Posted on 11/06/2017 4:48:19 PM PST by ForYourChildren
In the aftermath of Sunday’s deadly mass shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Morning Joe’s panel spent much of the broadcast repeatedly calling for gun control and trying to delegitimize the concept of gun ownership for the purpose of self-defense. At one point in the show, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens insisted that there wasn’t a “single instance” that conservatives could point to of anyone “us[ing] their guns to protect their liberties.” Bizarrely, Stephens had already forgotten that it was a citizen armed with a gun who stopped yesterday’s massacre from becoming even more horrendous.
For the most part, the MSNBC morning show used their discussion of the shooting to advocate over and over again for expanded background checks to prevent people like the shooter from acquiring guns. Regardless of the fact that initial reports (which were brought up on the show) already suggested that the background check system as it exists should have prevented the mass shooter from acquiring guns, the panel repeatedly demonized Republicans and the NRA as having blood on their hands for preventing “common sense” gun control.
In continuation of these inane talking points, the panel had Stephens on to rehash his arguments for repealing the Second Amendment on “conservative” grounds (Stephens originally made his case in an op-ed for NYT after the Las Vegas mass shooting):
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New York Times columnist Bret Stephens insisted that there wasn’t a “single instance” that conservatives could point to of anyone “us[ing] their guns to protect their liberties.”
Bizarrely, Stephens had already forgotten that it was a citizen armed with a gun who stopped yesterday’s massacre from becoming even more horrendous.
bunch of LIARS!!!
Guns Don’t Kill People; People Kill People.
I want guns kept in the right hands - and in more of them.
The CDC studied gun violence in 2013, after Obama’s order, and found a wealth of facts that didn’t fit the narrative that guns are dangerous. And that’s why the study didn’t receive the attention it deserved.
“..defensive gun uses by victims.. with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year,...”
The armed citizen is the first responder.
He should spend more time on Free Republic ... those are reported here almost weekly.
Every house that isn’t robbed because the burglar worries about a gun is an act of a firearm being used as self defense.
wasn’t a “single instance” that conservatives could point to of anyone “us[ing] their guns to protect their liberties.”
Hmmm... Doesn’t read history, I guess. What about the American Revolution? What about the Texas Revolution?
The idiot NeverTrumper fake conservative Bret Stephens forgets the police only respond after a crime has already happened.
Before that, individuals have a duty to protect themselves. Moreover, its settled case law going back to the 19th Century the police have only a duty to protect the community at large.
We are all responsible for protecting ourselves and the lives of others and the Second Amendment affords us the opportunity to do that by being armed.
We can never and should never - rely upon the state to keep us safe.
...Bizarrely, Stephens had already forgotten that it was a citizen armed with a gun who stopped yesterday’s massacre..
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Not a lapse of memory. Another democrat lie which we have become so used to. This isn’t gaining any new Democrat voters.
It’s an embarrassment to see.
I guess these people also can not remember that poor police response time was cited as the reason for the high death tolls achieved by the perps at Columbine High School or Ecole Polytechnique or Sandy Hook. And gee, I guess ones like Morning Joe would have been happy to know that Mao or Hitler or Pol Pot did not have to worry about citizens defending themselves.
Yeah, tells you about what he reads....has no idea.
All he has to do is search for the NRA’s Armed Citizen.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/the-armed-citizen
So now not only do jUrnialists twist stories to cover the narrative*, ignore stories that do not adhere to the narrative, but now they’ll just plain LIE to continue to push the narrative.
*Guns are bad
Especially the citizen under imminent threat of losing his life.
That is when one must act as time is of the essence and by the time the police arrive to save you, it will be probably be too late.
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What does a popular Fishwrap know?
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“Oklahoma Man Uses AR-15 to Kill Three Teen Home Intruders”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oklahoma-man-uses-ar-15-kill-three-teen-home-intruders-n739541
Gee, is that AR-15 that used for self-defense just “a rifle,” or is it an “assault weapon.”
Well, since it was used for self-defense, it must just be “a rifle.”
Here’s one from last month’s Armed Citizen with a happy ending. For the New Yawk Times viewing pleasure:
The Armed Citizen® Extra
Two men broke into a house in northern California late one Wednesday night in an attempt to rob the place. Unfortunately for them, one of the residents shot both intruders, killing them. The police said that at least one of the robbers had a gun, presenting a threat. The homeowner has not been charged. (The Mercury News, Brentwood, CA, 6/27/17)
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