Whenever there is a shooting or a terrorist attack, Democrat lefties immediately seize on the tragedy, seemingly before the bodies are cleared, in order to ride their favorite political hobby horse of gun confiscation, or as they like to more gently refer to it, gun control. There seems to be a complete logic disconnect as they suggest that taking guns away from ordinary citizens is going to make everyone safer when the bad guys or the terrorists come to shoot them. How will unarmed citizens be safer under those circumstances?
There is, in fact, ample evidence that arming the public will do more to advance the safety of society than even a huge increase in police might would. Police cannot be everywhere at every moment, but an armed populace, especially one with hidden weapons, is a tremendous deterrent to bad guys since they have no idea who is armed or where they may be. And it certainly does not require arming every person in a crowd. The unknown factor of who might or might not be packing a nine millimeter pistol keeps the baddies guessing.
The evidence for this proposition is that most or all of the recent mass shootings have taken place in “gun free zones,” meaning zones designated to be free of guns. And they were, except for the bad guy or guys, who somehow missed the rule and so were able to mow down countless unarmed and defenseless citizens.
Another arrogant, anti-gun “progressive,” in this case a law professor by the name of David Cohen, has rushed to print anti-American propaganda in Rolling Stone magazine. While there may be as many as a dozen people who still actually read the magazine, it might still be instructive to broaden the reach of his musings and review some of the good professors points in this article.
Read anti-gun arguments on page 2:
I dont buy this rag
IT’S THE TIMES, WHEN MORE PEOPLE NEED TO BUY MORE GUNS, THE THUGS ARE TAKING OVER AMERICA!
How dumb do you get. Then only criminals will be armed. You think that will lower crime. Really. Morons.
They are All cowards. Been proven time and time again.
Guess it’s time to stop reading Rolling Stone and watching CNN… oh wait… I never did anyways!
War is on if they$#%&!@*with OUR rights.
F**k You Rolling Stone….You$#%&!@*Holes Make Me Sick !!!
F**k Trump!
You think a fictional character from some books wrote the Constitution? Who wrote the Declaration, Chewbacca? The difference between the Constitution and god is that the constitution is real.
If you believe in the original intent of our Founding Fathers, the the right to own “arms” can only mean what the founders considered arms. Therefore, the second amendment clearly covers all weapons made prior to 1792. Since the founders had no way of knowing any other meaning for the term, you should check your weapons. If they were made prior to 1792, they are protected under the amendment. If they were made after 1792, and you want them to be legally covered, you will have to write a new law.