>'Flood the country with guns, just not near me' - Republicanshttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/austin-theriault-police-call-assault-rifle_n_66da4adee4b0abbb7b4442b1Maine state Rep. Austin Theriault, a Republican running for a critical U.S. House seat as a champion of the Second Amendment, called his local sheriff’s office after passing a man wielding what looked like an AR-15 rifle while going into his home.In a bid to unseat Democratic Rep. Jared Golden that could decide control of the House, Theriault has attacked Golden for endorsing an assault weapons ban after a man with an assault-style rifle murdered 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, in late October last year.But Theriault, a former champion race car driver who lives in Fort Kent, Maine, has apparently not always been comfortable in the presence of the AR-15, perhaps the best known example of an assault-style rifle.HuffPost obtained the records of Theriault’s interactions with the Aroostook County, Maine sheriff’s department. Theriault called the Aroostook County, Maine sheriff’s department in the evening of Jan. 10, 2023, to report his concerns about a man wielding what Theriault thought was an AR-15 while the man was entering his front porch.According to the report, the dispatcher at the sheriff’s department said Theriault “wanted to report a man walking onto his porch holding his AR-15. He didn’t have an address but stated he wanted law enforcement notified in case the man fired shots.”No shots were fired, the report noted. In their own write-up of the incident, the officer subsequently tasked with responding to Theriault’s call implied that Theriault might have a tendency to unnecessarily report other people’s behavior to the police.“Austin Theriault called in advising a male subject he passed was standing on his porch with what appeared to be [an] AR-15 rifle. I reviewed other cards and saw that Austin has called in multiple suspicious complaints to police,” the officer wrote.
“Austin disclosed no information that lead [sic] me to believe any criminal conduct was committed. Austin could not give an address but described the residence.”Maine, a rural state with a robust hunting culture, does not prohibit ownership of assault-style rifles. It does not even require residents to obtain a permit to own a gun.Local Democrats accused Theriault of hypocrisy for calling the police on a man lawfully holding an AR-15-style rifle while also crusading against Golden for backing an assault weapons ban.“It’s northern Maine, and there’s a whole bunch of reasons why you may be sitting on your porch with a rifle,” said Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D), who lives less than an hour from Theriault in the town of Allagash. “If I drove by a house or something like that and saw somebody sitting there, I might wonder, but I don’t think, unless I know that person and I know that they have health issues, I don’t think I’d ever be calling the police on anyone, and most people that I know wouldn’t either.”“If you’re beating your chest about being the Second Amendment guy, I do think that’s kind of odd,” added Jackson, who owns five guns.John Martin, a former speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and a Fort Kent resident, raised similar questions about Theriault’s actions, while emphasizing he did not know exactly what Theriault saw that evening.“It surprises me, because why would he complain about someone having that gun when he was complaining Golden should not have done what he did?” said Martin, who owns six guns. “I don’t see the follow-through from his point of view.”Jen Lynds, chair of the Aroostook County, Maine, Democratic Party, took a different tack, arguing Theriault’s concerns were legitimate, but that he should extend the same understanding to people who want to restrict AR-15s.
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“Austin Theriault is justified in his apprehension regarding the presence of weapons of warfare in a residential area,” Lynds said. “Nevertheless, it is regrettable that he is only concerned with firearms safety when it could potentially impact him or his family. Most of the time, he is prepared to sacrifice the safety of others in exchange for political rhetoric.”A spokesperson for the Theriault campaign responded to HuffPost’s inquiry about the police call by claiming to have talked a local Maine outlet out of covering this story. But the campaign declined to discuss its version of events with HuffPost on record.The Lewiston massacre has made Maine’s reigning Democrats ― who, in 2022, maintained their “trifecta” (control of the governorship and both state legislative houses) ― more open to imposing stricter gun regulations.This past April, Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a law mandating background checks for private gun sales that are publicly advertised, and expanded the state’s “yellow flag” provisions empowering law enforcement to put “dangerous people” in custody and take away their arms. (Unlike “red flag” laws, which allow individual civilians to directly seek an emergency court order confiscating someone’s weapons, a “yellow flag” law requires individuals to report their concerns to the police who then assess the claim.)Mills also allowed a bill creating a 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases to become law without her signature.Golden, a Lewiston-born combat veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, had his own emotional change of heart following the bloodshed in his hometown. He reversed his opposition to assault weapons on Oct. 26 ― the day after the Lewiston massacre ― and apologized for his previous stance.“I have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war, like the assault rifle used to carry out this crime,” Golden said in an Oct. 26 press conference. “The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure.”
