Gun owner destroys AR-15 in viral video: ‘It’s guns like this that takes away lives’

Source: FOX-8 Cleveland, OHIO
Published: Feb 20, 2018
Author: Darren Sweeney
Post Date: 2018-02-20 13:42:31 by Deckard
Views: 2116

SCOTCHTOWN, N.Y. — A New York man is going viral after he took to Facebook to record himself destroying his AR-15 rifle.

Scott Pappalardo said he legally purchased and registered the gun more than 30 years ago and that he is also a firm believer in the Second Amendment. He even has it tattooed on his arm.

“I’m not a hunter, I’ve never killed anything with it. Except a bunch of targets,” he says in the video.

But after a 19-year-old used an AR-15 to kill 17 people at a high school in Florida on Wednesday, Pappalardo said that he had enough.

“Is the right to own this weapon more important than someone’s life? Look at the pictures of those victims. Is that right more important?” Pappalardo said in the video before saying he wants to make sure his gun is never capable of taking someone’s life.

He also added that although mental illness, violent video games and bad parenting can contribute, “ultimately, it’s a gun like this one that takes away the lives.”

He then got up, walked over to his sawing machine, and cut his rifle into pieces.

“Now, there’s one less,” he said. “I hope and I pray that it doesn’t take the barrel of one of those guns pointed at your child’s head to change your mind.”

The video has been shared more than 210,000 times.

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#1: Hank Rearden    To: Deckard (#0)

If he's dumb enough to live in New York, he's dumb enough to do something as stupid as this.

Hank Rearden posted on 2018-02-20 13:46:22   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Deckard    To: Hank Rearden (#1)

he's dumb enough to do something as stupid as this.

Wonder if he'll replace his 2nd Amendment tattoo with an image of a vagina.

Deckard posted on 2018-02-20 13:49:10   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Tooconservative    To: Deckard (#0)

“Is the right to own this weapon more important than someone’s life? Look at the pictures of those victims. Is that right more important?” Pappalardo said...

Yes, it is. In order to avoid even greater bloodshed in civil wars or grotesque injustice at the hands of a cruel and capricious government.

FOX8 apparently posted their vid on Fakebook. Here is one of The Idiot from the Guardian via YouBoob.

Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-20 13:50:41   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Hondo68    To: Deckard, *Bang List* (#0)

He said that he could snap at any moment, and then he did.

Hondo68 posted on 2018-02-20 13:53:17   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Deckard    To: Tooconservative, Hank Rearden (#3)

He also added that although mental illness, violent video games and bad parenting can contribute, “ultimately, it’s a gun like this one that takes away the lives.”

It appears that he believes guns have the uncanny capability of killing people all by themselves.

Deckard posted on 2018-02-20 13:54:06   Reply   Private Reply

#6: Deckard    To: Tooconservative (#3)

Dang! I looked for a YouTube video I could embed - no luck, so I had to use the SpyBook video.

Deckard posted on 2018-02-20 13:57:03   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Tooconservative    To: Deckard (#6)

I just did a DDG search of "Scott Pappalardo", clicked the Videos tab, and had my choice of a half-dozen videos. I picked one and got the embed code from YouBoob.

I saw one vid accusing him of a gun felony by sawing off his AR-15. Good point.

Tooconservative posted on 2018-02-20 14:16:35   Reply   Private Reply