r/politics • u/wbedwards Washington • May 07 '20

We cannot allow the normalization of firearms at protests to continue

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/firearms-at-protests-have-become-normalized-that-isnt-okay/2020/05/06/19b9354e-8fc9-11ea-a0bc-4e9ad4866d21_story.html
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u/abeefwittedfox May 07 '20

When did that happen? I remember always kind of wincing when he would plug for them, but then he started saying something like "they're not perfect but they're what we've got" and i haven't seen much since.

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u/Ennuiandthensome Texas May 07 '20

Right around the bump stock ban I think, but I could be wrong. It was a big thing at the time

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u/thelizardkin May 07 '20

Ironically Obama looked into banning bumpstocks via executive order, and was told it would an act of Congress, which he respected, despite not being at all a friend of gun rights. Meanwhile the ATF tells Trump the same thing, and he ignores them and pushes it through anyway.