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Posted: 5/19/2016 5:36:02 PM EDT
"Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson has
chosen former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld as his running mate, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. Johnson, former governor or New Mexico, told the AP that Weld would make the announcement of his vice presidential candidacy Thursday." Weld has a less-than-perfect record on gun rights as shown in this article from 1993.............. With voters growing increasingly fearful of gunfire on the streets, Gov. William F. Weld of Massachusetts reversed course this week and proposed some of the most stringent gun control laws in the country. Mr. Weld, a Republican who will run for re-election next year, called for a statewide ban on assault weapons -- a proposal he opposed during his 1990 campaign -- as well as a waiting period for buying handguns and a prohibition on handgun ownership by anyone under 21. His proposed legislation would also limit the number of handguns an individual could buy and would impose tough penalties for illegal gun sales and gun-related crimes. "The purpose of this common sense legislation is to remove deadly guns from our streets and to take weapons out of the hands of many teens who themselves are becoming deadly killers," the Governor said. As a candidate three years ago, Mr. Weld's position on gun control had won him the endorsement of the Gun Owners' Action League, a local lobbying group affiliated with the National Rifle Association. And while many law enforcement officials this week praised his turnaround, his critics charged that the Governor was acting out of political expediency. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/01/us/in-shift-massachusetts-governor-backs-gun-law.html |
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Fuck that piece of shit, and face fuck Johnson. They can both rot in hell.
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Yo dude, that like happened before the newest iPhone came out, so it's like ancient history... man. He'll appoint supreme court dudes and dudettes that will do that legislation thing that frees the weed
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Who the fuck is Gary Johnson . . . and why should I give a flying fuck about anything that he says or does ? ? ? |
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And here I was just about to be fine with voting for him the general...
I live in Washington state. My vote means absolutely jack shit, so nothing's wasted. |
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Well... The Republican Party has put New York liberal Donald Trump on the ballot...
Gun rights have taken a serious hit this election cycle, from the looks of things... If the libertarians put an anti-gun candidate on the ballot... Lets see... That makes the Democrats, Republicans, and the Libertarians with an anti-gun candidate on the ballot... |
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And in other news... no one cares.
If Trump and Clinton drowned in a boating accident Paul Ryan's pet poodle would be president before Gary Johnson... Incidentally I don't dislike him but he has no chance in hell. |
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Libertarians are just a subspecies of moonbat. Are republicans better? Don't take the bait. This thread is nothing but trolling. Wait, are you calling me a troll? |
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I know lots of arfcom claims otherwise, but all the libertarians I've ever personally known have been ultra leftists, but they were upset with the Dems because they didnt go far enough on drug legalization. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Libertarians are just a subspecies of moonbat. I know lots of arfcom claims otherwise, but all the libertarians I've ever personally known have been ultra leftists, but they were upset with the Dems because they didnt go far enough on drug legalization. That's odd. I wouldn't call any of the libertarians I know leftists. Leftists like big government and libertarians inherently do not like big government. Leftists like gun control and libertarians do not like gun control because they see gun control as big government. Leftists like welfare and foodstamps, whereas libertarians would not approve of the government robbing one man to give to another. Leftists like communism and market control, whereas libertarians advocate a free market. Just about the only things libertarians identify with leftists on are social issues such as drugs, prostitution, and abortion. And that doesn't mean libertarians necessarily like those things, they just don't believe the government has any business regulating them one way or the other. You also have to keep in mind that just because someone claims to be libertarian does not mean they are adhering to libertarian principles. It's no different than how some folks claim to be Christian, yet their actions reflect nothing of the sort. |
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Quoted: I know lots of arfcom claims otherwise, but all the libertarians I've ever personally known have been ultra leftists, but they were upset with the Dems because they didnt go far enough on drug legalization. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Libertarians are just a subspecies of moonbat. I know lots of arfcom claims otherwise, but all the libertarians I've ever personally known have been ultra leftists, but they were upset with the Dems because they didnt go far enough on drug legalization. |
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Libertarians want free dope, open borders, and are nut jobs. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Libertarians are just a subspecies of moonbat. I know lots of arfcom claims otherwise, but all the libertarians I've ever personally known have been ultra leftists, but they were upset with the Dems because they didnt go far enough on drug legalization. LOL, says the guy who thinks he's a thin blue line. |
