Showing posts with label guns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guns. Show all posts

27 July 2009

Protecting the Gun Rights of Capitol Hill Visitors

E.J. Dionne Jr. in today's Washington Post:
Isn't it time to dismantle the metal detectors, send the guards at the doors away and allow Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights by being free to carry their firearms into the nation's Capitol?

I've been studying the deep thoughts of senators who regularly express their undying loyalty to the National Rifle Association, and I have decided that they should practice what they preach. They tell us that the best defense against crime is an armed citizenry and that laws restricting guns do nothing to stop violence.

If any proponents of unlimited individual gun rights does not see the irony, kindly elucidate.

13 June 2009

Herbert broadens the view

... as a f/u to my last post pointing at Frank Rich's article, Bob Herbert reminds us that a rising tide of murderous extremism is hardly confined to white supremacist christians, and the language of hate does not only stem from Fox News and Limbaugh.

Whazzup, America? I honestly don't believe (contrary to many of my co-liberals) that guns are the problem. Why are we "up in arms"?! Has anyone tried to answer this critical question, since Moore's Bowling for Columbine?