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.
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When Rolling Stone and Cnn write laws and they pass through the legislative branch fine until then shut the hell up you Losers!!!
They don’t enforce immigration screw you
Right after we repeal the 1st. one
That is true rolling stoned fashion
B******t!!!!!! The day they repeal the Second Amendment is the day that all hell will be released!!!!!! We need another Revolution in this country!!!! Libtards, get ready, cuz here it comes!!!!!
Never Ever will that happen.CNN and Rolling Stone,you people are the most unpatriotic nitwits in this country.The 2nd amendment is the only way citizens can deal with a wanabee dictator like Obama.
These NUTS are going to get hold of guns no matter what is done, which makes it even worse cause they wont be registered, there will be just as many guns as ever, they are not going to stop a thing
What else would you expect from a bunch of burnt out hippie druggies?
The hell with CNN.
To all those jumping on the assault weapons ban-wagon- Just remember in every mass shooting every assault weapon was already banned from the attack site. Plus it’s illegal to assault anyone with any weapon period. They are already breaking a multitude of laws. These people aren’t going to obey more laws. They are going to take advantage of new laws just like they are now targeting current soft targets. Bans make it more difficult for the law abiding people to acquire the tools needed for sufficient self protection while giving an overwhelming advantage to evil. These so called assault weapons in law abiding hands are actually defense weapons. I want my defense weapon to be the same or better than a criminals assault weapon. Equality… right? Or would you rather the outlaw have the upper hand? Weapon bans empower these and other evil acts.
My proposed answer is real, actual gun control… In the form of classes offered throughout grade school and high school teaching every willing American how to responsibly control, respect, and operate guns safely along with respect for all human life and the consequences of miss use. Hiding and illegalizing guns from the public only makes them scary and taboo except to the curious, the lawless and the mischief crowd that WILL get ahold of them while never learning to correctly handle and respect them or human life. Lets stop living in fear of guns and overpowering evil by make defense weapons more available to the trained law abiding citizens giving the power over evil back to the people. If you don’t want that power that is totally fine. Remember “your freedom to be you includes my freedom to be free from you”. Don’t take my ability to defend myself and others from evil for your false peace of mind.