Category: Guns

A Defense of Absolutism

An excellent article appearing in Town Hall by someone who understands the political process:

In view of this monolithic trend towards governmental expansion and commensurate limitation of individual rights, Mr. LaPierre has adopted a strict constructionist viewpoint. He may agree that it isn’t a good idea for people like James Holmes to get his hands on assault weapons, but he knows that whatever restriction is accepted will be just the beginning.

That’s largely what our opponents fail to understand, and what we need to understand. There’s no reason to reach out and work together to find solutions. That’s not how the process works. People who think politics is the art of everyone getting together to solve problems is naive. Politics is the art of living together without killing each other, and as Clausewitz famously said, killing each other is just politics by other means.

My position is absolute. I want less, not more gun control. I’m not going to compromise or work with them on any issue unless the other side gets me in a position where the only choices are bad and worse.

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Gun owners are paranoid …

… because no one is advocating we come to take away your guns. These types of sentiments are common enough in my Google alerts, I seldom comment on them. Given that they are far far outside the mainstream of American thought, I don’t feel a need to answer them. But every once in a while we need reminding that any gun control advocate who tells you that is trying to sell you a bridge, even if it’s only piece-by-piece.

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The New Civility

I realize that this stuff gets a little old, but I’m always amazed at the creativity that anti-gun folks bring to the table when it comes to silencing their political opponents. For example, one woman wants to transition from a volunteer military to one that institutes a draft based on political views:

This person wants everyone to know that those citizens who have a different interpretation of the Second Amendment clearly should be forced to pay for other people’s medical expenses, regardless of the fact that they have nothing to do with that person or the circumstances that caused medical care. Since I assume one would need to tax NRA members at or near 100% in order pay the entire healthcare needs of the rest of the country, I guess this person is advocating for government-mandated bankruptcy for all of those who disagree with his views:

This person believes that all NRA members are male. Of course, this comes with the always popular small manhood joke.

And for the groups that like to say they aren’t really trying to confiscate guns, well, maybe a little education is in order for their supporters:

Of course, maybe giving them that advice is a bad idea. If their followers were educated on the reality of politics and law, they might actually figure out how to win a few battles on the political front. Oh, wait, that requires support from people who actually turn up to vote on the issue, so scratch that.

And, finally, we have a few more tweets about Olympian Corey Cogdell who has been witness to the love and understanding that animal rights activists show for all of God’s creatures on this earth:

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Other Delving into MAIG’s Relationship With City Governments

Thirdpower uncovers a very interesting story about MAIG conspiring with the Mayor of Columbus to exploit the Chardon mass shooting. I encourage you to follow the links. I had speculated back when this happened it was a coordinated effort, designed to get e-mails. Turns out I was right.

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Mass Killing in China

Guns are very seriously restricted in China, yet a mass killer armed with a simple knife killed eight, and wounded five. China has a problem with mass killings with knives. The article points out there was a rash of these in 2010 with 20 killed and 50 wounded.

Where there is a will, there is a way. We keep being told by our presumptuous betters how ridiculous we are with that statement, but experience seems to bear it.

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The Laws Don’t Work, So Bloomberg Says We Need More Laws

Huffington Post has done an interview with King Bloomberg, replete with choice quotes:

“I don’t think there’s anybody, any rational person, that seriously could argue that what we have and the way we enforce it prohibits carnage,” he said. “There’s 34 people killed every single day [nationwide]. We’ve killed more than 400,000 Americans since 1968, when RFK and Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated. That is more Americans than died during WWII. So the argument that we can do with existing laws and stop this is just preposterous. It isn’t worth having a discussion about.”

So the laws on murder, which can earn you the death penalty in many states, don’t stop people from murdering each other, but a few extra gun control laws will do the trick? Sorry, but I don’t think there’s any rational person that doesn’t think Bloomberg’s assumption is full of excrement.

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The American Hunger for More Gun Control

We keep hearing from the gun control people that this time will be different. The AP reports on a protest in Colorado by gun control advocates, “A small group of gun control advocates rallied outside the campaign stop at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.” Now, keep in mind this is the same media that’s been all too willing in the past to hide poor turnout at gun control protests, or inflate their numbers. So if the media is saying it’s a small group, it’s a small group. This is not what a national movement looks like. This is not an America that’s hungry for more gun control.

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Primary Accountability

Debra Maggart was defeated by her primary opponent, pretty overwhelmingly. No word yet on whether her shrunken head will be added to the decor in Chris Cox’s office*. Word I heard from folks in Tennessee was that upon assuming a leadership position with the newly GOP house, she seemed to believe she could take gun owners for granted, and apparently wasn’t shy about telling them that. A strategy of primary challenging intransigent Republicans in an area where Democrats are also likely to be reasonable on the gun issue is a wise one.

* For our humor challenged friends in the gun control movement, this is what we call a joke. Chris Cox does not actually have a shrunken head collection in his office.

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