Joni Ernst (R): My Gun Will Defend Me If Government Decides My Rights Are No Longer Important

[TomCADem]

It seemed like not too long ago even after the Gabby Giffords shooting, Congressional Republicans were big advocates of Americans taking advantage of their Second Amendment remedies in the event they believed that the federal government was not properly responsive to their concerns or respectful of their rights. Perhaps Joni Ernst and Ted Cruz may want to clarify that it is not a good idea for citizens to go Dirty Harry as a means of political expression.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/joni-ernst-guns_n_6032164.html

WASHINGTON — Joni Ernst, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa, said during an NRA event in 2012 that she would use a gun to defend herself from the government.

“I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere,” Ernst said at the NRA and Iowa Firearms Coalition Second Amendment Rally in Searsboro, Iowa. “But I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family — whether it’s from an intruder, or whether it’s from the government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important.”

Ernst made the remark a little more than a month after gunman James Holmes allegedly killed 12 people and injured 58 in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Ernst’s campaign did not respond to The Huffington Post’s request for comment about the remark on Wednesday evening.

Earlier this year, Ernst released an ad in which she points a gun at the camera and vows to “unload” on Obamacare.

[bresue]

1. Unfortunately she is my Senator...the idiot!!!

[guillaumeb]

2. A Sarah Palin "idiot award" for Ms. Ernst.

Where were all of the gun carriers?

[Kleveland]

3. Ahhhh, I am confused. Look around!

Your Godamned Old Party is doing just what you fear. WTF are you on about?

Can you even flush a toilet without help?

Do you know your right from your left?

[MFM008]

4. Because

Guns are the solution right?
Just like today. Right?

[Bettie]

5. She's dumb enough to figure

the cure for drowning is more water.

And she represents the state I reside in. Not me, mind you, but a few wealthy special interests in and out of the state.

[oasis]

6. Do the courts somehow fit into your overall scheme of things?

Since when is "law" not a go to remedy?

[madinmaryland]

7. FUCK THE NRA. and Joni Ernst is going to hell with the NRA and Wayne LaPierre. Fuck them all.