In his take on the massacre in Aurora, CO, Roger Ford excoriates what he calls “the far Left” for “exploiting a tragic event to advance their political agenda”.
That said, Ford begins to advance the “far Right’s” political agenda by doing what the “far Right” does after every “tragic event” of this nature: They immediately reassure us that “more gun control” is not the answer.
That said, Ford begins to advance the “far Right’s” political agenda by doing what the “far Right” does after every “tragic event” of this nature: They immediately reassure us that “more gun control” is not the answer.
And while he does not say what the answer to psychopaths with semiautomatic weapons is, Ford does offer this helpful suggestion: “…this time is better spent praying with the families, not pursuing an agenda to undermine the Second Amendment.”
This I will gladly amen! These “tragic events” have become a staple of the news and are not likely to abate any time soon, so the ability to pray afterwards would definitely be a plus for everyone in the U. S., as almost any locality could be the site of the next “tragic event”.
I would like to reassure Mr. Ford and those who have paranoid delusions about having their weapons taken from them:Relax.Your side has, for all practical intent and purposes, won this debate.The nation has accepted your interpretation of the Second Amendment, so much so that no one, not even the “far Left” thinks gun control has even a snowball’s chance.
To further bolster his argument against more gun laws, Ford cites some “22,000 gun control laws…on the book…”. What Ford implies is these laws are binding on every citizen of the U. S.They are not.
The great majority of these laws are undoubtedly local laws, and therefore binding only on the citizens of the more than 30,000 incorporated cities in the U. S. or individual states wherein they were enacted. Only those laws enacted by the federal government binding on all American citizens.
The great majority of these laws are undoubtedly local laws, and therefore binding only on the citizens of the more than 30,000 incorporated cities in the U. S. or individual states wherein they were enacted. Only those laws enacted by the federal government binding on all American citizens.
One gun control measure that might have prevented the Aurora massacre was the prohibition against owning assault weapons that was enacted in 1994.When this law came up for renewal in 2004, Congress, controlled by the conservatives, declined the opportunity.
The few calls from what I suspect Ford considers “the far Left” have been for a renewal of the assault weapons ban. And for a good reason; these weapons have only one purpose, to kill people and to kill them quickly.
The alleged perpetrator of the Aurora massacre reportedly bought over 6000 rounds without raising an eyebrow. He also had a 90-round drum magazine and was wearing body armor when he shot 71 people in that movie theater.
This “tragic event” could be a foretaste of a truly “tragic event”.What happens if, say, terrorists are able to buy weapons and ammo in the same quantity?If they could situate themselves in the right place at the right time, there is theoretically no limit to the number of people they could kill before being taken down by law enforcement.
But it’s our choice, and so far, no mass killing has moved us to conclude even an assault weapons ban, advocated by members of the "far Left, such as Fox News owner, Rupert Murdoch, would stop the carnage.
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