# Please explain Lauren Boebert **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 15, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163 "2023-09-15T14:41:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/161 "2023-09-18T21:52:04Z")
I believe that the crime is buying a gun while marking on paperwork that you are not a user of illegal drugs when in reality you are. So, if she owns guns she bought a while ago and then later took up smoking weed, then that law isn’t broken. For example, I own a handgun that I bought years ago. I’ve never smoked weed (and never plan to) but if I started, you couldn’t nail me on that crime because I wasn’t a user when I bought it. My understanding is that the crime is for making a false statement at the purchase, not simply owning a gun while being an illegal drug user. Now, people **have** been charged for simply owning a gun while also being a user, but those laws have been struck down in court more than once. > **[Drug user cannot be barred from owning guns, US court rules](https://www.reuters.com/legal/drug-user-cannot-be-barred-owning-guns-us-court-rules-2023-08-10/)** > > A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from owning firearms was unconstitutional as applied to the case of a marijuana user, the latest fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year... ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/162 "2023-09-18T23:00:28Z")
_An older version of me_ _Is she perverted like me_ _Would she…_ Sorry. Just thought I’d share the earworm you inspired. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/163 "2023-09-18T23:11:34Z")
Bobo says she’s done dating Democrats. [https://www.meidastouch.com/news/boebert-im-done-dating-democrats](https://www.meidastouch.com/news/boebert-im-done-dating-democrats) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/164 "2023-09-18T23:16:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Bobo says she’s done dating Democrats. - > > [https://www.meidastouch.com/news/boebert-im-done-dating-democrats](https://www.meidastouch.com/news/boebert-im-done-dating-democrats) Yeah, that’s obviously her biggest problem. Look what he made her do! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/165 "2023-09-18T23:21:03Z")
As a “devout Christian” she wore a gun on her hip, just like Jesus! 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/166 "2023-09-18T23:26:02Z")
‘That’s the kind of disgusting thing MTG would do! I’m a lady, and a job creator, I only give handys on the first date.’ Bobo ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/167 "2023-09-19T01:26:50Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > As a “devout Christian” she wore a gun on her hip, just like Jesus! **He said to them, “But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one**. Weapons had their place- for about one day of His Ministries. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/168 "2023-09-20T00:10:21Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > how high do you have to be to not recall toking up in the theater? Giraffe pussy. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/169 "2023-09-20T01:50:24Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Bobo says she’s done dating Democrats. > > [https://www.meidastouch.com/news/boebert-im-done-dating-democrats](https://www.meidastouch.com/news/boebert-im-done-dating-democrats) I’m surprised that she didn’t claim he assaulted her when he touched her boob, so she was defending herself by trying to pull off his dick. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/170 "2023-09-20T01:56:02Z")
You have to admit that would stop most guy’s attack. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/171 "2023-09-20T02:11:25Z")
I think I lost IQ points from reading that article, short as it was. > Boebert said that voters have been stressed out thinking about serious issues, but she is “here to provide levity and lift burden off of people.” She’s here to relieve voter’s stresses. One public hand job in a crowded theater at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/172 "2023-09-20T02:20:33Z")
> > > Fox News @FoxNews ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/173 "2023-09-20T02:33:34Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Bobo says she’s done dating Democrats. Male Colorado Democrats in their thirties and forties heave sighs of relief. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/174 "2023-09-20T04:34:46Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/175 "2023-09-20T04:41:09Z")
That’s farther than _I_ ever got on a first date. Even some light over-the-clothes action required a few months’ dating at minimum. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/176 "2023-09-20T05:51:21Z")
Clearly, she’s a good Christian woman, just like her voter base expects of her. She won’t fuck on the first date. Just public hand jobs. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/177 "2023-09-20T06:34:58Z")
> **[The Loophole by Garfunkel and Oates](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ZF_R_j0OY%2F45)** > > A song about Christian girls who stay virgins until they're married but have anal sex instead. Director: Riki Lindhome. DP: Jay Hunter. Producer: Adam ... ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/178 "2023-09-20T08:11:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Boebert said that voters have been stressed out thinking about serious issues, but she is “here to provide levity and lift burden off of people.” So she admits she’s a clown? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/179 "2023-09-20T14:34:59Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > So she admits she’s a clown? My thoughts exactly. Finally, an honest self-assessment. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163/180 "2023-09-20T17:21:28Z")
If clowning gets rapturous applause (and votes), clowning is what we’ll get. There’s plenty of evidence to say that ploy is working and has been for some years. At least on a certain subset of rube-ish voters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-lauren-boebert/990163.md?page=10)