EXCLUSIVE – President Biden quipped on Tuesday that Second Amendment supporters would “need an F-16” to take on the federal government, a comment that was blasted by some Capitol Hill lawmakers.
“I’m a Second Amendment guy,” Biden said at a campaign event at a private California residence. “I taught it for four years, six years in law school. And guess what? It doesn’t say that you can own any weapon you want. It says there are certain weapons that you just can’t own. Even during when it was passed, you couldn’t own a cannon. You can’t own a machine gun.
“So what’s the deal with the idea that it’s an absolute — you know, I love these guys who say the Second Amendment is — you know, the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots. Well, if you want to do that, you want to work against the government, you need an F-16. You need something else than just an AR-15.”
BIDEN MOCKS SECOND AMENDMENT SUPPORTERS, SAYS YOU ‘NEED AN F-16’ TO TAKE ON GOVERNMENT
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., reacts to President Bidens F-16 quip about gun rights advocates. (Fox News Digital )
Other Republican lawmakers responded by raising the alarm on Biden’s cognitive skills.
“He needs to stick to his knitting,” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said. “His cognitive skills have dropped considerably since he’s been in office, and that just shows. We take an oath to uphold the Constitution. If he’s not going to uphold the Second Amendment, what’s next? The First Amendment, the Third Amendment, where are we going with it?”
“This from the guy who said, ‘God, save the Queen,'” Rep. John Duarte, R-Calif., quipped.
“You know one of the reasons why the AR-15 is so strongly supported by so many folks in that industry?” he asked. “Number one, it’s the cheapest weapon to make, and it’s the highest profit motive they have for any weapon that is made. It makes more money to sell an AR-15 than any other weapon you can buy.”
Biden has recently renewed his call for new gun laws, saying in May that he wants Congress to enact a federal ban on “assault weapons and high-capacity magazines” like the one he helped pass in 1994.
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