NRATV host touts assault weapons ownership as protection from “you progressives out there on the far left”

Bill Whittle: “I have an AR-15 to protect myself and my family from you” 

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From the September 6 edition of NRATV’s Bill Whittle’s Hot Mic:

BILL WHITTLE (HOST): You got it folks. So for those of you progressives out there on the far left who wonder why guys like me, conservatives like me have an AR-15, the answer is I have an AR-15 to protect myself and my family from you. From you.

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