Political Quotes

“I just want it noted that the gentleman from Massachusetts said that no one on his side is describing these weapons as ``weapons of war,'' and then the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett), the first thing he said was that AR-15s are ``weapons are war.'' So, we need to understand that when the left and when radical Democrats are describing AR-15s as ``weapons of war,'' and as the gentleman from Texas just said, ``machine guns,'' they are doing two things simultaneously. Number one, they are showing their absolute ignorance for how these platforms operate; and two, they are deliberately trying to mislead the American people on what these platforms do. No one on my side of the aisle is trying to say that machine guns should be legal. An AR-15 is a sporting rifle; it is a semiautomatic. It is not the kind of platform that is used by the military. It is not an M16, it is not an M4; but, again, the other side tries to use this to muddy the waters and confuse the American people and to put all firearms in the same category. Let's talk about some more statistics. In 2021, a Georgetown study found that 1.67 million instances were found where firearms were used in self-defense. In 2019 alone, there were 386 self-defense killings that were determined to be justified. So, these are just some of the ways in which someone can legally use a sporting rifle. Let's talk about the chaos at the southern border.…”