On the federal level, we know that Congress is supposed to be an institution that embodies principles. In reality though, Congress allows the gun lobby to set the agenda on this issue. Bills supported by the gun lobby have consistently received votes while bills supported by gun control advocates are not even given as much as a committee hearing. What does that say about the process? The current situation shows that we are not hearing all sides and allowing for a fair and just process....So in the mind of Thom, if you don't own a gun, you support 'gun control'? Poor babies. Your organization has to be funded almost exclusively by the Joyce's and has a membership that can fit into a couple of minivans while the ISRA alone has a membership of between 15 and 20 thousand. Gun control groups nationwide 'might' be able to claim membership of 150K individuals. The NRA has 4 million.
There are many times when I wonder how our elected officials in Washington D.C. can just sit there and only acknowledge the position of the minority – i.e., gun owners, but not the majority.
'Majority'? You don't even know what that word means.
In reality, they know that McDonald could very well be the death knell for their group so they throw out the 'let's come to the table and talk' ploy. Even with that, though, they can't help but poison the well:
Let people who feel that giving guns to all is the right thing to do come to the table.In other words, anyone who doesn't support their 'message' wants to hand out machineguns to schoolchildren and violent felons. So much for wanting to 'discuss' things 'intelligently and rationally'.
Really Mr. Mannard, why should we bother sitting down w/ you? What do you have to offer us?
5 comments:
Ah, how wrong they are. Many, many gun owners care very much about their message and have and will do a LOT to show how wrong it is. Personally, I think it's good that they keep us on our toes ;)
More people are seeing that the emperor has no clothes, and is therefore worthy of the ridicule heaped upon him.
B Woodman
III-per
Let people who feel that giving guns to all is the right thing to do come to the table.
And therein they propose something that is not true. Pro-Gun folks have never advocating giving guns to all. What we advocate is individual freedom of choice to keep & bear them.
It's a simple distinction, but an important one, since we're not giving anyone guns, nor forcing guns upon the unwilling.
Mike W.:
I think he has a good suggestion, actually.
We should push for mandatory Open Carry. If tyou don't open Carry, you must have a permit to Not Open Carry, and pay a 10% sales tax surcharge on any purchases you make in person while not Open Carrying in order to compensate the State for the cost of protecting your unarmed ass.
Pacifist sheep are a drain on society ... they need to compensate all of us for the cost of protecting them.
Eh, then we'd be forcing our lifestyle choice & mode of carry upon others. That's no different than what the anti's currently do to us.
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