Like using a 'bazooka to hunt squirrels': John Thune ridiculed for 'prairie dog' defense of AR-15 ownership

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Like using a 'bazooka to hunt squirrels': John Thune ridiculed for 'prairie dog' defense of AR-15 ownership

United States Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-South Dakota) triggered an avalanche of questions on Tuesday when he offered a tenuous defense of average citizens owning AR-15 semiautomatic rifles."In my state, they use them to shoot prairie dogs and, you know, other types of varmints," Thune told a gaggle of reporters at the Capitol. "And so I think there are legitimate reasons why people would want to have them. And I think the challenge you …