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Tom Arnold’s Appearance on ‘The View’ Proves He Has No Idea What an ‘Automatic Weapon’ Is

Jan. 18, 2013 6:00pm Jason Howerton

Actor Tom Arnold. Credit: Getty Images for CMT

During ABC’s “The View” on Friday, actor Tom Arnold debated Fox News host Bill O’Reilly over President Barack Obama’s proposed gun control legislation. While O’Reilly argued gun laws should be a state issue, Arnold supported the president’s push for new federal laws, including a ban on semi-automatic rifles and universal background checks.

In supporting Obama’s gun control plans, Arnold complained about going hunting and seeing a “guy” hunting with an “automatic weapon.”

“I think the guy is a moron,” he added.

The only problem? The “assault rifles” Obama wants to ban are nothing more than semi-automatic firearms. In other words, just like with a semi-automatic pistol, a semi-automatic rifle can only fire as fast as a person can pull the trigger. One example would be the frequently mentioned civilian-available AR-15. These rifles do, however, offer the option of higher capacity magazines.

Automatic weapons, like the M-16 used by the military, have been very strictly regulated in the United States and are extremely difficult to acquire by civilians. In that sense, Arnold is right. Anyone who goes hunting with a military-style machine gun — that they almost certainly acquired illegally — is indeed a “moron.”

According to federal law, any person who knowingly possesses or manufactures any machine gun, fully automatic firearm or any part designed or intended exclusively to use in such weapon is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. It’s been that way since the 1980s.

“I’m from a rural area. I am a sportsman. I am a gun owner and you don’t need some hot firepower like that – like that kind of firepower,” Arnold said on “The View” Friday, seemingly referring to semi-automatic rifles or “assault weapons.”

Many responsible gun owners would argue that part of being a “responsible” gun owner is knowing what the law says about firearms. Not only so you are knowledgeable, but also so you never violate any of the current laws on the books.

And while Arnold says the U.S. needs additional “rules and regulations” for guns, perhaps he should learn about the ones we already have. Now, there is always the possibility that Arnold misspoke, and should that be the case this story will be updated. However, given the fact that the panel was specifically discussing Obama’s gun control proposals, which make no mention of “automatic weapons,” that seems like a stretch.

Watch Arnold’s appearance on “The View” below via ABC/Mediaite:

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booger71
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 7:13pm
“I’m from a rural area. I am a sportsman. I am a gun owner and you don’t need some hot firepower like that – like that kind of firepower,” Arnold said on “The View” Friday, seemingly referring to semi-automatic rifles or “assault weapons.”
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If you think a .223 has “hot firepower” then I suggest you take one grizzly hunting/

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- Live_Free_orDie
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 7:54pm
  Wow…I think they’re all clueless!!
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 8:07pm
  Coming from someone who only got famous for marrying a fat, crass, skank named Roseanne, this shows you what HE knows.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 8:15pm
  @ANONYMOUS T. IRRELEVANT
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 8:07pm
  Coming from someone who only got famous for marrying a fat, crass, skank named Roseanne, this shows you what HE knows.
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  You beat me to it. Married Roseanne Barr is all you need to know.
  
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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 8:41pm
  This butt hump has the IQ of an onion so he fit right into the Vegetable patch on the view.
  
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- takie
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 8:42pm
  You also have to remember this is the same person that married that fat pig Roseanne.
  
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- Dkoonz
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 8:45pm
  Another idiot who has no clue.
  
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- takie
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 8:45pm
  Intelligence isn’t his strong suit. He also married Roseanne.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:33pm
  LMAO OldSurfRat… that was funny!
  
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- 1FreeVoice
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 10:51pm
  Any fool who would take your joke seriously would likely win a Darwin Award ( 2dum2Liv ). I wouldn’t lump all of them in that category though.
  
  It’s easy to slam people on the other side, but we should show more respect… even for people we think are massively wrong. Some of them stop in here. It makes a bad impression, and they tune us out when we just insult them. We do not expect to change their minds, and we are talking mostly among ourselves. Still, we can be more courteous. Insults do not harm our opponents, but they can demean ourselves.
  
