Wednesday - January 05, 2005

On Gun Control

I smiled when I read this:  A survey by the Gallup Organization found that Americans own an average of 1.7 guns each. Gun owners owned an average of 4.4 (I need to go find another gun in order to get myself over the “average!")

I frowned when I read this:  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed a bill outlawing a rifle in California.

Gun control advocates fear it may be used by terrorists to:

“assassinate a foreign leader or shoot down an airplane......They can pierce the skin of an aircraft,” said Daniel Vice, a lawyer with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a supporter of the law. It could be used to shoot down an airplane. And we certainly don’t want to wait until a terrorist buys one before we ban it.”

I don’t know about you but I do not believe there has been any instance of airplanes being shot down by a single rifle recently.  Especially 30 pound, single shot rifles.  And most rifles have the power to penetrate aircraft skins.  They are, after all, thin aluminum.  Hell, I’ll bet a .22 or a .32 bullet could do it

Oh, and as if banning it in California will keep terrorists from buying one.  Ask the people of England and Australia and Brazil, where most guns are banned, if their criminals have any problems finding guns.  Go ahead.  Ask ‘em.  Wear a bullet proof vest, though, as you are likely to get shot.

Someone please explain to me again why it is so many republicans think the constitution needs to be amended to allow this asshat to run for president.  He is as liberal as the day is long at the North Pole on June 21st.

(NOTE: This post was spell-checked prior to submission.  Any errors should be blamed on the spell-checker program.  Grammar errors are intentional.  I speak like that.)

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 01/05/2005 at 06:59 AM   
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