The hypocrisy of the left wing anti gun nuts never ceases to amaze me. Carrying the banner to ban so-called "assault weapons", the Obama administration is leading us on a modern day witch hunt, which like all witch hunts, is based on lies and propaganda.
The simple definition of an assault weapon is any high caliber, fully automatic weapon capable of firing multiple rounds with one pull of the trigger. According to military sources, this would include the AK-47 and up in the rifle category, and the Uzi on up in handguns. .308 caliber and up are considered high caliber. The AR-15, which is the civilian version on the military M-16, lacks many of the features of the M-16. First and foremost, the AR-15 is milled differently so that the firing mechanisms are not interchangeable with the fully automatic M-16. In other words, this is a semi automatic weapon, meaning it can only fire one shot per pull of the trigger.
When the left states that no one should be able to buy a military grade weapon, they are either misunderstanding the capabilities of the AR-15, or are lying to the public to instill fear. An AR-15 is no more dangerous than a .223 long rifle, which in most states, cannot be used to hunt deer, elk, moose or bear because it is not powerful enough to kill.
In the hours following the Sandy Hook shootings, the call for an assault weapons ban was immediately heard from anti gun legislators based on the immediate information that the killer used an AR-15. After several days, NBC revealed that the AR-15 was found in the trunk of the killer's car. It was also revealed by NBC that four handguns were found in the school. The AR-15 was never used to murder the children and staff in the school, yet after that report, it has never been mentioned again.
NBC, which is no fan of the 2nd Amendment, even reported that the killer tried to purchase a rifle two days before the shooting, but was rejected because of the mandatory 3 day waiting period in Connecticut. Then we heard more calls from the left after a shooter started a fire and shot and killed 2 first responders with an AR-15. The calls were muted when it was found that the killer had already served time for killing his grandmother with a hammer. It really begs the question of why this man was even let out of prison.
Even in defense of their policy against having armed police officers in the schools, they haven't been honest. They have claimed that there were armed officers at Columbine, yet 12 students and a teacher were murdered. But here is what they are not telling you. One officer was on a motorcycle writing a traffic ticket when the shooting started, and the other was outside the building responding to an explosion in a nearby field that the shooters set as a diversion. Yes, one officer engaged in firing upon the shooters, but from 60 yards away, with a handgun. Any ballistics expert can tell you that the odds of effectively shooting someone at 60 yards with a handgun is like winning a lottery. They were not in the building, where they could have been most effective.
What they don't tell you is that in 2001, at Granite High School in El Cajon, California, a gunman entered the school where a police officer who was giving a presentation, shot and disarmed the gunman, who injured 5, but there were no deaths. He was in the school where it is evident, netted much better results than Columbine.
And here is the thing that is most disturbing. With each of these massacres, one thing is painfully clear. Every single one of these incidences, the shooter or shooters, broke numerous gun laws to carry out their plan. Every one of them. So what is the knee-jerk reaction of the left to ban assault weapons going to do?
Not one child, not one shopper or office worker will be any safer. That is the cold, hard truth. And they know it. Lest us not forget that Columbine and El Cajon happened during the exact same ban that will likely come out of Vice President Biden's task force. After all, he is author of the last ban.
No ban will ever work unless they are prepared to go door-to-door and confiscate every weapon that is on that list. And that wouldn't work because these animals can obtain them through illegal sellers, or from unsecured borders. The only other time that weapons were attempted to be confiscated was by the British in colonial times, and we all know how that turned out.
For real solutions, why not start with enforcing the laws on the books. That gunman in New York who killed two firefighters should never have been let out of jail. Enforce or create new laws for mandatory disclosure for doctors of any patient prescribed medication known to have side effects of "suicidal thoughts" or "hallucinations", such as Ritalin, Vyvanse, Adderall or similar stimulants.
"Feel good policy" is not the answer. And all the misinformation being spewed is more harmful. And while you on the left mock the NRA, so far, it is the only solution that has a chance of working. So much, that the President sends his kids to a school that are armed to protect Fort Knox. In Racine, every comprehensive high school has an armed police officer. In many communities, this has been done for years throughout the country.
Hopefully, the Republican House of Representatives will not cave to the anti gun nuts. That is our last line of defense for our children.
