(May 13, 2014)
Monday evening’s Town Hall Seattle forum featuring top local and national spokesmen for gun control might better have been a discussion about world-class hypocrisy, since a sign on the door advised that guns were prohibited, and yet the anti-gunners were protected by armed security.Definition of "Hoi Polloi: : ordinary people : people who are not rich, famous, etc.
Headlining the event was Brady Campaign President Dan Gross and Washington CeaseFire President Ralph Fascitelli. Town Hall Seattle had a sign in the glass door stating “No firearms allowed in the building. Thank you for your cooperation.” Inside was a visibly armed security guard.
Does this sound just a little ... arrogant ... to you?
It certainly does to me.
Welcome to Seattle: The Emerald City. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
I don't live in Seattle, but if I did and had I observed such condescension, I would have been insulted. It's bad enough when out-of-towners come to visit and require participants to follow their rules (Washington has had Concealed Carry laws for decades); it's worse when these visitors think that they are 'bravely' risking their lives to do so ... and hire armed guards to protect themselves from the very people they travelled to meet.
Oh Brave New World, which has such people in it!
I have no issue with those who fear Physical Harm; they're not necessarily afraid to stand up for their beliefs, they just don't want anybody to hurt them.
Had they held an open meeting, with no restrictions on perfectly legal activities on the part of their attendees (eg: CHL holders who carry), we have to grant them the courage of their convictions.
If they simply declared it a "Gun Free Zone" and posted signs to that effect, the attendees have a choice to obey their preference or not to attend ... which serves the ill purpose of having adequate representation of BOTH sides of the issue.
But when they propose to discus "Gun Control", and then post an armed guard to protect themselves ... that's both Hypocrisy and Moral Cowardice.
If you want to talk about Gun Control, and don't restrict access to people who legally care firearms, it demonstrates that you welcome opinions from both sides of the political issue.
And when you don't? You're no longer inviting a public discussion, but only preaching to the choir.
Well ... the choir, and a few people whom you cannot possibly sway to your point of view.
In doing so, you have confirmed their opinion of your moral, intellectual and personal self:
You, sir, are an idiot, and never will convince your audience othereise.
3 comments:
Guns are OK as long as they are carried by professionals, ie. security guards. They are not OK carried by amateurs and peons.
They know gun free means kill zone.
Increasing the strictness in gun control will not actually work. Increasing the laws doesn't make it harder for the criminals to get guns, it actually creates a false scarcity and makes it more profitable for the illegal gun dealer to do business. illegal gun possession should be controlled.
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