Lies, Damned lies and statistics
Living in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, we hear ALL the good anti-gun stories. Well this column calls those stories what they are - DUMB!
"The positions of most urban liberals on firearms are dumb, dumber and dumbest.
It is dumb to suppose that the way to decrease crime is to make sure all potential victims of violent crime are disarmed. It is dumber yet to believe that a criminal will obey a gun-control law. No bank robber or rapist has ever set out and then stopped and said, "Gosh, I don't have a permit for this weapon, so I guess I'd better not rob that bank or rape that girl." No serial killer has ever said: "Gosh, I can't kill this person with an unregistered weapon. That would be against the law."
You can't argue with that, although that has never stopped the anti-gun forces in the Cities from trying. Especially when they were arguing against the Minnesota Conceal Carry Reform bill.
I especially liked this paragraph.
"The dumbest idea is to suppose that an inanimate object can turn a noncriminal into a criminal. To believe that guns cause crime is as stupid as believing that hammers and saws cause houses. It is the grossest kind of mindless superstition to suppose that some magical qualities of an inanimate object can overpower the human will."
We hear this all the time out of our resident media. Whenever there is a fatal car accident that involves an SUV the headline reads "SUV involved in accident". Whenever there is a shooting at a home that has been the source of numerous police calls the headline reads "Shooting at troubled house". Heck - I even heard on local radio news reader use the term "killer spinach" when reading a story about the recent e-coli outbreak! To the media, accidents don't happen. It is always a "preventable tragedy" and it is only preventable by having the government spend millions of dollars on "education". They never focus on the human element. Even with smoking. According to our media, no smokers were ever killed because the ignored the health risks and made the foolish decision to smoke...it was always the cigarettes that killed them regardless of the fact that the cigarette can not light itself!
"A gun is neither a romantic nor a sinister object. It is just a plain tool, like a hammer, a saw or a router. It can be used for recreation, and it can be used for self-defense. Like a chain saw, it can hurt its owner if the owner is careless or stupid. But the modern firearm is inherently safe. The gun cannot load itself or fire itself. Properly stored and used, it is safer than a stepladder or a swimming pool or an automobile. It is even safer than eating."
Oh look at that....a gun can not load or fire itself.....isn't that what I just said?????
The author then goes on to list the real statistics about firearms deaths in America. Guess what kids...it's not nearly as high as Mayor Ryback would have you believe. It is something that you really should read and save for future debate.
"The positions of most urban liberals on firearms are dumb, dumber and dumbest.
It is dumb to suppose that the way to decrease crime is to make sure all potential victims of violent crime are disarmed. It is dumber yet to believe that a criminal will obey a gun-control law. No bank robber or rapist has ever set out and then stopped and said, "Gosh, I don't have a permit for this weapon, so I guess I'd better not rob that bank or rape that girl." No serial killer has ever said: "Gosh, I can't kill this person with an unregistered weapon. That would be against the law."
You can't argue with that, although that has never stopped the anti-gun forces in the Cities from trying. Especially when they were arguing against the Minnesota Conceal Carry Reform bill.
I especially liked this paragraph.
"The dumbest idea is to suppose that an inanimate object can turn a noncriminal into a criminal. To believe that guns cause crime is as stupid as believing that hammers and saws cause houses. It is the grossest kind of mindless superstition to suppose that some magical qualities of an inanimate object can overpower the human will."
We hear this all the time out of our resident media. Whenever there is a fatal car accident that involves an SUV the headline reads "SUV involved in accident". Whenever there is a shooting at a home that has been the source of numerous police calls the headline reads "Shooting at troubled house". Heck - I even heard on local radio news reader use the term "killer spinach" when reading a story about the recent e-coli outbreak! To the media, accidents don't happen. It is always a "preventable tragedy" and it is only preventable by having the government spend millions of dollars on "education". They never focus on the human element. Even with smoking. According to our media, no smokers were ever killed because the ignored the health risks and made the foolish decision to smoke...it was always the cigarettes that killed them regardless of the fact that the cigarette can not light itself!
"A gun is neither a romantic nor a sinister object. It is just a plain tool, like a hammer, a saw or a router. It can be used for recreation, and it can be used for self-defense. Like a chain saw, it can hurt its owner if the owner is careless or stupid. But the modern firearm is inherently safe. The gun cannot load itself or fire itself. Properly stored and used, it is safer than a stepladder or a swimming pool or an automobile. It is even safer than eating."
Oh look at that....a gun can not load or fire itself.....isn't that what I just said?????
The author then goes on to list the real statistics about firearms deaths in America. Guess what kids...it's not nearly as high as Mayor Ryback would have you believe. It is something that you really should read and save for future debate.
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