Whoopi Goldberg: 'AR-15’s got to go' but you can keep your 'yee-haw guns'
Tuesday on "The View," Whoopi Goldberg told gun-owning Americans that they can keep their "yee-haw guns," but it's time to give up their AR-15s in light of the deadly mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York.
“Listen, this AR-15’s got to go. I'm sorry,” Goldberg began.
“There's too much at stake here, too many lives have been at stake, and too many damn little kids. I’m sick of seeing people talking about we should do something. No, we should do something. And I don’t care, NRA. You've got to give that gun up," she added, referring to the AR-15.
"You can have your other yee-haw guns, whatever you want. The AR-15 is not a hunting gun. It is not a gun where you’re going to go out and shoot your dinner. This gun is meant to kill people. That’s what it’s for. And you can’t have it anymore.”
\u201c"You can have your other yee-haw guns, whatever you want," Whoopi Goldberg lectures Americans, says the AR-15 "has got to go."\u201d— Virginia Kruta (@Virginia Kruta) 1654020229
As always, you can count on Twitter to bring the snark:
\u201c@VAKruta Does one use \u201cyee-haw\u201d as a specific type of gun when shopping price? What\u2019s the caliber?\u201d— Virginia Kruta (@Virginia Kruta) 1654020229
\u201c@Gabby_Hoffman And every failure in background checks is attributable to the FBI, in other words, government- and they want to make MORE laws infringing on my 2A?! I don\u2019t think so\u201d— Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabriella Hoffman) 1654020603
\u201c@Gabby_Hoffman Yeah she was apparently of an anti-South mindset during this rant. She made a reference to using the Bible \u201cdown south\u201d too. As an 10th generation Southerner PLEASE keep disparaging us so folks won\u2019t want to move here and turn us into Nashville or Austin\u201d— Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabriella Hoffman) 1654020603
\u201cWell at least Whopping said we can keep out \u2018yee-haw\u2019 guns! Tell me Whoopi, what\u2019s the difference between these two? Which is a \u2018yee-haw\u2019 gun and which \u2018assault rifle\u2019? Oh, I know. The black gun looks scary - it MUST be the \u2018assault rifle\u2019 (doesn\u2019t exist for civilians).\u201d— KarenSue \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@KarenSue \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1654027334
\u201c@emzanotti Stop making sense and using logic, it just gets in the way.\u201d— Emily Zanotti (@Emily Zanotti) 1654020431