I think if I were in a mob-rob situation, I’d like to get more than one shot off before going down.
Put it in context. When the second amendment was adopted the state of the art weapon was the musket. The government had the same weaponry. It was adopted not to hunt, not to target shoot, it was adopted for personal defense. The second amendment was written to protect people from a tyrannical government—One that they just defeated and an unknown number to follow. It is a right to bear arms. I go to bed every night thinking that this country is probably the safest on earth because nobody is stupid enough to invade us. Too many weapons in the hands of citizens.
They want this fight? Fine. Bring it you assholes. Throw yourselves over the cliff if you want.
if it is a “right” we do not need to convince you of our need.
Anything else you say is crass stupidity.
We don’t need CNN.
Someone tell the dems we’ll make a deal. We will negotiate in good faith. We give up the black scary guns and they give up abortion.
Deal?
No? Why not? If we have to abandon a legit 2’nd amendment right, a made up by lib judges ‘right’ should be easy.
What is it about “BLACK” guns that the dems are afraid of? Sounds racist to me.
Tell you what roland, there's some animal droppings in the driveway. Feel free to eat them all up.
The average American does not need Liberals.
Really; they don’t.
I notice that the left has recently changed their tactics on gun control.
They know fighting the second amendment is a loser, so they say it is OK to have guns, just not “assault weapons”.
They say they support the right to keep and bear arms, but with “sensible” restrictions.
Having unfortunately lived my entire life in California, every year the legislature finds several more “sensible” restrictions they must impose. There is no end to it.
The same old arguments. It feels like 1989 in California all over again!
I read one account of the Stockton schoolyard massacre that made it sound like the gun was floating in the air, killing the kids, and Patrick Purdy was desperately hanging on to the gun trying to make it stop.
Some journalists need to be confined, for their safety and ours.
Dear Roland,
I’ll make you a deal - you don’t tell me what I need and I won’t tell you about the enema YOU need!!
Jerk!!
This isn’t an editorial. It’s verbal diarrhea.
It’s not like the AK-47 (as in 1947, Roland, you ignorant putz) is new technology. The version available to most Americans is semi-automatic, unlike the selective fire weapon that soldiers use. Why denounce this particular rifle now? It wasn’t even the firearm present at the crime that prompted this outpouring of ignorance.
The semi-auto rifle used, with that 100 round magazine that has Roland’s panties in a bunch, jammed. I haven’t seen the details about who got hit by what from the police reports, but if the media reports are accurate (big if, as always) the majority of the damage done was with a shotgun and a couple Glock pistols that Roland deems to be A-OK. Even from a pro gun-control perspective, the stupidity of what passes for reasoning here is painful.
The only reason this sorry excuse for an editorial was written is because the boss of CNN, Obama the Bumbler, emitted his own spew about AK-47s, and his lesser minions are now eagerly smearing it around like the slavering lapdogs they are.
CNN is tanking, and with drivel like this being passed off as serious editorials, it’s about time.
TRANSPARENT_ANTI_FREEDOM_AGENDA_PING!
Average Americans don’t need ...
... smoke alarms ...
... air bags ...
... seat belts ...
... fire extinguishers ...
... first aid kits ...
... more than one vehicle ...
... that list can go on and on.
The average American doesn’t need newspapers either ...
Just another a-hole who doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Setting aside “need” vs desire vs RIGHT ... (and Jefferson explained WHY we have the need to guard that RIGHT, in explaining the NEED for the Second Amendment that enshrines it.)
U.S. Murders: All 13,636; Hands and Feet 801; Assault Rifles: less than 348 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2912115/posts
As the post makes clear, the “assault” rifles number includes ALL rifles, as FBI stats don’t break down type of rifle used in a murder. It is a proxy for an agenda.
Not yet.
I’m glad he thinks it’s o-k for us to have our hunting rifles.
Kind of like a Liberator pistol, a good hunting rifle can be used to acquire additional weapons once the shooting starts.