I've been coming here without posting long enough to think it is a site about a broader range of issues than just guns. What annoyed me was the rudeness with which one poster in particular decided that since I was refering to one very specific element of an article--the irony that 60 Minutes suddenly has such respect for police, because they're talking about taking AWAY guns, as opposed to their usual "evil cops" position--he could simply lie about me. That ain't cool.
But back to your more meaningful post. The MSM's wholesale buying into the handgun control philosophy speaks to a much larger problem, which is the easily disproved idea that guns are these relics of frontier days. Forget the tons of data available, just look at the blatant contradiction of a media telling us at all times that law enforcement and military personel are abusive and rougue, and that we should only trust THEM with the guns. They simply IGNORE that second amendment, as if it is as casually tossed aside as prohibition, when citizens having access to self-protection of their property and lives is one of the most important rights we have. They seem to believe that if all the citizens lost their guns then somehow we would live in this magical society without violence, and somehow the criminals would have no access to weapons, and would just give up B&E's and rapes and muggings and stalkings.
On the one hand the MSM tells us to beware of the police, even though the police are the ones who protect them; on the other hand, they tells us we shouldn't be taking care of ourselves even though we can't trust the police. I guess they must believe in the power of prayer after all, because their loopy vision of a world with no guns = a world of no violence is one big ol' fairytale.
Agreed. But I think what separates most FReepers from other citizens is their passion. Most people have only a passing interest in the major threats we are experiencing to our republic. You can count on FReepers to take them very seriously, if they recognize them.
Recognizing the threat to our second amendment rights is something you've clearly demonstrated. Whether or not you take up the cause as passionately as we have is one of Laz's issues with you. Your arguments with him (to me) suggest that you haven't gotten quite as worried as he is about losing our rights.
We figure you have other worries, much as we do, regarding the plight of our God given rights. Stay around a while and see if you don't get as passionate as we are, even if it's about other issues as well as the sacred right to be armed.