O'Reilly On Letterman

View · by **Back In Black** on Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:39 pm

Very disappointed in what Bill O'Reilly had to say about guns on Letterman tonight. Anyone catch it?

Supports gun registration and States right to ban semi-auto rifles. Has no problem with what NY did but feels he should be allowed to own an AR to protect his family because he lives in an area in Texas where there is a lot of drug traffic. Pinhead.

View · by **BemidjiDweller** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:42 am

I saw it, and too was disappointed. That's no surprise though, it is Letterman after all. Only reason I ever watch the end of that show is to not miss any of Craig Ferguson.

View · by **rugersol** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:17 am

Seems to me, I heard O'Reilly voice similar opinions, years ago, on his own show!

View · by **jshuberg** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:09 am

O'Reilly is a traditionalist, not a conservative.

View · by **damian_mb** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:18 am

Wait so he supports the ban but yet "feels" that he should be able to own one......

Talk about a dumb***, I want to drink what is he's drinking!

These celebrities need to stop talking, they just make my head hurt!

View · by **BigBlue** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 1:06 pm

What he said was that he supports states' rights to enact a ban if they feel it is in the best interest of their situation. He used the example that the state of NY had more reason to enact a ban (i.e. due to population density), but that TX would likely not due to his perceived 'need' for AR style rifles for protection "from drug runners crossing the border". I don't agree with any ban, but this is the context that he said things in.

BB

View · by **White Horseradish** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:23 pm

Why are you disappointed? Whatever made you expect something different?

View · by **American Capitalist** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:47 pm

O'Reilly is a tool. He claims to support the Republican party but clearly just supports his personal beliefs. Glenn Beck is the only big name that (was) in Fox News and is pro-gun.

View · by **White Horseradish** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:17 pm

American Capitalist wrote:O'Reilly is a tool. He claims to support the Republican party but clearly just supports his personal beliefs.

Republicans are not universally pro-gun. Even if you just think of the presidents, George W. Bush oversaw the tightening of import restrictions (that's why there are no cheap kits any more), George H. Bush quit the NRA in a public tizzy, Reagan signed the machine gun ban and a bunch of gun control while governor of CA, and then lobbied for AWB post-presidency.

So, O'Reilly supporting Republicans and being anti-gun is not particularly surprising.

View · by **Back In Black** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 5:41 pm

White Horseradish wrote:Why are you disappointed? Whatever made you expect something different?

I watched his show when I could. Once I got passed his pompousness and arrogance I thought it was a pretty good show. If he ever stated his gun views on his show I obviously missed it. I guess I'm disappointed because I agreed with most if not all of his views on the the subjects he brought up on the show. And therefore made the incorrect assumption that he was "on my side". Turns out he's just another pinhead.

View · by **texasprowler** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 6:20 pm

I hear him every day since Newtown. He routinely throws out opinions like federalize gun crimes, or make it a felony to cross state lines with a gun. As I do that every day, don't know why he thinks I should go to prison.

He is clearly a New Yorker, not a Texan, therefore has no clue about guns.

View · by **fabb600** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:18 pm

Chris Wallace (host of Fox News Sunday) referred to a Glock 19 and a Sig 226 as "weapons of mass destruction". Few (if any) of the New York and Washington elites have any clue what the majority of the Americans think or value. Well, other than what the latest political poll indicates...

View · by **jshuberg** on Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:23 pm

What a **** tool.

Anytime someone presumes to know better than you how you should live your life, or what you should be allowed to own, they need to be shut down hard.

View · by **s4s4u** on Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:51 pm

he should be allowed to own an AR to protect his family because he lives in an area in Texas where there is a lot of drug traffic

He said that? I guess our rural meth labs must not be as sophisticated as those in the longhorn state? I don't give 2 s#!ts for any of the "talkies" and he just went from not worth 2 s#!ts to not worth s#!t.