Did he really say assault rifles are used for entertainment?

[malaise]

Tell me I misheard that please

[True Blue American]

1. Yes, he did!

He really did!

[hlthe2b]

2. He did. I may detest Piers Morgan--but he held his own on that piece of interview

[procon]

3. No, he really said that. Just when I think that nothing Trump does

can shock me anymore, he still finds away.

[malaise]

4. My jaw is still on the floor

Hope he knows he contradicted the second amendment argument there

[DURHAM D]

5. He did. I heard it.

Also, the shooter in Las Vegas was a very successful man.

[malaise]

6. He said the Las Vegas shooter was a very successful man?

Lock up this lunatic please

[mopinko]

17. he was a successful gambler. it's really hard to be a successful gambler.

believe me, i know.

honest to ja.
i cant stand it.

[spanone]

7. dumber than a bag of hammers.

how do you counter such ignorance/stupidity?

[jpak]

8. Who the hell is "he"?

[jberryhill]

9. Him. You know. That guy who may or may not have really said that.

I believe there is a pinned post in the television forum which explains how you can couple your television to Malaise's remote, so that you're always watching the same channel she is.

[jpak]

11. Thanks!

[jberryhill]

12. Once you synch up your TV with hers, DU makes a lot more sense

[hatrack]

10. Shitstain, of course . . .

Sorry, President Shitstain.

[sarisataka]

13. You know what they say NT

NT.

[tblue37]

15. Just a heads up: "NT" goes in the subject line. It is a courtesy to your readers, to let

then know that since there is no text beyond the subject line, they need not go to the trouble of clicking to open the message or post. The initialize "eom" (end of message) serves the same purpose.

[sarisataka]

16. Thank you, I will make that change. eom

[tblue37]

19. Heh. I use "nt" only because it has two rather than three letters, and I am lazy. I used "eom"

until someone used "nt" at me once, and I've never looked back.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

14. Trump thinks that mowing down little 5 and 6 year olds is "ENTERTAINING"...

Sick orange Bastard.....A school or church is a Shooting range?

[Amishman]

18. He did and it is true

My brother-in-law is a huge gun nut and mostly shoots and has amassed a huge arsenal for fun. He even has legal machine guns for fun.

Recreational shooting is a big thing in rural areas like mine. I'd guess far more assault rifles are bought with fun in mind than for militia conspiracy theory kooky reasons. We just notice the loud crazy ones a lot more. Derailing a bit, but I do think almost all assault rifle owners would willingly disarm if paid enough money for their death sticks.

[Recursion]

20. In the sense of recreational target shooting

Most of them are too low caliber to legally hunt with, and almost nobody hunts anymore anyways. They're really just expensive and dangerous entertainment devices.

[hatrack]

21. "A well-entertained milita, being necessary to the security of a free state, . . .

. . . . the right of the people to keep and bear Arms for hours and hours of pricey family fun shall not be infringed."

[mathematic]

22. This is a faux pas in the other direction

Gun nuts like to pretend they own guns for defending freedom but it's really just because they find guns and shooting an entertaining hobby.

[Hoyt]

23. Well, if you listen to gunners, they say shooting AR-15s & training to kill people is a lot of fun.

[hunter]

24. You know what beats that? Blowing big holes in the desert with hydrogen bombs!

wikipedia

I always wanted to do that.

[maxsolomon]

25. they are, and that's a rationale i've seen on DU from our resident Gunners.

"target practice" is fun. pew, pew.

BTW, if you call them MSSAs (Military-Style Semi-Automatics), then Gunners won't get their gun feewings hurt so quickly.

[exboyfil]

26. Boys and their toys

Shooting actually is fun. I only did a little as a kid, and I haven't fired anything larger than a pellet rifle in 30 years, but it is fun.

Firing off rockets is also fun.

Blowing stuff up is fun as well (see popularity of fireworks).

That being said semi-automatics should be carefully regulated. You should not be able to fire more than six shots without spending some time to reload. I had plenty of fun with my single shot .22 and my one barrel 20 gauge shotgun. I had to hold back tears when I gave them to my nephews.