Some of these scrips cost upwards of $200 per month. Even the ones where the diagnosis is correct, can't afford these when they become adults so they simply stop taking them. Either way, it is not a good scenario. And the sad part is, many insurance don't cover these meds or only partially. And just because I am not Jewish means I know nothing about them. In Israel, they take rights and violence a lot more serious than we do. Everyone is required some military service. Teachers carry weapons openly in classrooms. For as much as we read about the bombings and conflict, more purposeful deaths occur each year in Chicago per annum. More inNew York per annum. More in Los Angeles per annum. Our streets in our big cities are worse than those in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. They live under the constant fear of another holocaust where neighboring countries call out publicly for their extermination. As far as the possibility of civil war; I neither want it or call for it. But you must face the facts that the divide in this country is approaching the divide of the first civil war. Websites are popping up all over with talk of armed conflict to protect rights or because of overtaxation. Look at the whole Occupy movement and the violence that surrounded it. A boiling point is approaching. You got people preparing for it. You can close your eyes to it, but that doesn't make it any less real. Do think that people in the late 1800's thought of civil war?
You know nothing of my background with regards to the military. While I didn't serve in the military, I served the military in other capacities. My organization sent thousands of care packages to troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. I set up and hosted many support the troop efforts, including rallies that drew thousands to counter the lefts attacks at our troops early on in Vietnam type atmosphere. I have been honored by the 445th Airwing, the 440th Airwing, the 128th Air National Guard and the 51st and 122nd division of the U.S. Army for my work. During the Persian Gulf War, I wanted to enlist, but due to a prior back surgery could not get medically cleared. Many of my friends were lifer's, my father served and my son served. I apoligize if I din't meet you definition of serving. As for the fear, like I said, the only effective ban would be to confiscate all banned weapons. Many on here have pointed that out so I will restrain from further banter.
On Sunday December 17, 2012, 2 days after the CT shooting, a man went to a restaurant in San Antonio to kill his X-girlfriend. After he shot her, most of the people in the restaurant fled next door to a theater. The gunman followed them and entered the theater so he could shoot more people. He started shooting and people in the theater started running and screaming. It’s like the Aurora, CO theater story plus a restaurant! Now aren’t you wondering why this isn’t a lead story in the national media along with the school shooting? There was an off duty county deputy at the theater. SHE pulled out her gun and shot the man 4 times before he had a chance to kill anyone. So since this story makes the point that the best thing to stop a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun, the media is treating it like it never happened. Only the local media covered it. The city is giving her a medal next week. Why would liberal media ever cover this story, it just shows that a good guy/gal with a gun is the only thing that would stop a bad guy with one.
My issues with reporting to the FBI is the problem with what information is reported, how it's reported and what are the unseen consequences of such reporting. What guarantee do we have that this information won't be used against people for purposes for which it was unintended. The other issue is. who will determine the conditions that should be reported that will make cessation of constitutional rights without due process? It might be possible to report such conditions if they were not reported directly to the FBI but to another institution such as the CDC, with the CDC reporting the requested information to the appropriate governing authority. The conditions that could or would leave to another civil war are not the same as the conditions that were present prior to the first civil war. (continued)
I appreciate your work for supporting our citizens who are serving. I would like to see equal effort put into supporting the veterans. There is a much greater need there and it is woefully being under served. The mental health needs alone are monumental and we have too many returned veterans walking around as ticking time bombs. (continued)
Your reference to conditions in Israel and the subsequent actions are like comparing apples to oranges. Israel has a population of roughly 8 million compared to the US with 311 million. Our situation here is nothing like those in Israel and Israel's solutions will not work here. Israel is under attack, not from its citizens, but by religious and political extremists. Their solution is to create a lock down state for a very small nation. I am concerned about the conditions there since my daughter is due to begin her rabbinic studies there next year. Finally, the conditions that led to the Vietnam anti-war movement have not been present during the past two wars. I think you and others have completely misread the situation and making a problem where none seriously existed.
Bottom Line, What you write is what we currently do so yes you do have the facts. Problem is it doesn't work. Sounds like the latest sub-way incident was committed by a mental health street woman off her meds talking to herself. Who knows what she thought she was doing. Maybe she thought he was her psychologist, Lyle.
“RickK 8:53 am on Monday, December 24, 2012 Decrease in Australian firearm homicides since the 1996 gun control laws: 59% (doesn’t tell us actual total numbers of homicides. For instance did stabbings increase) Number of mass (>3 deaths) shootings before 1996 Australian gun laws: 18 Number of mass shootings since the Australian gun laws: 0 Avg annual number of people (per 100,000) killed by guns in America: 10,200 (this number contradicts yours) Average number of people killed by guns in UK (with strict gun laws): 250 (as in Australian data doesn’t tell us total number of persons killed by others or method) As founding father John Adams once said: "Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." ( Who said “give me liberty or give me death?) The fact is: if you want to save lives - if you want to reduce the death rate from violent crime, domestic dispute and suicide - removing guns from circulation works.” (Unsupported conclusion).
