Posted on 07/06/2008 11:21:34 AM PDT by Daniel T. Zanoza
Afghanis Get It, Too Bad Anti-Gun Elitists Dont: NRA To Target Chicago + Neighboring Suburban Hand Gun Bans, After Supreme Court Ruling
Commentary by Bill Zettler *
According to the Associated Press, June 27, 2008, "The number of civilians killed in fighting between insurgents and security forces in Afghanistan has soared by two-thirds in the first half of this year, to almost 700 people, a senior U.N. official said Sunday."
We have all seen pictures on TV of Afghan citizens walking the streets with AK-47's draped over their shoulders. And who can forget the Afghan weddings where hundreds of shots are fired in the air to celebrate the event. Every Afghan male who can afford a gun has one and, more often than not, they are assault rifles like the AK-47.
To the average Afghani, the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the right to bear arms in your own home for self-defense must seem like a no-brainer. In fact, the Afghan people must be shaking their heads, trying to figure out ...
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Unfortunately, for the many residents in Arab countries struck by those "shots fired into the air"..., those firing the shots never figured out that what goes up must come down!
Jesse Jackson is no more a reverend than I am. He has not earned a divinity degree, nor has he ever had a congregation. He attended the Chicago Seminary for one year and dropped (flunked?) out. Likewise, Al Sharpton does not deserve the title. While Jackson did attend college, Sharpton is a high school dropout. So where does he get the right to claim his title? A DC preacher "ordained" him at age 10. So, please MSM, drop the pretense for these two charlatans...they are professional pot-stirrers whose only job is to portray blacks as victims rather than point the finger at the real source of their problems: themselves.
Uh...that would also be true in San Antonio, where deaths and injuries result every New Year’s Eve because Mexicans haven’t figured gravity out either.
Here’s an interesting article about “falling bullets” terminal velocity” and what damage may or may not result, if you are interested:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a950414b.html
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