It’s Monday, February 26th, 2018…but before we begin, a number of companies just made it really easy for us to take our business where it’s welcome; we remind Hertz, Avis, Enterprise, Alamo, National, Delta, United, MetLife, Symantec, Chubb, Wyndham and Best Western, along with any other companies more concerned with bowing to MSM pressure than defending the Constitution…
Oh, and First National Bank of Omaha, whoever the hell you are…
And take your stinking paws off me, you damn, dirty ape!
Seriously, Mike: wake up and smell the race-based politics. You’re hardly Conservative and a terrible leader; did you really believe they’d hired you for your…skills?!?
Now, here’s The Gouge!
First up, a number of supposedly bright, Conservative voices recently clamoring for a ban on AR-15s and other “assault rifles” while supposedly claiming continued support for the 2nd Amendment leave us scratching our heads with Ripley:
“…Rice said weapons like the AR-15 rifle that authorities say shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, 19, used to kill 17 students and teachers Feb. 14, shouldn’t be available to civilians, the Washington Times reported.“We can’t throw away the Second Amendment and keep the First,” she said, adding that she considers the first two amendments to the Constitution to be “indivisible.”
Hewitt then asked if Rice — being an educator herself as a political science professor at Stanford University — supports the idea of teachers carrying guns as a deterrent to potential campus shootings. Rice said she doesn’t think that is “going to be the answer,” the Washington Times reported. “I don’t really like the idea, frankly, of a gun in my classroom,” she said.
Rather, she supports looking to law enforcement and guards as ways for protection…”
After all, it worked so well for the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High!
Then there’s Exhibit “B”, retired Army LTCOL Ralph Peters, who, like Obama before him, pretends to be an expert on LOTS of things; which, in the wake of the Parkland mass murders, now includes the Constitution. Ralph Peters’ editorial is so fraught with inaccuracy and misstatement we hardly know where to begin, so we’ve offered our thoughts, point by point, in green following his mindless meanderings.:
“…And I’m a gun owner. As I write these lines, there’s an 1858 Tower musket behind me and a Colt(A musket and a “Colt”; WHAT “Colt”?!?)on my desk.But I believe, on moral, practical and constitutional grounds, that no private citizen should own an automatic weapon or a semi-automatic weapon that can easily be modified for automatic effects. (As Wikipedia notes, “Most current fully automatic trigger groups will not fit their semi-automatic firearm look-alike counterparts – the semi-automatic version is specifically constructed to reject the fully automatic trigger group by adding metal in critical places. This addition is required by ATF to prevent easy conversion of Title III firearms into machine guns.”)
These are military weapons. (No, they’re not!)Their purpose is to kill human beings.(Only if said humans threaten me, my family, or the Founders’ Republic. And your “Colt” is intended for…WHAT?!?)They’re not used for hunting (unless you want to destroy the animal’s meat). (Again, YES, they ARE; NO ONE one goes hunting with a bump stock!) They’re lousy for target shooting.(Funny, just went plinking with mine on Saturday; had a blast!) But they’re excellent tools for mass murder. (As are knives, Ryder rental vans, handgunsandthe ATF!!!)
The latest school shooter could not have done what he did with a sports rifle or shotgun. (Objection, your Honor: Counsel is offering facts not in evidence.)The Las Vegas shooter could not have done what he did with hunting arms. (Again, not true!!!) No end of school massacres and other slaughters have tallied horrific body counts because of military-grade weapons in the hands of mass murderers. (Again, see “Bombing, Oklahoma City”, or “2014 Kunming Attack”; Hells bells, Ted Bundy and John Gacy killed over 30 people apiece without any weapons at all!)
…Does any serious-minded, morally centered reader believe that George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson or any of our other geniuses of freedom intended that a disturbed young man or a disgruntled employee or just a vicious drunk should be guaranteed the right to a personal arsenal of weapons designed for mass murder? (No, but neither does the NRA or its tens of millions of members and supporters. Notice how Peters went without passing “GO”, without collecting $200, directly from “disturbed young man” to “disgruntled employee” and “vicious drunk”; when was the last time a “disgruntled employee” or “vicious drunk” shot up a school?!?)
…The demagogues who grow wealthy by convincing responsible gun owners that some shadowy government agency can’t wait to seize their deer rifles will have a great deal to answer for on Judgment Day. (First, Peters is obviously ignorant of Scripture; second, he’s equally ignorant of the Founders’ intent: otherwise, how could he claim armed citizens defending the Constitution with deer rifles against government agencies intent on overturning same employing fully-automatic weapons and tanks possibly serves their anti-tyranny intentions?!?)
