NRA Gun Control Fight Protects Criminals, and Congress Must Act
The Obama administration is reportedly unwilling to confront the National Rifle Association over the growing number of guns in the nation. Many of those weapons are in the hands of people who have little regard for the law or human life.
Why not take on the NRA? The organization is almost daring lawmakers in Congress to a fight. Perhaps it is time to see if the organization is as powerful and untouchable as it claims to be.
In just the last week, here are some news items to ponder in discussing why guns should be higher on the national agenda:
- Item: A crazed gunman in a small town in North Carolina barged into a nursing home for Alzheimer's patients to methodically mow down seven elderly victims and a nurse.
- Item: Ninety percent of the weapons in the hands of drug cartel criminals in Mexico have come from the United States. Police say they are outgunned by the enemy as murders continue of judges, police officials, and innocent bystanders. Crime is spilling across the Mexican-U.S. border.
- Item: The city of Oakland buried four police officers who were only delivering an arrest warrant. The criminal was armed and killed all four in a shootout on the street before being taken down himself.
- Item: A jury in Phoenix sentenced a man called the Serial Shooter to six death sentences for random night shootings. He killed six and wounded 10 in a spree that held the city in fear for two years.
In light of the current environment, perhaps Congress would at least look to a middle ground to crack down on guns. A federal law on gun shows with stricter background checks would be an example.
The gun lobby would scream, of course, as it always does when a city, state, or Congress considers any restrictive measure. At the recent meeting of the Conservative Political Action Committee, the NRA operatives were in full throat against such action.
The NRA always screams "confiscation" when attempts are made to limit gun access. It is a red herring and everyone knows it. No one is calling for going door to door and seizing weapons.
I was raised in South Dakota, a state with a long and proud tradition of hunting pheasants and ducks in the fall. Legitimate hunters there and in other states should have no concern about those screams of "confiscation."
But the word is nevertheless spreading that the administration is up to something on guns, and the poor economy will increase crime. In Tampa, for instance, gun sales have been brisk and more men and women are taking target practice.
The Second Amendment does not protect armed killers or unlawful sellers of guns that cause harm to fellow citizens.
Let's see if members of Congress are finally willing to show some backbone and take on the NRA, if only in a limited way.
Reader Comments
Gun Control Kills
Gun control affects law abiding citizens not the criminals. You want to reduce the illegal guns reduce the drugs, reduce the gangs, and arm all the law abiding people so that they will not be victims. Most of gun crimes are happening in drug environment, gang environment and places where guns are banned like schools. Liberal media highlights those handful of crimes that are happening in normal environment so that they can market their stupid idea. Crime are less where regular law abiding people are armed and can defend themselves.
Is there a lot of crime in Switzerland? Have you heard crimes in shooting ranges where a lot of people have guns? Is there a lot of crime here in Kennesaw GA wherein the city ask every head of the household to own a weapon? If you think it is so easy to acquire guns here in the US try getting one. You have to go through a lot of background checks. You can only buy certain weapons. Try getting muzzle breaks and sound suppresors so that you can control your shooting better. You cannot just simply transfer weapons or trade weapons across state lines. There so much restriction already but it is only affecting us law abiding people. Criminals do not. And you want to further put more gun control that again will not affect the criminals but will affect law abiding people like me?
De-arming the citizenry is about control nothing more. If you really want gun crimes reduced, we have to eliminate the drug industry in our country, reduce the gangs , let the people who are lawful to carry weapons carry it everywhere. Promote gun wonership to all law abiding people and develop their rifleman skills so that they can always protect themselves against domestic and foreign criminals. And defend themselves against the people that want to get rid of their rights like John W. Mashek and Barrack Obama.
Stricter gun laws wont help
Its easier to buy a gun on the street than to shop for one in a store. Gun laws only effect the law abiding citizen or the unlawful who gets caught. Either way if someone wants a gun it only takes 15 minutes to get one. Cash and Carry. No background checks, no wait period, no nothing. The criminal is less likely to try to rob a armed person than an unarmed one. They want to go home too. I would rather register guns than restrict them. Atleast with open carry states the criminal thinks twice before making a move. If you dont believe me just ask one. Those who fight for more gun control are just sheep waiting. I would rather be the shepard.
Criminals
The author of this article thinks criminals buy their guns legally, they don't. Criminals buy their guns from the trunk of a car on the "black market" if you take guns from law abiding citizens then the criminals will rule the streets.
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