Category: Gun Rights

Gun for Me, Not for You

Gun control advocates can be a fickle bunch. On the one hand they claim to want peace but then they turn around and advocate murder. This brings use to another characteristic of gun control advocates that I find disturbing, their claimed opposition to violence disappears whenever violence will promote their agenda. The vast majority of gun control advocates are statists. Their agenda isn’t so much eliminating gun violence as granting the state absolute power. Through an absolute state statists desire to create the perfect society. Unfortunately their idea of a perfect society doesn’t involve individual freedom, it involves obedience to masters. If there were no armed individuals the state would be free to redistribute all wealth, force individuals to pay for universal healthcare systems, regulate away any product that may be in the slightest bit dangerous, eliminate pollution, and kill anybody who stood in the way of such “progress.”

Expectedly statists are myopic, they can’t see the logical conclusion to what they advocate. Statists usually see themselves as part of the state, the ruling class. What they don’t seem to understand is that they will be relegated to subservience with the rest of us “uneducated” scum. For you see the average statist isn’t currently part of the ruling class and the ruling class isn’t apt to let new members join their ranks. To quote George Carlin, “It’s a big club and you ain’t in it.” Instead the average statist is, to borrow a once popular phrase, a useful idiot. They are the suckers who invest their time, money, and labor transferring power from the people to the state. Once the state has complete authority, once these low level statists are no longer useful, they will be discarded. It’s true, some of them may be allowed to hold low level positions within the state but they will still be subjected to the same terror as everybody else not in the upper echelons.

We’ve seen the logical conclusion of absolute statism many times in the last century alone. From Hitler’s Germany to Stalin’s Russia to Mao’s China to Pol Pot’s Cambodia history shows that absolute statism isn’t kind to anybody outside of the ruling class. Millions have paid the ultimate price when the desires of statists were fulfilled. In ever case people believe such atrocity would never happen in their country. People had faith that their rulers only wanted what was best for them. They learned very quickly that such atrocities could happen in their country and that their rulers didn’t care about what was best for the people. Those who did the footwork, the low level soldiers of statism, also learned that they were not giving positions of power but were treated the same as those “idiots” that stood in the way of “progress.”

Gun control advocates are frightening because they are statists, they want to strip power from the people, and they believe the ends justify the means. Violence is only deplorable when it’s not used to forward the cause of statism. Although it saddens me to see so many suckered into promoting the statist ideal I take solace in knowing that when I’m rounded up and sent to die in some prison camp they’ll be on the train right behind me.

Obama Looking to Use Executive Orders to Enact Gun Control Laws

What happens when you give a power hungry psychopath the authority to enacts laws willy nilly? The power hungry psychopath enacts laws willy nilly. Via Uncle I came across Biden admitting that Obama is looking to bypass Congress in order to implement gun control:

President Barack Obama is exploring executive orders to help prevent mass shootings in America, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday.

“The president is going to act. Executive orders, executive action, can be taken,” Biden told reporters before meetings with groups representing survivors of mass shootings. “We haven’t decided what this is yet, but we’re compiling it all with the help of the attorney general and all the rest of the Cabinet members.”

Why haven’t we issued the President a crown and scepter yet? If we’re going to be ruled by royalty then our rules need to look the part. The country is already broke so we might as well spend more money we don’t have. Think about all the jobs we’ll create by building a gigantic castle for His Majesty to rule from! Goldsmiths throughout the country could be employed to sculpt a truly spectacular crown, scepter, and throne! Why it would be a veritable stimulus package!

Gun Control Advocates Sure are a Violent Bunch

It never ceases to amaze me how gun control advocates can claim to advocate peace while constantly threatening to murder anybody who disagrees with them. Take a look at the following video where a CNN panelist actually advocates Piers Morgan shoot Alex Jones (there is an introduction piece, the important part of the video starts at roughly the 0:37 mark):

For those who don’t want to or can’t watch the video Buzz Bissinger, after a short rant about semi-automatic weapons, says “Piers, challenge Alex Jones to a boxing match, show up with a semi-automatic you got legally, and pop him.” An unknown female panelist then replies by saying “I’d love to see that.”

I guess when they say they oppose gun violence they really mean they oppose gun violence against anybody who agrees with their point of view but advocate the use of gun violence against anybody who disagrees with them.

I Think Gifford’s Creation of a Gun Control Organization Speaks Volumes

Gabrielle Giffords, the senator who was shot in the head in Arizona, has decides to start her own organization to advocate for gun control:

A former US congresswoman who survived a gunshot wound to her head during a mass shooting has launched a campaign against gun violence.

Gabrielle Giffords’ Americans for Responsible Solutions initiative aims to raise money for gun control efforts.

