GUNS: IT'S TIME TO GET SERIOUS

In many areas of Europe, citizens are being trained to be complacent little pacifists. That is, the governments distrust the citizens so much they are conditioning them to believe it is intellectually correct to endorse pacifism. Unfortunately, nearly half of our government officials want the same politically correct behavior to be widespread here, too.

That stands to reason, though: All the better to control the great unwashed. Those who think of themselves as our betters naturally want to insure that no person who would dissent would also have the means to act. Therefore, they want only government officials to be armed. Not grass-roots civilians.

So, as John R. Lott reported last week in The Wall Street Journal: German citizens seeking a hunting rifle must undergo checks that can take a year. The French must obtain gun permits, which are granted only after a similar exhaustive check. Swiss federal law now grants gun permits only to those who can demonstrate the need for a weapon. And, after 1996, when Britain banned handguns, gun crimes have risen by 40 percent.

According to Lott, Australia also passed severe gun restrictions in 1996 and actually made it a crime to use a gun defensively. In the subsequent four years, armed robberies rose 51 percent, unarmed robberies by 37 percent, assaults by 24 percent and kidnappings by 43 percent.

Sure. When guns are forbidden to honest people, only the crooks will have guns. Well, crooks and overbearing government officials -- but then, I repeat myself.

As everyone knows, Israel is having a terrorist problem. Last March, we learned that sixty thousand additional gun permits were to be distributed to Israeli civilians as authorities loosen licensing restrictions to help fight a growing wave of terrorism. Consequently, many lives were saved. That was because at least one homicide bomber was sent to meet his maker by an armed Israeli citizen before the bomb was exploded.

Here, 33 states have right-to-carry laws in which, if a citizen jumps through the correct hoops, they will probably receive a permit. The results were excellent, too. As Lott reports: "In those states, deaths and injuries from multiple-victim public shootings fell on average by 78 percent."

But, hell, lets not let a series of proven "facts" get in the way of those public officials who want nothing more than to control our lives with an iron hand. It is understandable that some police want to be the only people on the streets who are armed. And, it is understandable that those so called "public officials" who command the police by passing laws, rules and regulations want to feel comfortably free to usurp whatever of our rights they think might be advantageous to them and their friends.

That's what the term "plugging the loopholes" means in politics, by the way: Usurping a right. Control.

For instance, California's Governor Gray Davis (D) recently called for additional penalties for violating the state's gun storage law. Davis does not want a lowly citizen to have the ability to protect home and family against intruders. So, Davis called for a rule that effectively forces parents to lock up their guns. The lame excuse is (this time) that a child may get it.

The truth of the matter is, there are many thousands more violent home invasions in California than there are children mistakenly pointing guns at another.

Gun control, to these socialists, is simply a usurping of rights. It is no more than a severe type of people control.

California's far-left Senator, Dianne Feinstein, is another longtime anti-gun (anti-Construction) advocate. A while ago, Feinstein announced she planned to introduce federal legislation similar to that of California's ridiculous laws regarding gun sales and background checks. She carries a gun. But, she doesn't want anyone else (except police) to have one.

After 9-11, gun and ammunition sales rose dramatically across the country. People are starting to realize that the police cannot protect us. They come after the fact. Police may find a violent killer and lock him up, but the victim is still quite dead.

Which means, of course, when violence comes to you or your family, the only instant response team around is you. Well . . . you, and whatever little "equalizer" you may have instantly available, that is.

People are starting to realize that. Even so, there are still openings at the gun ranges from time to time.

There shouldn't be. Like driving a vehicle, we should all be proficient with our weapon of choice.

Those who think of themselves as our betters naturally want to insure that no person who would dissent would also have the means to act. Therefore, they want only government officials to be armed. Not grass-roots civilians.

Sure. When guns are forbidden to honest people, only the crooks will have guns. Well, crooks and overbearing government officials -- but then, I repeat myself.

But lets not let a series of proven "facts" get in the way of those public officials who want nothing more than to control our lives with an iron hand.

People are starting to realize that. Even so, there are still openings at the gun ranges from time to time. There shouldn't be. Like driving a vehicle, we should all be proficient with our weapon of choice.

"As everyone knows, Israel is having a terrorist problem. Last March, we learned that sixty thousand additional gun permits were to be distributed to Israeli civilians as authorities loosen licensing restrictions to help fight a growing wave of terrorism. Consequently, many lives were saved. That was because at least one homicide bomber was sent to meet his maker by an armed Israeli citizen before the bomb was exploded." (Fiedor Report)

Note the phrase "Israel is having a terrorist problem."

What - after suddenly allowing 60,000 additional Israelis (in a nation of only about five million Jewish Israelis!) to legally have guns - is not having is a "school shooting problem" or a "workplace shooting problem" by Israeli Jews!

Run that one by the next American Jew who harangues you in favor of gun control.

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What - after suddenly allowing 60,000 additional Israelis (in a nation of only about five million Jewish Israelis!) to legally have guns - is not having is a "school shooting problem" or a "workplace shooting problem" by Israeli Jews!
Run that one by the next American Jew who harangues you in favor of gun control.

Great Point!!

Asking that question gets you nowhere. I've done it and here is the answer I get. "Well, of course, we'd like nothing better than to take the guns away from our guards but because of the proliferation of guns we simply have no choice but to keep them armed." IOW, give up your guns and then, and only then, will we give up ours."

As you can see that's not a deal I would like to take.

It does expose their blather about "gun violence" and "gun safety" and how guns are "useless" for self-defense. They use some phony study to show that guns are more dangerous to their owners than to criminals. All you have to say is, if you believe that then let's disarm your guards, your police and the army. It exposes their totalitarian impulse.

For example, Levi Strauss and some other anti-self-defense corporations need to be asked, if they use arm guards to protect their facilities. Of course they do, then you just point out how THEY don't act on their beliefs, why should anyone else.

This worked great with Rosie O'Donnell, who was found to have hired armed bodyguards to protect her and her kids.

even janet the reno, acknowledging the photo of the jack booted thug pointing his assault weapon at elian and the fisherman, that it was important to note his finger was not on the trigger... that the show of force was ample enough to prevent violence...

so let law abiding citizens carry their handguns on their hips and watch how that show of force will curtail crime.

"What - after suddenly allowing 60,000 additional Israelis (in a nation of only about five million Jewish Israelis!) to legally have guns - is not having is a "school shooting problem" or a "workplace shooting problem" by Israeli Jews!"

I tried diagramming this sentence but I ran out of pencil lead. I think it would help if it were in English instead of Martian...

' I dunno...I think I might even agree with it--if I could understand it.

--Boris

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