{"id":136809,"date":"2020-10-26T17:36:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T21:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=136809"},"modified":"2020-10-26T17:36:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:25:02","slug":"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People &#8216;Idiots&#8217; For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bautista.png\" alt=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\" class=\"wp-image-136810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bautista.png 1000w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bautista-400x240.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bautista-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bautista-768x461.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption><em>Dave Bautista believes Joe Biden is pro-Second Amendment. (Photo: Dave Bautista Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actor and professional wrestler Dave Bautista took aim at gun owners in a barrage of tweets last week aimed at convincing his followers that Joe Biden will not be a threat to the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My fellow gun owners!&#8221; Bautista&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveBautista\/status\/1316776890267578369\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a>. &#8220;@JoeBiden is PRO 2ND AMENDMENT. He wants gun reform: a ban on assault rifles and a VOLUNTARY buyback of assault rifles owned. This is FAIR. This will SAVE LIVES. I don&#8217;t need to overcompensate w\/an AR-15. Your right to bear arms is SAFE w\/ #BidenHarris2020.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bautista argues that Americans don\u2019t \u201cneed\u201d AR-type rifles to defend themselves in their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s all I&#8217;m trying to say,&#8221; Bautista&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveBautista\/status\/1317520305322119169\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\">said<\/a>. &#8220;Just trying to be a part of the solution. I&#8217;m confused as hell why Americans wouldn&#8217;t want to get on board with trying to save the lives of AMERICANS. We&#8217;re not losing anything we NEED. The arguments I&#8217;ve seen are purely ego-driven, not pro 2nd.&#8221; He&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveBautista\/status\/1317524401567379456\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continued<\/a>, &#8220;If you&#8217;re weapon next to your bed is an AR you&#8217;re an idiot. If someone invades your home and your running to get your AR then you&#8217;re a fucking idiot. If youre in a home setting with multiple attackers and you&#8217;re trying to defend yourself with an AR then you&#8217;re a fucking idiot.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you\u2019re weapon next to your bed is an AR you\u2019re an idiot. If someone invades your home and your running to get your AR then you\u2019re a fucking idiot. If youre in a home setting with multiple attackers and you\u2019re trying to defend yourself with an AR then you\u2019re a fucking idiot. \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ndFmiOV5jG\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\">https:\/\/t.co\/ndFmiOV5jG<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Super Duper Fly (@DaveBautista) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveBautista\/status\/1317524401567379456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\">October 17, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/florida-woman-fatally-shoots-home-invader\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Florida Woman Fatally Shoots Home Invader w\/ AR-15<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Point is that contrary to Trumps continuous lies that @JoeBiden&nbsp;wants to abolish the 2nd Amendment, he in fact does not,&#8221; Bautista&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveBautista\/status\/1317534809594466307\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &#8220;Where people stand on the details of his policy is not my problem. My personal stance is that if the details will save lives, I&#8217;m in.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bautista doesn\u2019t appear to be aware that multiple-intruder home invasions happen all the time \u2013 and some homeowners have successfully repelled these attacks with AR-type rifles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in August, we reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/five-multiple-intruder-home-invasions-in-four-days-prove-need-for-standard-capacity-mags\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\">five multiple-intruder home invasions<\/a> that occurred in the news over the course of just five days. These incidents were easy to find with a simple online search \u2013 the real number was likely much higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/multiple-teen-burglars-shot-dead-by-homeowners-son-with-ar-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\">Multiple Teen Burglars Shot Dead by Homeowner\u2019s Son with AR-15<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/florida-woman-fatally-shoots-home-invader\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\">Many people<\/a> have used AR-15s to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/ccrkba-hails-florida-woman-who-used-ar-15-to-defend-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\">defend themselves<\/a> at home. In 2017, a man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/multiple-teen-burglars-shot-dead-by-homeowners-son-with-ar-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\">shot and killed<\/a> three intruders using an AR-15, and in 2019, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/disabled-vet-ar-15-four-intruders-killing-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\">disabled veteran<\/a> used an AR-15 to defend himself against four intruders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bautista joins another gun-owning celebrity who has tried to defend Biden\u2019s gun confiscation scheme. Pink\u2019s husband and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/pinks-husband-gets-slammed-after-posting-images-of-his-kids-shooting-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"dave-bautista-defends-bidens-record-on-guns-calls-people-idiots-for-using-ar-15-for-self-defense\" title=\"Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People 'Idiots' For Using AR-15 for Self-Defense\">motocross freestyler Carey Hart took to Twitter recently<\/a> to argue that gun owners should vote for Biden over Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[The Second Amendment] is a constitutional right, and no two people (Biden and Beto) can take that away. I for one think there needs to be stricter gun laws, \u2018cause guess what? That won\u2019t affect me because I\u2019m a law-abiding citizen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-c11cc69b-b273-473f-a208-8831f0a89766\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor and professional wrestler Dave Bautista took aim at gun owners in a barrage of tweets last week aimed at convincing his followers that Joe Biden will not be a threat to the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":136810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,593,240],"tags":[132,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-136809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-jordan-michaels","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dave Bautista Defends Biden\u2019s Record on Guns, Calls People &#039;Idiots&#039; 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