tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233606805709071194.post2524966110235878672..comments2023-03-25T05:50:35.592-07:00Comments on ink and ashes: a debate that's out of (gun) control (at TFPO)Frederik Sisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963689819495851315noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233606805709071194.post-16061172367674479832013-03-29T23:17:16.950-07:002013-03-29T23:17:16.950-07:00Good grief, I totally neglected to reply to your c...Good grief, I totally neglected to reply to your comment. Sorry! Time got the better of me. In any case, I agree with you completely. I consider gun manufacturers to be crime profiteers, sowing fear and paranoia for the sake of selling more and more guns.Frederik Sisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963689819495851315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7233606805709071194.post-9254655257894519362013-02-25T16:57:28.092-08:002013-02-25T16:57:28.092-08:00Some additional thoughts:
There are some legitima...Some additional thoughts:<br /><br />There are some legitimate studies of gun violence out there by reputable institutions like Johns Hopkins but those go unmentioned. Requiring liability insurance is another thing we should consider to recompense the inevitable victims. Also adding those with domestic violence restraining orders to the no-sell list would be good. A lot of women are killed in "gun cleaning" accidents that don't even make it to the news let alone the criminal justice system. <br /><br />Mark Ames points out that gun ownership does the exact opposite of protecting our freedom, which explains the absence of these upstanding citizens the past dozen years in which our Constitution was totally shredded. Gun ownership encourages atomization, hiding in one's basement waiting for the final Butch-and-Sundance shootout rather than organizing. That's probably why the government can't be bothered to move on this issue.<br /><br />Having armed guards in schools only militarizes and terrorizes children, it does not deter, as Columbine should have taught us. The Ft. Hood shooter managed to kill a whole lot of people on a military base surrounded by armed and highly trained warriors.<br /><br />The likeliest victims of gun violence, women, children and cops who should have the biggest say in this issue, however, will be drowned out by the real movers and shakers of the NRA: gun manufacturers which won't even let the UN pass a small arms treaty to reduce the instability in third world countries from the global trafficking problem. If they don't mind child soldiers in Africa, they sure don't give a rat's ass about dead kids in America.Catherinenoreply@blogger.com