Joe Bidens presidential campaign is absolutely awesome.
No, really, it is.
Dont get me wrong, Ill write-in Donald Duck for president before Id vote for him and I agree with absolutely none of his policy positions, but his campaign itself is absolutely glorious. How else can you describe such comedy fodder?
Biden is so gaffe-prone that its hard not to follow his campaign just to see what idiocy he spouts next.
For example, he seems to think that we need to ban all magazines that can hold multiple rounds.
Former vice president Joe Biden responded to the mass murder in Odessa, Texas by calling for a ban on gun magazines that hold multiple bullets in them, as well as an assault weapons ban.
This idea that we dont have elimination of assault-type weapons, magazines that can havehold multiple bullets in them, is absolutely mindless, Biden said Monday. It is no violation of the Second Amendment, its just a bow to the special interests, the gun manufacturers and the NRA. Its gotta stop.
All magazines that hold multiple bullets in them? You meanallmagazines?
Look, I get that anti-gunners dont actually know anything about guns and that they dont care to know anything either. However, if youre going to talk about banning something, you should at least understand what youre talking about banning.
Magazines, by definition, hold rounds. If youre going to hold one extra round, you might as well more rounds. It just makes a lot of sense.
What Biden is apparently calling for here goes beyond the proposed banning of so-called high capacity magazines and into a ban on magazines altogether. I think we all know the reasons this would be a political non-starter. After all, such a ban would also impact lever-action rifles and numerous bolt-action firearms as well. You know, those hunting guns we keep being told theyre not going to come after.
Of course, this is also Joe Biden were talking about here. Its probable that hes talking about a ban on higher-capacity magazines and just Bidened up the delivery. (Yes, Bidened is a totally word. Its a verb meaning, to royally screw up what youre trying to say to such a degree that it makes you look like an idiot.)
That, at least, is a policy position thats politically tenable. Its stupid and useless, but theres probably enough support in the halls of Congress that such a proposal is theoretically practical. Its not complete gibberish, unlike Bidens most recent comments.
Then again, this is the anti-gun establishment were talking about here. Assuming that Biden didnt mean just what he said is foolish. Plus, even if he didnt mean it that way, a lack of pushback may well signal to him and his camp that this is a feasible option to consider. Thats something no one should be willing to risk.
Be it another gaffe or a serious proposal, Bidens call to ban any magazine that can hold multiple rounds is something that should be blasted and condemned until no one is willing to even consider pretending this is a viable policy proposal. It would serve Biden well to learn firsthand how stupid this comment was by being reminded of it with every appearance.
