Posted on 07/21/2015 4:19:23 PM PDT by jazusamo
The outrage over another multiple murder of American military personnel on American soil by another Islamic extremist has been exacerbated by the fact that these military people had been ordered to be unarmed — and therefore sitting ducks.
Millions of American civilians have also been forbidden to have guns, and are also sitting ducks — for criminals, terrorists or psychos.
You might think that, before having laws or policies forcing fellow human beings to be defenseless targets, those who support such laws and policies would have some factual basis for believing that these gun restrictions save more lives, on net balance, than allowing more legal access to firearms. But you would be wrong.
Most gun control zealots show not the slightest interest in testing empirically their beliefs or assumptions. There have been careful factual studies by various scholars of what happens after gun control laws have been instituted, strengthened or reduced.
But those studies are seldom even mentioned by gun control activists. Somehow they just know that gun restrictions reduce gun crime, no matter how many studies show the opposite. How do they know? Because other like-minded people say so — and say so repeatedly and loudly.
A few gun control advocates may cherry-pick examples of countries with stronger gun control laws than ours that have lower murder rates (such as England) — and omit other countries with stronger gun control laws than ours that have far higher murder rates (such as Mexico, Russia and Brazil).
You don't test an assumption or belief by cherry-picking examples. Not if you are serious. And if you are not going to be serious about life and death, when are you going to be serious?
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People never do “nothing.” They do wrong or right.
And frankly I don’t have much use for the abstraction of “Good people.” There aren’t any, only sinners needing salvation. I saw that slogan hijacked right before my eyes in a certain corporate setting, to promote “gay agenda” before it even got on most people’s radar screens. You just redefine what good people are and voila! Fait accompli.
"Changing the goal after the fact is just one of the ways the left has portrayed its failures as successes."
That is excellent tag line material, right there!
Amen...That’s dead on the mark.
Socialists like Hitler and Stalin know that gun restrictions do Not save more lives.
That is not their goal.
Applies to so many things in life....
Reason, truth and fact do not matter. The end game is government control and guns must be taken from all citizens to achieve this.
Marxists just laugh at our attempts to argue, however they fear revolution.
A few gun control advocates may cherry-pick examples of countries with stronger gun control laws than ours that have lower murder rates (such as England)
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Gun control isn’t about safety. It’s not even at the root about guns.
It’s all about controlling a population by eliminating its ability to defend itself against...anything.
I wish we could have Sowell for president, instead of troop of idiots we are stuck with.
Self ping
AGREED, or as Vise President, or as Senator, or United Nations representative, we need those with clear sighted vision of our circumstances to have positions of turning America to maintain our U.S. Constitution, and hold to the values of our forefathers, and all vigilant conservatives today.
We are currently underwater with Socialism or Marxism, and day by day becoming Totalitarianism. Our young people do not know their History.
(We are bound to repeat what we do not know)
Pray God to Bless America and return us to our former faith, in Jesus name, amen.
Arguing with a liberal is like challenging a two year old child to a boxing match. They have no real offense but they will still cry and claim they won.
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