Senior Reporter For Vox Explains Why He Doesn’t Need To Understand Gun Terminology, Fails Miserably

One of the main reasons I can’t take any liberal arguments on guns seriously? Because they have no idea what they’re talking about. That’s not a general statement. They don’t know anything about guns. “Pew pew!”– that’s basically the extent of their knowledge. Just ask Dan Bongino.

Revealing things I learned from liberals about firearms this week:
-There are fully automatic magazines
-There’s a “full semi-automatic” firing mode
-We use “clips” not magazines
-The “AR” in AR-15 stands for assault rifle not ArmaLite Rifle#2A

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) March 4, 2018

I know I use this interview often, but it’s a prime example of how clueless these people are.

These clueless people take their cluelessness and write clueless laws.

“I actually don’t know what a barrel shroud is. I think it’s the shoulder thing that goes up.”

If you don’t even know what that is or what it does, why did you include it in your law? Someone please explain this to me.

Cue Vox’s Zack Beauchamp. He doesn’t think you actually need to know anything about guns to have an opinion.

Saying you need to understand gun terminology to have opinions on gun policy is the equivalent of saying you need to understand the biology of a heroin overdose to have an opinion on the drug war

— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) March 6, 2018

Worst. Analogy. Ever. And to think. This dude is a senior reporter at Vox.

We need to ban high-capacity assault needles. https://t.co/nwg7YIAvOh

— Jim Treacher is a dumb pseudonym (@jtLOL) March 8, 2018

This is a terrible analogy. https://t.co/fV2aX2WV8c

— Highbrow Haze (@HighbrowHaze) March 8, 2018

if you’re going to write legislation restricting something, important to be right on what you’re restricting

— Justin Green (@JGreenDC) March 6, 2018

A chunk of the media has really gone all-in on “we don’t need to actually *learn* about the subjects we cover”. https://t.co/vrKnousou2

— Alex Godofsky (@AlexGodofsky) March 8, 2018

Defending illiteracy is a new one. https://t.co/7CbYmYoXYR

— Daniel Vaughan (@dvaughanCI) March 8, 2018

Um no the equivalent of that would be asking you to understand the biology of a gunshot wound, Zack.

If you don’t know the difference between heroin and Advil, then yes, you shouldn’t be opining on the drug war. https://t.co/kZ40WEG9RE

— neontaster 🚟 (@neontaster) March 8, 2018

If you make a living explaining the news you ought to value the importance of being well-informed when debating public policy … or voting. https://t.co/in990wVndB

— MarcyJMiller (@MarcyJMiller) March 8, 2018

Expertise isn’t required…but some basic knowledge is necessary. A person who can’t tell the difference between auto and semi-auto or a magazine and a clip does need to brush up a bit. https://t.co/jqNrCTIIc4

— Mark Noonan (@Mark_E_Noonan) March 8, 2018

If you don’t know this⬇, how to you propose anything in writing?

Terms/verbage/language on any subject is critical.

The most effective discussion comes from those that make an effort to learn the other side’s position by educating themselves. pic.twitter.com/97nCSxGhU8

— FemMilVet (@femmilvet) March 8, 2018

i’ve seen that, it only makes sense if you think that guns are fundamentally comparable to dogs (which they are not)

— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) March 6, 2018

Friend: “We need to bad all semi-automatic guns!”

Me: “You want to take my handgun from me?”

Friend: “No, I’d never want to do that.”

Me: “You literally just said you wanted to ban all semi-automatic guns.”

When you call your Senator and tell them to support that bill… pic.twitter.com/NuTHBFhq3L

— Reseth (@ResethO) March 8, 2018

Reporter advocates for intellectual laziness in policy debate.

No.

— Jon M 🇺🇸 (@swatter911) March 8, 2018

But ignore us, Zack. You guys keep encouraging Democratic lawmakers to write laws banning things you don’t even understand. That’ll do us a whole lot of good.