In a recent press conference at Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump reiterated his unwavering support for the Second Amendment, despite being the victim of a would-be assassin who used an AR-15. According to a report by The Reload‘s Stephen Gutowski, Trump was asked if the incident had altered his view on AR rifles, to which he firmly responded, “It didn’t.”

During the lengthy exchange, Trump also took aim at Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing her of wanting to confiscate firearms from Americans.

“She wants to take away everyone’s gun,” Trump stated, arguing that people need guns for protection.

While the Harris campaign did not provide immediate comment, the article noted Harris isn’t advocating for confiscation of all firearms. Previously, she had supported a mandatory buyback of so-called assault weapons, which includes the AR-15, but her campaign later retreated from that stance. According to The Reload, a Harris spokesperson clarified in July that she would no longer push for a mandatory buyback if elected president, though she continues to support an assault weapons ban, universal background checks and red flag laws. Most gun owners and organizations also simply do not believe what Harris or her campaign says regarding gun confiscations, wisely noting her record of animus against firearms throughout her political career. While only a handful of mainstream media outlets have outlined her anti-gun record, anti-gun groups have been vocal about their joy at the possibility of a Harris Administration in the White House.

Trump further emphasized his commitment to gun rights, citing his track record and strong ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA). He also used Chicago’s crime rate as an example to argue that strict gun laws are ineffective.

“Our Second Amendment is a very important right, and it has to be protected,” Trump declared, though he stopped short of outlining any new policy proposals during the press conference.

Trump’s remarks come at a critical juncture in the 2024 campaign as he seeks to re-engage with gun rights advocates amidst a tightening race.

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  2. Who is dumb enough to actually believe that woman isn’t going to try to take our guns? Destruction of the 2nd Amendment is part of the core beliefs of the Democrat party.

  4. “Take the guns first, go through due process second.” – President Donald Trump, 2018

    Debbie thinks a NY Democrat like Trump is pro-gun.

    • I have lots and lots of problems with Trump. He is far from perfect. He is not a conservative (there are almost none of those, left, anyway). He did grab the bump stocks. His personal morality is a shambles. He runs off at the mouth too much. He listens to d!eg!e!ne!r!ates like Kim Kardashian and allowed demon worshiping at the RNC.

      ** BUT **

      He’s not a f*ing communist. He won’t nationalize the police to steal our stuff and put us all in camps. He won’t let criminals run wild to victimize the law abiding. He won’t take away our 1st amendment. He won’t do all of the things the commies want to do, and will do if they win.

      • “He did grab the bump stocks.”

        He grabbed the bump stocks in a manner that he knew was unconstitutional in several ways (knowing full well it wouldn’t withstand judicial review) to prevent Congress from passing som crazy new gun control laws in the wake of the Vegas shooting.

        • max…I posted the above video made by a high dollar highly qualified attorney especially for morons who run around talking out their behinds. Obviously you did not view it through so back up bubblehead and educate yourself.

          • My Above Reply was for johnnyboy who is pansy apologetically luke warm for Trump/Vance…my bad max.

          • I predicted the exact outcome of the bump stock ban (and why Trump ordered it) when it was first proposed while a whole bunch of “qualified” attorney talking heads that were predicting that the ban would be upheld for this, that, or many other unconstitutional reasons.

            They may be “qualified” attorneys but constitutional scholars they ain’t. I’m NOT a constitutional scholar but I seem to know more about the Founders and the Constitution than most lawyers (I have independently studied all available commentary from the Founding Era, from the Federalist Papers, founding era newspaper articles on the Constitution, Madison’s Notes on the Constitutional Debates of 1787, through Joseph Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States). Modern lawyers seem to have lost the real meanings of the Constitution because they have been trained (indoctrinated) in the Leftist “Living Constitution”.

            The Constitution lives through Article V and Article V only. The rest is tyrants hiding in black robes.

            • I’d like my mortgage to be acknowledged as a “living” legal document so I can modify it with my feelings.

        • Max,

          We can only speculate as to Trump’s reasons for imposing the ban by EO. You MAY be right about his reasoning, but even if you are, was that really the “right” way to do it? Why not just vocally oppose the effort to criminalize bump stocks, and explain both why it is a legally unsound position (there is NO WAY that the wording of the existing federal statute can be twisted to make a bump stock a ‘machine gun’ without doing SERIOUS violence to the plain wording of the statute), and a practically stupid one (any moron with a spare shoe string can fashion a device which serves the same way a “bump stock” does).

