The Real Gun Guys

BS from the LA Times

Yeah, I’m shocked too. Read it here.

Their proposal is akin to blaming auto makers for the deaths caused by bad drivers and makes about as much sense. I suppose it’s no accident the last name of one of the authors is Sugarman.

Here’s a short taste:

We propose a new way to prod gun makers to reduce gun deaths, one that would be unlikely to put them out of business or to prevent law-abiding citizens from obtaining guns. By using a strategy known as “performance-based regulation,” we would deputize private actors — the gun makers — to deal with the negative effects of their products in ways that promote the public good.

In other words, rather than telling gun makers what to do, performance-based regulation would tell them what outcome they must achieve: Reduce deaths by guns. Companies that achieve the target outcomes might receive large financial bonuses; companies that don’t would face severe financial penalties. Put simply, gun makers — whose products kill even when used as directed — would have to take responsibility for curbing the consequent public health toll.

Under our plan, Congress might require gun makers in the aggregate to reduce gun homicides from 12,000 to, say, 7,000 in 10 years, with appropriate interim targets along the way. Individual firms would each have their own targets to meet, based on the extent their guns are currently used in homicides. Or Congress might simply leave it to neutral experts to determine just how much of a numerical reduction should be required — and how quickly. Either way, the required decline would be substantial.

How would gun companies go about reducing gun deaths? The main thing to emphasize is that this approach relies on the nimbleness, innovation and experimentation that come from private competition — rather than on the heavy-handed power of governmental regulation. Gun makers might decide to add trigger locks to their guns, or to work only with dealers who meet certain standards of responsibility. They might withdraw their semiautomatic weapons from the consumer market, or even work hand in hand with local officials to fight gangs and increase youth employment opportunities. Surely they will think up new strategies once they have a legal obligation and financial incentive to take responsibility for the harm their products cause.

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“Law Abiding?” Million Mom Marcher

Perhaps this is one of the “Law Abiding” Million Mom Marchers I keep hearing about. If all the anti-rights bigots have the same level of self control as she, it’s a good thing most of them don’t have guns!

I’ve covered the story of Million Mom Marcher Barbara Graham before, but in light of The Brady Bunch’s smears in trying to portray all gun owners as criminals, I thought I’d remind them once again of the old saying “People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” or was it “sleep in the nude”…hmmm…anyway…

After organizing, and speaking at the Million Mom March, Barbara Graham was convicted of shooting and paralyzing for life, Kikko Smith. This is a fact. Below is an exerpt from the United States Attorney’s Office concerning the incident:

“According to the government’s evidence, on January 26, 2000, at approximately 6:10 p.m., Barbara Graham approached a 22-year-old man by the name of Kikko Smith and asked him his name. Mr. Smith responded that his name was Kikko, whereupon Ms. Graham reached inside her purse, pulled out a handgun with an extended clip and began to chase Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith ran for his life and was then shot at and hit a number of times by Graham and her daughter’s long term boyfriend, Erskine Moorer. One of the bullets struck Mr. Smith in his back, breaking his rib, collapsing his lung and eventually shattering his spine. Other shots struck Mr. Smith in his foot and head. Due to this incident, Mr. Smith spent over one year in either hospitals or assisted living facilities. He is now confined to a wheel chair and has no movement from the waist down.”

Yep, sounds like a law abiding Million Mom Marcher to me. So, in addition to being a control freak and a complete hypocrite, she’s also murderously unstable as well. Yep, sounds about right to me.

So, what have we learned today? Well, we’ve learned that anti-rights bigots are hypocrites. We’ve also learned that they’re also unstable and suffer from a propensity for violence. Go ahead, open your favorite search engine and type in “violent anti gun activists” and see what pops up. It is reasonable in light of this to at least understand why they think banning guns will make everyone safer. It’s because they think everyone is as hypocritical and violent as they are!

So, Brady Bunch, the next time you want to point out the speck in our eyes, you’d best be taking care of the beam in your own first.

Hypocrites.

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Help Needed

I’m working on a project right now concerning extreme things anti’s have said. Specifically, I am looking to counter the www.nraleaders.com site. This site is owned and run by the Brady Bunch as a way of trying to make the NRA look bad. Admittedly, the NRA has never needed help saying stupid things, but this site takes it too far. They take things so out of context that one is left with the impression that the NRA is composed of nothing but bigoted, racist, idiots with no moral compass. Like when they condemn the NRA for holding it’s annual meeting in Denver, CO right after the Columbine School Massacre. What they don’t say is the NRA is required by law to hold this meeting and it was already to late to cancel, as the members were already on their way. They also drastically scaled back the planned meeting to the bare bones. They did everything they could to show empathy for the situation and compassion for the victims of that horrible crime, but you’ll never hear that from the Brady Bunch.

Ah well…

So, if you have a choice quote from one of the other side, and can source it,  post it in comments and the odds are good I’ll include it. Yes I can use Google as well as the next guy, but I want your favorite quotes, the ones that make you want to scream. I’m sick and tired of being pushed around and insulted by the anti-rights bigots (this very blog is a response to the other side) and I can’t let this injustice continue.

Thanks!

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