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Left-wing gun owners worried about Washington gun ban
Bearing Arms ^ | 4/24/23 | Tom Knighton

Posted on 04/24/2023 4:34:29 PM PDT by CFW

As we’ve been watching Washington state slowly turn from pro-gun to anti-Second Amendment, no one was much surprised that many lawmakers there want to be so-called assault weapons.

These are much-vilified guns and a symbol of gun rights supporters–a movement typically and understandably associated with the American right.

However, it seems liberal gun owners in Washington state are concerned about at least some ramifications of an assault weapon ban.

Washington is about to become the 10th state to ban assault weapons.

Under the new law, expected to be signed by Governor Jay Inslee shortly as the bill was passed by the legislature Wednesday, it will be illegal to buy, transfer or export any firearm that falls under Washington’s definition of an assault weapon.

But some Washington residents told VICE News that they’re worried the ban creates a situation where “traditional” gun owners—white, male conservatives—are sitting on an arsenal of high-powered weapons, which emerging demographics of gun owners, like LGBTQ people, leftists and minorities, no longer have access to.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; assaultweaponsban; banglist; guncontrol
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Read the final of the excerpted above paragraphs and then laugh. Those that currently have "assault" weapons still have them, but the GIBLET people are now worried that since they can't purchase one because of this new law, they are and will remain out-gunned.
1 posted on 04/24/2023 4:34:29 PM PDT by CFW
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Be afraid - be very afraid.

LoL


2 posted on 04/24/2023 4:37:40 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now... )
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The irony is that if all these “traditional” gun owners — white male conservatives — were such a threat to the “GIBLET” people the “GIBLET” people would have been targeted for victims a long time ago. But, they haven’t. Thus, this crybaby just blew his own argument.


3 posted on 04/24/2023 4:41:57 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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...they’re worried the ban creates a situation where “traditional” gun owners—white, male conservatives—are sitting on an arsenal of high-powered weapons, which emerging demographics of gun owners, like LGBTQ people, leftists and minorities, no longer have access to.

Damn shame about those unintended consequences, isn't it? I suppose the only thing to do is break down those conservatives' doors, ransack their houses, and steal their guns. Then we'll all be safe, right?

My friends living in the eastern half of the state are tearing their hair out at the stupidity. You can't get through to the anti-gunners, it's part of their culture war and they won't listen to reason. Now they're worried that they won't be able to buy the guns they're banning. Wrap your head around that one.

4 posted on 04/24/2023 4:45:29 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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“The irony is that if all these “traditional” gun owners — white male conservatives — were such a threat to the “GIBLET” people the “GIBLET” people would have been targeted for victims a long time ago.”

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That’s so true. And the media carries so much fault in these people’s belief that they are at risk from white male conservatives. From the media reporting after the Tennessee Church murders by the GIBLET member, one would have thought that a Christian white male had just killed six GIBLETS with an arsenal of machine guns.


5 posted on 04/24/2023 4:45:36 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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Stupid democrats getting exactly what they voted for...nice and hard.


6 posted on 04/24/2023 5:10:14 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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Ok...whats a GIBLET people?


7 posted on 04/24/2023 5:10:31 PM PDT by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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GIBLET Sounds like poultry organ meant


8 posted on 04/24/2023 5:14:37 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
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Oh, like tracer rounds, infringements go both ways. Your candidates.


9 posted on 04/24/2023 5:17:39 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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The whack job far left lawmakers do not give a damn; they’re busy consolidating power, fortifying their states, and moving on to the next areas to dominate. Not to sound blackpilled, but this is in all likelihood permanent.


10 posted on 04/24/2023 5:18:09 PM PDT by Antihero101607
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The left’s solution to the “uneven” distribution of firearms will not be to let others purchase their own. It will be to confiscate the firearms from those that have them. That’s where they are headed in Washington State.


11 posted on 04/24/2023 5:23:20 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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Ok...whats a GIBLET people?
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I was going to ask the same question but then realized that I really don’t give a rats ass what it is


12 posted on 04/24/2023 5:28:45 PM PDT by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW) )
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Good luck with that.


13 posted on 04/24/2023 5:30:12 PM PDT by cowboyusa (IT'S TIME TO PLAY COWBOYS AND MARXISTS!)
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To: Billthedrill
My friends living in the eastern half of the state are tearing their hair out at the stupidity. You can't get through to the anti-gunners, it's part of their culture war and they won't listen to reason. Now they're worried that they won't be able to buy the guns they're banning. Wrap your head around that one.

Life is hard. It's harder when you suffer from (self-inflicted) cognitive dissonance.

14 posted on 04/24/2023 5:36:16 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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Gosh, you people are lousy at decoding: GIBLET = LBGTwhatever


15 posted on 04/24/2023 5:41:16 PM PDT by Chainmail (Harrassment, to be effective, must be continuous.)
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“Ok...whats a GIBLET people?”

My hubby coined it for our household because no one here can remember the proper letters (or their order) for the LGIBQT crowd, nor the latest alphabet addition. We can all remember “GIBLETS”. I’ve gotten to where I use it without thinking about it because it seems to fit so well.


16 posted on 04/24/2023 5:45:37 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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“Gosh, you people are lousy at decoding: GIBLET = LBGTwhatever”

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Nailed it!


17 posted on 04/24/2023 5:46:52 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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no one was much surprised that many lawmakers there want to be so-called assault weapons.

Proofreading could be your friend.

That said, nice article.

18 posted on 04/24/2023 5:53:29 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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“Proofreading could be your friend.”

Not my article. I just linked to it and commented on the overall premise of the article.


19 posted on 04/24/2023 6:08:34 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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I kinda THOUGHT that...but thanks for confirming


20 posted on 04/24/2023 6:11:48 PM PDT by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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