As for putting weapons in schools, that’s a punk idea.(Which means…WHAT?!?) More innocents would die (How SO?!? Again, objection, your Honor: Counsel is offering facts not in evidence!)…”
Sorry, but how on earth is putting weapons in the hands of teachers any more of a “punk idea” (whatever that means?!?) than arming pilots?!?
Lastly, in Exhibit “C”, the suggestions offered by Florida Congressman Brian Mast, while far more reasoned, are in the end almost equally absurd:
“…The Second Amendment is unimpeachable. It guarantees the right of citizens to defend themselves. I accept, however, that it does not guarantee that every civilian can bear any and all arms.
For example, the purchase of fully automatic firearms is largely banned already, and I cannot purchase an AT-4 rocket, grenades, a Bradley fighting vehicle or an Abrams tank. I know that no single action can prevent a truly determined person from committing mass murder, and I am aware of other ways to commit mass murder, such as bombings and mass vehicular slaughter. Not being able to control everything, however, should not prevent us from doing something.
Therefore, I support the following…”
But as he himself said, what his suggestions come down to is a knee-jerk need to “do something“, with no guarantee whatsoever the ban on AR-15s he proposes will adversely impact the frequency or body count from mass shootings one iota.
And whilst the MSM dissimulates, prevaricates and misinforms, the reality behind The Thin Blue Line is made manifest:
Broward County’s finest have certainly redefined the old police motto “To Serve & Protect”!
PROTECT YOUR OWN!!!
Which is why, as Jim Geraghty notes at his Morning Jolt, the Parkland mass shootings really represent…
“…The country is now engaged in a great debate over how to rewrite laws to prevent such horrific attacks in the future. But regardless of one’s proposed legislative solution, it will be useless if it is not faithfully and competently executed…”
“…What we’ve learned from the events of the past few days is that most liberals are uninterested in a holistic answer to school shootings — a unique problem detached from general violent crime, rates of gun ownership, region or age.While there is no cure-all, a mix of improved background checks, a better reporting system, better law enforcement reaction to threats, more community involvement and mental health reform could lower the number of shootings. Pulling back from the massive wall-to-wall coverage, which probably helps glorify these shooters for the next madman, might also help.
Yet as far as I can tell, banning or inhibiting gun ownership seems to be the only answer for the left.
For instance, while we can never truly quantify how many shooters are dissuaded by new laws or restrictions, we do know some mass shooters can be stopped by armed Americans.It happens all the time. Why shouldn’t teachers and others who have a constitutional right to protect their homes and families do the same for their students? The dismissive, sneering reaction to that idea by most of the media and Democrats was telling. Now, I understand some Americans don’t want to send their kids to schools with armed teachers. That should be their choice. But the idea that a trained concealed-carry permit holder or guard couldn’t possibly stop or mitigate the damage done by a mass shooter defies reality.
So a real divide exists in America, not between those who want to “do something” and those who don’t, but between those who believe there is a natural right to own and defend oneself with a weapon — preferably a semi-automatic weapon — and those who do not. The latter position seemed to be prevalent among the young people at the town hall, and certainly among their cheering section. While I feel great sorrow for these kids and worry about my own, I have no moral duty to be on their side politically.
More immediately, events like the CNN town hall go a long way in convincing gun owners that gun control advocates do have a desire to confiscate their weapons. The advocates can’t confiscate weapons right now, so they support whatever feasible incremental steps are available to inch further toward that goal. We don’t know how this plays out in the long run. In the short run, though, it does nothing to stop the next school shooting.“
Meanwhile, as evidenced by this interview with Jake Tapper, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel continues to cling to his job, courtesy of a complete state of denial concerning the culpability of HIS department:
If the good citizens of Broward County choose to allow Sheriff Israel to remain in office, they’re truly getting the government they deserve!
Here’s the juice, in two parts: First, Townhall.com‘s Matt Vespa offers this…
Which makes this next meme, in association with Ben Shapiro’s excoriation of Progressives’ pro-gun-control policies not simply, as it were, icing on the cake…
…but rather the bottom line: every home which takes a stance against the 2nd Amendment should be required to display the following bit of truth in advertising:
With NO exceptions!
Which brings us to The Lighter Side:
Lastly, we’ll be out of pocket through Wednesday, so ’til Friday, March 2nd…
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