More On Kerry The Gun Nut

21 September 2004

InstaPundit reports the following Q & A with the famous sportsman from Outdoor Life:

OL: Are you a gun owner? If so, what is your favorite gun?

Kerry: My favorite gun is the M-16 that saved my life and that of my crew in Vietnam. I don

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  1. Nels Nelson September 21, 2004 at 12:44 pm | | Reply

    I take him to mean it in a general sense, as in there is an implied “every day” in that sentence.

  2. ThePrecinctChair September 21, 2004 at 1:03 pm | | Reply

    And here I thought the .50 calibre machine gun was what saved his life during his period of war crimes and attrocities in Vietnam.

  3. Sigivald September 21, 2004 at 2:46 pm | | Reply

    I want to know more about his little ChiCom “souvenir”, personally.

    Is it really an assault rifle? If so, was it NFA registered, or does he possess it ilegally? (Or is it deactivated?)

    If it’s a Simonov carbine or other semi-automatic, it’s not an assault rifle, though at least it wouldn’t be illegal to possess without NFA registration.

  4. John Rosenberg September 21, 2004 at 3:06 pm | | Reply

    Nels – I would have thought that Swift Boat sailors wouldn’t have had much to do with M-16s on a day to day basis. To me this sounds like a failed pander.

  5. ELC September 21, 2004 at 4:19 pm | | Reply

    I wonder if there is any topic under the sun into which Kerry can’t/won’t drag Vietnam. He even brought up Vietnam when he once said that his favorite food is peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Honest.

  6. LTEC September 21, 2004 at 4:20 pm | | Reply

    I strongly dislike Kerry, but…

    It is right to shoot an enemy attempting to escape. It is wrong to shoot an enemy attempting to surrender, and this is why the enemy is strongly encouraged to surrender rather than try to escape.

    The fact that the enemy is young does not seem especially relevant.

  7. John Rosenberg September 21, 2004 at 10:00 pm | | Reply

    LTEC – I don’t disagree with your points. I just wonder if that episode is what Kerry had in mind in saying the M-16 saved his live and the life of his crew.

  8. Bruce September 22, 2004 at 11:09 am | | Reply

    So, Kerry admits to owning a Chinese assault rifle. Now we know why he has achalet in Idaho. Can’t legally possess that hardware in his Beacon Hill estate in Boston, even with a Massachusetts Class A License to Carry.

    Nope, no hypocrisy here, from the anti-gun rights senator from massachusetts. none at all.

  9. mike from oregon September 22, 2004 at 1:31 pm | | Reply

    But Bruce, you have to understand –

    He owned the assault rifle before he owned the assault rifle. However, he probably owns it only because he … aw, forget it.

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