LINKWashington (AFP) - Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump says he sometimes carries a gun to protect himself, after a spate of shootings at colleges ramped up debate about firearms in the United States.
The revelation is likely to spark a backlash from advocates calling for tighter control of guns, after three separate shootings at US universities or colleges this month left 11 people dead.
Asked why years ago he obtained a concealed weapons permit, Trump told the CBS program "Face the Nation": "Because I like to have myself protected."
Host John Dickerson then asked Trump: "Do you carry?"
"Sometimes," replied Trump, whose popularity has surged on the back of a series of bombastic comments on a range of sensitive topics, including immigration and gun control......
Trump: I sometimes carry a gun.
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Trump has a NYC carry permit. He's one of the animals that's more equal than the rest of us. After all if you can't afford to donate a few grand to the mayors reelection campaign you have nothing worth protecting with a gun.
Fuck him sideways with a chainsaw.
Fuck him sideways with a chainsaw.
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Yea, and sometimes I carry a Trump card so I can act like a bombastic idiot, yell at people, and make misogynist comments. When people say WTF, I just show them my Trump card and they go "ohhhh ok."
+1 to sideways.
+1 to sideways.
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Trump has really done his "market research." He's put out two position papers, one anti-immigrant and the other pro-2nd amendment. I've noticed that the MSM has carefully avoided covering them, but I don't think Trump cares. On the back side of his Trump card (I'm stealing that) he has his Social Media and Internet contacts. I suspect that he thinks that he reaches more actual voter through the Internet than through the Lame Stream Media. Way too many Republican candidates for President haven't figured out the LMS will never support them no matter what they say or do.
I'm hoping for Cruz right now. He seems to be playing an FU card at least on the Obamanations.
I'm hoping for Cruz right now. He seems to be playing an FU card at least on the Obamanations.
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Cruz shit his nest with me when he beclowned himself with Huckabee by grandstanding with Kim Davis.
There must be an end to this intimidation by those who come to this great country, but reject its culture.
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ya know, if that's the biggest problem you've got with Cruz...
She should not have been jailed. Plenty other remedies in the courts range of options. Cruz was right to stand on that with her.
She should not have been jailed. Plenty other remedies in the courts range of options. Cruz was right to stand on that with her.
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"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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I carry a gun all the time because of the massive social screwup's generated by our .gov .
You live and learn.
Or you don't live long.
Or you don't live long.
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SKB,skb12172 wrote:Cruz shit his nest with me when he beclowned himself with Huckabee by grandstanding with Kim Davis.
You do understand that the SCOTUS decision is bad law, correct? Similiar to Roe vs Wade?
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People like him don't get permits from political donations. They get them from being Rich, Famous, and having an army of lawyers who can and will tie up the legal system, and possibly threaten the legality of the Sullivan Act.MarkD wrote:Trump has a NYC carry permit. He's one of the animals that's more equal than the rest of us.
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I always figured there were donations involved (just like with Robert DeNiro, who also has a permit).HTRN wrote:People like him don't get permits from political donations. They get them from being Rich, Famous, and having an army of lawyers who can and will tie up the legal system, and possibly threaten the legality of the Sullivan Act.MarkD wrote:Trump has a NYC carry permit. He's one of the animals that's more equal than the rest of us.
Either way, some animals ARE more equal than others.
I saw advice on a blog once (don't recall where) that said if only movers and shakers could get carry permits, become a mover and shaker. That struck me as totally un-American, we we NOT limit rights to only the well-connected.
And let's make it a rusty chainsaw. And dull.