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.
Maybe one too many...who knows?
FMCDH(BITS)
I believe he changed his name for Affirmative Action reasons.
Well, take a stroll through the BOR.
We don’t have to worry about troops taking up residence in our homes (yet), and those accused of felonies have the right to counsel.
If it weren’t for the NRA and the fact there are 1.1 guns per American, our tyrants in DC would have easily done away with gun rights long ago.
Our rights, natural and otherwise, exist for practical, real world purposes only when there are institutions willing and capable of securing them.
James Madison referred to Bill of Rights as ‘parchment barriers,’ for he knew from experience that rights must be backed up with force.
It is why the tenth amendment is a goner until the states return to the senate.
Well Jerry my lad, I think the First Amendment use by ignorant, elitist faux journalists as yourself is dangerous, stupid and shortsighted. I think we should have the communists in charge take on the Amendments in order and then see how many of these clowns are still for destroying Americans 2nd Amendment rights.
I should have known I’d have to see it if I mentioned it. The thought is bad enough
No thanks.
Yeah, me too. They need to fire him
More like a serious gerbilist
...the provision that gives every American the right to keep and bear arms, is blind and stupid.
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Well I think you should just go right there and find all those blind and stupid Americans and throw a chair at them and break their noses.
I watched this useless disgrace of a human being on Fox the other morning. He said Obama needs to speak directly to American Muslims...needs to tell them, “We love you, we adore you, and we cherish the values of your wonderful religion.”
... it [the second amendment] also protects access to weapons for domestic abusers, mental patients ...
Ummm, depends on how you define "mental patient" and "domestic abuser." It is a felony to transfer or loan a firearm to people in both of those categories, Mr. Rivers knows it. He is nothing but a simple liar. Nothing he says should be taken seriously. In a decent society, he would be shunned. Obviously, FoxNews doesn't (and IMO shouldn't) care about its employees being decent people. Just the ratings ma'am.
Well, thank you very much for that...and I’m out of eye bleach!
We love you, we adore you, and we cherish the values of your wonderful religion.
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Holy crap, he actually said that because I think that is what the Muslims tell their prisoners to say just before they cut their heads off.
Idiots like this fool are one of the main reasons I take issue when people ‘accuse’ me of ONLY watching FNC for my news etc.
Admittedly even with this clown and BO’R FNC is hands down better than the rest of them.
I ‘watch’ NONE of them, local TV news at 11PM and I end up skimming through most of it when I bypass and ‘stories’ on BO, MO, GOPe and other LIB endorsements etc etc etc....
Granted the 2A may not specifically say that I can personally carry a weapon at all times BUT it is a lot clearer in that vein than the 1A says Bill and Phil can get married or Jane Doe can murder an unborn child.
(Actually the marriage and abortion are none of my concern unless it directly effects me,)
like I say to the ‘M Sam’ community
“It is your mouth, you can haul coal in it as far as I am concerned.”
“Other than that I care little about your life or life style, so please quit trying to make me ‘understand’”.
The headline above this article on the forum page was:
“Saudi King Warns ISIS “Will Reach Europe In One Month, US In Two”
Hmmm ....
Makes the 2A look pretty smart!
I think I can't be surprised anymore, but when he said that, I almost fell out my chair.
This guy is an idiot. The 2nd Amendment doesn’t “give” us anything: We already possessed the God-given right. What the 2nd Amendment did was tell the government that it can’t infringe on that God-given right, with the corollary being if it does, the People will kick ass and take names.
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