tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post2605102617671820972..comments2023-12-28T06:30:48.808-05:00Comments on The Rule of Reason: Gun Control Means a Disarmed PublicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-20441178520219010032013-01-09T15:16:42.062-05:002013-01-09T15:16:42.062-05:00Thank you, Drew for the correction and the URL.
I...Thank you, Drew for the correction and the URL.<br /><br />It's insane that those who have pushed for "gun free zone" are not held accountable for their own moral culpability in the slaughters in such places. But what's new, unfortunately?John Shepardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424458889560274756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-27883123052230959892013-01-04T03:03:52.843-05:002013-01-04T03:03:52.843-05:00Sorry, I was mistaken in thinkin it was Mr. Thomps...Sorry, I was mistaken in thinkin it was Mr. Thompson when it was Richard Salsman at Forbes that made the point about being "abettors.." I also misquoted, but the essence is the same: <br /><br />http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardsalsman/2012/12/21/gutting-the-2nd-amendment-is-not-the-way-to-deter-mass-slaughter/<br /><br />"Here’s the perversity of the gun-controllers: they’ve convinced politicians and law enforcement officials that public areas are especially prone to gun violence, and have pushed for onerous bans and restrictions on gun use in such areas; but that means they themselves are accessories to such crimes, because they’ve actively encouraged government to ban or restrict our basic civil right to self-defense; it means they’ve goaded stray crazies into publically slaughtering people with impunity. Self-defense is a crucial right; it requires gun-toting and full use not only in our homes and on our property but also (and especially) in public. . . . The evidence is overwhelming now: no one any longer can claim, in candor, that the gun-controllers are ‘pacific,’ ‘peace-loving,’ or ‘well-meaning.’ In truth they are avowed enemies of a key civil right and abject abettors of evil.”<br /><br />Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122129410990551416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-11561053645383877402013-01-01T13:14:17.576-05:002013-01-01T13:14:17.576-05:00"With Gun Control, Cost Benefit Analysis Is A..."<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/harrybinswanger/2013/01/01/with-gun-control-cost-benefit-analysis-is-amoral/" rel="nofollow">With Gun Control, Cost Benefit Analysis Is Amoral</a>" by Harry Binswanger (Forbes)<br />John Shepardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424458889560274756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-80159427075751800902013-01-01T08:21:49.592-05:002013-01-01T08:21:49.592-05:00Drew, do you have a link for the Forbe's artic...Drew, do you have a link for the Forbe's article by C. Bradley Thompson you referred to? Thank you (I've searched, but I can't find it.)<br /><br />Something else that everyone should take into consideration with respect to the gun control "debate":<br /><br />""Police have no duty to protect": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb3rAglRsqUJohn Shepardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424458889560274756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-1162464771679701982012-12-26T23:19:00.652-05:002012-12-26T23:19:00.652-05:00Here's a news and commentary piece on the stat...Here's a news and commentary piece on the state of gun ownership in Ontario (Canada) and direction you are headed in the US. It's actually more horrifying than I thought. I am reminded of another personal experience upon mention that the police searched the house of the poor dad -- without a warrant! I did not know that even if you are a LEGAL gun owner here, the police have authority to enter and search your house without a warrant! Meanwhile, the guy who was humiliated by the police, did not even have a gun anyway! <br /><br />http://www.torontosun.com/2012/02/25/arrested-dad-wants-answers-after-daughter-draws-gun-pic<br /><br />I work with a girl who spoke to some police who were with convict as a patient at my work (hospital). She asked the cops about what she could do about someone snooping around her house, e.g., how the police could help her with someone rummaging through her car and freaking her out (she lives alone). The cops said that there was nothing they could do because she has no evidence. She then asked about getting a gun, not to actually use, but to even just present the weapon as a warning. The cops said, "no, you would get arrested for threatening with a deadly weapon." Then she asked about a BB gun. Same thing: she would be arrested. Then, when she was at home another day, an officer appeared at her house to search the place for weapons! This is crazy.<br /><br />Lastly, to clarify, I meant to say that C. B. Thompson's article is not "more accurate" than Mr. Cline's although my haste in typing and posting makes it look that way. <br /><br />I love Rule of Reason Blog. Some of my favorite writings on the net!