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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Some folks tend to think the whole world wallows in the same insecurities they do. Because they might not countenance touching a pistol, now they have to be on a mission that nobody else shall, either.
I have my doubts about Donald Trump, but I love the way he keeps hammering on “our stupid politicians.”
That’s exactly the right theme. He can sell it because he’s an outsider.
And they are stupid. Really slack-jaw, open-mouth, fly-unzipped, toilet-paper-sticking-out-of-the-back-of-their-pants stupid.
Political correctness makes some of them stupid. But most are just plain old stupid.
When you confront liberals with proven, irrefutable facts, they suddenly switch to emotion and personal attacks. As predictable as the sunrise.
If you want to really befuddle a lib, ask fact filled questions. It will move them to apoplexy. Its really fun to watch.
Trump is not captive to political circles. And so he has escaped their spell.
Liberals don’t give a damned about results. They believe that caring, raising awareness, and creating a government program to piss away money is what really counts.
And the voting public doesn't demand any of these things from them. All they want these days is someone "cool" and "hip" who gives them stuff.
We are so hosed.
I’ve never been much of a fan of Trump but like you I love the way he’s speaking out and saying it like it is against the politicos, especially the GOPe.
They’re really ticked and can’t really do a dang thing about it.
https://soundcloud.com/daniel-levy-6/redneck-revolution-demo
There’s gonna be (or gotta be) a redneck revolution
The 1960’s was the beginning of the End of Reason.
Well said, sjb.
The dawning of the Age of Aquarius took its place. No more that pesky God who insisted on reasoning together about what was righteous. If the stars made it feel good, do it....
1 Thomas Sowell is smarter by a factor of 10,000 than 65 Obamas. 
Bump.
Yep. I was 15 when that song was topping the charts. Even at that age, I could see how society would crumble if the hippies/leftism became “tenured”. It has come to pass.
I liked it too... it seemed so significant. Ah it was cool to pound it out on a piano....
Oh, if I had known.
The tenure did not happen in a vacuum. It is demons that drive this, needing people’s assent in order to have a claim on power in their lives.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke
Never loses it’s relevance, does it ?
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