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Rep. Diana DeGette (Colorado) draws criticism for "pretty stupid" ammo-magazine comment
Boulder Daily Camera ^ | 04/04/2013 | Allison Sherry

Posted on 04/04/2013 10:28:16 AM PDT by Second Amendment First

Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette drew national criticism Wednesday for remarks made at a public forum in which she said banning high-capacity in ammunition magazines would be effective in reducing gun violence because "the bullets will have been shot and there won't be any more available."

For years in Congress, DeGette has been the prime sponsor on a federal ban on high-capacity magazines.

But despite the congresswoman's claim, ammunition magazines can be reloaded with more bullets and can be reused hundreds of times.

"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," she said at Tuesday's forum, hosted by The Denver Post's editorial board.

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycamera.com ...


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KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; secondamendment
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To: Second Amendment First

Mis spoke? DUH I’d call that a dumb@** attack and it hit her hard.


21 posted on 04/04/2013 11:10:09 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Bitsy
Aren’t most leftist/democrat females? And angry too. Maybe that’s beause they’re ugly and stupid and can’t do anything about it.

That would explain many things, wouldn't it?


22 posted on 04/04/2013 11:27:21 AM PDT by Cymbaline ("Allahu Akbar": Arabic for "Nothing To See Here" - Mark Steyn)
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To: Second Amendment First

Colorado sheriff message.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRv5BIzn2bg


23 posted on 04/04/2013 11:31:29 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Second Amendment First

It was funny that the spokesperson that was supposed to “clarify” the statement was just as ignorant and made the comment worse.

This begs the question -

WHAT BUSINESS DOES THIS WOMAN HAVE MAKING LEGISLATION CONCERNING FIREARMS!!!??


24 posted on 04/04/2013 11:32:08 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Bitsy

Let’s make sure we get cause and effect in the correct order.

Unattractive and abrasive leads to non-acceptance in normal society leads to demand for acceptance leads to requiring acceptance through force (government).


25 posted on 04/04/2013 11:34:18 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: rktman

Is that the same Nancy Skinner that was on the radio in Chicago? and later I think she may have been on Fox News a little.


26 posted on 04/04/2013 11:41:53 AM PDT by CMailBag
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To: CMailBag

Not sure. The brilliant nancy skinner is in berzerkley kali but I don’t no where she came from or how she got there. I SERIOUSLY doubt she was ever on Fox except in a report about lunatics running loose in kali.


27 posted on 04/04/2013 11:46:51 AM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST MR. PRESIDENT!(not that we'd get the truth!))
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To: Zakeet

This creature is unfit to live in a free society.

What would Michael Collins do?


28 posted on 04/04/2013 11:53:19 AM PDT by Noumenon (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: grobdriver
Yup -- she doesn't understand how stripper clips work, either!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripper_clip

(This is only a few keystrokes away. Can they possibly be that stupid? It must be deliberate!)

29 posted on 04/04/2013 11:53:31 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: Cymbaline

What about the gal from code pink? Ugggggg


30 posted on 04/04/2013 11:56:18 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: Sooth2222
This is only a few keystrokes away

I'm sure she has "staff" to do such mundane things as researching topics on which she will offer wisdom - staffers who are equally lazy and ignorant.

31 posted on 04/04/2013 11:58:24 AM PDT by grobdriver
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To: mountainlion
Patricia Schroeder wanted to fire all cattle guards

I thought Biden said that.

32 posted on 04/04/2013 12:31:46 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Triple
That this woman has a position of any authority in our country is very troubling.

What is really troubling is that persons like her, hank johnson, queen sheila, maxine waters, nancy piglousy, etc., get elected [and reelected time after time] with such a high percentage of the vote. They have low information voters in their respective districts.

33 posted on 04/04/2013 1:40:46 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (For Jay Carney - I heard your birth certificate is an apology from the condom factory.)
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To: Second Amendment First

It sounds like simple stupidity at first. But it’s also a tell — what she really has in her mini-mind is drying up the ammo supply. No doubt she heard Leftists rappin’ about their scheme de jour, but was so dumb she conflated it with the magazine ban scheme de yesterday.

Where do the Democrats find people with IQ’s this low?


34 posted on 04/04/2013 2:20:14 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Second Amendment First

‘Pretty stupid!?!’ No, DeGette has revealed that she is inter-galactic stupid.


35 posted on 04/04/2013 2:43:54 PM PDT by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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