With regards to conditions for a civil war, please understand that I wish for it, or agree with those that have that sentiment, I only report those conditions to the extent that there is that sentiment out there. There is a sense amongst those that believe it is coming because since the Civil War, we have not seen this kind of divide in the country and it is only getting worse. Maybe if we actually went through the process when we address the beliefs of rights, would we get more buy in. Many Democrats believe health care should be a right, however, to truly be a right, it needs to go through the Constitutional process to amend. That wasn't done before the mandate of the Affordable Care Act and we have a huge divide on the issue. Same with abortion. That is why any of these gun bans or restictions needs to follow the amendment process. cont...
I agree with your assessment on PTSD. One only has to look to the recent ambush in Wauwatosa. I'm horrified that Obama is cutting the TriCare budget, as well as the budgets of the Veteran Hospitals. Defense cuts are one thing, but cutting the aftermath care ro our returning troops makes no sense. As we transition to ending the War in Afghanstan, our organization will change its focus to returning soldiers, however, there is still need for what we do. There are some cities in the United States that have murder ratesthat exceed those of Israel and Beirut. Consider this. Based on the percentage of murders compared to population size, Milwaukee's murdr rate is identical to Chicago (.00016 of the population is murdered each year). Your daughter is in our families thoughts and prayers. And for the record, in 2002 there were many anti-war demonstrations and a Hollywood crowd whose slogan was "Not In Our Name", referencing that the troops were not fighting for them, that was led by the leftwing extremists MoveOn.Org. Signs at these demonstrations referred to our troops being baby killers, protests turned violent, etc... There were a few in Milwaukee, mass demos in Washington D.C. and New York and California. We countered with "In Our Name" rallies to show visual images to our troops overseas that there was stron support for them and their mission.
From the time that Bush's intentions were known about the invasion of Iraq, I thought it was a wasted war and put the mission in Afghanistan at risk. What kept the nation from getting caught up in anti-war demonstration as we saw in the late 1960s and early 1970s was that their was no universal conscription. That was the impetus for the former anti-war movement. I could care less what Hollywood types do. I don't see any of the issues surrounding abortion and the 2nd amendment going through the amendment process anytime soon. Even if it could go through the congress to be ratified by the states, I don't think it would be possible to get any ratification necessary to amend the constitution. It clearly comes down to red states verses blue states and the red states outnumber the blue states by quite a large margin. There is absolutely nothing positive that could come out of an armed conflict between the right and left. It would drive a stake directly into the heart of this nation. While we fought out our differences, the rest of the world would move on, leaving us as nothing more than a devastated nation. I hope that those on the right will pursue more rational ideology.
Disarming the law abiding is no answer. Criminals, by their very nature, break laws. Remember the saying, "if guns become criminalized, then only criminals will have guns"? Why do you suppose this is said? Does anyone actually believe a criminal would turn in their gun? The goody-two-shoes of the world need to realize that just as you cannot legislate morality, you cannot legislate sanity. Only an armed good guy (or gal, as in my case) can stop an armed bad guy. Throwing empty platitudes at the bad guys is about as effective as beaning them with a spit-wad!
Nelson Lund, J.D., Ph.D.: Suppose the Constitution provided: "A well educated Electorate, being necessary to self-governance in a free State, the right of the people to keep and read Books, shall not be infringed." This provision, which is grammatically identical to the Second Amendment, obviously means the following: because a well educated electorate is necessary to the health of a free state, the right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed. The sentence does not say, imply, or even suggest that only registered voters have a right to books. Nor does the sentence say, imply, or even suggest that the right to books may be exercised only by state employees. Nor does the lack of identity between the electorate and the people create some kind of grammatical or linguistic tension within the sentence. It is perfectly reasonable for a constitution to give everyone a right to books as a means of fostering a well educated electorate. The goal might or might not be reached, and it could have been pursued by numerous other means. The creation of a general individual right, moreover, would certainly have other effects besides its impact on the electorate's educational level. And lots of legitimate questions could be raised about the scope of the right to books. But none of this offers the slightest reason to be mystified by the basic meaning of the sentence. The Second Amendment is no different."
The question, Dirk, will people be a controlER or a controlEE? I am an expert shot, former Marine and am responsible for not only my own safety, but will also defend others from attack. Most police officers get little range time and are lucky to hit their targets.
@RWwatchMA 8m Fighting gun violence by gun-owners Gabby Giffords & Mark Kelly ow.ly/gDAK0 #mapoli #p2 #wiunion #ctl An ideological fringe ....Special interests purporting to represent gun owners but really advancing the interests of an ideological fringe have used big money and influence to cow Congress into submission. Rather than working to find the balance between our rights and the regulation of a dangerous product, these groups have cast simple protections for our communities as existential threats to individual liberties. Rather than conducting a dialogue, they threaten those who divert from their orthodoxy with political extinction. As a result, we are more vulnerable to gun violence. Weapons designed for the battlefield have a home in our streets. Criminals and the mentally ill can easily purchase guns by avoiding background checks. ... ... we don't want to take away your guns any more than we want to give up the two guns we have locked in a safe at home. What we do want is what the majority of NRA members and other Americans want: responsible changes in our laws to require responsible gun ownership and reduce gun violence. We saw from the NRA leadership's defiant and unsympathetic response to the Newtown, Conn., massacre that winning even the most common-sense reforms will require a fight.....
