Saturday, February 16, 2013

Profiles In Courage ... And Cowardice

In the former category, you have Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly.  As well as a nun demanding a consistently "pro-life" perspective.

In the latter category, you have the persecutors of this hero.

It doesn't take courage to own a gun.  In fact, it takes a great deal more courage to not own one, and to nevertheless stand up for your beliefs.  I am NOT against private gun ownership, and I don't know of a single gun-control advocate who is opposed to private gun ownership.  Gun ownership for sporting or self-defensive purposes, as well as being part of "a well-regulated militia," is fully constitutional and legitimate, and I don't hesitate to support it.

But owing or possessing a gun does not make you brave, or tough, or heroic.  Unless you have the proper training and commitment for the use of an inherently dangerous device, you are every bit as much a danger as the device itself.  See here

The greatest danger from guns, sadly, does not come from criminals.  It comes from "responsible" gun owners who are NOT as responsible as they should be.  The Sandy Hook shootings came from a gun that was owned by an NRA member who could not find a way to keep it away from her mentally-unstable son.

 People like her are the people who make gun restrictions necessary.  Please keep that in mind the next time you here the NRA try to slime liberals..

No comments: