Guns, the NRA, the constitution and senseless shootings

I think you're right. Culture does play a role. But I think the culture that refuses to demand personal responsibility for your actions is a bigger part of the problem.

 

My bad, JD. I saw you posted that quote in response to my posting, and I assumed it was your opinion and thus assumed you disagreed with me. Like I said I'm a Republican and fully believe in the Second Amendment and the rights it affords. We should have more gun laws and we should ban many types of guns (nobody goes hunting with a AK-47). But it drives me nuts when people say the only reason why this happened is because guns are legal. There's more than one way to kill a person. A deranged person is going to find another way if he can't get his hands on a gun.

 

Local NRA fella stopped by the office yesterday with photos from the N.H. banquet ... 10-year-old boy smiling proudly with his shotgun is one of the photos.

 

I shot my first duck when I was nine.
With a shotgun. They're the only legal firearm for migratory game birds.

 

A deranged person without a gun doesn't do this either.

I used to be fine and dandy with the live and let live theory on ownership, but I've begun changing my mind.

Guns serve one purpose: Kill.

You can't use a gun to clean your clothes. You can't use it to cook dinner. You can't use it to clean your floors. It won't shop for you. You can't connect it to your computer for faster internet use. It doesn't enable flowers to grow faster. It won't make an argument with your girlfriend end amicably. It won't tuck your kids in at night.

Nope, it just destroys. It takes lives.

 

I wouldn't count on it :-\

 

The guy had a picture of the raffle winner holding a handgun that makes Dirty Harry's 44-mag look like a peagun.

 

My dad got his first gun when he was 8, also a shotgun so he could go hunting with his dad. Most people who start handling guns at that age wind up with a much better appreciation for the damage a gun can do than others.

In towns and states where hunting is common, most kids get guns early on.

 

I beg to differ. There will be a backlash from this in the Old Dominion.

 

So, so true Sportschick.

 

It provides food too.

 

From the WH gaggle this afternoon:

"As far as policy, the president believes that there is a right for people to bear arms, but that all laws must be followed. And certainly, bringing a gun into a school dormitory and shooting numbers -- I don't want to say numbers, because I know that they're still trying to figure out how many people were wounded and possibly killed. But obviously, that would be against the law and something that someone should be held accountable for. "


Thank you, Dana Perino, you insensitive dolt, for making sure the base doesn't get restless. The rest is all banality.