In the aftermath of any political event — let alone historic turning points in our nation — there's only one source of truth: The View.
Reacting to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump this weekend, Joy Behar continued in her lifelong quest for "dumbest thing said on television ever" with this:
He bought 50 rounds of ammunition from a local gun store, hours before the rally. Shouldn't that have been reported? Somebody buys ... a 20-year-old white guy? I mean, we've seen that many times now. Young white men with guns and nobody reported that he bought 50 rounds of ammunition?
First off, the only suspicious thing about a purchase of 50 rounds is that it's a strangely small number! You would go through more than 50 rounds at your local gun range without even breaking a sweat. Despite what Joy Behar tells you, 50 rounds is just not that much.
I've bought more ammo at Walmart when I've popped in for toothpaste before.
But regardless of the number of rounds, given that 32% of Americans (and 38% of white Americans) own a firearm and yet the vast, vast majority of them don't commit acts of murder or mass shooting attacks, why would the purchase of any amount (let alone 50 rounds) justify alerting the authorities?!
Billions of rounds of ammunition are purchased by Americans every year. Even if we focus on private purchases alone, if we reported every white male for purchasing 50 rounds of .223 (one of the most, if not the most, popular calibers in the nation), law enforcement would be overwhelmed.
TL;DR: Joy Behar is dumb.
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