Georgia governor candidate aims gun at teen in campaign ad. 'Get over it,' he tells critics.

[demmiblue]

Source: The Washington Post

Political candidates have long appeared with guns in campaign ads — holding guns, firing guns, and even assembling guns blindfolded. Earlier this month, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Hunter Hill aired an ad showing him loading an assault rifle. The video title? “Liberals won’t like this.”

Now, a new ad in the race for Georgia governor — in which a candidate points a gun at a teenager — did not sit well with some Georgians. After all, it aired just one state away from the Florida high school where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting

In the campaign ad, Brian Kemp, Georgia’s secretary of state, sits in a room surrounded by firearms — handguns on a table to his right, rifles on the table in front of him, and what appear to be two AR-15-style guns leaning on the wall behind him. Across his lap he holds a double-barrel shotgun, cleaning it off as he speaks into the camera. Next to him sits a young man in khakis and a tucked-in flannel shirt.

“I’m Brian Kemp, this is Jake, a young man interested in one of my daughters,” he says, motioning to the teenager next to him. “Yes, sir,” Jake responds, looking nervous as he fidgets with his fingers.

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[Girard442]

1. So, if you use guns to scare off any man who shows an interest in your daughter...

...it will be interesting dealing with her when when she's in her thirties, alone, bitter, and resentful -- and knows where your guns are and how to use them.

[IronLionZion]

3. Or she becomes a lesbian, feminist, gun control activist

[lagomorph777]

13. Even worse than patricide!

[IronLionZion]

2. Someone should tell him about the young man in Northern Virginia

who recently decided to kill his girlfriend's parents and then shot himself with a healthy respect for the 2nd amendment as a more of a problem than a solution.

I dated a woman whose retired Army dad has a concealed carry permit and a west Texas accent and his threats never worked on any of her boyfriends or her 2 husbands. Her current husband decided to max out her credit cards and overdraw her checking account and completely ruin her credit without asking. That turkey is still alive.

[Botany]

4. Aw ain't that cute threatening to shoot a young man because he wants to have sex ....

.... with his daughter. I betya he is a family man and a Christian too.

[demmiblue]

5. The video:

A comment on YouTube: This is like something you’d seen on Parks and Rec or South Park to make fun of Georgia. Thanks for upholding the stereotype.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. "sits in a room surrounded by firearms"

This is an example of "fetish". Especially when he says -

“Most are offended by my arsenal of firearms,”

If he was a "responsible" gun owner and collector, then he would take it seriously and not try to win the Darwin Award with this sort of stupidity.

[Nitram]

8. Every gun owner knows one of the first rules of gun safety is to NEVER point a gun in the

direction of something you do not intend to shoot. On that basis, this could be considered a murder threat.

[olegramps]

9. That is a basic "law" that is driven into every military recruit. Never, Never do this.

I saw a drill sergeant nearly tear a recruit's head off for doing this.

[Nitram]

11. And rightfully so. My Dad taught me at the age of 10, and I've never forgotten.

I'm a member of a shooting range club, and no one ever lets a mistake in safety slide. You're not allowed to even touch a firearm when someone is downrange.

[bullwinkle428]

18. I learned that the very first day of a riflery class (target shooting with

.22 cal. long rifles), back in the day when the teaching of safety WRT firearms was absolutely paramount.

[christx30]

10. Yeah, they're always talking about how he NRA

is a gun safety organization. "A healthy respect for guns". Then they run these kind of ads about shooting kids, killing political rivals. Shows how full of crap they are. The poster above you is absolutely right. It's a firearm fetish. It's not healthy. And pointing a gun at a kid in a campaign ad has got to be prosecutable, and if I had it my way, he'd lose his guns over it.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Exactly

which is why I say his issue is fetishism because he has no realistic sense of exactly what he is holding, just that he is holding it as a means to go on a power-trip.

[CrispyQ]

15. I took two gun classes & that was pounded into our head. -nt

[keithbvadu2]

19. "Most" - interesting that he acknowledges it.

[Nitram]

7. I hope he pays for this.

[booksenkatz]

14. Because by Gawd, her privates belong to her daddy! nt

[turbinetree]

16. Looks like a father (Brian Kemp) and son (Jake Kemp) same facial features

and as for pointing the gun.......................you never point a gun at someone...............dumb fucker's........

[Wuddles440]

17. What's even more hysterical....

is this knuckle-dragger is all about being anti-abortion and promoting the "sanctity of life". What a hypocritical shithead.

[keithbvadu2]

20. Gun control debate goes on

[GulfCoast66]

21. Is Georgia a stand your ground state?

Cause repeat that scenario in Florida and the kid, if 18, could have pulled a gun and blown away the idiot. Pointing a gun at someone is threatening to kill them.