Lock and Load

NY Times ^ | November 13, 2004 | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

[Cicero]

For a minute there, I thought I was reading something sensible. "Democrats have made a big mistake by P***ing off the voters with gun control. Photo ops of kerry carrying a shotgun followed by a safari bearer with a dead goose didn't do the trick. So we need to confront this issue and admit that gun control was a mistake."

Then he goes on to say, "Instead of p***ing off the voters by making guns illegal, lets p*** them off by regulating guns out of existence."

Sure, that will really appease gun owners. What a jerk.

[dennisw]

What do guys who like this guy .....

think of this guy?

[gitmo]

Make gun serial numbers harder for criminals to remove.

Wonder how they plan on making the gun recognize it's a criminal removing the numbers.

[Gibtx]

fake ...... is something every one sees now..... MSM doesnt understand and wont ..... they will just fade..

[Caipirabob]

Egads, they haven't learned a thing.

GOOD!

[The SISU kid]

"I can tell whether a gun is loaded or not. If it's disassembled, it's not loaded. If it's in one piece, it's loaded. That's not hard at all."

Unfortunately, you can't use logic against the Libs, It hurts their feeble little minds when you make them think...


8^)

[LuigiBasco]

You make some great points, but this is hilarious.

"Driver's Ed (now removed from many school systems in favor of putting condoms on cucumbers) did help people be more competent drivers."

Thanks for the humor break.

LOL

Luigi

[Hardastarboard]

"You can tell whether a camera is loaded by looking at it, and you should be able to tell whether a gun is loaded by looking at it,"

OK, I'm calling bu!!$h!t here. I owned a camera that you could work the film advance lever on, and it looked like you had taken X number of pictures, and thus that the camera was loaded. The only way you could definitively tell was by opening up the back.

I missed about 40 pictures on a trip once because of this very issue. This guy has no understanding of technology whatsoever, and is thus unqualified to comment on guns.

[appeal2]

These libs are truly inhabitants of the twi-light zone.

[snowsislander]

But nationally, gun control is dead.

And now let's start rolling back some of the existing gun control laws! We have the momentum on our side -- even the ultra-liberal, gun-grabbing Senator Kerry was running as a gunowner, and Mr. Kristof of the New York Times is conceding the issue -- we have changed the dynamic of the whole discussion. Now we should use that momentum to gain back some ground.

My first choice would be repealing the 1968 GCA, which would really put a kink in state laws that depend on it for definitions and regulatory bases.

[Freedom2specul8]

This guy is nutz.... This is further evidence that the blue states and their allies are totally clueless about gun control facts, true health issues, mental health issues, crime and self-defense.

Until they observe, listen and get educated about "our side" ...they will continue to push their agenda. They are so ignorant,they actually think that we are the ones who need education....as if they could possibly take a different route to reach their goal--and get *us* to get as brainwashed as them. HA! Good thing we think, read, and listen. sigh

[rodguy911]

What about baseball bats and knives do we have enough

counselors for those who use them? Poor rats they seem

desperate.

[M Kehoe]

"You can tell whether a camera is loaded by looking at it, and you should be able to tell whether a gun is loaded by looking at it," said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. Professor Hemenway has written "Private Guns, Public Health," a brilliant and clear-eyed primer for the country.

These clowns (Kristof included), just don't get it. Here is the simple solution to the problem posed above: ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED, SO DON'T POINT ONE AT ANYTHING YOU DON'T INTEND TO KILL!!! (Editorial comment only) DICKHEADs.

5.56mm

[Hardastarboard]

childproof pistols were sold back in the 19th century - they wouldn't fire unless the shooter put pressure on the handle as well as the trigger.

I had to jump in here again after I read this more thoroughly. NAME ONE, wise ass. I'm about as familiar with guns as anyone on this board, and I can't think of a single gun with this "feature" made in the 19th century, and only one that was made in the first part of the 20th (Colt 1911, of course). And that gun's not childproof - if they have it in their grip and pull the trigger, it will go off. What a F%%%%%g moron.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.

[Freedom2specul8]

Someone, somewhere...thought that our houses and families would be made safer by putting locks on the doors and windows.

[lodwick]

Sweet goodness.

[The SISU kid]

Agreed, Also if drivers licenses & marriage licenses cross over state lines why can't my concealed carry permit???

[petercooper]

[AMDG&BVMH]

"Next they would want to make knives safer. How, by making them dull? "

Yes, and banning knife sharpeners . . .

How do you make a baseball bat inherently safe? That poor med student was killed with a bat a few days ago. Make it out of styrofoam, I guess. Major League Baseball would be forced to play wiffle-ball.

Golf clubs would be banned, too.

Also, to avoid beating to death with a frozen cut of meat, freezers would be banned. We would have to buy our meat every day.

etc.

Yes, all practical suggestions to avoid 15 deaths a year of children under 5 -- so we also have to ban 5 gallon buckets, swimming pools, cribs (SIDS is more than 15 per year, not?) etc etc etc

[joesnuffy]

One emminet 'gun nut' once wrote in a letter to a friend of his....

"One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them"

The gun nut was Thomas Jefferson and the friend he wrote these words to back in 1796 was George Washington.