{"id":1064,"date":"2021-04-03T11:46:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T15:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2021-04-03T11:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T15:50:51","slug":"lindsey-graham-says-his-home-safe-because-he-owns-an-ar-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougsdepot.com\/news-updates\/lindsey-graham-says-his-home-safe-because-he-owns-an-ar-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham Says His Home Safe Because He Owns an AR-15"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1064\" class=\"elementor elementor-1064\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2652e1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2652e1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db57875\" data-id=\"db57875\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da73204 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da73204\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lindsey Graham Says His Home Safe Because He Owns an AR-15<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7f9f19 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7f9f19\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c11f19\" data-id=\"2c11f19\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eab816 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eab816\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>by: AWR Hawkins\u00a0 30 Mar 2021<\/p><div class=\"entry-content\"><p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) claimed Monday his home would be safe in a natural disaster scenario, where police could not respond, because he owns an AR-15 rifle.<\/p><p>The Hill <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/545489-graham-says-he-owns-ar-15-to-protect-his-home-from-gangs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a> Graham told Fox News\u2019 Chris Wallace, \u201cI own an AR-15. If there\u2019s a natural disaster in South Carolina where the cops can\u2019t protect my neighborhood, my house will be the last one that the gang will come to because I can defend myself.\u201d<\/p><p>Graham also addressed Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u2019s (D-CA) \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban, challenging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to bring it up for a vote.<\/p><p>Graham said, \u201cI would challenge Sen. Schumer to bring the assault weapons ban to the floor of the United States Senate. It won\u2019t get 50 votes, much less 60.\u201d<\/p><p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/12\/dianne-feinstein-introduces-ban-on-205-different-assault-weapons\/\">reported<\/a>\u00a0Feinstein put forward her \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban legislation on March 12, 2021. It is written so as to ban 205 different firearms as well as ammunition magazines holding more than ten rounds.<\/p><p>On January 13, 2021, Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/01\/13\/434-million-firearms-manufactured-for-private-ownership-over-past-25-years\/\">pointed to<\/a> National Shooting Sports Foundation numbers showing there are\u00a020 million firearms\u00a0in private possession which Democrats label \u201cassault weapons.\u201d In other words, Sen. Graham\u2019s AR-15 is just one of the 20 million commonly-owned semiautomatic rifles in America.<\/p><p><em>AWR\u00a0Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer\/curator of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,\u00a0a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter:\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AWRHawkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@AWRHawkins<\/a>. Reach him directly at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. Sign up to get Down Range at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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