Posted on 12/16/2007 4:54:56 AM PST by rellimpank
Matthew Murray has given us another reason to renew the ban on high-powered assault weapons.
Murray was the troubled young man who killed four people last Sunday and injured others at religious organizations in Arvada and Colorado Springs. Almost exactly a year before the rampage, he purchased an AK-47 assault rifle and a large shipment of ammunition. Less than two months later, he purchased another.
He was armed with a Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle, the kind used by military and law-enforcement personnel, during his killing spree in Colorado Springs. He also had handguns. The AK-47 assault rifle was found in the trunk of his car.
Such extraordinary firepower is not meant for hunting animals or target shooting. We see only one other purpose. And so did Murray.
The gun control debate is tricky, and emotional. But Congress should move quickly to re-enact a federal assault weapons prohibition.
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By accepting the premise that this is a “gun problem”; you miss the point entirely. This problem does not fit on a bumper sticker and is therefore too complex for the “voting population” you describe.
The weapons here are not the problem. Our society (not our government) continues to fail to identify and treat people for severe mental diseases [like terminal liberalism]. But, part of the problem is a lack of means or acceptance on the part of our “free society” as to how to deal with aberrant behavior.
Our politicians and news media need these tragedies to continue to happen. For the politician the boogie man needs to be real to keep you dependent and them in control. For the media, “if it bleeds, it leads” and they are in the business of selling news [not to mention their biased agenda].
Look at the history of spree killings. They involve a wide variety of weapons, tactics and opportunities to exploit.
People who commit these acts do act out well before these major events happen. What motivation or means is available to a family, a school or an employer take steps to seek serious, behavior limiting, intervention. Even Mainstream TV shows like Dr. Phil, who seems to represent the best of nannyism, struggle to find solutions for the truly aberrant. Currently its just not PC for individuals to limit the behavior of others when they chose a destructive a path.
It is so much simpler to claim that the problem is the weapon than it is to confront the real problem. Our courts have done their part to exacerbate the problem in telling us that people do not have a responsibility for their family and friends or any means to redirect their behavior. At the same time our government claims to be the omnipotent nanny to fix the problem through legislating to limit the behavior of law abiding citizens. If you doubt this assertion then just look at how the citizens who have taken action to stop these people are treated.
This sad situation is the result of years of moral relativism and the erosion of personal responsibility. When these problems are addressed, many of these sad instances will be reported accurately and in a proper prospective. They will loose their luster to those who seek infamy in their self destruction.
Bet you 50 that he didn’t care to make that difference if he DID.
Bet you 30 that the rifles in question were semi auto only AND not only does the writer not know the difference, the writer doesn’t care what the difference is.
damn near every sentence is a flat out lie except this one.
and exactly one low powered handgun wielded by a God fearing woman stopped the gutless coward in his tracks...
make it a mil and I’ll split it with ya... any takers???
Id take that bet cause I dont see any way in hell that these lying pr!ck 'reporters' arent educated by plenty of readers, leos,editors, other journalists etc. about these weapons and availability every time they pump this agenda.
Its just an evil sickness to kill innocents in the name of the common good [ socialism]...
Well for the sane person it isn't an assault weapon, but for the liberal "black rifles are bad" crowd they can always point to the Walther G22 and say it's an assault weapon:
“...Law enforcement officers universally agree that people wanting self protection dont carry assault weapons....”
Only the National ASS. of Police Chiefs believes this. Of courese they’re only BARELY to the right of the AARP and even there it’s a close race.
“It is so much simpler to claim that the problem is the weapon than it is to confront the real problem. Our courts have done their part to exacerbate the problem in telling us that people do not have a responsibility for their family and friends or any means to redirect their behavior. At the same time our government claims to be the omnipotent nanny to fix the problem through legislating to limit the behavior of law abiding citizens. If you doubt this assertion then just look at how the citizens who have taken action to stop these people are treated.
This sad situation is the result of years of moral relativism and the erosion of personal responsibility. When these problems are addressed, many of these sad instances will be reported accurately and in a proper prospective. They will loose their luster to those who seek infamy in their self destruction.”
Well said. Worth repeating.
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