Gun control has been the topic du jour since the awful massacre at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. Politicians, columnists, media personalities are all clamouring for their five minutes to reverberate their position on the matter.
This is nothing new. Every time there's a gun crime in the US the debate flame is fanned. But this is the first time in my memory that such swift, and in my opinion, drastic measures are being carried out, dictator-stylez. Top down, from el Presidente himself. Well technically Biden is involved, but I'm not sure if he counts for anything.
I don't support murder, by gun, knife, choke-hold or by any other means. But I do support self-defence. I pay taxes to hire police officers to defend me, but that doesn't mean that I don't/won't defend myself when necessary. And if the perps get to have guns to attack me, well then I ought to be able to have access to them myself. And apparently, so does the President.
The NRA has just released an ad calling Obama an "elitist hypocrite" because of the armed security detail he has for his two daughters, but disagrees with it for schools. Clever! And it makes you think- they're right. How consistent is it that Obama doesn't want armed guards at schools and yet his kids get to have them for their protection? Now, I agree that his children are at a constant higher threat level being the President's daughters and all. But is it really fair to ban guns from well-meaning Americans who, like the President, just want to keep the bad guys away from their kids?
If the President really wants to be the author (or dictator) of change, perhaps he should start with a crime ban, not a gun ban. Good luck with that!
This is nothing new. Every time there's a gun crime in the US the debate flame is fanned. But this is the first time in my memory that such swift, and in my opinion, drastic measures are being carried out, dictator-stylez. Top down, from el Presidente himself. Well technically Biden is involved, but I'm not sure if he counts for anything.
I don't support murder, by gun, knife, choke-hold or by any other means. But I do support self-defence. I pay taxes to hire police officers to defend me, but that doesn't mean that I don't/won't defend myself when necessary. And if the perps get to have guns to attack me, well then I ought to be able to have access to them myself. And apparently, so does the President.
The NRA has just released an ad calling Obama an "elitist hypocrite" because of the armed security detail he has for his two daughters, but disagrees with it for schools. Clever! And it makes you think- they're right. How consistent is it that Obama doesn't want armed guards at schools and yet his kids get to have them for their protection? Now, I agree that his children are at a constant higher threat level being the President's daughters and all. But is it really fair to ban guns from well-meaning Americans who, like the President, just want to keep the bad guys away from their kids?
If the President really wants to be the author (or dictator) of change, perhaps he should start with a crime ban, not a gun ban. Good luck with that!
