OPINION — Turn on your television, listen to your radio, scroll through any form of social media, and you’ll hear people offering solutions for America’s ‘gun problem.’ Politicians usually say whatever they think people want to hear, and groups with an agenda say what they think their followers want to hear. Very few tell the truth. Except me. I’ll tell you the truth.
Oh, and Matt Walsh. About 95% of what Matt Walsh says is the truth. No one is right all the time, not even me, but Matt rarely gets something wrong. He wrote a piece recently that I think nails the issue of our ‘gun problem.’ You should follow Matt Walsh, because he doesn’t care if people think he’s wrong.
The thing is, America doesn’t have a ‘gun problem.’ You’ve probably heard politicians, like Dianne Feinstein (D-Neptune), claim we have to get rid of guns, or a certain kind of gun, in order to save lives. Dianne does not tell the truth about guns. If you hear Dianne say something about guns, you can pretty much guarantee it’s not true. So there’s that.
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Matt’s recent outstanding column for Daily Wire addressed the knife issue in Great Britain. Guns have been outlawed for a while now in the UK, and that caused gun crime to drop some. Violent crime overall became more frequent when guns were outlawed, especially crimes using knives. So the UK has now banned knives. No one is allowed to carry a knife over there. London’s mayor, one Sadiq Khan, says, “There is never a reason to carry a knife.” Sadiq is wrong. Knives are handy items.
So Matt wrote an article about the next seven items that will need to be banned, once people can’t use knives to commit violent assault. Cars, kitchen utensils, office supplies, rocks, books, chairs, and hands will all have to go, because people use those things to hurt others. And if we want a safe society, we have to take away the tools used for violence. Right?
Now, not all chairs will be banned, at least initially. But the dangerous chairs will have to go, the assault chairs with tall backs and high capacity arms. Bar stools are history. Lawn chairs are OK, but your oak dining room chairs are a hazard to society. And office chairs, that swivel and have adjustable bases, should only be used by the military and police. Average citizens just don’t have the training to safely use such evil chairs.
Books, of course, should be highly regulated. They contain ideas, and what would happen if someone, especially a teenager, were exposed to ideas? We would end up with anarchy, is what would happen. Can’t have that. Even judges are guilty of throwing books at people. Books are nothing but bad.
Rocks are obviously a danger to everyone, so all rocks will need to be gathered up and destroyed. And hands. Wow. Name one crime, ever, that any criminal ever committed without using hands. Nope, hands will have to go. You can claim people do good things with their hands all the time, but that doesn’t negate the evil they cause. No hands for you.
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Of course this is ridiculous, but no more ridiculous than the idea that we should ban guns, or any kind of gun, to reduce violence. Some claim that banning AR-15s will make a difference. OK, how much of a difference? Rifles of all types are used in fewer than 3% of gun crimes now, and ARs make up a percentage of those. And if we ban ARs, criminals will just use a different type of gun for their crimes. So, no difference at all.
Stephen Pollock, the Lost Wages shooter, used a bunch of guns with bump stocks, so several states and cities have banned those. Denver banned them in January. So far none have been turned in, so that could’ve gone better. Plus, bump stocks drastically reduce accuracy. Pollock probably would have killed more people if he’d used standard stocks and aimed his shots. Not to mention the fact that a modified stock is not necessary to bump fire an AR. I’ve done it lots of times without a bump stock.
How about ‘high capacity’ magazines? The shooter at the high school in Florida used 10-round magazines. The woman who tried to commit mass murder at YouTube headquarters used a pistol with 10-round magazines. The most successful murderers, such as those who committed the 9/11 attacks, the bombing of the Oklahoma federal building, and others, didn’t use guns at all.
Then there’s the fact that the people who claim to want to save the lives of children aren’t addressing the most prevalent child killer in the country – abortion. And you can spare me the claim that we aren’t people until we’re born. That’s the biggest lie told in America today.
You want to know how to reduce crime, especially gun crime? I’ll tell you how. Next week.
If I don’t get fired for this column . . .
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The picture of Feinstein's finger on the trigger is reason enough to understand liberals don't know gun safety.
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PermalinkLaws only work for those who obey them! Criminals will still have guns and don't obey the law. I have the right to protect myself from them and tyrannical government, should it happen.
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Permalinkthe idiotic ramblings of another guy with a gun fetish.
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PermalinkRamblings or ranting I can agree with, but as per the usual words like "idiotic" are thrown around by those less informed of the subject matter or argument taking place. Usually this is when a liberal, those on the far left, or anyone who lacks knowledge of the subject matter have nothing of value to argue with and use curse words in place of that.
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PermalinkI'm glad Kendal took the chance to write this article, especially because of the unpopular truth behind the subject matter... Looking forward to the next story!
Sometimes the truth will cost you if you stand up for it but it's worth it... If I were the publisher, you'd be getting a raise! Since abortion was legalized, Americans have killed more babies than the Nazis did Jews. Just because we pass a law, doesn't make it right or moral. Keep speaking the truth!
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PermalinkWhen you grow a uterus and give birth, your opinion on abortion will be relevant.You abide by your morals just don't expect the rest of us to...
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PermalinkKnife attacks have increased five times higher than before the ban in the UK so it's working well.
Like Mr. Heston said, "From my cold dead hands".
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PermalinkI don't expect the whole of society to "abide" by my morals... God knows I fall short of my own morals and very short of His. Legally speaking, any woman who gets pregnant can kill her unborn child if she wants to and I'm not stopping her.
I believe that life begins in the womb but these are not my morals... These are the morals we were given by God ages ago so try not to be upset with me for I am merely a representative of His, it is God you should take up your beef with.
Psalm 139:13-16 NIV
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
My Creator, God, does not require of me a "womb" to believe this therefore I rebut your argument that this is a requirement to share my understanding of God's truth with you or any other woman.
I would also like to add that I understand it has to be a tremendous burden to undergo an abortion even if you don't agree with what God says about it, in no way am I bashing women for making that decision, I am just speaking the truth of God's word concerning the subject.
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PermalinkGawds reach is far. So far as to say, the world would be less populated, by our own hands, if we abided by his word.
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PermalinkD(Neptune)? It's where I stopped reading, and trust me I won't be waiting for the second part. The Senator from California has done more for this country than most. Take it from my gun totin' liberal ass, no one wants your guns.
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Permalink“I like taking the guns early,” Trump said during a televised meeting on gun laws at the White House on Wednesday. “To go to court would have taken a long time.”
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PermalinkTo actually try to take our guns is something entirely different than legislature about round capacity and banning semi auto rifles... Both of which are violations of the second amendment if you ask millions of Americans. I'd venture to say that it would cause a civil war if the second amendment was to be repealed or in some other way to be made invalid... Doubt the government wants that on their hands... then they can't tax us so on and so forth. We have an inalienable right to defend ourselves given to us by God protected by our government, once they go rogue and try to take that freedom, millions will fight for it, that's partially the intent of having the 2nd amendment in the first place because it wouldn't be the first time Americans had to fight a tyrannical government.
Ignorance and apathy alongside the removal of God from government and school has put us in this position and just because the majority of people think one way doesn't mean they're right. Like I said in another post, we've killed 44.5 million babies in America legally and the majority of folks just say, "hey, it's a woman's right, I won't say anything about it because it's a tough subject." Nobody bats an eye... Matter of fact, people will openly and blatantly oppose the idea that it is murder. Nobody would say the same thing about Hitler killing 6 million Jews. To deny that aborting a baby is "killing" a baby is just a claw at coping with the idea. I'm not sure how it became so easy to justify for millions but it's sad. I would venture to say that a majority of the abortions performed are not due to extenuating circumstances, I would be willing to bet that no matter how it's justified, selfishness is the number one reason... Women have considered how a baby coming into the world would be inconvenient in their lives and so forth... If you're not ready then you need to abstain from sex.
I also know of circumstances where women who were raped, birthed and raised the child that came out of the experience because of God's grace so I'm not sure where women get the idea that rape is an excuse to take an innocent life either. Hey, at least in Texas you have the right to go and arm yourself against such threats, I would never blame a rape on the woman, that's just crazy but like I've told many folks, these are the reasons we have the right to defend ourselves... Don't think it won't happen to you and negate training yourself up to prepare for an attack. Many tragedies could be avoided if we lived by honoring God and his commands. God's word is our yardstick to measure the world against and has instructions on how to live... God never said that we had to be victims... We need to quit following the majority who say that we can all live how we want to live and no one has a right to say anything about it... How about our Creator? When is His word about our lifestyle going to matter in the public eye once again?
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PermalinkThat's correct R R, the last thing we need is more people in left field going all crazy about the condition of the world.
Romans 12:18 says, If at all possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Proverbs 3:30
Do not contend with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm.
Seeing that God is in control, I know that he has a plan concerning all that we see and I intend to live in peace as long as it is possible.
Good to see that there's still many people who don't share the pessimistic views that are out there.
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