It was said by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy from New York during an interview about banning "assault weapons". The interview discussed the banning of firearms with certain features, such as barrel shrouds. She was asked if she knew what a barrel shroud was, and she replied that it was the shoulder thing that goes up.VoiceofReason wrote:I have seen the quote “that thing that goes up” numerous times. Where did it come from?A-R wrote:obviously that's an assault revolver, it's all black. And it has "that thing that goes up" - right above the dangerous pistol grip ... and that piece under the barrel, pretty sure that's a barrel shroud.
I don't normally place too much faith in Wikipedia, but it was the quickest thing for me to find on this....
(emphasis mine)On the April 18, 2007, episode of MSNBC's program Tucker, Tucker Carlson interviewed McCarthy about the Virginia Tech massacre and her proposed reauthorization of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. He asked her to explain the need to regulate barrel shrouds, one of the many provisions included in her bill. She did not directly respond, instead stating it was more important that the legislation would ban large capacity "clips" (sic) of the type used in the Virginia Tech massacre and that the class of guns chosen prohibited by the law were those used by gangs and killers of police officers. That statement was factually incorrect; Cho's largest magazines held fifteen rounds, thus making them legal under the AWB.[23] When Carlson pressed her twice more on the question about barrel shrouds, she admitted that she did not know what a barrel shroud was, and incorrectly stated, "I believe it is a shoulder thing that goes up."
There are also YouTube videos all over of the actual interview, so I feel the above quote is pretty exact. Basically, it shows how idiotic most of these legislators are. Looking at pictures (Feinstein) and not even knowing what they are trying to ban, or ban on cosmetic features (McCarthy and the rest).