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Saturday, August 30, 2014

On Guns, What Kind of Country Have We Become?

Get Rid of Assault Weapons (Jay Parini) from CNN
"The question that the whole world asks is this: Why was a 9-year-old girl allowed even to try to shoot a submachine gun? I have a further question: Why does anybody not on the front lines of the military in a war zone need to have access to a submachine gun? ... What kind of country have we become? Was this what the Founding Fathers had in mind?"


Another bromidic gun control article by an author who lacks the most elementary knowledge of firearms. Current FBI statistics reveal that handguns account for ten times the number of homicides as assault rifles. True, assault rifles have a sick cache that appeals to a certain kind of person (I have never met a combat veteran who wanted one), but a deer hunting rifle is more powerful and accurate than an assault rifle. Regardless, if you want to seriously reduce gun violence, you go after hand guns. I can see a majority of American women getting behind hand gun control if the movement is well organized. I would add that the best “well-regulated militia” article is by WWII combat veteran, U Penn professor and author, Paul Fussell.


Posted by: hopeandespair

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