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- Witness1974
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 11:07pm
  His ignorance of automatics is a little puzzling since he was married to a woman who talks like a machine gun.
  
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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 12:06am
  The gov has no business telling anyone what kind of firearms we can have. PERIOD!!!!! We should be able to have Tommy guns like the gangsters did if we want!! THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BARE ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED, PERIOD!!! ALL OF THIS CRAP IS ABOUT THE nwo!!!!
  
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- Kuurus
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 12:12am
  Better take the 30 round magazine, depending on your ability to hit under pressure you might need all 30 to stop the bear.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 1:12am
  I see the “chosen people” Hollywood Judens are going to come out of the woodwork telling all the Gentiles to turn in their guns.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkp_WPTyUAs
  
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- jcldwl
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 8:01am
  His marrying Roseann was his quiet coming out. No straight man would marry her.
  
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- starman70
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 9:25am
  The majority of these Hollywierd types don’t have a clue. They shoot stopped down (in order to have the piston drive to work) semi automatic weapons in the movies. I doubt that very many Hollywierd types could hit a 3 foot target from 10 feet. They all live in fantasyland and to them, guns are just movie props, not something that anyone should have to hunt or protect their homes and families.
  
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- KeystoneState
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 9:33am
  The heck with Tom Arnold, everyone knows he’s a clown. I think the bigger story here is that O’Reily thinks the 2nd Amendment is a “states issue”, WHAT? Read the 10th amendment Bill, if that doesn’t clear it up for you, than retire and go away! Never has the leadership in this country been more ignorant!
  
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- Wolf73b
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 9:46am
  Tom Arnold with a weapon–a truly terrifying thought.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 6:12pm
  Tom Arnold+The View=Match made in heaven
  
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- ltb
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 7:34pm
  Yeah, you’re right Arnold, you don’t need “some hot firepower like that” to hunt. You need “some hot firepower like that” to remind Nazi wannabes like Obama, Reid and Pelosi that our founding fathers gave American citizens the capability to push back against despots who think they’re above the Constitution.
  
  TO EVERY IGNORANT LIBERAL READING THIS: THE 2ND AMENDMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HUNTING, IT HAS TO DO WITH PREVENTING DESPOTISM.
  
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- Chrisrob63
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 10:02pm
  If I were to hunt a grizzly with one, I would certainly want a 30 round magazine, and even then I would still probably just make it mad.
  
  Probably wouldn’t penetrate the hair of it’s chinny-chin-chin.
  :-D
  
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- Armed Patriot
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 8:39am
  A moron??? Automatic weapon? Whos the moron???
  
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desert buckeye
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 7:13pm
You mean to tell me that the guy who married Roseane Barr is CLUELESS?! Say it ain’t so!

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- ButtHurtBob
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 8:02pm
  OK, I really LOLed on that one. HAHA
  
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- starman70
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 10:05am
  ROFALAO!!!!
  
  rqd. lc
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 10:26am
  My thoughts exactly.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 7:09pm
Well Arnold did marry Roseanne Barr,at least the two idiots didn’t procreate to further degrade the gene pool.

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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 8:47pm
  Progressive
  They did procreate. Roseane gave birth to Tommy. Pretty sure right down the old birth canal.
  
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Zatoichi
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 7:07pm
A real sportsman he is, sheeesh. An AR is a .223 cartridge, not much stopping power for a moose or elk. Go back where you came from Tom and keep your 2 cents.

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- starider
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 7:22pm
  Not exactly, My AR-10 chambers a .308, 7.62×51, some AR’s chamber a .22. Look like the AR-15 but are not the same.
  
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- grimmster
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 7:46pm
  Ar15′s can chamber, .50 beowolf, .450 bushmaster, .308 win//7.62×51 nato, 6.8 spc, 6.5 grendal, 5.56//.223, 9mm,and the .22,just to name a few.Just because its an ar15,doesnt mean its calibre specific like that state on wikipedia……..
  
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- RaydocX
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 9:15pm
  don’t forget AAC .300 blackout
  
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- sonofgalt
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 1:12am
  you are confusing your rifles the ar-15 uses 7.63 with a 7 turn barrel the round tumbles at the first thing it hits it will take your leg off at the thigh any center of mass you are dead
  
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- Redhawke
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 7:48am
  Even with all of the normal chambers of the AR, it is at best a medium powered rifle, not high powered. I have seen a 50BMG upper on one, but that was ridiculous.
  
