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« Thoughts on April 19 | Main | Gun control advocate gets mugged by reality »

An IQ test for politicians

Posted by David Hardy · 19 April 2013 12:41 PM

Glenn Reynolds proposes one, citing as a prime example Rep. Diana DeGette's explanation of how a ban on full-capacity magazines will work:

"I will tell you these are ammunition, they’re bullets, so the people who have those now they’re going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won’t be any more available.”

5 Comments | Leave a comment

Rich | April 19, 2013 3:05 PM | Reply

Good idea maybe we can open up some seats(lots maybe) and get some people you are actually interested in doing the job for more than the money and power

Chris (Mainsail) | April 19, 2013 5:39 PM | Reply

The problem is also evident in that the author doesn’t understand the terminology either. You don’t put bullets in a magazine, you put bullets in a brass case to make a cartridge, and you put those cartridges in a magazine (which you then put into the gun).

Tom in Seattle | April 19, 2013 6:17 PM | Reply

As with most politicians, she only cares that words are coming out, not that the words make any sense. Last thing a politician wants is dead air.

fwb | April 22, 2013 11:56 AM | Reply

If we attempted to find ANY IQ in DC, I doubt any would be found even if we summed up the intellect of everyone there.

Jeff | April 22, 2013 4:16 PM | Reply

Sometimes I'm not sure whether we are blessed or cursed by the idiocy of our political enemies. If she was smarter, would she see the error of her ways and realize that these laws won't protect us? Or would she just be more effective at eroding liberty?

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