{"id":1535838,"date":"2022-07-01T21:04:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T01:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535838"},"modified":"2022-07-01T21:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T01:04:14","slug":"gavin-newsom-explains-how-dangerous-ar-15s-are-right-before-he-points-one-at-his-cameraman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-explains-how-dangerous-ar-15s-are-right-before-he-points-one-at-his-cameraman\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom Explains How Dangerous AR-15s Are \u2014 Right Before He Points One At His Cameraman"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgavin-newsom-explains-how-dangerous-ar-15s-are-right-before-he-points-one-at-his-cameraman%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535838&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/top-democrat-mocks-gavin-newsoms-desire-to-be-politically-relevant\/\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) took some heat on Friday for a video \u2014 in which he wielded an AR-15 \u2014 made to tout two new gun control laws he had just signed banning \u201cghost guns\u201d and firearms marketing aimed at younger audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The bulk of the criticism came from the fact the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/newsom-criticizes-abbott-for-discussing-evil-and-mental-health-after-mass-shooting\/\">Newsom<\/a>, who held up a firearm as a visual aid in the video and appeared to maintain reasonable trigger discipline throughout, proceeded to point the weapon at whoever was manning the camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an AR-15. A weapon of war. The gun industry is openly marketing these to KIDS. With cartoons and mini JR-15s,\u201d Newsom caption d the video in a tweet. \u201cThese don\u2019t belong in the hands of our kids or on our streets. I just signed 2 bills that ban ghost guns and these sick marketing ploys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is an AR-15. A weapon of war. The gun industry is openly marketing these to KIDS. With cartoons and mini JR-15s.<\/p>\n<p>These don\u2019t belong in the hands of our kids or on our streets.<\/p>\n<p>I just signed 2 bills that ban ghost guns and these sick marketing ploys. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PesYLjPlzi\">pic.twitter.com\/PesYLjPlzi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1542872574467510272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the video, Newsom addressed the Supreme Court and \u201cright-wing Republicans\u201d directly, saying, \u201cDo you have no common decency, respect, or even common understanding that kids should not have one of these?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an AR-15, a weapon of war, a weapon of mass destruction,\u201d he continued, moving to put the weapon down \u2014 and in the process, he appeared to point it directly at whoever was standing behind the camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen anyone so awkwardly hold a sporting rifle in my life (it\u2019s not a weapon of war and is responsible for the least fatalities, under blunt objects even) and then you flagged your d*** cameraman,\u201d syndicated radio host Dana Loesch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1542906955043377152\">pointed out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDude, did you just point that right at a cameraman,\u201d Emily Zanotti <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emzanotti\/status\/1542922004554293248\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKids can\u2019t buy guns legally dude. If parents want to buy guns for their kids and teach them how to shoot responsibly that\u2019s fine. California Dems just want to stop the new generation from being exposed to gun culture because they know it will hurt their gun control agenda,\u201d @NuanceBro <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NuanceBro\/status\/1542987790308220931\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And then @daddywarpig chimed in, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaddyWarpig\/status\/1542979192655974400\">adding<\/a>, \u201cGet a load of Nazi Hairgel here. Not an AR-15. Not a WEAPUHN OF DER WEHR. Not marketed to babies. JR-15. Shoots a .22lr. Basically for plinking cans and target practice. Also, he points the gun at the cameraman and everyone else in the room, because gun safety what\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear @GavinNewsom, This is a .22-caliber rifle. It is not a \u2018weapon of war\u2019 \u2014 for good reason. Lastly, please if you\u2019re going to handle a firearm, treat it as if it is loaded and don\u2019t point the barrel at your camera crew. Thanks,\u201d Young Americans for Liberty <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YALiberty\/status\/1542969027903033347\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Larry Taunton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryTaunton\/status\/1542972732190736385\">concluded<\/a>, \u201cGavin \u2018Alec Baldwin\u2019 Newsom points this rifle at his cameraman. This much is clear about so-called #guncontrol: Democrats should not own guns as they don\u2019t know how to use them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) took some heat on Friday for a video \u2014 in which he wielded an AR-15 \u2014 made to tout two new gun control laws he had just signed banning \u201cghost guns\u201d and firearms marketing aimed at younger audiences. The bulk of the criticism came from the fact the Newsom, who held &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1535850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1535838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1535850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}