          I never considered Trump a “pro 2A” politician; I viewed his as LESS hostile to the 2A than many Republicans, and WAY less hostile than ALL Dimocrats. Yes, if I vote for him, it will be a “lesser of two evils” vote – I personally haven’t witnessed a national election in my (looonnnggg) lifetime that WASN’T. Sometimes (like the last three or four, and this upcoming one) the differences are stark. But, yeah, it still boils down to “hold your nose and vote”. Wish it didn’t.

          • lampsht RE: “We can only speculate as to Trump’s reasons for imposing the ban by EO.”

            What do you mean by We? If you were not an ignorant pos with his head up his behind you would have viewed the entire 4 Diners video I posted at the top. Following Vegas I was explaining Trump’s EO when headline reading twerps like you were holding hands with Trump slandering democRats. Again you Gun Control History illiterate gasbag…gfy.

            • Ah, Debbie Dimwit chimes in with her usual, erudite, well-reasoned commentary!!!! Child, go back to primary school (or at least sue them for selling you an “education” under false pretenses).

              Lady (he says, with tongue firmly in cheek), get a new schtick, and learn some history, English, grammar, logic, rhetorical skills, and come back when you approach adulthood. You haven’t made an intelligent comment on this site in years. I’d say “do better”, but like unto MajorLiar, I don’t think you are CAPABLE of doing better. When God handed out brains, you were standing behind the door.

          • Congress was going to act with a veto-proof majority. Trump only acted to prevent Congress from passing a very bad gun control bill that he couldn’t stop.

            I made the same comments when the Trump ordered DOJ to create the regulations banning bump stocks and also predicted the outcome of the SCOTUS ruling (which I mentioned in the public comments period for the proposed regulation).

            • Max,

              Well, not QUITE historically accurate, but close in spirit. But, in any event, you are still INFERRING his intent. I might even be inclined to agree with you about his thought processes (although NEITHER of us will ever know), but that isn’t my point. WE. DON’T. KNOW. But no matter, I think there were better ways to deal with the issue. On the other hand, isn’t a better place to focus your attention on the fact that the (historically ignorant) argument that the 2A (and all other parts of the BoR) confer rights that are inherently subject to limitation?

              Start by not even giving the courtesy of treating seriously that the Constitution or the BoR “granted” us a single thing – they were EXPRESSLY WRITTEN for the sole purposes of (i) establishing a limited structure for government, and (ii) RESTRICTING the power and authority of the central government. Any discussion beyond that is historically ignorant, and logically stupid. The Second Amendment didn’t “grant” me a RKBA; God did that, and our Founders (largely James Madison) told ‘the government’ NOT to eff with those rights.

              Don’t play their game, and don’t engage in discussions on their grounds. But even IF Trump thought his “solution” (to a non-existent “problem”) was better than what Congress was likely to do? Yeah, it was still authoritarian/fascist bullsh*t. I suspect that Teh Donald was simply so ignorant about firearms that he didn’t even understand the stupidity of arguing that a “bump stock” is a “machine gun” is just sophistry . . . but an EO is the right response to authoritarian overreach?? Not exactly following the logic on that.

              Trump is a more reliable supporter of the 2A than Heels-Up Harris . . . but that’s akin to being the world’s tallest midget.

      • AS POTUS he would have no bloody control over any of those thing CONGRESS MAKES LAWS not POTUS
        Why do AMERICANS not understand this? .
        TRUMP failed in pretty much ALL of his promised when POTUS simply because he did not have the authority to enact them in the first place or the FINANCES.
        POTUS for instance cannot DECLARE WAR he can only announce it as a decision of CONGRESS. POTUS cannot alone launch Nuclear War. POTUS cannot alone control National Finances, POTUS cannot alone change the LAW. POTUS cannot alone AMEND the CONSTITUTION. POTUS does NOT have nearly the kind of UNLIMITED authority that many Americans believe POTUS has. POTUS cannot even PROMOTE Service Officers!!

    • so? Your comments are in relation to the bump stock, that’s what provoked that comment from Trump – well, but not actually that.

      The mass shooting had happened, the shooter used a bump stock. Various anti-gun interests were clamoring for Trumps attention. A few got a seat at the table, and told Trump that a bump stock made the gun a ‘machine gun’ and convinced him of this because they had one of their ATF patsy’s re-enforcing their view. Trump didn’t know any different, he was given the impression that millions of MSR owners were converting their MSR’s to illegal ‘machine guns’ with a ‘bump stock’, and after several days he made that statement in a meeting but meaning it for these ‘bump-stock machine guns’ that did not exist and this got turned into just ‘bump stock’ by the ATF because according to them it in effect turned an MSR into an illegal ‘machine gun’ (which we know it doesn’t and SCOTUS agrees).

