Posted on 04/20/2007 9:07:07 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Why do we have the same futile argument every time there is a mass killing?
Advocates of gun control try to open a discussion about whether more reasonable weapons statutes might reduce the number of violent deaths. Opponents of gun control shout "No!" Guns don't kill people, people kill people, they say, and anyway, if everybody were carrying weapons, someone would have taken out the murderer and all would have been fine.
And we do nothing.
This is a stupid argument, driven by the stupid politics of gun control in the United States.
In other spheres, we act reasonably when faced with new problems. When Richard Reid showed that nasty things could be done with shoes on airplanes, airport security started examining shoes. When liquids were seen as a potential danger, we regulated the quantity of liquids we could take on flights. We barred people from carrying weapons onto airliners long ago.
If we can act pragmatically in the skies, why can't we be equally practical here on the ground?
In its zeal to defend our inviolable right to bear arms, is the National Rifle Association going to argue for concealed carry on airplanes? If not, won't the organization be violating its core principle that all of us should be free to be armed at all times?
No one pretends that smarter gun laws would prevent all violence. But it's a disgrace that we can't try to learn from tragedies such as this week's Virginia Tech massacre and figure out whether better laws might at least modestly reduce the likelihood of such horrific events happening again.
Our country is a laughingstock on the rest of the planet because of our devotion to unlimited gun rights. On Thursday, an Australian newspaper carried this headline: "America, the gun club."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
On Thursday, an Australian newspaper carried this headline: “America, the gun club.”
Who Cares
EJ Dionne bows before foreign opinion....again.
Fact: A mechanism exists where a person who is found to be a threat can have their firearm rights revoked.
Fact: That mechanism failed because a liberal judge did not check the box while sentencing to revoke Cho’s ability to purchase a firearm legally.
I’ll just take that as a compliment.
“America, the gun club.”
They forget to mention we have free drinks, and it’s dime hot wing night every Friday. /s (though I wish the hot wing part was true.)
I call it freedom and if other countries are laughing then the joke is on those poor suckers.
For a liberal, that's a great idea. But personally I hate TSA checkpoints. And it'll be a sorry day when this is what happens in everyday life in country that used to believe in liberty.
But we already know the answer---John Lott figured it out a while back---"More guns, Less crime". But THAT particular answer is one that dear old "E.J." doesn't want to hear--despite the fact that it is the one that works.
This article should be the poster child for “straw-man” rhetoric.
“In other spheres, we act reasonably when faced with new problems. When Richard Reid showed that nasty things could be done with shoes on airplanes, airport security started examining shoes. When liquids were seen as a potential danger, we regulated the quantity of liquids we could take on flights.”
I stopped right there...
What an idiot. He doesn’t have a clue. And he brings up the left’s favorite whipping boy, the assault rifle as though it were relevant here. The problem is that we don’t keep the dangerously mentally ill out of civil society. Build more nut houses is my remedy and fill them up. God knows there are plenty of nuts out there who need locking up.
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
I found a hot wing place that serves free beer. Don’t ask, I don’t like waiting in long lines.
No, most of the rest of the planet is a laughingstock (and a sh!thole ruled by filthy fascists) because they don't have guns. What a dumbass.
You can tell when you've eviscerated someone's silly point when you can simply repeat their own position back to them in one coherent sentence which makes them look ridiculous.
Nicely done.
Why Mark Levin refers to this as the Wasington COMPost”.
stooped = stopped
“Is the National Rifle Association going to argue for concealed carry on airplanes? “
This is actually an excellent idea and would work to increase safety.
A useless peice of drivel masquerading as a news column.
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