The Real Gun Guys

Channeling Helmke to the masses

It’s inevitable that editorial boards (typically composed of liberals who know nothing of combat, tactics, guns, life, earth, reality, etc.) are going to come out with high-minded baloney against right to carry laws on college campuses. However, you have to wonder whether or not they are actually thinking for themselves or channeling Paul Helmke while pretending to think for themselves:

In dormitories, more guns will undoubtedly mean more gun-related accidents, more suicides and more senseless tragedies brought about by immaturity, lack of judgment, impulsivity, alcohol consumption or mental illness. But whatever their root cause, each of those incidents will only have been made possible by the proximity of guns.

So there it is. They’ve written off all college students as immature, idiotic, impulsive, drunks and sociopaths (just like Paul has almost word-for-word). They seem to forget that there are a lot of non-traditional students out there who would like to be safe in a classroom too.

Of course, I can think of a place where there are a whole lot more people of the similar ages to the average college classroom who are all sitting in “dormitories” with fully automatic firearms. It’s probably even more frightening to said editorial boards that these young people tend to be conformist and all wear the same clothes and speak respectfully of tradition, authority, and discipline.

Let’s also not forget that some of these guys are coming back and going to college. And now, the editorial boards are screaming that they are too immature to handle a firearm in a dangeous situation? Come on. They’ve been in combat how much more training do you need?!?!

This seems to me more like a case of projection. Go back and read that description again and you’ll probably get a good picture of what a bunch of hippie kids were like before they got a chance to be on editorial boards at local newspapers. You know, immature, idiotic, impulsive, drunks and sociopaths…

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First there was "a rifle behind every blade of grass"…

…now there’s a shotgun behind every stuffed animal!

A 10 month old Illinois toddler becomes a legal gun owner. Story and pithy commments from our good old friends the Brits. I’m sure that his dad will give him the proper guidance when he gets old enough to actually use it.

For the record, I think that “Bubba” is adorable, and his getting a FOID card only points out the stupidity of gun control and this particular gun control scheme. The only real crimes here are that he had to get a FOID to begin with and that his dad named him “Bubba.”

Trigger nappy: 10-month-old baby given firearm’s licence
By CLAIRE BATES
Last updated at 12:51pm on 16th May 2007

A baby called Bubba has proved even an 10-month-old child can own a gun in America.

The tot from Illinois received his Firearm Owner’s Identification card - no question’s asked- after his father filled in an online application form and paid just £2.50.

“My 10-month-old son has the cutest FOID card,” Howard Ludwig wrote in a U.S newspaper.

“As an FOID card holder, baby Bubba can own a firearm, as well as ammunition, in Illionois.”

The card lists the youngsters height, (2 ft, 3 inches) and his weight (20 pounds.)

“Since Bubba can’t sign his name, I simply placed a pen in his hand. He made the scribble,” Bubba’s father added.

Mr Ludwig, a Daily Southtown columnist, said he applied for the tot’s legal gun ownership after the baby’s grandfather bought him a shotgun as a present.

“The Wife wasn’t excited,” Mr Ludwig said.

“Despite her Texas upbringing she’s under the impression that books and pyjamas are somehow better baby gifts.”

The loophole Mr Ludwig has found was that guns are only refused to convicted felons and those subject to an active order of protection. At 10-months-old Bubba hadn’t broken any of these rules.

“It makes an adorable addition to his baby book,” Mr Ludwig said.

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