In the ensuing months, Golden, himself an AR-15 owner, elaborated on his position. He clarified that he is calling for a state-level ban on new assault-style rifle purchases and sales going forward, while also allowing existing owners to hold their weapons in a more regulated capacity.Golden has also argued that banning a specific kind of gun because of its unusual lethality would be more effective and less intrusive than creating new bureaucratic hurdles for people to obtain guns legally. With that in mind, he came out against Mills’ package of expanded background checks and “yellow flag” provisions, as well as the state’s three-day waiting period.Theriault responded to the Lewiston massacre by blasting Golden on social media for “attacking the 2nd Amendment.”In lieu of additional gun regulations, Theriault wrote he supports “the largest-ever investment in mental health care and access that the country has ever seen.”But in mid-April, Theriault joined the majority of his Republican colleagues to vote against a supplemental budget bill dramatically increasing funding for gun violence prevention and for mental health programs. The bill created the state’s office of gun violence prevention and provided it with $3.2 million in initial funding, appropriated $6 million in funding for victims’ services, and allotted millions more to a host of mental health initiatives like mobile crisis teams and crisis receiving centers.In Theriault’s records, there is one other instance of him reporting someone’s conduct to the police.
If you take my gun, someone with a gun can kill me... Why do you wish death upon me and my family?
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>>1340313>>1340314>>1340317>>1340318Right wingers being scared that something bad might happen to them and immediately seeking an authority figure is a pretty based encapsulation of the recucklican party
>ban guns because of school shootingsLiterally the most feminine argument that has ever been made. Not in any way driven by evidence or data, pure emotion.
>>1340334>someone with a gun can kill meYou're retarded if you think this is conditional on whether you own a gun.
>>1340348>Reduce availability of firearms>Reduce frequency of firearm related deathsIt's really simple. Even a republican should be able to grasp it. If you need real world examples, pick any developed nation with strict gun control. School shootings are rare if not non-existent.
>>1340354But I'm a huge badass and would definitely draw first (and probably do a sweet backflip).
Have there been any school shootings in Japan? Taiwan?Yet, Tokyo Marui pioneered the whole airsoft industry which was picked up by the likes of KWA: in Taiwan, the government encourage people to but and train using airsoft, just in case...!...oh, and this just in: the apolitical James Earl Jones - who has just passed away - was one of the biggest gun collectors in the US. So much for rightards' opinions, certainly a schizo that will never own an actual gun, and will never be an actual human like James. The schizo will never be a man, unlike he who was the voice of Darth Vader..
>>1340355>>Reduce availability of firearms>>Reduce frequency of firearm related deathsHow many people die as a result of the wrongful use of an AR-15 every year? >If you need real world examples, pick any developed nation with strict gun control.I dont care what Europe does.
>>1340313Wow, a complete nothingburger from the Huffington Post about absolutely jack-shit. How is this the same as backing a ban on most of the commonly owned firearms in the US again? Polls got you nervous, huh faggot?
>>1340315Human rights don't exist. The US has natural rights, which includes the right to bear arms, and the right to shoot Democrats trying to attack you or your property. Have fun in a few months, act up again and you'll see a lot more Kyle Rittenhouses.
>>1340355And murders are higher. Why do you bring up the method as if it's relevant? By the way, more people die in the UK from not having air conditioning every year than are killed in mass shootings in the US. Don't forget, mass shootings include every time Tyrone and his homies have a drive by and more than two people get grazes.
>>1340357James Earl Jones was conservative, he just happened to have a career in a place full of insane leftists, of course he wasn't loud about it. I own twelve guns, how many do you own? None? Then your opinion isn't relevant.
>>1340377Don't you have like a diary or something you could jot all of your murder fan-fics into? I'm not sure why you insist on using this board as your personal schizophrenia journal.
>>1340313He's taking a page from the Reagan playbook. CA Governor Reagan confiscated guns and President Reagan came up with the "Brady Bill". Every GOP accusation is a confession. They are the gun-grabbers, every time.
