UPDATE: It gets better. DeGette’s office responds by making another false statement about how guns work. Maybe making weed legal wasn’t a good idea? Or maybe lead sponsors on federal legislation and their staff should have to know about a topic before writing law on it.
DeGette spokeswoman Juliet Johnson on Wednesday said the senior congresswoman from Denver “misspoke” and then issued another erroneous statement about guns.
“The congresswoman has been working on a high-capacity assault magazine ban for years and has been deeply involved in the issue; she simply misspoke in referring to ‘magazines’ when she should have referred to ‘clips,’ which cannot be reused because they don’t have a feeding mechanism,” Johnson said.
Actually, clips in most guns can be reused as well.
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Congresswoman Diana DeGette, who is pushing a federal gun magazine ban, got caught on tape at a Denver Post forum yesterday exposing her raw and unyielding ignorance when it comes to basic gun knowledge.
In the forum Rep. DeGette was talking about magazines when she inadvertently displayed her utter lack of gun knowledge, saying:
“I will tell you these are ammunition, they’re bullets, so the people who have those now they’re going to shoot them, so 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.”
No, Diana, gun magazines are not expendable. You can reload them. It’s a modern marvel of technology!
Conservative video site, Revealing Politics, reported on the statement yesterday. This morning, The Denver Post‘s Democrat blogger Allison Sherry got around to writing up the gaffe, but somehow “mistakenly” forgot to credit Revealing Politics with catching the error a full day before the Post.
“Forgot.”
Regardless of the Post‘s pettiness, national journalists across the country picked up on the shocking statement, joining the Colorado conservatives already mocking the Denver Democrat:
This is a rather remarkable piece of video: CO Democrat Doesn’t Understand High-Capacity Magazines Can Be Reloaded realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/04/…
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) April 3, 2013
In addition to her ignorance about guns, Rep. DeGette is also mean to old people. bit.ly/13S6PZd
— Matt Cover (@MattCover) April 3, 2013
Matt Cover’s tweet is in reference to DeGette insulting a senior citizen who worried about the response time of police when his home is being invaded, which DeGette dismissed, telling the senior “you’d probably be dead anyway.” Real classy, Diana.
@buzzfeedandrew i can tell you from personal experience: diana degette is a specialcase; she has no idea. period.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) April 3, 2013
House Democrat confuses her own gun-control proposal wapo.st/10rHSyz
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlakeWP) April 3, 2013
Are there any Democrats in Colorado that @revealpolitics HASN’T blown up nationally? #coleg
— Colo Peak Politics (@COpeakpolitics) April 3, 2013
Cw Sanders LOL. The only crime is ripping off the citizenry for something "legal". Why are they not letting people grow their own for free. I heard the state is raking in millions of dollars a day in huge taxes, and the weed is selling for $500+ a pound. Now that is moronic.
They feel empowered because their mentor, Joe Bite-me, constantly walks around with either his foot in his mouth or head up his posterior. Democraps have to be morons…otherwise they'd muzzle him!
Even the president describes modern sporting rifles as "automatic weapons". Michelle also repeated this erroneous gaff. The fact that so many call them assault weapons (which are by definition, also full auto) simply murkys the public waters. They spread disinfo, some by intent others by ignorance, so we will see the 2nd amendment destroyed by their control of the dialogue.
While knowledgeable people find hilarity in this legislators' ignorance, they should also remember that she is voting to infringe on the Bill of Rights armed only with misinformation. She spreads this misinformation to her supporters who actually embrace ignorance. Colorado will get gun control laws based on this special type of stupidity. Then Obama will hold Colorado up as the example all other states should follow, and eventually the Federal Government.
What's ironic, is everyone sat in that room and not one pointed out just how wrong she is. Never let facts get in the way of agenda, especially when destroying the Bill Of Rights. Facts have no place in the shredding of our Constitution. Remember, socialism/statism is a good thing. Say it over and over while ignoring history. Big government is our friend. They give away free stuff to people they like.
Apparently, morons love their own company. Legalization, decriminalization and medical marijuana laws all increase crime, not decrease it as its supporters claim http://edgogek.com/brief-summary/
If this isn't a tell all I don't know what to say. The problem is there are just as many stupid people or should I say uninformed people out there listening to this logic, pumping their fist in support. People need to read the rule book before speaking.
She's a special kind of stupid.
Here's your sign.
As an avid follower of your blog, I only have to say, legalizing weed was a good-damn idea 🙂 🙂 🙂
Unfortunately, even if you make idiots like DeGette illegal, they will just reload their brains with more garbage and, eventually they get reelected and they're back in circulation, spewing stupidity. Not like magazines and clips, which, according to this expert, can only be used once and then must be thrown away. It would be funny if these weren't the morons trying to disarm us and tax us to pay for it.
The Colorado democrat legislators just keep opening their mouths and talking. It is one thing for people to think you are stupid, it is another to speak up and prove it.
Stupid moronic government employees. Fire them all. I'm sick to death of the mess.
That's it-drive Colorado further down Laffingstock Lane
ROFLMBO!!! MORON ALERT!!
She is a dumb bitch. 'nuff said.
Diana DeGette is just an embarrassment, plain and simple. I cringe every time I see a picture of that grinning dolt. It doesn't say much for the people of Denver that they have kept er-electing her.
You'd think if you were going to support an issue you'd at least have a clue about what you're supporting. Fortunately I can say I claim no responsibility for this moron being in office in Colorado!
Stupid is that Stupid does!
Stupid is as stupid does…
This is what happens when morons are allowed a slight bit of power.