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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNRA Speaker/ Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke Proposes Adding Semi-Automatic Rifle To US Seal
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, an emerging conservative folk hero, got a speaking slot at todays NRA convention, which he used to rile up the crowd by suggesting that the arrows in the talons of the eagle on the Great Seal of the United States be replaced with a semi-automatic rifle.
Referring to President Obamas 2008 campaign remark about voters who cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who arent like them, Clarke said, Now let me say this about being one of those bitter clingers. There is nothing else I would rather hold in my hand when fighting government tyranny than a Bible in my left hand that I use to swear to uphold the Constitution, and in my right hand a Winchester rifle, a symbol of freedom and liberty in the United States of America."
"In fact," he continued, "I propose that we change the Great Seal of the United States, you know the one with the American bald eagle holding an olive branch in one claw and arrows in the other. We should take those arrows out of the eagles claws and replace them with a semi-automatic rifle, preferably one that shoots M-855 ammunition.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms dropped a proposed ban on M-855 armor-piercing ammunition last month after an outcry from gun advocates. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/nra-speaker-proposes-adding-semi-automatic-rifle-us-seal
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NRA Speaker/ Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke Proposes Adding Semi-Automatic Rifle To US Seal (Original Post)
big_dog
Apr 2015
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TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)1. Yeah, right David.
Now help us find our seats, the tickets say section H, row 7, seats 3 and 4.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)2. Sure prick. Right after they add multi-military medal winner Timothy McVeigh's image to the seal.
dembotoz
(16,864 posts)3. between him and walker not sure who brings me more shame
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)4. He's a fake democrat and an evil no-good man.
Whatever he says I would fight first and consider second.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)5. Are you sure that's not from The Onion?
Buns_of_Fire
(17,202 posts)6. His uniform doesn't have NEARLY enough bling on it.
Get with the program, David. More campaign ribbons, more stripes, more stars, more medals, epaulets, patches, lots and lots of gold braid, and a bandolera or two. And a REAL patriot would also replace the olive branch with the severed head of bin Laden and have the eagle holding a bible in its beak.