun. "From 1939 to 1945, six million Jews and seven million others, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated."
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"You know, the Nazis had pieces of flair they made the Jews wear."

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JoeySam the Unlicensed Plumber and Rep. Allen West (R-Crazytown): Two Birdbrains of a Feather (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2012 OP
Maybe McCain's frightening prophecy "You're all Joe the Plumber" is coming true! struggle4progress Jun 2012 #1
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