>>1340380Rittenhouse defended himself because a pedophile, a wife-beater and a felon decided to attack him after he stopped them from setting a gas station on fire. Rittenhouse's only mistake was shooting the third guy in the bicep after he feigned surrender, which is a literal warcrime. And the Left tried to crucify him, proudly and openly.God bless him, the man is a modern hero.
>>1340376>Showing the hypocrisy of pro-gun shills>NothingburgerLMAO
>>1340400>They are the gun-grabbers, every time.GOP was opposed to guns because of leftist terrorism in the 60's. They are now explicitly pro-2A. Idk why the fuck anyone would try to argue "but Republicans are the REAL grabbers".
>>1340419>Idk why the fuck anyone would try to argue "but Republicans are the REAL grabbers".Trump signed a bill that would have made anybody with a bump stock a felon.Republicans are controlled opposition regardless. They now accept gay marriage, transgenderism, and will accept pedophilia within the next twenty years.
>Trump at a meeting of the Log Cabin RepublicansIt's not only the GOP that has already. After all:https://www.military.com/video/off-duty/odd/akward-moments-with-vladimir-putin/3129473236001Trump already accepts a pedo.
>>1340378The method matters because I don't give a fuck if a couple gangbangers light each other up, but I do care when it's a school being shot up. I shouldn't have to worry about my kid coming home alive because some other parents can't be bothered to raise their fucking kids, but will make firearms available to them, specifically firearms engineered for the purpose of killing humans rather than game.
>>1340431lmao I only ever see this shill tactic on /k/. Weird for you to be trying it here>The express party platform of the Democrats is gun bans, they have only been stopped because of Republicans>But Trump did what the NRA asked and banned a relatively obscure stock so THEY are the real grabbers! Fuck outta here with that shit. >>1340437Bolt-action rifles were once a "weapon of war". The argument is completely illogical. 49 kids died in school shootings this year. 50 kids have been struck by lightning in 2024. Unfuck yourself.
>>1340438>>But Trump did what the NRA asked and banned a relatively obscure stock so THEY are the real grabbers!Shall not be infringed, you fucking retard.Every single gun law is unconstitutional. Period. And if anybody says they are in favor of "reasonable gun control", they are betraying their oath to the constitution.>b-but the democrats are..!TRUMP IS LITERALLY RUNNING ON CLINTON'S 1992 PLATFORM.LOOK AT THIS SHIT.>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWHlLsUIG8EREPUBLICANS ARE FUCKING STUPID, HOLY SHIT
>>1340438>Bolt-action rifles were once a "weapon of war".Great, not really The point though. No one is shooting up crowds with bayoneted muskets or mosins(her I wonder why...) >The argument is completely illogical. >Lighting killed a bunch of kids too!Sad if true, but one of those things can be controlled. There's a certain irony in calling my argument illogical and then using this fallacy...>Unfuck yourselfYou first, brainworm-infested ammosexual.
>>1340440>Democrats explicity run on gun bans >and have only been stopped by the GOP>DONT VOTE GOP! Worst argument ever. >>1340443>Great, not really The point though.You said "specifically firearms engineered for the purpose of killing humans rather than game". So, it is the point. A shit one. >but one of those things can be controlledNeither of those things can be controlled. Murder is a crime and yet it exists. Felons are not allowed to posess firearms and yet every gangster in the country has one. Passing a law does not "control" a thing it merely attaches consequences to the performance of an act. Banning ar's wont end school shootings. They will just use a different semi-auto firearm. >No one is shooting up crowds with bayoneted muskets or mosinsWorst school shooting in American history was done with a bolt action rifle. Its an emotional argument. >a statistically improbable thing occurred >thus we must limit your rights>even though that limitation will not prevent the occurrence of that thing
>>1340444>>Democrats explicity run on gun bansSo have republicans you fucking retard. They're the same party and produce the same outcomes.
>>1340447>So have republicans you fucking retard.Yeah, before you were born.
>>1340447>They're the same party and produce the same outcomes.Statements like this make it clear to literally anyone who is vaguely interested in the 2A that you're false flagging.
>>1340437>I shouldn't have to worry about my kid coming home alive because some other parents can't be bothered to raise their fucking kids, but will make firearms available to themI've seen this argument before, and it always comes off to me as completely deranged. The stats just don't back that up as something worth worrying about. Your kid is over a hundred times more likely to die in a school bus crash than they are an active shooter situation at school. Shouldn't you be trying to regulate busses? I just feel like there are more gains to be made in other areas.
