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Sen. Pat Roberts: Nobody under 21 should have an AR-15 [GOPe]
Wichita Eagle ^ | Jonathan Shorman

Posted on 02/22/2018 12:42:13 PM PST by Alter Kaker

TOPEKA Sen. Pat Roberts supports placing an age restriction on the rifle that was used in a Florida school shooting where 17 people died.

The Kansas Republican said he believes Congress is ready to act and expects President Donald Trump to take the lead.

"This is an opportunity, if you look at these youngsters who are so emotionally tied in to this grief of losing their friends — but it’s more than gun control. But I think we’re ready as a Congress to actually pass something and I think it’s going to be better background checks. Certainly nobody under 21 should have an AR-15," Roberts told reporters at the Kansas Statehouse.

"I don’t know why anybody would want an AR-15 unless they’re going to take one out on the shooting range."

The call for an age restriction may place Roberts in tension with the National Rifle Association.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Florida; US: Kansas
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; ar15; banglist; dinosaur; fascism; feminism; florida; kansas; nra; parkland; patroberts; secondamendment; topeka; uniparty; yankee
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To: silverleaf

I’m sure the good senator thinks even deployed soldiers and marines should not carry the evil black things.


21 posted on 02/22/2018 12:49:55 PM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it is but it do.)
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To: ichabod1
"Can I have a rifle if it’s painted pink?"

That's probably ok, it's not an evil black rifle. Now that I think about it, are the leftist that hate evil black rifles by definition racists?
22 posted on 02/22/2018 12:50:28 PM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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I guess I'm GOPe too since I don't mind it being 21
23 posted on 02/22/2018 12:51:06 PM PST by KavMan
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To: ichabod1

Hmmm
Maybe they shouldnt be loading nukes either


24 posted on 02/22/2018 12:51:40 PM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Alter Kaker; KansasGirl; zerosix; yldstrk
Do you know what killed the dinosaurs?

Pat Roberts does.

25 posted on 02/22/2018 12:52:04 PM PST by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: Alter Kaker

Then we should raise the voting age to 21 as well.

You can’t have it both ways, Senator.


26 posted on 02/22/2018 12:52:18 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: Alter Kaker
...Nobody under 21 should have an AR-15 [GOPe]

I'll take an M1A.

27 posted on 02/22/2018 12:52:36 PM PST by nonsporting
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To: Alter Kaker
They can't legally smoke, drink or purchase a pistol right now.

While we're at it, maybe under-21s should have a parent's permission to enlist in the military.

Or vote.

28 posted on 02/22/2018 12:52:38 PM PST by Sooth2222 (O'Rourke's Circumcision Precept: You can take 10 percent off the top of anything.)
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To: ichabod1
Here ya go sweetie

Hello_Kitty

29 posted on 02/22/2018 12:52:59 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Yep....


30 posted on 02/22/2018 12:53:05 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.cwom/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M5)
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To: Alter Kaker

Fine. Just go buy a mini-14. Wood stock. Don’t look nearly as evil.


31 posted on 02/22/2018 12:53:07 PM PST by technically right
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Hello_Kitty
32 posted on 02/22/2018 12:53:56 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Alter Kaker
If the police have AR-15 type arms, then the citizens must retain that right.

That's the point of the 2nd Amendment.

33 posted on 02/22/2018 12:54:33 PM PST by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Alter Kaker

For military, voting, drinking, driving and parental independence, too, then. F’idiot!

Not that long ago, 16 year-olds snuck into our military to go and fight for America.


34 posted on 02/22/2018 12:54:37 PM PST by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: SkyDancer

You know, if I had to get killed by a rifle it would really suck (like extra suck) if it was a hello kitty rifle...


36 posted on 02/22/2018 12:55:31 PM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Does he want to take their right away to buy an inferior version of the M-16 they are carrying?

Yes. The goal is to forbid ANY citizen from personally owning and controlling weapons. The power of deadly force must be a government monopoly.

37 posted on 02/22/2018 12:55:42 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: fwdude
Isn’t drinking age an issue handled by each state?

Yes, it is, but with federal coercion. Any state that does not have a minimum drinking age of 21 doesn't receive federal highway funds.

38 posted on 02/22/2018 12:56:31 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: BenLurkin

Most of the 18-21 year olds today aren’t a fraction as mature as we were at 18 thirty to fourty years ago. If 18 year olds aren’t mature to own a rifle they aren’t old enough to vote, drink, or do other things they should be old enough to do. The handful that join the military are the exception and were probably raised right. The rest need safe spaces, teddy bears, and eat detergent for goodness sakes.


39 posted on 02/22/2018 12:56:58 PM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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To: mykroar
"I’ll be calling since I’m a Kansan."

If you do call him, tell him if the police carry AR-15's (or similar), then the citizens must retain the right to do so as well.

It might be an uncomfortable scenario for some, but it's the reason we have a 2nd Amendment.

40 posted on 02/22/2018 12:57:04 PM PST by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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