Posted on 05/28/2022 1:35:40 PM PDT by rktman
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said it’s possible to persuade some people by rephrasing gun control as “gun regulation. Like, we have driving regulation, we have cars, and we regulate the cars.” And stated that there are things like raising the age limit to buy a gun from 18 to 21, background checks, red flag laws, and having unique codes for firearms like the password on a phone “that can be done that are just normal, because we do them for cars.”
Brooks stated, “I think there is the possibility of changing the way we talk about this in order to get people who are winnable, and that’s not to phrase it as gun control, we’re going to take away your guns. That’s to phrase it as gun regulation. Like, we have driving regulation, we have cars, and we regulate the cars. And there are all sorts of things you could do that are kind of like what we do with cars.”
He continued, “Like, we could raise the age limit at which you buy a gun. It’s — this kid was 18. You could raise it to 21. That would make a difference. Background checks, the red flag laws. If you see somebody in your orbit who is suicidal or something, you can go to law enforcement and make it impossible for them to get guns. There are a whole series of things. Somebody made the point — I think it was my colleague Nick Kristof — that if you — if I lose my phone, and you pick it up, it’s basically useless to you. Because you don’t have my code. Why can’t guns be like that?”
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Raises a good issue though. Cars are WAY over-regulated.
Sure, and let’s relabel abrogations of the first amendment as “mouth and hand regulation”.
They do that on everything. Change the name. NOT HAPPENING!
Gun confiscation by any other name is still gun confiscation!
We should rephrase The New York Times news to The New York Times Lies.
Sorry but somehow drug using, emotionally impaired, sexually aberrant people should not be allowed to own AR-15s or other such weapons.
Even compared with the other Ivy League legacies who plague our various media, is there a more condescending, obvious walking dog turd than David Brooks?
smelly brown coating material
And knowingly lied.
They use the messaging guide:
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/748675/gun-violencemessaging-guide-pdf-1.pdf
Hey he’s right. Gun control has to do with the size of your shot grouping. :)
Wait, I thought it was supposed to be ‘Gun Safety’. Now they want another term?
As long as they are redefining words, why not call Gun Control “Free Guns For Everyone And Ammunition Too!”
What part of “Shall Not Be Infringed” does this wordsmith not understand?
Sure, let’s treat guns like cars -
Mufflers are mandatory.
No legal limit to how many cylinders, or powerful they can be; you can own cars much more powerful than police cars.
Driver’s license is good in all 50 states, including NYC and Washington DC. It’s even legal to own *trucks*.
No background check for purchase or sale.
No age limits for purchase.
You can own as many as you want, and you can buy as many as you can afford.
You can buy cars in any state, and have them shipped to you
You can build cars from scratch in your garage - yes, the dreaded GHOST CARS
There’s no need to ever register any cars you don’t drive on public roads.
Fully automatic transmissions are legal.
You can take your car to school. Every day. No questions asked.
Are you really sure you want to treat guns like cars?
The commie left screams that 18 yr olds should NOT have access to guns..fine, they should not vote either..way too young..oh wait, same commie left says 18 yr olds should vote, since the majority vote Democrat..oh and 5 yr olds can change genders too
I'm done with the gun control crowd.
Shall not be infringed. SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!!
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