Geraldo Rivera - The War on Guns

We went to a local restaurant’s grand opening over the weekend and they had cars like this on display to set the mood. Me, I was wondering why I had to park the 2015 Sonic a couple of blocks away.

We were in the middle of the lotus root and Peking duck when the Mrs. nudged me and said “There’s that famous reporter guy over there, the Al Capone’s vault guy…”

I looked over and sure enough, seated with some well-heeled types at the end of a table a few down from ours was none other than Geraldo, who seemed to be having a good time and was, for the most part, not overly bothered by occasional patrons recognizing him and begging for selfies.

I made her squirm a bit when I threatened to walk over and show him a selfie I’d posted some years back.

Rivera, a gun owner, was illustrating that the Second Amendment didn’t cover modern firearms capable of mass killings when the amendment was ratified in 1791. And that AR-15-style rifles go far beyond self-defense. [More]

Ah, the long-debunked “The Founders could have never imagined” bullsh!+.

Figures this moron would be spreading it.

I recall writing an Examiner article years back where a guy was prosecuted for having a muzzleloader in New York City. I can’t find it now and don’t recall the details, but it would be funny if Geraldo incriminated himself.

How he got it in the studio is another question.

And figures, HuffPo would think he won the argument.

[Via Jess]

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