      One of the anti-gun people that convinced him of this is today defacto running the ‘White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention’ with all the power of an ‘elected’ official (Harris authority as vice president) even though he is not an elected official, who further created the executive order that Biden signed to have the ATF ban bump stocks and other things by ‘creative’ re-interpretation ‘rule making’ to create ‘defacto law’ to by-pass congress. That anti-gun person was Rob Wilcox, who at the time of Trump, worked for Everytown. He testified before congress, this was s subject that came up, he lied and got caught in that lie by congress.

      Our country has been undergoing a quiet coup for a while. One with the anti-gun interest in effect with the power of the vice president and acting as defacto elected officials even though they are not, by making government policy and, in effect, even issuing ‘executive orders’ by writing them, through unconstitutional means creating ‘defacto law’ intended to circumvent congress and the constitution and destroy and bring under government control through ‘permission granting’ (and later complete removal of) the first, second, fourth, fifth, and fourteenth amendments for ALL Americans.

      • Harris really isn’t a ‘choice’ for other than idiots like her. She’s more like a ‘herpes infection’.

        • .40 cal,

          And, per KKKalifornia law, I don’t even have to tell you I HAVE herpes (or AIDS, or syphilis, or gonorrhea) before I give it to you, even IF I know I have it. A great capsule example of Leftist “ethics”.

          • jwm,

            The soapbox, the ballot box, the jury box, the cartridge box . . . or tar and feathers. T. Jefferson gave us the blueprint; it’s up to us to build/maintain the structure.

    • boss…I don’t think I know you are an ignorant politically inept pasty mouth twerp that harris/walz would appoint to refill tampon dispensers in school restrooms for little boys…now gfy.

      • Debbie Dimwit,

        “I don’t think I know . . . ”

        Debbie Dearest, I don’t think you know sh*t from Shinola, and you approach every subject with an open mouth. The depth of your ignorance, and the extent of your narrow-mindedness, is manifest for all to see. Get a new schtick, chick. Find out some REAL history, instead of your made-up history of gun control being about racism. How does “racism” explain British peasants being denied arms by the nobility? They were all Britons. Or Russian peasants being denied arms by their Communist (or Czarist, before that) masters? Read some history, learn a few things, and come back and comment. We might find you less offensive.

        • lampsht…Dearest? Think again. On the other hand you stupid little man to prevail you have to debunk what I post…talking out that azzhole below your nose does not cut it. In other words what I post has been fact checked beyond the limits fact checked and to argue with it is futile you stupid little man.

            • Can you sperg out a bit less? We have established this is one section of a much larger picture. Or are you still stuck on calling the elephant’s trunk a snake?

              • Lol when did you first recognize your own reflection? Or do you still struggle with seeing yourself as that post would suggest? Cast your insults but try not to make them hit you harder.

          • Debbie Dearest (since you find that offensive, I intend to use it from now on),

            Very erudite, thoughtful, substantive response! . . . NOT!!! I have been VERY specific about my objections to your idiotic, and historically inaccurate, portrayal of gun control. Has “gun control” been used for racist (sometimes overtly racist) purposes??? ABSOLUTELY!! Was it deployed, historically, where race couldn’t POSSIBLE have been an issue??? Oh, only a few thousand times, long before the antebellum South was even a whisper of a possibility.

            Historical facts show that authoritarians have frequently used “weapon control” (long before there even WERE guns) to . . . maintain control. “Weapon control”, or “gun control”, of “blade control” – notice what they all have in common, you babbling halfwit??? “CONTROL”. Get a freakin’ grip, learn some history, and come back when there is a chance you might have an actual thought to impart.

  5. She not only wants to destroy the 2nd, but the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 10th.

    Just for starters.

    And, believe it, there IS a massive conspiracy of globalists that are destroying our freedoms in the West. The UK wants to extradite people who say nasty things on social media to suffer in their own kangaroo courts. Canada is about to pass a “hate speech” bill with precrime features, meaning that if someone THINKS you might say something bad, you will be arrested, tried, fined, and confined to home. New Zealand is about to pass something similar.

    Europe so despises its own history and people that it will fall to Islam within ten years.

    One of the columnists for this “esteemed” website votes for this kind of tyranny, despite her professed belief in gun rights.

    This is how fast so-called “liberal democracy” can fall into tyranny. It is happening right before our eyes, and most people don’t GAF.

    No matter who wins in November, s* is about to get real thick and heavy. Prepare accordingly.

    • “The UK wants to extradite people who say nasty things on social media”

      What M said that has them calling for all our heads iffen we don’t be toeing their speech line – “civil war is inevitable in UK”. Struck a nerve, huh? And he “shared something”.

      How long til Dear Leader creates a Minister of Disrespect and starts extraditing us to Norko? And suing us for damages, ala Cessxico?

