Marko has a well meaning but misinformed post in favor people carrying guns. The early UFC matches didn’t have weight classes and the big guys didn’t always win. Smaller trained fighters routinely prevail against larger untrained fighters. Regardless, professional criminals are armed criminals and gun control isn’t going to change that. I am all for armed citizens, but it has nothing to do with disparities in size or training.
Tag: gun control
Fear mongering from the AP
Posted by – August 17, 2009
Headline: “Gun Dealer Sold Guns to Various Shooters”
From the first sentence “An online weapons dealer who sold a gun or accessories…” (emphasis mine.)
And from reading the whole article I find the sales consisted of: A holster, some magazines, a mag loader and finally a .22-caliber handgun. Nowhere does it mention that to “buy a gun online” one is still going to have to do an FFL Transfer. I am not surprised they are anti-gun. I am surprised they do such a bad job of feigning balanced reporting.
The NRA on Holder
Posted by – January 9, 2009
The current debate as to what the NRA should do about Holder, I have a few observations. I am not really clear what anyone thinks the NRA can do about this nomination. To have the NRA expend money and influence against something they aren’t going to be able to change doesn’t seem like the wisest course, but I can see the frustration at paying an organization to do “something” and then not have them do it. The point is that right now the Obama administration is probably the most popular in history (either despite or because of not having done anything) and his majorities in congress and the senate make it impossible to stop this nomination.
There isn’t an “NRA Senator” or an “NRA Congressman” just so people are clear. A congressman or senator tries to represent the interests of the people that put him in office, across all topics and issues (at least in theory.) These guys are going to have to wheel and deal in the next four years and are probably not really interested in making enemies in a effort that isn’t going to succeed. By all means call or write them and see if you can get them to change their minds, but throwing that job at the feet of the NRA isn’t going to stop Holder from getting confirmed.
I find it highly ironic that the Militia cranks are calling for the NRA and the “prags” to utilize legal and political means to stop Holder’s confirmation. I thought these were “failed” tactics? From the Militia perspective this is a perfect way to attack the NRA: if they don’t weigh in an expend themselves then they are useless and irrelevant. If the NRA does throw it’s weight behind the issue and it doesn’t work then the NRA is useless and irrelevant. If the NRA actually did manage to burn enough influence to get Holder blocked then the militants would probably take credit.
On a somewhat related note, there has been some discussion of Barrett Firearms boycotting California, and having other manufacturers do the same against the federal government. The threat of a gun manufacturer closing its doors is not much of a threat in the current political climate.
Criminals murder other criminals
Posted by – December 18, 2008
Orlando police chief’s top goal for 2009 is to take guns away from criminals
The article doesn’t explain how the police chief is going to go about accomplishing this, and I am sure the devil is in the details:
“It’s going to take a whole lot of people to help us do that,” said Demings, who pledged to work closely with the public, prosecutors and legislators for stricter gun control.
“It’s not about keeping guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens who have every right to possess them,” she said. “Our initiative will focus on the people who are not supposed to have them.”
The most interesting bit of the article is here:
Data released Wednesday show the male murder victims and suspects share a common background of repeated arrests without imprisonment.
At least 95 percent of the victims and suspects had criminal histories. One-third of the suspects had been arrested at least 20 times. One quarter of the victims had been arrested at least 10 times. And about 40 percent of the suspects and victims had been busted for dealing drugs.
If 95% of the people getting murdered are actually criminals then taking guns away from them has a very good chance of increasing other types of crime. The sample size is pretty small here, but it would be interesting to know how many people killed by firearms (other than suicides) are in fact criminals.
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