Trump V.P. pick J.D. Vance, U.S. Senator from Ohio.

If you thought it wouldn’t be possible for former President Donald Trump to pick a running mate that gun-ban groups would hate as much as Trump himself, well, think again.

On Monday, Trump named Republican U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate in his quest for a second term. And a look at Vance’s record on guns and gun control reveals that he is a very strong proponent of gun owners’ rights.

“Joe Biden and anti-democracy multinational companies are trying to find new ways to take guns away from law-abiding citizens,” Vance said when running for the Senate in 2021. “They’re making it harder to buy firearms and ammunition, and imposing new, unconstitutional regulations on American citizens. I will fight the gun grabbers, whether they’re federal bureaucrats enacting regulations or multinational companies punishing people for exercising their rights.”

In a guest column for the Columbus Dispatch in July 2021, Vance wrote of growing up using firearms and of an “unholy alliance” coming for our guns.

“Worryingly, perhaps the biggest threat to the Second Amendment comes not from the Biden Administration, but from some of our biggest companies,” Vance wrote. “Unfortunately, the unholy alliance between government and business won’t stop at the Second Amendment. Eventually, they’ll come for other cherished American liberties, too.”

The next year, Vance questioned whether limiting access to guns would have any effect at all on gun violence, which he said was tied to “inner-city urban crime” and which he said until recently dropped generally over decades during a time when guns became more widely available.

“None of us like the school shootings,” he told Breitbart News. “None of us likes the fact that if you live near a big city, you hear about gun violence nearly every week. So, we have to not take the left’s bait and say, ‘Well, this is going to make us safer at the expense of our Second Amendment rights.’ I don’t think it’s going to do either.”

Concerning other 2A matters, Vance supports right-to-carry reciprocity legislation, opposes gun-confiscation schemes that would strip Americans of their rights without due process (red-flag legislation), opposed bans on AR-style rifles and common standard-capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, opposes universal background checks and supports legislation that would protect veterans’ Second Amendment rights. In fact, his dedication to freedom landed him the full support of the National Rifles Association during his Senate run.

Most recently, Vance created an uproar with remarks he made about a newly proposed bump stock ban in the Senate. Last month, he called the effort by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other anti-gun Democrats to ban bump stocks a “huge distraction.”

“I think that we have to ask ourselves: What is the real gun violence problem in this country, and are we legislating in a way that solves fake problems? Or solves real problems?” Vance told reporters. “And my very strong suspicion is that the Schumer legislation is aimed at a PR problem, not something that’s going to meaningfully reduce gun violence in this country.”

Vance added that he was concerned the bill could “end up just inhibiting the rights of law-abiding Americans.” In addressing the mass murder in Las Vegas by a man using a bump stock, he said: “The question is: How many people would have been shot alternatively? And you have to ask yourself the question: Will anyone actually not choose a bump stock because Chuck Schumer passes a piece of legislation?”

Most gun -rights supporters should be pleased with Trump naming Vance as his running mate, thereby shoring up any dissent among 2A voters who weren’t already on the Trump Train. As for gun-ban groups and gun haters, they’ll now have someone else on the Republican ticket to hate other than just the former president.

In comparing the two V.P. candidates—Vance and Democrat Kamala Harris—on Second Amendment issues, there really is no comparison. While Vance has proven himself a strong supporter of gun owners and the Second Amendment, Harris has fought for more, and more restrictive, gun schemes at every turn, mostly unsuccessfully thank goodness.

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      • RE: “None of us like the school shootings,” he told Breitbart News. “None of us likes the fact that if you live near a big city, you hear about gun violence nearly every week. So, we have to not take the left’s bait and say, ‘Well, this is going to make us safer at the expense of our Second Amendment rights.’ I don’t think it’s going to do either.”

        Well JD when you regurgitate the concocted Gun Control buzzwords “gun violence” it says you took the left’s bait hook, line and sinker…Violence is Violence.

    • boys,

      Well, it’s easy for Debbie Dimwit, since she literally only has about four responses that she “cut ‘n pastes” into EVERY thread (et cetera, ad nauseum), so . . . consider yourself vindicated!

      • dragonbreath…you or anyone of your Gun talking blowbag pals are welcome to try to debunk anything I post by clicking reply…in the meantime gfy.

            • ginger…I have forgot more about firearms than an ignorant assuming sackofsht like you will ever know…Furthermore I was TRUMP 2016, 2020 and 2024 when Gun talking democRat lint lickers on this forum were throwing Trump under the bus. If you ever have a problem newbe with what I post you hit reply and try to debunk it otherwise crawl back under the rock from which you came.

              • “…when Gun talking democRat lint lickers on this forum were…”

                Deborah, I’d so love to lick your lint, in a very slow and deliberate manner until you moan with delight… 😉

          • Tiny?

            Dearest, it takes both hands to hold it, proof available on request… 😉

            • LOL on Dabs who likes Trump but not JD.

