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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe latest anti-Walz attack: he can't load a shotgun
This is from all over the Internets, so no link...let us begin.
On October 12 Governor Walz attended the Minnesota Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener, which like hotdish and the Juicy Lucy is a thing in that state. He brought a Beretta A400 autoloading shotgun to the party. He didn't get any birds because the field they went to had nothing but hen pheasants in it, which are illegal to shoot in the state.
At the end of it he unloaded his shotgun, which you do. What you need to know here is unloading a Beretta A400 looks REAL goofy - you've got to push a plate in the bottom of the action up and manipulate a lever on the side of the gun to get the shells out of the tube magazine. But he cleared the weapon about as well as anyone, then talked about the recoil-absorbing mechanism in the stock that makes the gun not beat you up so bad when you fire it. He bought this gun when he was heavily into trapshooting; that community NEVER unloads live rounds from a shotgun - they load when it's their turn to shoot and fire the round almost immediately afterward.
The NRA published a video, which I'm not going to link to, which proclaims he was loading the gun and was set to Julius Fucik's circus march "Entrance of the Gladiators."
Yeah, it's not like anyone who was planning to vote Harris is gonna go "Trump is going to turn this nation into a fascist paradise but Walz looks weird when he handles a shotgun so I'm gonna vote for Trump now."
GenThePerservering
(2,401 posts)Deuxcents
(19,016 posts)the_liberal_grandpa
(13 posts)Walz should put out an ad with that video showing him unloading the shotgun and challenging his opponent to do the same.
Kamala could shoot an ad at the range asking her opponent to do the same.
I would love to see those!
OAITW r.2.0
(27,826 posts)Can Trump/Putin load a shotgun? Can any normal person load a shotgun? I've loaded 12 ga. Remington 310 shotgun shells, with no need for a "how to". The 1st kick almost dislocated my shoulder, though.
jmowreader
(51,267 posts)Walz could challenge Trump to a trapshooting contest, but since Trump has a felony conviction he can't legally handle a gun.
TwilightZone
(27,238 posts)Remember that he was in the KGB. He's probably proficient with many types of weapons.
I seem to recall that he once claimed he slept with a shotgun by his bed when he was in the KGB.
duncang
(3,150 posts)I doubt if knows how to load or clear it. Im sure he would hurt his self or others if he tried firing it. I dont know how many guns he owns but bet he couldnt operate any of them. Much less clean them.
OAITW r.2.0
(27,826 posts)Maybe the Secret Service will catch him in a weapons violation. I'd think they would be obligated to report.
Maye the Secret Service needs to rotate in a whole new team. It's not Trump's decision.
former9thward
(33,300 posts)It would be banned under assault weapon legislation.