Biden says it’s ‘time to outlaw’ AR-15 after Trump assassination attempt

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Biden says it’s ‘time to outlaw’ AR-15 after Trump assassination attempt - Lemmy.World

Biden is doing this to drive a wedge into Republicans. The gun nuts and the ones that don’t care about guns will have differing opinions because now gun violence affects them directly. It’s really smart.

Biden looks presidential. Trump has three choices:

  • Come out against AR-15s, for obvious reasons. This makes gun nuts less likely to vote for him.

  • Come out in favor of AR-15s. He looks insane to Republicans who don’t care about guns.

  • Trump ignores the issue or waffles and looks unpresidential.

  • Number 3 is most likely. Of course the correct answer is number 4: propose a competing policy that is nuanced. But that’s impossible for trump.

    How many Republicans don’t care about guns?

    How many of them will stay home or change their vote because the head of the party they’re still a part of despite all the gun nuts continues acting like a gun nut?

    If Biden is trying to use guns as a wedge issue for Republicans, he’s the person we saw at the debate all the time.