      Anybody think a Dem DOJ won’t back them up?

      l remember Free Range days, when you had to fence your neighbors’ cows out of your garden/pasture. If the toxic leftist turds in UK (as exemplified by the Guardian), don’t like my words, they should fence them out.

      Of course, for the commies, the dead little girls are just an excuse – create an info vacuum, start a few rumors, jail those folks who get mad, and go after political enemies world wide – using govt powers.

      The fact that no one in UK is willing to place the blame for the “discord” where it belongs is a tell on how complete the leftist rot is.

      This new tactic proves one thing we always knew – true freedom of speech requires anonymity. Full stop.

  8. Kamala Harris is a Marxist through and through their entire existence is based upon lies so her campaign walking back “we’re not gonna do a mandatory buyback” is based on a lie they will try and they will get shut down very very hard by we the people in fact, I think this will be the trigger for what will be a coming Civil War.

  10. ah, yes. pro gun Trump.

    Trumps track record on guns:
    bump stock ban via executive order
    supports red flag laws.
    promised to deregulate suppressors. didn’t do it. then voiced support for complete ban.

    didn’t pass a single piece of pro gun legislation or do anything pro gun big or small.

    for all his other faults, even Obama gave us **something** pro gun. national park carry. minor? yes. still more than Trump did.

    • Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump gave us the Supreme Court justices that gave us Bruen; probably the most important pro-2A ruling we’ll ever get.

      • “didn’t pass a single piece of pro gun legislation or do anything pro gun big or small”

        Perhaps that was because no “pro gun legislation” was passed in either the House or Senate?

        • Don’t go muddying the waters with your facts and nuanced logical reasoning he has an agenda to push.

        • Rick,

          Not incorrect – and is that a slam on the Perpetual Loser Party, who claims to be “pro-2A”, and yet NEVER manages to introduce or pass a meaningful “pro-2A” piece of legislation??? Nah, that’s crazy talk!

          As I’ve said before, neither the Republican Loser party NOR the Leftist/fascist Dimocrat party have EVER done anything to “solve” our illegal violence problem . . . because they don’t WANT to. It’s a campaign/fundraising issue – if they actually fix it, it is no longer useful for campaign/fundraising purposes. WHY would they do that? Oh, because it’s their freakin’ JOB?? Clearly, you have a different concept of ‘their job’ than they do.

          ‘Their job’ is to get re-elected, and to collect donor bucks in pursuit thereof. Actual performance doesn’t enter into the picture.

    • blasphemous minor49iq?…At the top of the replies I posted a video made by a high dollar highly qualified attorney especially for ignorant azzholes like you who run around talking out their behinds. Obviously you did not view it through so back up and educate yourself.

  12. “FBI, OPEN UP! We have a warrant for your arrest for sowing discord! Originating from from N Korea. You’re gonna get a free trip to Pyongyang. And if you get convicted, they will seize your assets. We’re sure they will give you a fair trial.”

    Wait, that ain’t how it goes. This is how it goes – “BOOM!” (There goes the door.) “Ratatatat” (There goes the dog.) “BANGBANGBANG” (You’re dead.) “Show me your hands! We have a warrant!”

    Someone forward this to cadaverous Rowley, so he can inform me how many UK laws I have broken today, and what kind of time, fines and forfeitures I am looking at. I hear their jails have AC, plus I need some work done.

  13. Trump is not “pro-gun”. He did the stupid with bump stocks after all. Better to say that Trump doesn’t much care about guns. He has proven to be easily swayed, because he has no strong opinion on the 2A. Trump is the lesser of two evils, regarding gun rights, but he is not a 2A champion.

  14. First, I am voting Trump/Vance. But Trump’s response to the question was lukewarm. I groaned when he said people who live in the woods need guns for protection. That is not my definition of strong 2A support. Language about the Second Amendment was removed from this election year’s GOP platform. His NRA endorsement is meaningless. That being said, Trump is the only candidate on everything else our country faces at this time. Harris will take America to a place from which we will never recover in our lifetimes. We will have to hold his feet to the fire when it comes to our Second Amendment. That will be our job.

  16. Considering who is in the running, I will have to support Trump. While not everything I would like to see, he is the best available option.
    Of course, since Trump is now a politician, I have little trust in him or any other politician.
    Now, on the matter of confiscation of firearms. They had best send childless unmarried orphans because at least a fair number of them will not be going home after their raids.

  17. …says the man who is on record stating “take the guns, due process later”, and who also gave us bump stock bans. And yet, Heels Up Harris and Tampon Tim will simply eliminate the 2nd Amendment with an EO if Congress does not bend over and give them what they want……

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