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Libertarians want free dope, open borders, and are nut jobs. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Libertarians are just a subspecies of moonbat. I know lots of arfcom claims otherwise, but all the libertarians I've ever personally known have been ultra leftists, but they were upset with the Dems because they didnt go far enough on drug legalization. Negative. Many libertarians want as little govt as possible. Some are proponents of open borders, which is why I can't fully support them, but your post is ignorant and a gross oversimplification |
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I know lots of arfcom claims otherwise, but all the libertarians I've ever personally known have been ultra leftists, but they were upset with the Dems because they didnt go far enough on drug legalization. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Libertarians are just a subspecies of moonbat. I know lots of arfcom claims otherwise, but all the libertarians I've ever personally known have been ultra leftists, but they were upset with the Dems because they didnt go far enough on drug legalization. Libertarian is a awfully broad definition, because it covers both liberal and conservative ideals and each individual's level of adherence to the "ideals of libertarianism" depends upon their own personal preferences and not meeting the criteria of fitting the description of an "ideal conservative" or "ideal liberal" as decided by other people. I look at libertarians as people who have turned the needle either so far to the right or so far to the left that they both end up a the bottom of the dial where the word "Libertarian" is printed. I've met lots of liberal libertarians like you describe and lots of conservative libertarians as well. Basically both groups get there by realizing that they find government intrusion of any kind for any reason to be abhorrent. It's how we end up with "pro gun liberals" and "pro marijuana conservatives" here on Arfcom. |
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Well... The Republican Party has put New York liberal Donald Trump on the ballot... Gun rights have taken a serious hit this election cycle, from the looks of things... If the libertarians put an anti-gun candidate on the ballot... Lets see... That makes the Democrats, Republicans, and the Libertarians with an anti-gun candidate on the ballot... View Quote |
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I used to consider myself a sort-of libertarian. As I've grown older, I've become the diametric opposite of a libertarian: socially conservative and economically leftist. The country is going to hell in a hand basket with too much permissiveness.
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I used to consider myself a sort-of libertarian. As I've grown older, I've become the diametric opposite of a libertarian: socially conservative and economically leftist. The country is going to hell in a hand basket with too much permissiveness. View Quote Why did you become a statist instead of a conservative? |
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I used to consider myself a sort-of libertarian. As I've grown older, I've become the diametric opposite of a libertarian: socially conservative and economically leftist. The country is going to hell in a hand basket with too much permissiveness. Freedom is scary. No shit. |
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I used to consider myself a sort-of libertarian. As I've grown older, I've become the diametric opposite of a libertarian: socially conservative and economically leftist. The country is going to hell in a hand basket with too much permissiveness. Freedom is scary. Hairy balled guys trying to use a woman's shower is not freedom. Nor is wave after wave of illegals crossing our border...which the Libtardians love. |
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All that he has to say is that he changed his mind. Just like Trump.
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I know lots of arfcom claims otherwise, but all the libertarians I've ever personally known have been ultra leftists, but they were upset with the Dems because they didnt go far enough on drug legalization. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Libertarians are just a subspecies of moonbat. I know lots of arfcom claims otherwise, but all the libertarians I've ever personally known have been ultra leftists, but they were upset with the Dems because they didnt go far enough on drug legalization. My experience has been the complete opposite. |
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Hairy balled guys trying to use a woman's shower is not freedom. Nor is wave after wave of illegals crossing our border...which the Libtardians love. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I used to consider myself a sort-of libertarian. As I've grown older, I've become the diametric opposite of a libertarian: socially conservative and economically leftist. The country is going to hell in a hand basket with too much permissiveness. Freedom is scary. Hairy balled guys trying to use a woman's shower is not freedom. Nor is wave after wave of illegals crossing our border...which the Libtardians love. Congratulations. You're in agreement with a known Marxist. My days of not taking you seriously are coming to a middle. |
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Bill Weld is still around?
That's a blast from the past. He pretty much defined "RINO" as the Massachusetts governor years ago. |
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