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barbaraann

(9,289 posts)
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:12 PM Jun 2022

Machine Gun Betsy Aims for Top State Office

Jun 01, 2022 5:24pm PDT by RainJustRain, Community

Betsy Johnson served as a Democrat in Oregon’s State Senate for an excruciatingly long time, where she proved many times that she takes the Second Amendment more seriously than public safety or party loyalty. Now she has retired her senate seat in order to run for Oregon governor — as an unaffiliated candidate.
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Yesterday, a campaign spokesperson told the Oregonian that “Betsy and her husband have collected unique and vintage guns for many years” and the submachine gun “was last fired over 25 years ago and is stored securely in a safe.”

See, fully-automatic, but no worries. It is very, very important that gun collectors are able to hoard guns.
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https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/6/1/2101756/-Machine-Gun-Betsy-Aims-for-Top-State-Office

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Machine Gun Betsy Aims for Top State Office (Original Post) barbaraann Jun 2022 OP
Huh? pamdb Jun 2022 #1
I don't know. She and her husband own a lot of guns. barbaraann Jun 2022 #2
Pretty sure a lot of "machine guns" are the same size as most other guns quakerboy Jul 2022 #10
She gets a lot of money from Big Timber interests and it being backed by billionaire Phil Knight. jalan48 Jun 2022 #3
She's running to get the Republican elected. Hassler Jun 2022 #4
The car crash she caused 9 years ago is coming back to bite her in the ass. Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #5
Yes, I saw that story recently. barbaraann Jul 2022 #6
She's one of those "take personal responsibility!" types Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #7
Yup. barbaraann Jul 2022 #8
Our very own mini Manchin quakerboy Jul 2022 #9

barbaraann

(9,289 posts)
2. I don't know. She and her husband own a lot of guns.
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:33 PM
Jun 2022

Maybe they have a gun cellar instead of a wine cellar?

quakerboy

(14,179 posts)
10. Pretty sure a lot of "machine guns" are the same size as most other guns
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 03:47 AM
Jul 2022

Isnt that the whole thing with the AR15 and the military version just having a few minor differences in notches that allow automatic fire, making it a machine gun?

jalan48

(14,483 posts)
3. She gets a lot of money from Big Timber interests and it being backed by billionaire Phil Knight.
Fri Jun 3, 2022, 02:46 PM
Jun 2022

Sky Jewels

(8,824 posts)
5. The car crash she caused 9 years ago is coming back to bite her in the ass.
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 11:31 AM
Jul 2022

She tried to claim "legislative immunity."

Sky Jewels

(8,824 posts)
7. She's one of those "take personal responsibility!" types
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 11:46 AM
Jul 2022

but that doesn't apply to her, of course.

barbaraann

(9,289 posts)
8. Yup.
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 11:51 AM
Jul 2022

What kind of person yells about personal responsibility and doesn't believe the rules apply to them???

quakerboy

(14,179 posts)
9. Our very own mini Manchin
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 03:41 AM
Jul 2022

I feel like we should be pointing out that any pro women's rights voters who choose to split off to support her are the very best chance that Anti-choice Drazen has of taking over management of the state.

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