Chris Christie On Guns Again
BY Herschel Smith
9 years, 4 months ago
More Chris Christie (as if anyone can really stand that):
ANKENY, Iowa — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) got into a heated exchange with a skeptical voter who accused the presidential candidate of being “anti-gun” during a town hall on Saturday, citing New Jersey’s tough gun control laws.
Responding to the man, who did not identify himself but mentioned he was part of the Iowa Gun Owners organization, Christie defended his record, refuting every claim the voter mentioned, and, at times, even raising his voice.
“Come up with one fact that shows one thing I’ve done as governor in New Jersey that’s done anything, anything not to support the rights of legal gun owners,” Christie said as the crowd gathered inside a local community college auto body shop erupted in applause. “Don’t come in front of this group of people and lie about my record, which is what you did.”
The voter accused Christie of proposing to ban .50-caliber rifles, requiring a government-issued ID for every firearms purchase and setting up a statewide firearms registry of guns and gun owners. Christie responded harshly, holding true to the theme of his campaign, “Telling it like it is.”
“I don’t know where you’re getting your information from, but your information is wrong,” Christie told the man.
Christie noted that he vetoed the .50-caliber ban, the statewide ID system and the law that was passed to reduce magazine sizes from 15 to 10.
The man in the crowd then asked if Christie is planning on pardoning Brian Fletcher, a North Carolina man who is facing prison time after telling a police officer in New Jersey that he had a gun in his vehicle, which is the customary and legal thing to do in his home state. Christie said he hasn’t made a decision yet, but is reviewing the situation.
“I’m not going to make that decision in 15 minutes nor should I. Nor should you want me to,” Christie said. “I see you shrugging your shoulders, why are you shrugging your shoulders about? You have your point of view, but have some facts about it.”
Good Lord! Are we really going to have to listen to this loud mouth for the next year? Chris, you are gun control collectivist from way back, and you made your fame in New Jersey pushing an “assault weapons” ban. As for Mr. Fletcher, I do indeed want you to make your decision quickly rather than be cowardly about it. And it should be to destroy all of the paperwork you ever had on him and tell your LEOs to stop arresting people who come across state lines with weapons, right after you pass a reciprocity law recognizing the permitting system of every other state in the country.
The fact that you won’t do that tells us everything we need to know about you. The fact that you think we don’t want you to make your mind up about it should tell you something about yourself. You have lived in collectivist-land for so long you don’t have even the slightest understanding of what the rest of us believe.
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On July 27, 2015 at 6:16 am, UNCLEELMO said:
“Are we really going to have to listen to this loud mouth for the next year?”
Thank you, Herschel.
I will never be able to erase the visual memory of Christie and Obama walking arm and arm after Hurricane Sandy, laughing and smiling. Two lawyers that know how to spend your money better than you do. That told me everything I needed to know about Chris Krispy Kreme.
On July 27, 2015 at 12:42 pm, Lina Inverse said:
And less than a week before Obama got reelected. It’s hard to imagine him getting the Republican nomination after such notable disloyalty, which will make listening to his loud mouth during the next year even more annoying.
On July 27, 2015 at 8:34 am, Rich said:
Crispy Cream should stay at the donut store in NJ rather than spread his tyranny across the USA. He can’t control what goes into or out of his mouth.
On July 27, 2015 at 4:12 pm, McThag said:
“I’m not going to make that decision in 15 minutes nor should I. Nor should you want me to,”
You there, elected official, YOU don’t tell ME what I want. I’m the voter, the sovereign in our system as designed _*I*_ tell YOU what I want, then YOU _*OBEY*_!
On July 27, 2015 at 6:51 pm, Billy Mullins said:
“I’m the voter, the sovereign in our system as designed”
Maybe, just MAYBE that was true once upon a time in the US of A but it sure as hell isn’t true these days. But hopefully he will do SSSOOOOO bad in Iowa and the early primaries that he’ll only be on the scene another 6-7 months. Not that it won’t SEEM like a lifetime.
On July 27, 2015 at 11:04 pm, McThag said:
That’s why I say as designed.
On July 27, 2015 at 6:46 pm, Billy Mullins said:
“Good Lord! Are we really going to have to listen to this loud mouth for the next year?”
Unfortunately I expect we will, H. He is precisely what we have a “mute” button and channel change buttons on our remotes for. Just be glad you don’t have to be down wind of him.