<br /><br />AndrewDrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122129410990551416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-53702656907488098612012-12-26T20:14:14.655-05:002012-12-26T20:14:14.655-05:00I think C. Bradley Thompson said it more strongly ...I think C. Bradley Thompson said it more strongly (and accurately) than any of you guys in a recent column at Forbes: that gun control advocates are "aiders and abettors of mass murder." He identifies how all these slaughters keep happening in "gun free zones" created by anti-gun advocates and politicians.<br /><br />The gun control debate is fascinating to observe he gun control debate the relatively more gun-controlled Canada. Just to give an example of how nutty it is here, there was a case recently near me in the Toronto area where a child in kindergarten drew a picture of her daddy shooting monsters with a gun. The teacher/ school personnel contacted children's social services and when the dad went to pick up his daughter, he was arrested and thrown in a cruiser (in front of school staff, children, and other parents). The poor guy was strip searched and thrown in jail without even being charged with a crime. <br /><br />Meanwhile, although the guy was released, I do not recall the police ever offering an apology. The guy was a legal gun owner, but because the teachers and social workers felt concerned that a child was living in a house with a gun, it warranted police involvement. And the scum police are dramatically becoming the eager participant in the enforcement of arbitrary power. (For instance a group of several white friends who held a counter-protest at a native rally for a local land occupation and use of violence resulted in the non-violent white group being cuffed and thrown in a cruiser for "breaching the peace").<br />Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122129410990551416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-12246421556861487062012-12-25T19:02:12.228-05:002012-12-25T19:02:12.228-05:00Gun control advocates – including those who call f...Gun control advocates – including those who call for total bans and confiscation of all guns in the hands of the public – are merely another form of "humanitarian," whom Rand demonstrated in fiction and non-fiction have a vested interest in perpetuating all sorts of human misery, for otherwise they would have nothing else to "live" for. These range from career humanitarians, such as that shriveled excuse for a human, Mother Theresa, to guilty humanitarians, such as Bill Gates, who dedicated to liquidating his fortune in the name of "giving back" to a public and a world he was convinced (by his father and by the culture's governing moral code) he had robbed. Yes, gun control advocates are not really concerned about the victims of lunatic killers who use guns; they wish to see everyone rendered helpless and dependent on government and subservient to its power. Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-12740257789475978782012-12-25T13:48:13.268-05:002012-12-25T13:48:13.268-05:00So yesterday morning one William Spengler, 62, amb...So yesterday morning one William Spengler, 62, ambushed volunteer firemen responding to a fire he had set, killing two and wounding two others. Spengler had three weapons, including a semi-automatic rifle. These were obtained illegally, since Spengler was a convicted felon, having served 17 years for killing his grandmother with a hammer.<br /><br />http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Chilling-Detail-From-Shooters-Note-For-Police/dzMXKjpa8UGqJQKKA8PxcA.cspx<br /><br />But tougher gun laws would have saved granny and kept those weapons out of the hands of her lunatic grandson, whose favorite activity was "killing people", right? <br /><br />On what planet?<br /><br />People never promote the demonstrably irrational for "noble" reasons. They merely evade their true reasons, which would be unthinkable for them to acknowledge -- and outrageous for us to hear. Those who argue for confiscatory gun laws do not really want to see an end to such attacks, because then what would they use for an excuse to further tighten the screws of government?<br />revereridesagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13443013401059011056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-32088566333280659882012-12-21T23:21:54.607-05:002012-12-21T23:21:54.607-05:00John: I've corrected the numbering. Thanks. E...John: I've corrected the numbering. Thanks. Ed<br />Edward Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160209827969614964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200276.post-3484858894292452012-12-21T22:05:59.861-05:002012-12-21T22:05:59.861-05:00Thank you, Ed. Good stuff!
I noticed that the con...Thank you, Ed. Good stuff!<br /><br />I noticed that the content of #10 and #11 are the same.<br /><br />John Shepardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424458889560274756noreply@blogger.com