              Vance goes a long way to making the DJT shit sandwich more palatable. It shows us that Donnie “take them away first and due process later” is trying to clean out his sandwich a little bit. You’d have to search quite a bit harder to find a better VP pick when it comes to the 2A. Even Vivek is no better.

              I’d sooner have Vance at the top of the ticket but having him as VP makes me consider voting for them come December when before it was a No Go on the DJT shit sandwich.

              • It just shows that (hopefully) he has learned his lesson about not listening to the beltway bandits and corporate lobbiest. The lardo RINO from Jersey being a prime example.

                Reportedly the full court press was on Trump over the weekend to select a RINO (as Haley or Rubio) for VP. Who would immediately have begun to work to stab in the back while running for 2028. Good for Trump.

                The judiciary is going to be a problem for us for decades – OBiden/Schemer have been successful in getting more than 200 fed judges appointed. Mostly FAR leftwing degenerate broads.

  2. With a sharpie and a few strokes people can reuse their Trump/Pence paraphernalia. Nice.

  3. “The next year, Vance questioned whether limiting access to guns would have any effect at all on gun violence, which he said was tied to “inner-city urban crime””

    Minor peeve for me – not criticizing Vance or what he said here, but just taking the opportunity to make a point about the national conversation – if the level of gun violence is the most important metric of a society, we should all defect to North Korea. They have a very very low level of gun violence, especially if you discount the occasional use of anti aircraft assets for executions..

    Although that could change quite suddenly if Boss Hawg takes a notion.

    And of course, the 6th Century had ZERO gun violence, planet-wide. If only we had a time machine big enough to hold all the who insist personal weapons have no positive value.

    • But there was far more violence overall. Many more people died violently in the 6th century, and every other century prior to portable firearms.

      • I take it further, and say that the concept of Individual rights was not seriously considered prior to the invention of effective personal firearms.

  6. I used to come to this site everyday and now this is the first time in over a year. based on these comments I’m not alone

  7. Trump sent Princess Ivanka around to the Governors to get bump stocks banned and get Red Flag gun laws enacted. Trump said he would have the most gay friendly administration in history, and he did. His whole family are Kabbalists, not Christians. JD Vance has the Charles Lindbergh pre WW2 mentality of thinking that hiding here will prevent our enemies from coming. He is wrong.

    • so… you forgot to take your medication today. The doctor gives ya that stuff to help you deal with reality better.

    • Batsht Batty….Wrong wife jackazz. Tell the forum what you would have done if you were Trump following Vegas. A) Throw bumpstocks under the bus to pacify a knee jerk congress. B) Turn everything over to a knee jerk congress with a very long list of items to ban and risk a congressional override? Answer you slanderous pos.

      On the other hand…The PA cop who confronted the perp on the roof should get some credit for throwing the perp off his game. From that confrontation it became a plan-b hasty target acquisition which probably contributed to the perp’s wild shots. Thank God’s hand for today we can say: TRUMP/VANCE 2024.

    • Roy, have you seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion?

      I didn’t miss it, muck…

      • Bumpstock Don is a shit sandwich. JD Vance is pushing much of the shit out of the sandwich. Too bad it wasn’t Vance/Trump but we can’t have everything.

      • Not.tulsi either.

        There aren’t many other choices as good or better than Vance when it comes to the 2A. He’s far from perfect on a lot of other issues but I only care about the 2A… Hopefully he has REALLY learned his lesson on Redflag laws -at least he was never as bad as the NSSF on these.

    • Yes it was staged! Being the Operators operator that I am I took my third heartbeat and multiplied it by -0.003154 squared and took the shot. You are welcome! Trump is our next President!

      Seriously though? Thank you my Lord that you are letting Trump be our next President. Not sure what you have in store for us after, but thank you for the repreive…I think?…

      Either way I love you Jesus, Please come soon.

      • Well put Muckraker. I was queried about ” end of the age”. That’d be the Church Age. GOD is not willing that any should perish.

    • It turns out that Trump believes in forgiving. After he won in 2016, he wanted to move on from Hillary’s criminality. He was ready to work with Democrats for America. That’s when the dems decided to go all in on getting Trump with their lies. Which approach do you prefer?

  11. The people who hate the 1st amendment. The ath.eists are very angry, that an out spoken Christian, has been picked for VP.

    • I’m not a believer and not bothered about JDs Faith. But when has reality and facts ever stopped you from putting your own words in other people’s mouths?

      • The reality is that atheists on TTAG and elsewhere, called for Christians to be prevented from attending church services in 2020 and 2021.

        Because the atheists believed the government propaganda about catching a cold.

        While strip clubs were allowed to stay open.

  12. Such a double edged sword! JD has been the strongest 2A senator from our state in memory.
    A victory means Gov DeRino will appoint a pro gun control RINO to replace JD through 28.

    Our rights will be endangered by our shitty governor, can’t be too excited.

    • Don’t worry too much. The democratic machine will “find” enough votes to make sure Trump doesn’t win.

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