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>As a legislator, Yee supported strict gun control laws and was named to the Brady Campaign’s Gun Violence Prevention Honor Roll. Well that's ironic.
by mfoy_ 11y ago
>As a legislator, Yee supported strict gun control laws and was named to the Brady Campaign’s Gun Violence Prevention Honor Roll.
Well that's ironic.
- leeoniya 11y agoI've always considered irony to be when an action meant to have one effect results in a disproportionate effect in the opposite direction - so much so that doing nothing would have attained a more favorable outcome. But I think there are multiple correct definitions.
- hnbroseph 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony apparently 7 or more distinguishable definitions.
- protomyth 11y agoI look at it as gun control laws would get rid of the legal competition to his gun running and drive up the value of his product.
- mfoy_ 11y agoYeah, it seems like he was simply a very successful sociopath.
- bossmojoman 11y agoSo..... He's a politician?
- pandaman 11y agoAnd don't forget the added value of disarming these guns' intended targets i.e. citizens.