Video: Tennessee Rep. Mike Stewart Sells AK-47 at Lemonade Stand to Promote Background Checks

Well, this is one way to get things done . . .

Rep. Mike Stewart (Democrat) of Nashville, Tennessee, was out to prove a point Wednesday morning when he set up a lemonade stand selling lemonade, cookies and an AK-47 rifle.

Go ahead, make sure you read that right . . .

Now that we’re up to speed, let’s talk about this. Rep. Mike Stewart had one thing in mind when he set up shop of his little lemonade stand Wednesday morning: background checks for private gun sales.

Let’s listen to what he has to say:

He says in the Facebook Live video, he purchased the weapon the night before in a parking lot.

What do you think? Was Rep. Stewart’s message delivered properly?

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