Just hear me out on this one.
Let’s say, hypothetically, that you were someone who was trying to get gun control legislation passed. And let’s say you had been lobbying and calling members of Congress for months and months, working around the clock most days, trying to get the votes together. And let’s also say — again, purely hypothetically — that you made the media rounds too, appearing on various programs and 24-hour news channels to try to get the word out to the public about the nature and importance of your case, and bickering with talking heads on both sides of the aisle who continually tried to twist your words to make a cheap political point. And let’s say that still, despite these Herculean efforts on your part, it didn’t look like you’d have the votes to get it done.
But then — THEN — you stumbled across this article about two dimwitted former stars of The Hills, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, in which they yammer about being armed to the teeth and pose for pictures with machine guns. And let’s say you took those pictures, printed them out, made thousands of copies, and absolutely littered the Capitol building with them on the day of the vote.
Your bill passes unanimously, right?
(Via Daily Mail)
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Welcome to Obama’s America. Wake up sheeple!
Fingers. On. The. Triggers.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
There is no God. If He existed they’d have shot themselves to death during the shoot.
+1
First thing I thought. Absolute morons.
Ten bucks said they muzzle sweep everyone all the time.
exactly what I noticed too. Safety is probably off too.
This is why I don’t like going to gun ranges. Just too much incompetence. When I was younger, I’d have to leave outdoor ranges because people would be working on a half rack of beer. Give me a break.
She seems incredibly bowlegged.
That’s just because him holding the pistol conceals how his hand has become twisted into a permanent handjob grip.
It took everything I had not to make a “run for The Hills” joke.
Lets talk about something that is actually important.
Does Heidi still have those giant knockers?
Spencer has white hair on his Goatee already and he’s never worked a real job in his life. How?
I’d say it’s more that he has that weird flesh colored beard that some people have than grey hairs. Still doesn’t make him any less of a c***!
I’m not really concerned that either of these two is going to shoot *me*, I’m more worried that they’re going to shoot each other.
/today is opposite day with regards to the word “worried.”
These people still exist? I had no idea.
Heidi must be at the range all the time to get deadeye(s) that impressive.
Nice..bravo
I see no machine guns anywhere. LIES I tell you.
people are idiotic. civilians cannot own “machine guns”. that is a semi auto rifle, and people do actually hunt with those.
5 Internet Points to the first person to photoshop the Die Hard “Now I have a machine gun, Ho Ho Ho” sweatshirt onto Heidi.
If they live in California, pretty sure that AR-15 is illegal (Not intimately familiar with CA’s gun laws, to be honest). It’s got a DANGEROUS pistol grip and what appears to be a detachable magazine capable of holding more than 10 rounds (It could be welded in place and fed via clips, but I would guess not)
You can rent AR-15s and M-4s in L.A. gun ranges.
California has dumb gun laws.
Glad I live in Alabammy.
Bullet buttons–how magazines are technically not detachable per CA law. Innovative designers have found ways around idiot legislation.
+1 Lobster Mobster. and that’s a 20 round mag. nobody wants a 20 rd mag, everybody wants the 30′s.
You can get magazines that only hold 10 rounds but look like 30 rounders. California created a market for that because people still want their gun to look cool and some people like to grip their magazine when they shoot.
Why is it most of the people who want guns so badly are the same people everyone else badly doesn’t want to have guns?
i don’t think that’s true. there are around 90 million gun owners in the u.s. who are responsible. that’s almost a third of the entire u.s. population.
Also, can we note that Spencer Pratt is wearing a GD trucker hat like it hasn’t been a decade since Punk’d debuted?
Chill everyone, they’re prop guns.
If you watch the actual imbedded video in the Daily Mail link, you can tell that they have no f-cking clue what they’re talking about, the “documentary” is just a Reality TV special from the Brits.
I can tell the difference between an idiot with a fake gun and an idiot with a real gun, I’m from Texas.
In Texas a “fake gun” is one with the safety on.
The worst thing in that article is the picture of them puckering up to kiss each other. There ought to be a law against that.
They look reliable, and really confident carrying guns. I’d have them guard Arizona schools with Steven Seagal, what could possibly go wrong?
That pantywaist Spencer would probably get knocked over by a fucking .22.
“machine guns.” really? i didn’t know civilians could own fully auto rifles like our military uses. oh wait, we can’t. read up on what an ar-15 is and the difference between the gun she’s holding and the true auto “machine guns” that are issued to our troops and police force. why our police force needs full auto machine guns is beyond me.
It’s prohibitively expensive, even for the over-privileged, but yes, you can, provided it was registered before 1986.
indeed you can. but realistically only a small, small, small percentage will go through all that trouble. meanwhile the gov’t is trying to get semi auto rifles and any mag over 10 out of civilians hands, while DHS is buying up millions upon millions upon millions rounds of ammo. something needs to be done about background checks, but i wish people weren’t so ready to see gov’t get involved in guns with mandatory insurance, small mags and no semi auto rifles.
and since this is uproxx after all…penis.
I smell a future murder/suicide pact (crosses fingers)