Posted on 10/06/2015 5:25:12 AM PDT by bestintxas
Assuming that there are good and bad people on both the right and the left and that everyone is horrified by mass shootings, how is one to explain the great divide between the Right and the Left on the gun issue as it relates to mass murders, such as the one recently committed at Umpqua Community College? Why does the Left focus on more gun-control laws, and why doesn’t the Right? One reason the Right doesn’t focus on gun-control laws is quintessentially American. Many Americans believe that it is their right — and even their duty — to own guns for self-protection. Unique among major democratic and industrialized nations, Americans have traditionally believed in relying on the state as little as possible. The Right carries on this tradition, while the Left believes in relying on the state as much possible — including, just to name a few areas, in education, health care, and personal protection. A second reason for the Left-Right divide is that the Left is uncomfortable with blaming people for bad actions. The Right, on the other hand, is far more inclined to blame people for their bad actions.
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Sorta like female vs men?
How does it feel to stop someone who is committing an evil act such as robbery, rape, or some other dastardly deed?
I have the solution..... make it illegal for bullets to invade another’s personal space!
We just need to take Joycelyn Elders’ advice and make “safer bullets”.
Liberals don’t want to save lives - they want to ‘feel’ good about themselves....
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