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| Ralph Norman on the left, one of his constituents on the right. |
Republican Rep. Ralph Norman pulled out his loaded, personal .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun Friday and laid it on the table at a diner where he was meeting with his constituents in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Norman told CNN he wanted to make a point in the debate over gun violence.
"I merely proved a point that guns themselves are not the issue," he said.
Norman said that having a loaded gun in the room should, if anything, have made people feel more safe.
"Given the scenario that if someone had walked into that diner and began to fire a weapon, I told them I would be able to defend myself and them as well," he explained.
Jesus what is it with these little boys and their little toys?
And as if this were not pathetic enough this idiot went and said this:
"I'm not going to be a Gabby Giffords," Norman told the newspaper, referring to the Democratic former congresswoman from Arizona who was shot at a constituent gathering in her district in 2011. "I don't mind dying, but whoever shoots me better shoot well or I'm shooting back."
Sounds like somebody has been watching too many John Wayne movies.
For the record being armed would not have protected Gabby Giffords, she was shot almost immediately in a place where she felt perfectly safe.
In fact Mark Kelly, Gabby's husband responded to this news on Twitter:
When I think of @GabbyGiffords, I think of courage and public service, not intimidating constituents. You’re no Gabby, @RepRalphNorman. You pull out a gun when you are prepared and need to use it – not for a stunt. https://t.co/kkAHo2eSuE— Mark Kelly (@ShuttleCDRKelly) April 6, 2018
What this man did was to endanger everybody at that meeting, since ANYBODY could have grabbed that gun and started shooting.
This man has now demonstrated that he is unfit for office, and hopefully the voters in his district will do the right thing.
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