Kirsten Powers has a question about reason Joni Ernst carries a gun

August 2, 2015 2nd Amendment, Joni Ernst, Kirsten Powers, Moira Fitzgerald

http://twitter.com/#!/HarrietBaldwin/status/525271767116689408

I see that @KirstenPowers is being deliberately obtuse. Or maybe she really doesn't have the capacity to understand the point. @Tonebo1

— Moira Fitzgerald ن (@Moira1987) October 23, 2014

Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Iowa, Joni Ernst, is reported as having said the following at 2nd Amendment event in 2012:

“I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere,” Ernst said at the NRA and Iowa Firearms Coalition Second Amendment Rally in Searsboro, Iowa. “But I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family — whether it’s from an intruder, or whether it’s from the government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important.”

Fox News contributor and Daily Beast columnist Kirsten Powers was stunned:

Did Joni Ernst really say she carries a gun in case govt decides 'my rights are no longer important'? Wow. http://t.co/Y0U9goCwfl

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) October 23, 2014

“Wow”? Powers was reminded about a simple truth:

Psst. You know that's a huge part of the intent of the 2nd amendment, right? https://t.co/QJGh5VBjWE @KirstenPowers

— RB (@RBPundit) October 23, 2014

Well, @KirstenPowers, that is the purpose of the 2nd Amendment.

— High Plains Parson (@HiPlainsParson) October 23, 2014

@KirstenPowers Isn’t that how the founders structured power in this country? #JustAsking @HiPlainsParson

— Saturdays & Sundays (@NARNfan) October 23, 2014

@KirstenPowers Wasn't that the purpose of the Second Amendment?

— Sean O (@Sean_for_3) October 23, 2014

@HarrietBaldwin @KarlKroshinsky @KirstenPowers @joniernst Hello??!! That's the main purpose of the 2nd Amendment… To protect the 1st!!!!

— WackoBirdsGame (@snyderart2012) October 23, 2014

You understand that is what the 2nd Amendment is for right? @KirstenPowers

— Edward (@US395) October 23, 2014

@KirstenPowers Perhaps she is using the 1st amend. to say she is exercising the 2nd, in case the gov. violates the 3rd, 4th, or 5th.

— Ric White (@ScoobyCheese) October 23, 2014

Not content with the “Constitutional right” argument, Powers took it a step further:

@HiPlainsParson So she is going to shoot who exactly?

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) October 23, 2014

.@Tonebo1 I will ask again: WHO from the US govt would Joni Ernst shoot?? Be specific. A member of the military? A police officer?

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) October 23, 2014

Oh, come on!

Ideally, no one. That's kinda the point. RT @KirstenPowers @HiPlainsParson So she is going to shoot who exactly?

— RB (@RBPundit) October 23, 2014

@KirstenPowers The person coming to take her guns, liberty, etc. I would assume. Ask her.

— High Plains Parson (@HiPlainsParson) October 23, 2014

@KirstenPowers @Tonebo1 So, never carry a handgun unless you have a spec. person in mind that you are going to shoot? Seems…premeditated.

— Anne (@docboogie) October 23, 2014

@KirstenPowers Surely you understand that she is speaking hypothetically as to the value of a citizenry able to defend itself from tyranny.

— Moira Fitzgerald ن (@Moira1987) October 23, 2014

@KirstenPowers Furthermore, I hope you're not suggesting that this veteran is some kind of anti-government conspiracy nut. I sure hope not!

— Moira Fitzgerald ن (@Moira1987) October 23, 2014

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