Michael Moore: Celebrating the Prince of Peace in the Land of Guns

Michael Moore's website ^ | December 24, 2012 | Michael Moore

[2ndDivisionVet]

After watching the deranged, delusional National Rifle Association press conference on Friday, it was clear that the Mayan prophecy had come true. Except the only world that was ending was the NRA's. Their bullying power to set gun policy in this country is over. The nation is repulsed by the massacre in Connecticut, and the signs are everywhere: a basketball coach at a post-game press conference; the Republican Joe Scarborough; a pawn shop owner in Florida; a gun buy-back program in New Jersey; a singing contest show on TV, and the conservative gun-owning judge who sentenced Jared Loughner.

So here's my little bit of holiday cheer for you:

These gun massacres aren't going to end any time soon.

I'm sorry to say this. But deep down we both know it's true. That doesn't mean we shouldn't keep pushing forward – after all, the momentum is on our side. I know all of us – including me – would love to see the president and Congress enact stronger gun laws. We need a ban on automatic AND semiautomatic weapons and magazine clips that hold more than 7 bullets. We need better background checks and more mental health services. We need to regulate the ammo, too.

But, friends, I would like to propose that while all of the above will certainly reduce gun deaths (ask Mayor Bloomberg – it is virtually impossible to buy a handgun in New York City and the result is the number of murders per year has gone from 2,200 to under 400), it won't really bring about an end to these mass slayings and it will not address the core problem we have. Connecticut had one of the strongest gun laws in the country...

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Michael, the Prince of Peace would be appalled at what comes out of Hollywood, from your friends and fellow travelers. Are you going after them in your diatribes too? Guns were necessary to throw open the gates of Auschwitz, which occurred as a consequence of a top-down ideology-driven powerful central government born in the socialist genre - just like you support. What are your thoughts about that?

[windsorknot]

Give it a rest, MM. You aren't as wise or important as you think you are. (But you are really annoying).

[ravenwolf]

I wonder how much the anti gun people are paying the lunatics to go and murder school children in order to make their point?

[Future Snake Eater]

But deep down we both know it's true....But, friends, I would like to propose that...

So is he writing this to one person or multiple?

[Travis McGee]

His quote is only a day old.

[Captain7seas]

“These gun massacres arn’t going to end anytime soon.”

He at least got that right. They will continue as long as the SSRI anti-depressant drugs are allowed to be prescribed which are linked to practically every one of these tragic events as well as the staggering number of suicides taking place.

Just peruse the side effects insert.

[WorkingClassFilth]

I would imagine the Mike will get to meet the Prince of Peace before too long. When he does, I also suspect the discussion will have little to do with politics and far more to do with things he has held in derision - like faith. Mike will also likely be at a severe loss for armed protection where he will eventually spend eternity.

[hellinahandcart]

the Republican Joe Scarborough...

I saw this jerk the morning of the NRA presser on MSLSD. I was completely repulsed by him.

Enjoy your 15 minutes, Mr. Scarborough. You refer to yourself as "conservative." You sure as heck ain't one.

HHC's husband

[Georgia Girl 2]

Hey Michael you ignorant expletive deleted, if we give up the guns we probably won’t be allowed to celebrate the Prince of Peace anymore. You and your commie buddies will make sure of it.

[ravenwolf]

Just peruse the side effects insert.

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I think that is the key, i have known several kids who because their parents did not know how to raise kids were given dope of some kind, when the only thing the kid needed was for the parents to do a little guiding instead of hollering.

[LucianOfSamasota]

Feed Michael Moore to the starving pygmies in New Guinea.

This would:
1. Reduce the US obesity rate;
2. Help reduce world hunger;
3. Be a positive step in reducing overpopulation (Moore has to count for a dozen);
4. Seriously reduce the US demand for ground beef, thereby reducing inflation of food prices;
5. Raise the average IQ in the US by 2 full percentage points, (when one counts the negative drag his thinking produces on the population at large).
6. AND (if there is any truth in global warming concerns) remove a MAJOR cause of flatulence from the atmosphere of the Earth.

[floozy22]

Bad advice from blubbermouth...The Prince of Pizza.