The
so-called conservative talking head at MSNBC, Joe Scarborough, railed
that the Connecticut shootings "must change everything." Scarborough's
inference is that America needs stricter gun control laws. He said,
"They [politicians] must . . . be forced to defend our children,"
by enacting more gun control laws. Scarborough went on to rant, "I
say good luck to the gun lobbyists, good luck to the Hollywood lawyer
who tries to hide behind twisted readings of our Bill of Rights."
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This
is the same Joe Scarborough who was elected to Congress in 1994 from
the First Congressional District of Florida. He ran as a staunch pro-Second
Amendment conservative. He was elected to Congress by staunch Pro-Second
Amendment conservatives. Now, Scarborough is joining the chorus of the
anti-gun left by adding his voice for more gun control.
At
one time, Joe and I were fairly close. I hosted a prominent radio talk
show in Joe's district at the time and did everything I could do to
help him win that US House seat. At one time, Joe, and several members
of his family, verbalized to me that had it not been for my support,
he would not have won his congressional seat. At the time, I was proud
to do it.
Joe
was a different guy then. That was before he suddenly resigned his seat
in Congress, before he landed a gig at MSNBC, and before he became a
multimillionaire. Since then, I've watched Joe Scarborough morph into
something different altogether. I no longer know Joe Scarborough.
I
remember him telling me some 15 years or so ago that he had his sights
set on the White House around the 2016 election. Is that what this is
all about, Joe? Are you reading the tea leaves after the Connecticut
shootings, and you think you're going to ride an anti-gun wave to 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue? It ain't gonna happen, Joe!
In
the first place, the only anti-gun wave taking place in America is inside
the Beltway and inside the establishment media, which is where it's
always been. In the second place, those of us who still believe in the
Second Amendment are not the ones who have "twisted readings"
of the Bill of Rights. Has anyone noticed the record gun sales that
are taking place right now? Gun shops nationwide are literally wiped
out of AR-15-style rifles, along with their accompanying magazines.
Gun manufacturers are back-ordered into the indefinite future. Joe,
do you now believe that all of these millions of honest, hard-working
American citizens have a "twisted reading" of the Bill of
Rights?
Joe,
you used to quote the Second Amendment at your campaign rallies, remember?
It reads, "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security
of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall
not be infringed."
Joe,
you know as well as I do, that the right of people to keep and bear
arms has nothing to do with hunting or target shooting. It has everything
to do with "the security of a free state." It has everything
to do with the ability of free citizens within a free State to defend
themselves against the potential oppression and tyranny of the federal
government. That was the meaning and purpose of the Second Amendment.
Minus and plus nothing! Humanly speaking, the only thing that separates
free people from the tyrannical propensities of the federal government
is a well-armed citizenry. One could even say that they only thing that
separates the free people of the world from global tyranny is the well-armed
citizenry of the people of the United States!
Beyond
that, the number of innocent people whose lives are taken by some mentally-deranged
wacko with a gun is miniscule compared to the number of innocent people
whose lives are saved BECAUSE THEY HAD A GUN.
Nationally,
some 8,000 people are killed by a gun annually, including a significant
percentage of suicide deaths. Joe, 8,000 is the number of people whose
lives are saved with a gun in TWO DAYS. That's right, according to US
Justice Department statistics, at least 4,000 people use a firearm to
defend themselves and others against violent attacks EVERY DAY. Joe,
why don't you, and the rest of the national media, report that fact?
Something
needs to change, alright, Joe! It's time for the federal government
and various State governments to stop denying people the right to defend
themselves!
Have
you ever noticed that these "crazy" killers always select
a "gun-free" zone to do their killing? Gee! I wonder why?
When is the last time you ever heard of a "crazy" guy opening
fire on people at a shooting range? How about a gun shop? Or maybe a
police station? Never happens! Why? Because the miscreant knows that
people at those places are armed and will shoot back. Gun-free zones
are actually free-to-kill zones!
If
we really want to reduce the number of these mass killings, here is
the way to do it:
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