Posted on 09/01/2014 3:04:12 PM PDT by Kaslin
In covering the tragic story of a young girl accidentally killing her range instructor with an Uzi, my colleague Matt Vespa predicted that the anti-gun lobby would exploit this story to promote their agenda. It appears his prediction has been proven true. This past Thursday, Geraldo Rivera, a noted proponent of gun control, posted the following anti-Second Amendment message on his website and Facebook page: (emphasis added)
Like I always say, the 2nd Amendment, the provision that gives every American the right to keep and bear arms, is blind and stupid. In its relentless pimping for the gun industry, the NRA has unleashed an avalanche of deadly weapons on this gun-crazy country. Just as protects access to weapons for cops and hunters, it also protects access to weapons for domestic abusers, mental patients, jerk-offs on the no-fly list, all-around dim bulbs, and now little children.
As the father of a sweet, smart nine year old daughter myself, the latest example of gross excess is the image of that pony-tailed New Jersey girl accidentally killing her gun range instructor. It is obscene and uncivilized to let a third grader shoot a fully automatic Uzi machine gun. What was she training for, revolution? Invasion? Service in the coming post-apocalyptic social disorder? Stupid, but just another of countless examples of how far into insanity we have let the gun nuts push us.
As Matt noted in his article, there's a general consensus that the shooting range behaved negligently in allowing a young child to shoot a fully automatic weapon.
I actually agree with most of Rivera's second paragraph: it was absolutely irresponsible for a young child to be shooting an Uzi. I disagree, however, with the assertion that it is the "gun nuts" fault that the girl was on the range. It's not uncommon at all for a child to learn to shoot at a young age, whether it be for hunting or sporting purposes. Giving an Uzi to a child, on the other hand, was absolutely ridiculous and this tragedy easily could have been avoided.
While it's not exactly a shock that someone against guns thinks that the Second Amendment is "stupid," it is somewhat troubling that in Rivera's eyes the amendment being "blind" is also a negative quality. The U.S. Constitution applies to every citizen regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sex and intelligence level. It would be thoroughly anti-American to have a set of Constitutional rights only for people who meet certain intelligence (or other arbitrary) qualifications.
This incident was a preventable tragedy, no doubt. But it's not an appropriate tool for outrage against the Second Amendment.
Three words: Al Capone’s vault.
You raise a very interesting point, Mr. Rivera, why don’t you lead a charge to repeal part of the Bill or Rights?
This LIB fool is insufferable. Go away, heraldo...go away. I wonder if he carries or has guns...does he have private protection by armed individuals?
Who is this Geraldo Rivera?
And this twerp is relevant in what way?
The elitists will always be wrapped in security and surrounded by armed guards. What do they care if the “little people” are vulnerable?
That's weird. I always thought The Creator gave us the Natural Right to Keep and Bear Arms, for self-defense and a means of resisting Despotism. You know, like it says in the Declaration of Independence.
Maybe Geraldo is a Declaration-denier.
Absolutely right and if Jerry Rivers had a brain in his head he'd realize it....He doesn't.
What a SHMUCK! There’s a prime example of a narcissist butthole pandering to anyone stupid to watch him. Whenever he is on, I switch or mute. Al Capone’s Vault had more in it than Geraldo’s head!
The elitist want the people vulnerable.
The stupid one was the guy who handed a 9 year old girl an Uzi. Not only is he dead but this girl will have nightmares for a very long time.
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress;
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Have at it.
This insufferable idiot has continuously done this and is at it again. Fox News contiues to carry this clown despite his propensity to create this kind of controversy. I am sick of it and I’m sure many others are. Why they carry this clown is beyond me. One day they will wake up and release him. There will be much rejoicing in mudville when they do. He is not Fox material. I don’t know who at Fox fostered him, but they should be gone too.
Whorealdo is a HUGE drama queen!!!!!! His reporting has more adjectives
than websters dictionary recognizes!!!!!!!
Rivera has been married five times and has fathered five children:
He also fathered Cruz Grant (born 1987) with an unnamed, Mexican American[43] woman.
On July 21, 2013, at 1 AM, Geraldo Rivera tweeted a picture of himself clad only in a towel, exclaiming that “70 is the new 50”.[46][47] He has since removed the tweet and the pic.[48]
He received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1969 and later did postgraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[11]
And he deigns to call the founders of this country stupid?
Gerald, you are stupid...go find another vault...
“I see”, said the blind man!
Whatever. I wanted another gun anyways.
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