While I’m not one to criticize somebody for capitalizing on an event that befell them I think Gifford’s creation of a gun control advocacy group speaks volumes. Whenever a shooting occurs the only proposed solution we hear from claimed opponents of gun violence is more gun control. It’s almost as if the movement has no creativity. Even the National Rifle Association (NRA) managed to come up with a somewhat new, albeit misguided in my opinion, solution with their School Shield program. Why can’t claimed opponents of gun violence ever come up with something new and exciting? Do they ever advocate looking into the possible mental health side of gun violence? No. Do they ever advocate looking into the possible economic side of gun violence? No. It’s always a gun grab.

I think the lack of creativity demonstrates the authoritarian nature of the general gun control advocate. They seem to believe in a rigid hierarchy where the state is at the top, they are in the middle, the average person is below them, and gun owners are the lowest of scum. Their only solution seems to involve taking orders from the top by mindlessly obeying the state, which has a vested interest in disarming those it exploits. It would be nice if these petty authoritarians could jump off of the hierarchical ladder and begin thinking for themselves. Perhaps then they could comes up with some innovative ideas to address the root problem of violence.

Pot See Kettle, Calls it Black

Sometimes the abject hatred gun control advocates hold for anybody who disagrees with them is so blatant not even the densest of men can miss it. Consider Gawker, an online media company that is, rightfully, held in a fairly low regard with a great deal of the Internet. Reporting found on Gawker websites can range from poor to abysmal and sometimes even involves overt hypocrisy, as is the case with John Cook’s article titled Here Is a List of All the Assholes Handsome Law-Abiding Citizens Who Own Guns Some People in New York City. In all fairness the author admits that his title isn’t entirely accurate as he doesn’t believe all gun owners are assholes:

(And for the record, they are not all assholes. Some of them need guns for legitimate reasons for their jobs, like providing security for assholes.)

As the title of the article implies, Mr. Cook decided to point out his belief that most gun owners are assholes by being an asshole. He posted a list of every name of every gun permit holder in New York City. Nothing demonstrates the vileness of your intellectual opposition like attempting to publicly shame them. Fortunately gun ownership in the United States is still generally accepted rendering Mr. Cook’s attempt at public shaming almost entirely ineffective.

I appreciate the actions taken by gun control advocates such as Mr. Cook. Their childish antics demonstrate a lack of maturity and put into question their sanity, which makes my job much easier. I hope Mr. Cook invests the great deal of time necessary to comb through the phone book in an attempt to tie addresses (which he was angry about not receiving) to names. Such a holy mission would take a great deal of time and that would hopefully keep him too busy to write articles, which would help his employer save some face by not having articles appearing on their front page that appear to be written by a person with questionable sanity.

Investigating the Connection Between Psychotropic Drugs and Mass Murders

This is interesting:

The Board of Directors and membership of the International Society For Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry send condolences to the people of Newtown, Connecticut on their horrific losses. Our hearts go out to the parents of the children who were killed and to the families and friends of the adults who were killed.

We are calling for an inquiry into the connection between these acts of mass murder and the use of psychotropic drugs. Although the media have cited family members and acquaintances saying Adam Lanza was taking prescription drugs to treat “a neurological-development disorder”, we do not know if he was on psychotropic drugs. But we do know that James Holmes, the Colorado batman shooter, had taken 100 milligrams of Vicodin immediately before he shot up the movie theatre

(1). And we do know that:

  • Christopher Pittman was on antidepressants when he killed his grandparents (2).
  • Eric Harris, one of the gunmen in the Columbine school shooting, was taking Luvox and Dylan Klebold, his partner, had taken Zoloft and Paxil (3).
  • Doug Williams, who killed five and wounded nine of his fellow Lockheed Martin employees, was on Zoloft and Celexa (4).
  • Michael McDermott was on three antidepressants when he fired off 37 rounds and killed seven of his fellow employees in the Massachusetts Wakefield massacre (5).
  • Kip Kinkel was on Prozac when he killed his parents and then killed 2 children and wounded 25 at a nearby school (6).
  • In fourteen recent school shoots, the acts were committed by persons taking or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs, resulting in over 100 wounded and 58 killed (7).
  • In other school shootings, information about the shooter’s prescription drug use and other medical history were kept from public records (7).

This connection between psychotropic drugs and mass murder is not coincidental. There is enough evidence that antidepressants cause increased risk of suicide and violence for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its Canadian counterpart to require that drug companies include a “black box” warning to that effect on their packages. Our first knowledge of this association between psychotropic drugs and violence came from studies completed in the early 1950s, (8).

I haven’t heard of the International Society For Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry (ISEPP) and do not know whether or not the organization is respected or reviled in the psychiatric community. With that said if the above information is accurate it would certain warrant some investigation. Psychotropic drugs are interesting as they work by directly interacting with the brain. Since we don’t fully understand the workings of the human brain yet unintended side-effects may very well spring up from the use of such drugs. Either way I’ll post more if more comes up.

