{"id":4227,"date":"2023-07-07T12:49:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4227"},"modified":"2023-07-07T12:49:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:49:43","slug":"rfk-jr-shows-his-true-colors-when-it-comes-to-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4227","title":{"rendered":"RFK. Jr Shows His True Colors When It Comes To Gun Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20654%20436'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4228\" width=\"654\" height=\"436\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4228\" width=\"654\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-34.png 600w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-34-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-34-370x247.png 370w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-34-293x195.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-34-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-34-240x160.png 240w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-34-390x260.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, stated during a NewsNation town hall this week that if an \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban came to his desk, he would be signing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The question posed to RFK Jr. regarding a ban on \u201cassault weapons\u201d was written to represent the considerable support that Democrats have for such a law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, RFK Jr. said, \u201cI would sign it if we can come to an agreement on it, if both parties have agreed, and if it passes Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just minutes after suggesting that firearms are not an issue, he said that \u201cassault weapons\u201d should be banned. He said that Americans have always owned firearms and that they once brought them to school for \u201cgun clubs,\u201d at which time no one ever considered firing at children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just over a week after publicly opposing gun control at a town hall in New Hampshire, RFK Jr. admitted he would sign an \u201cassault weapons\u201d prohibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to RFK Jr. in New Hampshire, \u201cAnybody that says you that we can put an end to the act of violence against our children that is currently occurring by taking away people\u2019s firearms, in the margin that has been left to us through this extremely expansive ruling by the Supreme Court Bruen isn\u2019t being honest with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RFK Jr. also stated, \u201cMy stance on the issue of gun control is that I am not going to be taking away anybody\u2019s firearms,\u201d according to a Breitbart News story from June 5, 2023. \u201cI\u2019m a staunch constitutional maximalist, and the Supreme Court has already decided the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He made it plain at the NewsNation town hall meeting that he would approve a ban on \u201cassault weapons\u201d if it came to his desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeardedpatriot.com\/rfk-jr-shows-his-true-colors-when-it-comes-to-gun-control\/\">https:\/\/www.thebeardedpatriot.com\/rfk-jr-shows-his-true-colors-when-it-comes-to-gun-control\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, stated during a NewsNation town hall this week that if an \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban came to his desk, he would be signing it. The question posed to RFK Jr. regarding a ban on \u201cassault weapons\u201d was written to represent the considerable support that Democrats have for such a law. In response, RFK Jr. said, \u201cI would sign it if we can come to an agreement on it, if both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4229,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4227\/revisions\/4229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}