Posted on 11/20/2017 1:24:05 PM PST by Simon Green
Back in October, after the Mandalay Bay spree killing, Ohio resident Aaron Lawrence “had an epiphany.” He realized he could stop spree killings by destroying his AR-15. Or something like that. Anyway, it worked! PR-wise. WCET gave Mr. Lawrence’s meaningless protest all the attention it didn’t deserve. As wkrg.com reports, there’s been a copycat AR annihilation . . .
A gun enthusiast from southern California says he is taking a step to help destroy gun violence. A gun enthusiast from southern California says he is taking a step to help destroy gun violence. One of Chad Vachter’s prized possessions was a thousand-dollar AR-15 assault rifle. After seeing the growing number of mass shootings in the country, Vachter said he was fed up and decided to take a hammer to his gun, destroying it. “I can’t do it,” he said. “I can’t have something in my house that so easily could become a part of another situation like that, and I’m not going to be desensitized to it. I refuse to.”
Click here for wkrg.com‘s report. And before you dismiss Mr. Vachter as a misguided fool, know this: he supports the Second Amendment!
“The other night, when I read the thing about the school in northern California, I cried and I haven’t felt good since,” he said. “And although I’m still sad for all those victims and all the people affected, I feel like I’ve done the only thing that I can do in this equation. Even if it’s just a small thing, I did my part to make things better.” Yachter says he wants to be clear that he still supports the second amendment and will be keeping his shotgun and pistol. But he’s challenging other gun owners to destroy their assault weapons.
Yeah somehow I don’t think that whole chop-up your AR thing’s gonna catch on. Then again, virtue signaling gets you mad props in some quarters. Not ones that you and I frequent, but there it is: more ammunition for #blackgunsmatter.
Looks like he was trying to get it to shoot around corners.
Gutless pussy, or he REALLY wants to get laid by progressive hippy chicks...
I wish I had an AR-15 to destroy in protest. If anyone would like to donate one to me, for the cause of course, feel free. I intend to be more creative about the destruction of said donated weapon, however.
I intend to take the donated weapon boating. Message me if you might have a weapon to donate to this protest.
A couple of prize idiots.
I certainly hope that every other unhinged, psychotic, or insane gun owner who realizes the presence of a gun could cause them to shoot into a crowd will do the same.
Unfortunately, the problem with mass shootings is not the idiots who are self-aware like this guy so his actions won’t help in that. But his family and neighbors are no doubt safer.
That’s kinda my take on it. Anyone unbalanced enough to destroy their AR15 probably shouldn’t have one in the first place.
Talk about “Gun Violence”!!
These creeps have committed violence against guns!
And they have violated their constitutional right to exist. This was clearly politically-motivated murder.
And let’s not forget they were BLACK!
That’s right: it was a Hate Crime.
I intend to be more creative about the destruction of said donated weapon, however.
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Destroy it from the inside out.
Well that was a fail. He left his 10,000 rounds of ammunition laying around for somebody to abuse. If he was going to destroy the rifle he should have done it by rapid firing all that ammunition through his AR as fast as he could change magazines until it melted down.
A good idea if they’re that stupid.
I hope all the other evil guns are paying attention. Hopefully they will get the message and not shoot innocent people.
Ultimate meltdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSizVpfqFtw
***“had an epiphany.” He realized he could stop spree killings by destroying his AR-15. ***
This will do as much to stop spree killings as Rex Allen did when he ceased wearing his guns for public performances back in 1968 after the murder of Bobby Kennedy..
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Reminds me of an old Bill Mauldin cartoon from 1968. A mob is lynching a gun. A masked burglar is leaving the scene and says...”They let me go and lynched my gun!”
THAT my friends, is the power of what psychological operations can do.
I’m afraid to hurt my AR-15. The AR-10 might be watching and come after me....
Fidiot. If nuthin’ else, make a couple bucks off of it. Dumbass!
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