Forgetting History

I think a few people have a severe case of forgetting history:

A Jewish community strongly supportive of gun control plus Jewish lawmakers eager to enact new gun control laws may bring Jews into a lead role as the nation debates federal measures to rein in mass murders at its malls and schools.

Jews advocating gun control? Did these individuals fail to read the history of their own people? Are they entirely ignorant of the fact that Nazi Germany disarmed the Jews before the Holocaust began? How any Jewish individual could support gun control is beyond me.

Gun Control Advocates Looking to Throw Everything at the Wall and Hope Something Sticks

It looks like the advocates of gun control in the White House are going to try throwing everything at the wall and hope something sticks:

The White House is weighing a far broader and more comprehensive approach to curbing the nation’s gun violence than simply reinstating an expired ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, according to multiple people involved in the administration’s discussions.

A working group led by Vice President Biden is seriously considering measures backed by key law enforcement leaders that would require universal background checks for firearm buyers, track the movement and sale of weapons through a national database, strengthen mental health checks, and stiffen penalties for carrying guns near schools or giving them to minors, the sources said.

Typical government, when something fails to work they try it again, only harder. Since penalties for carrying guns near schools and giving guns to minors didn’t stop the school shooting in Connecticut the government is looking at making the acts of carrying guns near schools and giving guns to minors more illegaler. That’s the exact opposite of a solution. It goes without saying that somebody who has murder in their hearts and is planning to kill themselves after their despicable deed is done isn’t going to be swayed by the consequences of breaking any law. Punishment means nothing when you don’t plan to be around to suffer it.

It also sounds like the federal government is looking into creating a national database of gun owners. Since each sale would require a background check private sales would be illegal. By requiring a background check and having a national database of firearm sales the establishment of a national gun registry would be trivial.

Make not mistake the state is going to exploit the Connecticut shooting for everything it’s worth.

Illinois Gun Ban Stopped for Now

Apparently the gun control advocates of Illinois were unable to get the votes necessary to ram through the gun control amendments . They’ve been pushed back for now:

There’s not enough support in the Illinois Senate to impose tough new restrictions on semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips.

In a setback for gun-control advocates in the wake of the killings of school children in Connecticut, the Illinois Senate was poised to adjourn Thursday without voting on two pieces of legislation aimed at limiting access to certain kinds of weapons and bullets.

Hopefully things remain this way but we all know the politician’s mantra is “If at first you don’t succeed try again harder.” Although I doubt the proposed ban would hold up in court if passed it would still required resources to be invested in, what would likely be, a long drawn-out court battle.

Criminalizing the Act of Combining a Box and a Spring

It has begun. Carolyn McCarthy has introduced the The High Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act, which would outlaw boxes with inserted springs that are able to holder more than 10 rounds of ammunition:

As lawmakers return to Capitol Hill today to kick off the start of the 113th Congress, Democrats are already priming for a renewed battle over gun control, announcing the introduction of a bill banning high-capacity ammunition magazines before the first House session had been gaveled in.

The High Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act, which is being introduced by Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., and is co-sponsored by Diana DeGette, D-Colo., would ban the sale or transfer of ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds. That standard was the federal mandate between 1994 and 2004 under the assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004.

As can be expected from McCarthy, she is outright lying in order to justify this arbitrary creation of new criminals:

“These assault magazines help put the ‘mass’ in ‘mass shooting’ and anything we can do to stop their proliferation will save lives in America,” said McCarthy in a statement. “These devices are used to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time possible and we owe it to innocent Americans everywhere to keep them out of the hands of dangerous people. We don’t even allow hunters to use them – something’s deeply wrong if we’re protecting game more than we’re protecting innocent human beings.”

I’m not sure where McCarthy gets her information but in Wisconsin you can hunt with standard capacity magazines. If you go to Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) page you will see the proof:

Question 6: Is there a magazine size limit for hunting deer?

Answer: There is not a magazine capacity limit for deer hunting. Hunters may use any size magazine to hunt deer (3 round, 10 round, 30 round are common). Hunters in “shotgun only” areas are able to use as many slugs as their shotgun will hold (no plug needed).

Restrictions on magazine capacity for hunting use is a state-by-state issue, there is no blanket ban on the use of standard capacity magazines for hunting in this country. Once again we see Carolyn “Shoulder Thing That Goes Up” McCarthy making up malarkey in order to justify her blatant attacks against lawful individuals.

Now that you’ve heard what this legislation is purported to do let’s consider what will actually do. If passed this legislation would make the combination of a box and a spring illegal if that combination is able to hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. That mean this bill would authorize state agents to kidnap, imprison, and even murder an individual who has that magical combination of extremely simple objects.

At the rate things are going merely having the knowledge of how firearms operate will be a punishable offense. I hope advocates of gun control are happy. In their zeal to prevent violence they managed to introduce legislation that will initiate violence against lawful individuals possessing simple mechanical devices.