If its so dangerous to identify homes that are gun-free" zones why do we do it to our schools?
A birdcage liner in my county of Westchester NY The Journal News has made national headlines by releasing the addresses of county residents licensed to own a handgun. The paper claims that in the wake of the Newtown shooting citizens want to know more about the arsenals their neighbors may possess. Of course the rags real motivation is obvious: it wants to out" firearms owners. The thinking is Hey you want to own a gun? Then were going to put you in the pusillanimous peoples pillory where all things manly and traditional belong." Hence the title of the Journal piece The gun owner next door" which could be followed with The pedophile next door" or The terrorist next door." Ooh scary. Im more worried about the journalist next door.
Not surprisingly the paper is taking a lot of heat for revealing who is packing heat. And one of the more common criticisms reveals a truth.
Many people have pointed out that the Journals article not only alerts us about who is armed it also tells criminals who is unarmed and hence easy prey. This isnt entirely correct as the paper could only provide information about licensed handguns and not far more common (as they dont have to be licensed in Westchester) rifles and shotguns or illegally owned weapons. But thats irrelevant to the point here. To wit:
If its so dangerous to identify homes that are gun-free" zones why do we do it to our schools?
Unlike private residences a criminal can actually bank on a school being gun free and thus soft-target rich. And we not only ensure this is the case we incredibly announce it to the world.
You dont have to support Second Amendment rights to accept my point. You only have to recognize reality. And to analogize the situation how secure would our country be if we unilaterally disarmed and then announced to the world that the US is a weapon-free zone? Sure you may not like that nuclear and other weapons exist.
But they do exist.
Aggression exists.
Opportunistic minds exist.
Evil exists.
And theres nothing more stupid than being a cat that declaws himself and then brags about his defenselessness.
If anyone disagrees I ask only that he practice what he preaches. Get a big sign and write on it in bold lettering Gun Free Zone."
Then put it on your house.
Go ahead. Make a miscreants day.
If youre unwilling to do this then why would you do it to Americas schoolchildren? Such a thing isnt just unwise.
Its immoral.
Grossly immoral.
After all youre then willing to imperil children for…what reason? Because the symbolism of announcing that youve supposedly rid schools of some evil (that isnt) makes you feel as if youve done your good deed for the day? Wise up.
Then theres a truth revealed by the Journals urinal-ism itself. Why do residents licensed to own handguns concern the paper at all? I thought the Assault-stream Media just requested reasonable" concessions from gun owners such as the criminalization of the AR-15 rifle the as some have put it scary black gun." This they want even though it isnt as high-powered as many hunting rifles. Even though:
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Its caliber is the same as a .22 (small).
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Its rapidity of fire is the same as any other semi-automatic firearm which means most all firearms owned in America.
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Such weapons are used in less than two percent of gun crimes (except for legally owned ones which are used in approximately zero percent of gun crimes).
But hey its scary.
And black.
And thats good enough.
But Journal News as with the New York Post not two weeks ago we can see beneath your gun-haters hood. You say that all you want is the criminalization of high-capacity magazines and semi-automatic rifles with a military appearance. And this is true in a sense. You situational-values-set statists live in the moment and such legislation is all you want right now because its all you can get right now. But youre masters of incrementalism; you say you only want an inch until you can get a foot and then you say you only want a foot until you can get the shoe. What Id give you is the boot.
This is because I know that liberals remain satisfied with compromises until about the time the ink dries. They ultimately will never settle for half a loaf and they want all our guns. We should only give them all our undying contempt.