Apparently Fox News had an “expert” on that called the Bushmaster .223 “the most powerful gun in America”.
I’m really glad to know that, and I mean that. I have been considering something in a .308, and would would have loved to have purchased a .50BMG. Those are so expensive, and now I can save the money. I would like to know what laws of physics they were able to break to accomplish making the .223 more powerful than those rounds, but I’m sure they will have a follow-up story on that. I’ll keep you posted on this astonishing development.
In other news, the calls for new and more stringent “assault weapons bans” continue. Far too many are willing to give up a few rights in order to feel more safe. The problem is, they won’t be.
One side says safety = eliminate guns. Now, is that possible? No. Even if it were, and you manage to disarm the bad guys too, they will still have swords, knives, and rocks. You will STILL have to worry.
The other side of the equation is – wait for it – more guns. Yes, if more people have training and carry concealed firearms, there will be more safety.
There have also been calls to “harden” schools. Basically, let’s turn them into mini prisons with only the most controlled of ways in and out. Have armed officers (multiple) in the schools too.
Unintended Consequences, anyone?
Public Schools already teach children that it’s ok to give up some of our freedoms for a feeling of security. Having them go to lockdown every weekday for roughly 12 years isn’t going to to anything to reinforce the idea of freedom.
Just imagine how much worse Dianne Feinstein would have been like had she come from such an environment? She sees nothing wrong with throwing our freedoms away now. Had she grown up in that environment, I can only imagine what legislation she’d feel was appropriate then.
Armed Officers? Uniformed = Target #1. Plain Clothes = Target #1 for anyone that has planned it out.
Volunteers? Good idea, but then you get into standards and training, turnover, etc. Plus, you have a target #1 scenario again.
The best solution is FREEDOM. Teaching people to accept that bad things can happen in a free society, and ALLOWING THEM THE FREEDOM TO TAKE THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SAFETY.
Allow teachers – such as here in Utah – to carry concealed. Think this one through.
You will have the liberal teachers that won’t touch a gun. You will have some liberal administrators that will do the same.
You will have others that will take the responsibility for their safety and arm up.
Every time a bad guy goes into a classroom, it will be a game of russian roulette for him. Will this one fight back, or will they all be shot as their only option was to cower in a closet?
Parents will be able to decide, which kind of room do you want your child in – one that is unprotected, or one where they will at least have a fighting chance?
That latter part may be very telling. What would you chose? Will even a liberal parent send their child to a sheeple room? Or will they want their child to have a fighting chance?
One last thought, have the terrorists already won? If not, what more do they need to do?
Well, go to an airport and ask yourself if you are really free – especially when you see elderly Americans or disable children searched and prodded. Buy a house or open a bank account and look at the “patriot” act documentation you have to deal with.
They have already won in many respects. But all the way? They don’t need to do anything else.
They only need recliners, beers, and a TV with C-SPAN. They can watch Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin, and Congresswoman Donna Edwards work to dismantle the Constitution, and further weaken the fabric which made this nation great.
Sadly, they call themselves Americans, but they don’t even understand what that means.
James Bell Jr.