Colorado Democrat Diana DeGette dismisses a senior on gun control who asked about defending himself, saying he’d ‘be dead anyway’ and police would be there
During a public discussion and forum on national gun control legislation hosted by the Denver Post editorial board on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) dismisses a pro-gun question from a senior when he asked about defending himself.
Among the scheduled panelists at the forum were DeGette, Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), Republican state Sen. Kevin Lundberg, and Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith, according to the Denver Post.
“My question is: What about me?” the Denver citizen asked Rep. DeGette, arguing against limiting magazine capacity. “There may not be one bad guy that comes into my house… I have to change magazines? I am a serious disadvantage.”
“What about me?” he repeated.
After arrogantly smirking at his question, DeGette replied: “The good news for you, you live in Denver. The [Denver Police Department] would be there within minutes.”
“You’d probably be dead anyway if they had that kind of firepower,” she added.
Asked how a ban on magazines holding more than 15 rounds would be effective in reducing gun violence, DeGette said:
“I will tell you these are ammunition, they’re bullets, so the people who have those now they’re going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won’t be any more available.”
Colt LE6940, the weapon of choice by a California School district which purchased over a dozen prior to the Newtown shooting
Stupid people like this are making decisions on gun control, yet they have no clue about firearms. She’s not qualified to work at a coffee stand, let alone Congress. Liberals would vote for a ham sandwich as long as it a D behind it’s name. After all, they voted for an anti-American Kenyan Communist twice. If we were in the wild kingdom, they would be the first to be eaten as the weakest are eaten first.
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