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/01/07/gabby-giffords-mark-kelly-tucson-shooting-gun-control/1816383/ ...Americans for Responsible Solutions, which we are launching today, will invite people from around the country to join a national conversation about gun violence prevention, will raise the funds necessary to balance the influence of the gun lobby, and will line up squarely behind leaders who will stand up for what's right. Until now, the gun lobby's political contributions, advertising and lobbying have dwarfed spending from anti-gun violence groups. No longer. With Americans for Responsible Solutions engaging millions of people about ways to reduce gun violence and funding political activity nationwide, legislators will no longer have reason to fear the gun lobby. Other efforts such as improving mental health care and opposing illegal guns are essential, but as gun owners and survivors of gun violence, we have a unique message for Americans. We have experienced too much death and hurt to remain idle. Our response to the Newtown massacre must consist of more than regret, sorrow and condolence. The children of Sandy Hook Elementary School and all victims of gun violence deserve fellow citizens and leaders who have the will to prevent gun violence in the future. ...........
I put a gun uncuffed in the hot seat the other day. He/she (yes, it's bi-sexual) was free to get up and leave anytime it felt uncomfortable being interrogated. I questioned it about it's thought's on life, money and sex. It sat there as if it was mulling over the questions so I patiently waited,...and waited,...and waited. Two days later I'm still waiting and it hasn't even asked to pee. Bad prostate? Go figure. Maybe I'm asking it the wrong questions? I probably should dial it down from philisophical questions to pop trivia. We'll I don't give up easily so I'll try dumbing it down begining tomorrow. UPDATE: I must have have bought the most cunning gun with an IQ off the charts or the dumbest and laziest manipulitive turd of the litter. 5 days of interigation and nothing. It just sits there smug as all hell. I tried scaring it a couple of times thinking it was wearing down by popping a lunch bag behind it. Nothing...not even a twitch. This guy has nerves of cold steel. How is it that poo-litically correct liberals can get guns to be animated and I can't? Are they using some kind of insane hogus pokus mind control? UNIONS AND LIBERAL MEDIA ARE THE 2 WEALTHIEST AND MOST POWERFUL LOBBYING GROUPS, NOT THE NRA.
Good comments, however, you are writing to the Pravda NRA indoctrinated crowd... nothing will ever change their immature emotional adherence to oblivion via violence and guns, as they are hopelessly addicted and no longer cognitively functional… Supreme Court Justice Scalia in 2008 [5-4 decision] under the Heller Case has already established the right of individual citizens, outside of the military, do have the right to bear arms for the purpose of personal protection. The caveat to his tortured and convoluted ruling [Scalia wrote the majority opinion] is that he further concluded that restrictions might be placed upon the types of weapons civilians may have and further restrictions regarding their acquisition, ammunition, etc. To be very candid here, Scalia, to the rational people in America is nothing more than Ted Nugent in a black robe. Given the current climate in America, I am sure the SC will be hearing further cases, clarifying many of the issues that we hear discussed daily in the media. Incidentally, taking up arms against our government - which a miniscule portion of the NRA indoctrinated MAY perceive as tyrannical - is precisely the definition of TREASON...
The only truth in your rambling and insanely inane dialog may be your name and membership in the NRA, which creates fear amid the populace for the sole purpose of selling more guns for their masters, the gun manufacturers. That guarantees that all these morally bankrupt cretins make more money on death and mayhem; after all is said and done, that is what it is all about: increasing gun profits. All the rest is simply more fear mongering… [Just like your diatribe] Fort Hood had a ton of guns and hundreds of highly trained military service men and women. Yet the NRA gun nut killed 12 and wounded 31; yeah, I know, if only we would have had more guns on base… Saturday is “National Gun Appreciation Day” and we really do need that! The problem is I just cannot find a rally, other than my local gun store of shooting range. Owing to the tens of thousands anticipated to attend this major, American changing event, the local police and Homeland Security personnel will also be attending to video tape and add to the extensive records of all these great American patriots. Could one of you please inform me regarding just where ONE of these major groups will be? 1) I have my copy of the Constitution 2) I have my Bible 3) I have my American flag 4) I will be carrying my Glock 17 with my CCW permit In addition, just so that I will be capable of giving all my gun-loving friends a great time, I will be bringing my M72 LAWS Rocket. Hope to see you all there!
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