Joni Ernst supports using guns agsint the government.

[Dawson Leery]

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/10/23/3583433/joni-ernst-guns/

"“I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family — whether it’s from an intruder, or whether it’s from the government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important,”

Fox "News" endorsed this.

[belzabubba333]

1. the government doesnt need guns to take you down dopey

[Mnemosyne]

4. That's what I keep telling them. I'm still laughing over the shortage of ammo they created from

their own paranoia, then blamed the gov.

[Fred Sanders]

21. Ammo that is rotting away in their basements waiting for the End of Days or something...so the

NRA propganda and fear mongering and gloom and doom pessimism constantly assaults them with....and they just give in to the propaganda..weak minds...total strangers to logic.

[Mnemosyne]

23. I gave up trying to get through to them a few years ago. Waste of energy and too frustrating. nt

[Fred Sanders]

25. You should go to the two gun groups here at DU....be warned, logical fails and false equivalences

abound. They tend not to go to Generwl Discussion threads like this where they are outnumbered and their logic or lack thereof, is full displayed.

But I know what you mean, some are totally taken in by the RW propaganda and the NRA they refuse to admit or deny they support.

Propaganda works.

[notadmblnd]

2. Joni Earnst is advocating killing cops?

why isn't this news splayed all over MSM?

[Neon Gods]

3. But....she's part of the government!

I wish the press had the guts to show how stupid (and dangerous!) RWers like Joni Ernst are. How can anyone not see that she is saying it's okay for Americans to shoot government representatives if they disagree with a law they believe isn't constitutional.

[kelliekat44]

16. So are police. nt

[oldandhappy]

5. Does she understand that she IS the government now??!!

I am already tired of her, smile.

[tradewinds]

6. Doesn't she advocate biting the nuts off pigs?

[COLGATE4]

15. That was only her hobby. nt

[Thespian2]

17. As I remember

she bragged about doing that as she grew up.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Red Meat for her

Cristofundamentalist base.

[Initech]

8. Give the people unlimited access to guns, and unlimited ways to spread fear and ignorance...

And this is what you get. Thanks NRA!

[Fred Sanders]

19. And thanks to those that support the gunner positions of the NRA. And those that deflect from it and

agree with Fox News, even on this site.

Sad.

[spanone]

9. really? cause SHE'S now the government.

[SomethingFishy]

10. Beat me to it!!

You gotta love these morons. "Take up arms against... ME!!!!"

[spanone]

11. their stupidity would be hilarious if it didn't impact real peoples lives.

[KamaAina]

12. Isn't she the government?

[brewens]

13. Was it Henry Hyde R-IL as a member of the House grandstanding and describing ATF agents

at WACO as sinister attackers wearing their "Darth Vader" helmets? I'm not sure I look at what Vernon Howell and his goons did there as much different than someone murdering a cop. They were serving legal warrents for a good reason. Couldn't Howell and his goons have just complied as right-wingers tell us black people should do for police officers?

[jmowreader]

14. Help me out here, guys...

If the government (which, as so many DUers before me have helpfully pointed out, has employed Mrs. Ernst for many years even before she was elected) decides Joni Ernst needs to surrender her rights, aren't they going to send a platoon of paratroopers carrying rifles, machine guns and mortars to pick 'em up? Right now I'm picturing a somewhat-attractive, middle-aged female version of Eric Cartman standing in front of the statehouse in Des Moines with a pistol in one hand and a rifle in the other screaming "Respect Mah Authoritah!"

[Fred Sanders]

18. Guns. Always the answer to all conflicts for those determined to deny they are killing machines.

Never hear of many progressives loving guns so much.

[AlbertCat]

24. The magical mystical gun!

It's a talisman that affords a bubble of protection around its carrier. If you have two, you're twice as safe! Wear it on a chain around your neck to your next baby shower, or kid's piano recital! No harm will come to you and yours. Ala-ka-zam!


Don't let notions of well regulated militia to fight the British when they return to claim their colonies (which they did in 1812) deter you, even tho' they come 1st in the Amendment, from thinking it's all about getting rid of laws and duly elected officials you just don't like.

[mountain grammy]

20. So is it just "her" rights we're talking about here?

The woman's crazy. thanks Iowa and you're welcome for Cory Gardner, who's just as crazy but doesn't sound it. Colorado pulled a boner with that one.

[Fred Sanders]

22. Notice the paranoia? Living in fear of "intruders" and "gübermint". The fear is palpable and sad.

So Annie needs a gun. And little Andrew also.

The NRA, Ted Nugent and Wayne Lapierre are folks with hate and illogical thinking on an industrial scale, violence filled, Apoolypse obsessed snake oil salesmen and grifters no true progressive should be anywhere near but to mock.

[Abouttime]

27. She is unfit to serve

This bsc crazy woman should be prohibited from serving in the senate, what she is saying is not just wrong its inflammatory and dangerous. This is beyond free speech, didn't we learn anything after the tragic shooting of Gabby Giffords? Dangerous nutjobs like Palin and Ernst actually incite violence, they have no place in national politics. I hope my fellow Iowans band together and remove this disgrace from office before another gun toting crazy goes on a killing spree.

[Just for Fun]

26. Have the FBI pay a visit

and suggest that she resign from her newly elected seat to save face.

Force the GOP to do a special election.

[Abouttime]

28. Exactly!

[still_one]

29. Isn't the maturity amazing