In the panic that has followed the Newtown shootings certain facts have been ignored. America’s Founders had endured oppressive government, and enshrined the right to bear arms in the Constitution for the basic purpose of preventing would-be despots from subjugating Americans in the future Thomas Jefferson wrote, "The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Others of the founders, incidentally, made similar statements.
Since their time politicians have created over 20,000 gun control laws. No single one of them has ever stopped a criminal intent on causing havoc. But, it is worth noting that prior to 1970 there is no record of a st
In the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting we all knew that an impending gun debate would be a hard fought battle. Just after this week’s hearing on Capitol Hill, a new Forbes study finds that the NRA is winning the influence battle over gun control. In the new study performed by Forbes Insights, an independent and unbiased organization, they found that the “NRA and the pro-gun rights voices are winning the influence battle and will continue to be strong and more influential if the pro gun control voice remains fragmented”.
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What has changed? We’ve always had guns; they are only inanimate tools. We haven’t had spree shooters. Removing guns from the equation won’t solve our problems. Also, pointing fingers at violent movies and video games is too simple.
Is it fair for me to place more blame for current events on the debased culture, the moral decline, the public corruption, the lack of personal responsibility, the decline of the family unit, and the ”anything goes” promiscuity preached by the current arbiters of society?
When you create a Godless society; you must be prepared to live in a lawless world.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster
This was done with explosives, not with a gun.