Imagine a World without Guns

NRO ^ | 5 Dec 2001 | Kopel, Eisen, Gallant

[white trash redneck]

Dave Kopel (and colleagues), the most logical and articulate defender of gun rights in America today (we in Colorado are proud to claim him as one of our own) explains the pitfalls of banning firearms in terms that even a liberal should be able to understand.

[BlueLancer]

Well, for one thing, it would be hard to play Russian Roulette with either a knife or a hand grenade.

[Nowhere Man]

Well said. and here's a bump to you.

I can resist but here goes:

Q: What was John Lennon's last words?

A: Yoko! Oh No!!!!!!!

B-)

[real saxophonist]

Was it a millionaire who said, 'Imagine no possessions'?

-Elvis Costello

[Clemenza]

Take, for example, New York's 1911 Sullivan Law

Don't remind me. When I return to New York, I will have to probably hire a lawyer to navigate the legal maze created by the Sullivan Law and later regs (Thanks to RINO John Lindsay, NYC even registers rifles!). BTW: Tim Sullivan was a corrupt NYPD Chief connected to Tammany Hall who essentially leaned on the legislature to pass the horrorific law that bears his name.

[real saxophonist]

Seriously, because he is logical and articulate, liberals will never understand him.

[Free the USA]

bump

[coloradan]

The gun-free utopia, detailed.

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[Joe Brower]

[GoredInMich]

I have imagined, and that is why I own a few

[lavaroise]

Sigh.

Imagine a world without liberals

Imagine a world without rabid war mongering liberals giving themselves the right to confiscate guns from peaceful people.

Guns don't kill, liberals do.

[goldstategop]

Hardly sounds like the world liberals have in mind. Then again liberals usually think in the short-term about whatever feels good for the present and damn the future consequences. Any problems liberals have with banning guns can be left for later. The only problem is to get to the gun-free future they yearn as David Kopel et. al pointed out, liberals have to give up some of the things that make Western society liberal. All of which illustrates the old adage "be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." So much for the liberal fantasy a gun-free world can be brought about without shredding freedom in the process or or without taking the beast out of the man. Perhaps they should revisit the dogma that getting rid of guns makes for a freer and fairer world.

[FOMTY]

Bump for later reading. Looks good.

[Tench_Coxe]

You know, another interesting story is the development of karate on the island of Okinawa. All weapons ( swords ) were banned there. The rest is an interesting story.

[prambo]

Actually, I can imagine a couple of great "gun-free society" scenarios.

Telling a liberal to "SHUDDAP!", and when they don't whipping out my samurai sword, and using it. Can't have the First Amendment around, you know, some one might "talk" about guns.

Gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.

prambo

[AppyPappy]

Imagine a world without liberals controlling your life.

[dtom]

Be carefully what you say about the beatles around here, they'll flame you.

Gun 'n' Beatles

[Liberal Classic]

Can you say "Cambodia?" I knew that you could.