The Big Picture

NRA says Congress will not pass weapons ban | Political Headlines | Comcast:

WASHINGTON — The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make such a measure a reality. Senators plan to introduce a bill that would ban assault weapons and limit the size of ammunition magazines, like the one used in the December shooting massacre that killed 27 people, most of them children, in Newtown, Conn. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has promised to push for a renewal of expired legislation. The National Rifle Association has so far prevented passage of another assault weapons ban like the one that expired in 2004. But some lawmakers say the Newtown tragedy has transformed the country, and Americans are ready for stricter gun laws. President Barack Obama has made gun control a top priority. And on Tuesday Vice President Joe Biden is expected to give Obama a comprehensive package of recommendations for curbing gun violence. Still, the NRA has faith that Congress would prevent a new weapons ban.

 Oh.

This is not a simple issue.

Articles such as this make the NRA sound like Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogard in movie version of "The Caine Mutiny Court Marshall", where Queeg sounded like an idiot because he claimed to be able to prove "conclusively" that the strawberry ice cream had been stolen by his officers.

No matter that Queeg's officers HAD stolen the ice cream;, he was still the nut-job.  The point was, that Queeg was so focused on the details that he was psychologically unable to see "The Big Picture".  (Something about "winning the war" .. I don't know.)

 Here, and now, we see that the MSM portrays the determination to protect civilian rights to " .. keep and bear arms ..." as a quixotic fascination which ignores the 'reality' of The War.  Here .. the War Against Gun Violence.

So to speak.

Apparantly, the NRA and it's supporters are a bunch of nut-jobs who seem to be unable to see The Big Picture; specifically, that people are shooting people, and we damn well need to stop it!  The National Rifle Association ("NRA") is  apparently the sole voice against pending (but not yet officially accepted) legislation to do so by providing even more restrictions on the ownership of firearms.

One has only to ask the question: "We already have tens of thousands of laws restricting the ownership of firearms .. what else can we do?"


The answer, of course, is that since the "common sense gun laws" haven't worked, we need to impose ever more "common sense gun laws".

Well, that's just common sense!

The problem is that the 'common sense gun laws' proposed don't keep insane people from buying guns (already illegal) or felons from buying guns (already illegal) or terrorists from buying guns (already illegal).

The existing laws don't keep anyone from stealing guns (already illegal).

So, what DO the proposed laws do?

They keep sane, non-felonious people from owning or buying guns.

Oh, like THAT is going to work!

So, the next time an idiot brings a gun into a mall (already illegal), 'normal people' can't defend themselves.
The next time someone breaks into your home, you can't defend yourself, or your family.
The next time someone steals your car, with your child in a safety chair in the back seat, you can't defend yourself, your property or your child.
The next time you're mugged on the street by a hood with a knife, you can't defend yourself.

Here's an alternative option:
Carry a fake wallet with expired credit cards and driver's license, and five dollars; when you're mugged, give that up to them.   I'm sure they aren't aware of that ploy, and they won't get mad and beat you up.

The next time someone carjacks you, be sure to mention that your child is in the back seat, and may you please remove your child before they steal your car?  Carjackers are famous for their human decency; I'm sure they will be willing to stand around for several minutes while you gently remove your child.

And the next time someone breaks into your home to hold you and your family hostage with guns while they beat you, rob you blind, and rape everyone in sight, all you have to do is bend over and grab your ankles.  I'm sure that everything will turn out all right.


Oh.  You're right, of course.  These sort of things NEVER happen to Honest, Law Abiding Citizens.  You're perfectly safe.  Your local police department will protect you.

Your Senators and Representatives, of course, will NOT protect you.  Their priority is getting re-elected, not protecting you and your family.  So they will make laws removing your ability to protect yourself.  They are confident that fewer of you will be raped than will protect their families, and if you DO protect yourself and your family and your home?  Well, you're just another nut-job who over-reacted to a situation which did not HAVE to devolve to violence.  

And the people who DO decide to protect themselves?

Well, they (we) have the NRA to look to for protection.

Everyone knows, the NRA is just a bunch of nut-jobs.

That IS.. The Big Picture.