Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Older people need guns, too
Fox News ^ | July 21, 2015 | John R Lott Jr

Posted on 07/22/2015 4:01:23 AM PDT by richardb72

Have you ever thought of letting someone else manage your finances? If President Obama has his way, Social Security recipients who have trouble managing their finances will be banned from buying a gun.

If Social Security were to start classifying these people as “mentally defective,” some 4.2 million Social Security recipients could be affected – about 10 percent of all people 65 and older.

But it is a real reach to say those who can’t manage their finances are a physical danger to themselves or others. What is next? Saying that people who can’t drive well or fail a math test should lose their right to self-defense?

What about other rights? If Obama finds people “mentally defective,” should they lose their right to vote? Will they lose the right to make other decisions?

Having a gun is by far the safest way for people to protect themselves from criminals. What is ignored is that older people, as well as women, who both tend to be weaker physically, benefit the most from owning a gun. When a young man attacks an elderly person, the strength difference is enormous. A gun is the only means an elderly person can realistically put up a defense. . . .

Read the rest

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; crime; dueprocess; gunconfiscation; guncontrol; johnlott; mediabias; obama
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-37 next last

1 posted on 07/22/2015 4:01:23 AM PDT by richardb72
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: richardb72
How better to politically attack the most conservative demographic.

The punk POTUS leaves no stones unturned,

2 posted on 07/22/2015 4:04:12 AM PDT by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: catfish1957

The bastard child will sneak in any way he can. Where there is a slightest crack, slime will find a way to get through. He wants gun control any way he can get it, starting with seniors. Unfortunately for him, he will have to pry my gun from my cold dead hands.


3 posted on 07/22/2015 4:09:19 AM PDT by DaveA37
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: richardb72
If President Obama has his way, Social Security recipients who have trouble managing their finances will be banned from buying a gun.

The good news is that a lot of us geezers already own plenty of guns. And if I wanted a new one I'm sure my children would make me a gift of it.

4 posted on 07/22/2015 4:24:03 AM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: richardb72

The national debt has more than doubled under Obama and his minions—Including the Republicans who were elected to Congress to stop this nonsense.

If people who can’t manage money are going to categorized as “mentally defective,” the first place to start locking people up is DC.


5 posted on 07/22/2015 4:25:29 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Arm_Bears

“If people who can’t manage money are going to categorized as “mentally defective,” the first place to start locking people up is DC.”

Very true. It would be a good sound bite for Trump. I’m sure none of the other 15 GOP candidates have the courage to say it out loud.


6 posted on 07/22/2015 4:29:19 AM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: richardb72

It’s but a short step to the discount or benefit they’ll offer you, if you assign a friend or relative to “co-manage” your finances.
Next would be to make it default.
Then mandatory.


7 posted on 07/22/2015 4:29:44 AM PDT by Buttons12
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: richardb72

What happens to the guns when the elderly SS recipient is determined to be mentally defective? I assume they aren’t willed to children, grandchildren, or spouses. It is not uncommon to have firearm collections worth many 10s of thousands of dollars. That’s a sizable investment. Does the government just come in and confiscate that lawful investment in real property?


8 posted on 07/22/2015 4:41:39 AM PDT by RC one
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: richardb72

FedGov can’t manage its finances. Take away their guns.


9 posted on 07/22/2015 4:44:26 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: richardb72

One day the American people will realize what a colossal mistake they made in electing this man.


10 posted on 07/22/2015 4:47:09 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: richardb72

I have guns

My wife has guns

We have lots of guns

We have them to protect ourselves in case some a$$hole LIKE Obama breaks into our home we can blow his frickin’ head off.

We sleep better


11 posted on 07/22/2015 4:54:38 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: I want the USA back

That day will probably be after those voters are dead.


12 posted on 07/22/2015 4:55:29 AM PDT by Misterioso (Islam is un-American and a plague on civilization.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: richardb72

In a totalitarian regime, “mental illness” and “mental defect” mean what the state SAYS they mean.


13 posted on 07/22/2015 5:00:45 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Arm_Bears

Excellent!


14 posted on 07/22/2015 5:01:39 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: I want the USA back

IF there is still an “American People” to realize it.


15 posted on 07/22/2015 5:02:26 AM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Misterioso

“That day will probably be after those voters are dead.”

Probably right about that. The hell of it is we all will be included when future generations raise the question “What were they thinking?” All Romans get blamed for the collapse of Rome.


16 posted on 07/22/2015 5:04:36 AM PDT by WinMod70
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: richardb72
Saying that people who can’t drive well or fail a math test should lose their right to self-defense?

Well, that first stipulation should get guns confiscated from about 50 million people right there! :-D

#SlipperySlope

17 posted on 07/22/2015 5:09:26 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cancer-free since 1988! US out of UN! UN out of US!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: richardb72; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...

PING!


18 posted on 07/22/2015 5:10:24 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cancer-free since 1988! US out of UN! UN out of US!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: richardb72

“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” (Thomas Jefferson Quoting Cesare Beccaria)


19 posted on 07/22/2015 5:10:38 AM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: I want the USA back
One day the American people will realize what a colossal mistake they made in electing this man.

But in the meantime, lots of them will be pushing to elect Hillary to continue cleaning up the colossal mess that W made (in their warped minds).

20 posted on 07/22/2015 5:12:05 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cancer-free since 1988! US out of UN! UN out of US!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-37 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson