Just some brief wandering thoughts of mine on the matter of gun control. Sorry, I used the wrong phrase. "Gun Safety" is now the buzz word and is preferred over "gun control". Of course, the latter phrase promptly runs into trouble with NRA supporters. So, clever politicians have shifted the vocabulary to cover their true motive. They did the same thing years ago when they changed "abortion" to "pro-choice" in an effort to cover the slaughter of the unborn.
To those gun safety advocates out there, I ask one question: what gun safety training did the Florida school shooter lack? He knew how to load the gun. He certainly (and regrettably) knew how to fire the gun. I guess he missed that part of the gun safety class where he would have learned you don't shoot innocent people with your gun. By the way, if you are so keen on "gun safety", you should be a supporter of the NRA because that's who they are!
The situation in Florida had nothing to do with gun safety. It had to do with an evil, deranged individual, and a failure by those in authority. Since then, the cry is for more gun control (oops, I meant safety!). We need new laws to protect our students. So, Florida rushes to judgment and passes a law prohibiting the purchase of AR-15s by anyone younger than 21. Newsflash, politicians: those 18-21 have a far greater weapon than an AR-15. They have the right to vote. If they are too young to own a gun, they are too young to vote.
But, we all know such a law will not prevent a deranged eighteen-year old from getting his hands on a weapon if he intends to harm others. Those who wish to commit the crime of murder have no problem first committing the crime of theft.
So, for full gun safety, we need to eliminate the firearms. Yes, I know, the left will immediately scream, "No, that's not what we want." Well, maybe you won't say so out loud or maybe you haven't pursued your logic to its proper end.
Deranged eighteen-year olds can no longer buy an AR-15. But, they might steal one. So, why don't we pass a law forbidding the manufacturing of a weapon which, supposedly, has no use other than to kill humans? Ok, law passed. AR-15s are no longer manufactured and, in fact, are removed from society. So, the deranged eighteen-year old steals a .357 Magnum instead and shoots several students. Solution: get rid of .357 Magnums! And, so on and so forth. Logic dictates true gun safety will occur only when all guns are out of the hands of private citizens. Of course, this assumes no soldier or security personnel ever becomes deranged!
The left always shouts their support for the second Amendment and then adds the "but" caveat. Well, in Illinois, there is an effort to actually begin gun confiscation. You may read one article on that matter here (Illinois gun confiscation).
Finally, if one could eliminate all guns from our country, why wouldn't a deranged individual use a bomb or knife or truck or car or train or plane?
Monday, March 19, 2018
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