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- Chrisrob63
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 9:43pm
  Actually, SONOFGALT, the AR-15/M4/M-16 all fire a 5.56mm round. Essentially a jacketed .22 round of varying weights from under 50 grains to over 70. Many later models have a twist of 1 revolution per 7 inches of barrel length that give heavy bullets a much more stable flight path over longer ranges(out to 600+ meters). Earlier models of the M-16 had 1 in 14 barrel twist which made bullets much more vunerable to tumbling. My Mini-14 has a 1 in 10 twist which allows for firing heavier bullets with much greater range.
  
  Still, all bullets will tumble or fragment if they hit something solid like a tree or bone. The same could be said of a 30.06. A single 180 grain bullet is much more likely to take down a moose than a 55 grain JHP. It would be more likely to wound than kill, which was the original design intent of Eugene Stoner, who created the M-16. The tumbling wound effect was an unforseen element.
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 7:06pm
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Well Tom come on over and I’ll show you a good time ferral hog hunting with automatic weapon. Nothing like baiting a plot with corn for a week letting the pigs get used to the feeding. then ambush the little darlings with a hail of automatic gun fire……

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 7:15pm
  Hey put some O phones on your bait pile and I’ll bring my rifle and help you out.
  
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- LSL
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 8:19pm
  Progressiveslayer – that’s just plain ole funny
  
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- kaydeebeau
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 8:26pm
  @ Slayer – I spewed my tea on that one!!
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 9:16am
  Don’t forget to kill all the little piglets…I hear they’re great roasted whole, and it gets rid of a generation. They’re bad in Texas.
  
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RaydocX
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 7:04pm
Glenn, please send this fool a copy of the constitution with the amendments…
Highlight the second for him…

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- Letthebulletsfly
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 11:27am
  Ray. Which fool are you talking about? I count five.
  
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Larry E
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:53pm
Anyone who values Tom Arnold’s opinion on ANYTHING is too stupid to consider. He’s a total moron, which is his only good point.

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golfmax13
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:51pm
What’s Tom’s next gig, Celebrity Ghost Stories? That’s the last stop for washed ups.

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James
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:50pm
Due to their inate ability to enflence public policy and public opinion, which can be used as a weapon assaulting the US Constitution, I’m beginning to lean in favor of universal background checks for all politicians, so-called media journalists and executives who own the stock of the so-called media companies. That would include bloody/gory Hollyweird. Case in point just read or listen to the socialist/communist drible they daily subject the American People to. If one of these “birds” has ever been of member or fellow traveler of a subversive group, such as, Communit Party USA, that would be good to know and go a long way in understanding why they say what they say and do, what they do. . Hello Lawrence, can you here me.

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Back To Reality
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:45pm
And Tom Arnold doesn’t need another cheeseburger, but clearly he doesn’t hesitate to buy high-capacity meals every day anyway.

He needs to be reminded that the 2nd Amendment isn’t about hunting, but about the rights of the people to defense against a tyrannical gov’t, so he misidentified the moron unless he was carrying a mirror while hunting.

Reilly is wrong about this being a state issue; states should not be allowed to enjoy the right to be creative about the application of Constitutional rights. If we choose to apply the Constitution that way, then we would be forced to acknowledge that the Civil War was fought for the wrong reasons and secessionism is allowed.

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- Letthebulletsfly
  Posted on January 19, 2013 at 11:48am
  I was with you until that last paragraph. So secession is not allowed? Gee, I thought several states did secede, which was followed by an illegal war on those states, which was followed by those states being REadmitted to the union by means of holding a gun to their heads. I don’t recall our founding fathers asking permission to secede from England. I thought it was more of a Declaration.
  
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AxelPhantom
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:41pm
My anti-gun liberal sister in law is a flight attendant. I don’t like to fly.

She was arguing that we don’t need semi-automatic guns. I told her we don’t need to fly to Europe we can take a boat.

