The European political establishment hates the Second Amendment for its ultimate repudiation of big government.
To understand the European viewpoint, consider the debate on Britain's Sky News channel, Tuesday evening, between liberal columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and libertarian editor Brendan O'Neill.
As O'Neill calmly outlined why gun ownership represents positive individual freedom, Alibhai-Brown quickly lost her cool, "That is not a moral position!" she shouted, adding that the Second Amendment was designed for a time "When [Americans] were massacring Native Americans ... hundreds of thousands of people were being killed." The journalist, who was "really depressed" when Bin Laden was killed, then delivered her punch line, "Change your mind, you'll still be a man."
Sorry, Yasmin, but 19th century Native American history is more complicated than genocide, and penis size has nothing to do with gun ownership. (Indeed, that's an insult to the tens of thousands of British vacationers who see gun ranges as required stops!)
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"(Indeed, that's an insult to the tens of thousands of British vacationers who see gun ranges as required stops!)"
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm one of them.
Good deal! Next time you cross the pond, come to Dixieland and we will shoot off the back porch.
DeleteThanks, Brock. When I'm over (thats at least once, sometimes twice a year I stay with friends in North Carolina, southern Virginia and nothern Florida all of whom shoot - does that qualify as Dixie and what State do live in. I own a truck over there (cheaper than renting in the long run) and travel extensively.
DeleteGreat and we'll have to get together next time
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