@yarotrof@Antonio86170786 You work for the wsj and think starlink and starshield are the same? It appears you work for Ukraine and spread its propaganda.
@brgdbrs@Osint613@andyburnham They cannot increase spending. All defense monies have been diverted to social programs. Any disruption to social programs will result in mass unrest.
Beto O’Rourke (former Texas congressman and 2020 presidential candidate): During the September 2019 Democratic debate, he said: “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47. We’re not going to allow it to be used against our fellow Americans anymore.” He explicitly backed a mandatory buyback of these rifles. He has reaffirmed the position in later interviews and did not express regret.
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Kamala Harris (then-Senator, later Vice President): In 2019, she stated, “I support a mandatory gun buyback program” for assault weapons and said they needed to be taken “off the streets.” She also discussed executive action on gun issues if Congress did not act. Her 2024 presidential campaign later clarified she no longer supported mandatory buybacks (favoring a ban on future sales instead) and said “We’re not taking anybody’s guns away.”
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Eric Swalwell (California Congressman and brief 2020 presidential candidate): He called for banning possession of military-style semi-automatic rifles, with a buyback or restriction to ranges/clubs, and criminal prosecution for those who refuse. In a 2018 Twitter exchange responding to someone saying resistance would mean war, he replied: “And it would be a short war my friend. The government has nukes. Too many of them. But they’re legit.” He later described the nuclear reference as sarcasm.
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Cory Booker (New Jersey Senator and 2020 presidential candidate): He supported an assault weapons ban and mandatory-style buyback approaches. When asked if non-compliant owners should face prosecution/jail after a grace period, he said there should be “a reasonable period in which people can turn in these weapons” under a ban. He has also pushed federal licensing requirements for gun ownership.
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Joe Biden: As a candidate and president, he has repeatedly supported reinstating and expanding an assault weapons and high-capacity magazine ban. His plans included a voluntary buyback or requiring registration of existing ones under the highly restrictive National Firearms Act. In one 2019 exchange, when told that people fear a Biden administration means “they’re going to come for my guns,” he replied “Bingo. You’re right, if you have an assault weapon. The fact of the matter is they should be illegal, period.” He has consistently denied wanting to take all guns and has said he supports the Second Amendment for hunting and other uses. The 1994 ban he helped pass grandfathered existing guns.
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Others, such as Bill de Blasio (during his short 2020 run), expressed support for mandatory buybacks. Some candidates (e.g., Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders) favored treating certain semi-automatics like machine guns under the NFA (registration, tax, background checks) rather than full mandatory surrender. Chuck Schumer noted in 2019 that O’Rourke was relatively alone among prominent Democrats in pushing mandatory confiscation-style buybacks at that time, though others were open to similar ideas.
@aberdeen40b@KINGSCHRECK@AZ_Intel_ Name another right you have to pass a test for? It is a right, I agree that you can lose that right but there should be no requirements to enjoy it. There are plenty, plenty of dems telling you they want to take away guns, you choose to ignore them at our peril.
@PanthersAnalyst He only had 64 yds, if I told you Bake would only have 64 yards you would have been ecstatic. It's the 258 that beat you... And the 4.
@Judd29230Judd@Panthers As a Bucs fan I'm not sure they're that bad but they certainly are not a good team. The 10 minute 96 yard drive where every play was a run would be hard for coaching to ignore. I would love to hear their thoughts.
@aberdeen40b@KINGSCHRECK@AZ_Intel_ Because you can't take away people's rights without cause. If you are a law abiding citizens you have a right to own a gun. The second is our most important right, all others can be easily taken away without armed citizens.
@DefunctWebs@AZ_Intel_ Wanna bet they have a good life? Don't have to struggle to eat, sleep in ac and heat. The left tells them they have a bad life, they believe it while living better than kings did.