Posted on 12/18/2015 11:36:36 AM PST by Lazamataz
Ban guns. All guns. Get rid of guns in homes, and on the streets, and, as much as possible, on police. Not just because of San Bernardino, or whichever mass shooting may pop up next, but also not not because of those. Don't sort the population into those who might do something evil or foolish or self-destructive with a gun and those who surely will not. As if this could be known--as if it could be assessed without massively violating civil liberties and stigmatizing the mentally ill. Ban guns! Not just gun violence. Not just certain guns. Not just already-technically-illegal guns. All of them.
I used to refer to my position on this issue as being in favor of gun control. Which is true, except that "gun control" at its most radical still tends to refer to bans on certain weapons and closing loopholes. The recent New York Times front-page editorial, as much as it infuriated some, was still too tentative. "Certain kinds of weapons, like the slightly modified combat rifles used in California, and certain kinds of ammunition, must be outlawed for civilian ownership," the paper argued, making the case for "reasonable regulation," nothing more. Even the rare ban-guns arguments involve prefacing and hedging and disclaimers. "We shouldn't 'take them away' from people who currently own them, necessarily," writes Hollis Phelps in Salon. Oh, but we should.
(Excerpt) Read more at newrepublic.com ...
“...as if it could be assessed without massively violating civil liberties and stigmatizing the mentally ill.”
And yet, massively violating civil liberties and stigmatizing the mentally healthy is perfectly acceptable to this...person.
Now THAT’S insane. Do NOT let this woman have a gun.
A US citizen living in Canada. Ban all stupid opinions from US citizens living in Canada.
The only way to do this is to seize all firearms by force. Those suspected of hiding firearms in their house will have their house burned to the ground (page from NAZI handbook).
Remind me again how many citizens exercise their right to arm themselves vs the number of JBTs that will try to carryout this unconstitutional seizure?
It will not be pretty if they try, but at least our grandkids will have a truly representative government again, one that will never try a stunt like this again.
I wish I got one of those when I was eight.
She is hideous of appearance, with an evil intellect, and a heinous and demonic spirit. Her desire for tyranny and death oozes out of her very eyes.
I would not hit that. I would execute that.
Got an exact address? I've got some pals up that way who might want to let her have....a Christmas card.
Why do women like this seem to believe that men that look like me are going to come to my house and disarm me and yet women like her that demanded that massive bloodshed will simply live through it unscathed?
Phoebe Hitler. Where’s her short moustache ?
She exudes arrogance.
Come take ‘em, Bitch!
I wonder what she would think about my single shot man gun?
I guaran-damn-tee ya.
Un-ringing a bell can only be done if you time travel and prevent it from ringing in the first place. Same with the presence of guns in the wild.
I read the same thing. I’ve only bought 3 guns this year.
“Phoebe Maltz Bovy is a writer living in Toronto.”
So why should she care about American gun laws?
“She is writing a book with St. Martin’s Press about the idea of privilege (2017).”
Oh boy, I’m sure *that* will be worth the two year wait. /roflcopter.
What a fact-free, unhinged bit of whinging. Interesting that she wants to disarm police as well.
Like we used to say, "put a Vietcong flag over her face and do it for revenge"!
Even glue guns? Staple guns?
OK.
Write your congressman. There are democratic procedures within the Constitution to ban guns. What are you waiting for?
“Phoebe Maltz Bovy is a writer living in Toronto.â€
Good. Saves me the effort of writing to her and asking her to move to Canada.
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