Posted on 11/12/2010 6:05:56 AM PST by marktwain
“This target shoots back,” the click-through ad at the top of the MyFoxMaine.com news page tells us, inviting viewers to watch the season premiere of “Human Target” with its action hero protagonist, guns in each hand blazing.
How exciting!
And the “Top News Story,” directly under the banner?
Virginia Tech Shooting Survivor Speaks in Portland
It’s Colin Goddard, on his mission to spread the gospel of citizen disarmament (see sidebar video). Except that’s not what he calls it:
"If you say the word gun control, it's the big horrible word," Goddard said. "But if you break it down to the specifics of well, how about background checks... people say, 'Oh yeah that sounds reasonable. I can support that.'"
What Goddard doesn’t mention is his assailant had passed background checks and even waited the 30 days required by Virginia law to purchase his second gun. What Goddard also doesn’t say is the new edicts he’s stumping for will have about as much a chance at stopping “illegal” gun sales among the vocational criminal class as current requirements to buy controlled substances through a pharmacist do at curbing street drug sales.
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But screw those people. They deserve to be victimized. It is a small price to pay for self-righteousness.
Speaking of ‘Human Target’, it premiers it’s second season next Wednesday night, at 8pm EST...on FOX. ;)
Colin Goddard might have been able to do something about it if he had been armed.
But no - he wants all of us to potentially go through the same ordeal he did. No thanks.
Thanks - I’ll have to set my DVR now, so I don’t forget. I like the star (Mark Valley) - he was awesome in the show Keen Eddie.
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