{"id":539217,"date":"2021-05-24T22:05:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T02:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=539217"},"modified":"2021-05-24T22:05:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T02:05:39","slug":"love-is-the-answer-but-sen-kennedy-tells-voters-to-buy-handguns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/love-is-the-answer-but-sen-kennedy-tells-voters-to-buy-handguns\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Love Is The Answer, But\u2026\u2019: Sen. Kennedy Tells Voters To Buy Handguns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Flove-is-the-answer-but-sen-kennedy-tells-voters-to-buy-handguns%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=539217&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kennedy-and-gun-e1621904172813.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"39.941741357234\">\n<p>The National Rifle Association (NRA) tweeted a video starring Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy with a message about gun ownership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFolks, I believe that love is the answer,\u201d Kennedy says, wiping down a revolver as funk music plays in the background. \u201cBut you oughta own a handgun just in case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy\u2019s message comes just three days after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2021\/05\/21\/2021-10058\/definition-of-frame-or-receiver-and-identification-of-firearms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> a proposed policy titled the \u201cDefinition of \u2018Frame or Receiver\u2019 and Identification of Firearms.\u201d The proposed rule is aimed at redefining \u201cframe or receiver\u201d to include \u201cghost guns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhost guns\u201d are firearms made at home from a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/23\/biden-executive-order-gun-control-ghost-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parts<\/a> kit with no serial numbers. Purchasers are not required to go through a background check. The proposed rule would reclassify these kits as firearms and require a background check for purchase. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/20\/department-of-justice-atf-leaked-document-ban-ghost-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Leaked Document Reportedly Shows Biden\u2019s Plan To Tackle \u2018Ghost Guns\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"4.4067796610169\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">????<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJohnKennedy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenJohnKennedy<\/a>\u2019s new message will trigger the libs! ???? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f3t55mKARH\">pic.twitter.com\/f3t55mKARH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NRA (@NRA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRA\/status\/1396945973830725635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kennedy has been a vocal critic of stricter firearm laws in the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChicago is now the largest outdoor shooting range in America,\u201d Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/07\/sen-john-kennedy-chicago-largest-outdoor-shooting-range-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in July 2020 after a rise in gun violence and homicides in the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they get control you have nothing to worry about unless you are a taxpayer, a business owner, a parent, a gun owner, a cop, a person of faith or unborn baby,\u201d Kennedy also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/18\/john-kennedy-list-negative-impacts-democrats-win-georgia-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> about Democratic lawmakers being in charge after the Georgia Senate races.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Rifle Association (NRA) tweeted a video starring Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy with a message about gun ownership. \u201cFolks, I believe that love is the answer,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312895,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kennedy-and-gun-e1621904172813.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Love Is The Answer, But\u2026\u2019: Sen. Kennedy Tells Voters To Buy Handguns","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kennedy-and-gun-e1621904172813.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Love Is The Answer, But\u2026\u2019: Sen. 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