She said we don’t need weapons that can kill 20-30 people in a matter of minutes. I told her we don’t need airplanes that have so much fuel in them that they can kill 3,000 people in an hour.

She shut up.

People who have no knowlege of firearms and have never shot one should just know when to be quiet.

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TheePolitinator
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:40pm
Yay, another Hollyweird, out of touch, moron. Add him to “The People’s List”. Of course i would always be skeptical of any man that would use Roseanne Barr as a pin cushion.

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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:40pm
You mean to tell me another guy that PRETENDS for a living isn’t connected with reality?

My shocked face, let me show it to you.

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RIGS
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:28pm
Is ARNOLD the PIG who played on GREEN ACRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:44pm
  Nope…. the pig was smarter.
  
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Hotconchick
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:22pm
If he doesn’t know the difference, he shouldn’t own guns or have a permit.

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- Wolf
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:45pm
  “…Arnold complained about going hunting and seeing a “guy” hunting with an “automatic weapon.”…”
  
  I’m sure the person with the automatic weapon probably heard and saw this moron first- no one needs a big mouth and bad attitude when hunting.
  
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Tarantulas
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:20pm
I saw him on Jay Leno’s show one evening talking about his sleep apnea. He said that he had gone through a sleep study, and the results were that he was waking up 45 times per minute. Of course that is ridiculous, and he meant 45 times per hour. I believe that Tom is so eager to speak that he doesn’t think about what he’s saying. If he sat down and thought about it for a minute, he would probably realize that the hunter he saw didn’t have “hot firepower” after all. Although, on the same show he was talking about waking up with the sleep apnea breathing mask on his face, and when trying to take it off rapidly, he broke his nose. So maybe he really is an idiot.

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MDDAWG
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:19pm
All of these celebrity idiots have armed security guards most of the time. All of the real security guys carry semiautomatic weapons. When I carry, that’s what I carry. And it’s not a “military style” weapon. It’s a Kimber CDP 45 cal semiautomatic with a 7 round magazine.
These celebrities like Tom Brokaw and Arnold are such hypocrites. Do I not deserve to be able to protect my family and me just like they protect themselves?

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1TrueOne55
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:18pm
The problem with O’Reilly’s way of doing it is that O the King flaunts the “Supremacy” clause of the Constitution which give “Federal Laws” power over States Laws on the same issues. This is why Federal Laws are being pushed instead of laws in the states.

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- Bodacious_Boedi
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 6:04pm
  ….but the Supremacy Clause is moot if the laws are unConstitutional….such as Dear Leader’s ream of Executive Orders.
  
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DougHuffman
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:16pm
I am ten years TV free.

Television is the small death of intelligence, the mind sucker, and leader of the conspiracy of ignorance that masquerades now-a-days as common sense.

MOLON LABE Obama Oedipus Rex -and you too Mr. Roseanne

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- SCOTTFREE89
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:50pm
  Doug I respect u. I hope to one day do the same, no football? I just can’t imagine no football, even tho the left has infiltrated the sport broadcasting business.
  I write this while watching something very… Different “Amish mafia” lol
  
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DarkJello
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:15pm
I am so NOT surprised by the continued willful ignorance of peeps.

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Rickfromillinois
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:15pm
Do you remember some of the incidents that happened between Jim and his porcine wife? I doubt if he is a hunter and also doubt that he knows what he is talking about.

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dawghowse
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:11pm
And you are a dork, I mean really….I’m gonna bet this guy couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel. There is no way he is a “sportsman”.

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eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:09pm
TOM ARNOLD’S APPEARANCE ON ‘THE VIEW’ PROVES HE HAS NO brain.

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65Mustang
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:09pm
He was married to Roseanne, how intelligent is that. I refuse to watch The View or anything with Behar, Whoopie and the other one.

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- CatB
  Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:13pm
  @65MUSTANG . .. exactly to all .. this guy is a moron .. and The View is watched by / and hosted by the same (sorry Elisbeth but you should have left a long time ago).
  
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TotallyNotATroll
Posted on January 18, 2013 at 6:03pm
A celebrity speaking about guns, and the women on ‘The View’. That is generally enough for me to know that anything said is going to be idiotic.

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