>>1340450>false flaggingDidn't Trump sign a bill that would put law-abiding gun owners in jail? At the behest of the NRA no less?What kind of gun owner is thinking to themselves "yeah I'm sure the Republicans have got my back this time".>hurr durr but the democrats hurr durr hurrNeither party is going to help you, retard.
>>1340499>reagan was a far left jewish communistspoken like a true foreign faggot shill who has no idea how to sound american
>>1340504nobody on this board is convinced. get a new script faggot
>>1340515projecting again faggot? too bad it won't change reality
>>1340530no, just you and your discord coworkers
>>1340555so you're a a faggot and spineless to boot. interesting
>>1340556Even more interesting, the poster between us isn't American but is a hispanic, and so not only will never be able to vote Republican, but will never own a gun. She will also never be a man.
>>1340500>What kind of gun owner is thinking to themselves "yeah I'm sure the Republicans have got my back this time".Someone who actually cares about the 2A and isn't engaged in demoralization shilling?You have GOP state legislatures giving you the CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to carry a concealed pistol without a permit and you're trying to tell me they are grabbers? lol, gtfo of here.
>>1340581>You have GOP state legislatures giving you the CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to carry a concealed pistol without a permit and you're trying to tell me they are grabbers? Gun rights are endowed by the government, retard, they are granted to us by God. Just like the right to expression and property ownership. The """constitutional right""" to carry a concealed pistol is the legal promise that the government won't fuck you in the ass for lawfully owning a piece of machinery that you never needed a license to own in the first place. But you are such a fucking retard that you have let the government convince you otherwise.>demoralization shillingYou're like that fag who jumped after his dog that died in Yellowstone Hotsprings.There is no "lesser of two evils" here. If you jump in to that pit, you are signing your rights away to a retard that thinks US citizens should be jailed for criticizing Israel.
1340597>GodFor someone who claims to believe in God, you sure ignore everything else he commands and lie constantly. Why would someone willingly want to go to hell?
>liesYou have no concept of truth because you have done nothing but lie all your life. You have no personal sense of identity because you have lied so much.You will never be a woah-man.
>GodWhen he - before he became a dead Jew on a stick - was asked 'What is Truth?' he couldn't reply. Because any replies would be exactly that: Lies. 'Truth' is a subjective concept proven to be lies when the Bible - and it's so-called 'Truth' - was deemed inadmissible as evidence in the crucible of forensic facts that is a court of law: in this case, Kitzmiller vs. Dover. That case's decision set the precedent. Thus 'Truth' is Lies. So-called 'Truth' never had the right to exist in the first place. Only Facts. Courts only allow Facts. Facts prove retarded opinions are nothing but Lies. And Lies are used by those who will never be men.
>courtsMan-made laws are not God's laws. God is Truth, and Truth is what you shall made to bear witness, all for the rest of your life. Just like everyone does.You will not reach State 12 consciousness by lying.
Sin. Otherwise Jesus died for nothing. Besides, if I were God I wouldn't have put that fucking tree there in the first place, so the origin of sin is God, which means we're not sinners and he's the Evil One. And fuck so-called 'Free Will', as that early on in a Big Book of Hearsay 'claims' with said 'Tree' (which, again, I would never have put there) , thus is a bullshit concept that never had the right to exist in the first place. Or a so-called 'God' doesn't exist and it's Rule of Law that's keeping your sorry ass from being genocided in a lawless world that's never had a 'God'. Check and fucking Mate, Christains. *Tips Trilby*
>white people in prison post-J6 that - when they're released - will never be allowed to own guns ever again>white rightard and member of America First Baked Alaska ensured so many of said white people are in prison and will never be allowed to own guns by snitching to the FBI so as to save his own skin from being one of those in prison who will never be allowed to own guns. And he'll never be allowed to own guns, either>his former leader - of America First: what's left of it since J6 - Nick Fuentes is on a Federal no-fly list, had all his payment methods removed etc because he was involved in J6. He will never be allowed to own guns. Fuentes is a hispanicHmmmm...!
but a hispanic will never own guns. because it isn't american. it will never vote in america. it will never be a man.just like fuentes the fruit.
>>1340558why do you vote republican if reagan was a communist?
