If You Don't Like It, I Don't Care!!
Hello again readers. Long time, no post. I hope everyone is doing well.
The subject of today's post concerns the heat that US gun laws have been taking after the Va Tech shootings.
It would seem that the AP is reporting that, in various countries around the world, US gun laws are taking a bashing. The AP reports that editorials in Australia, France, the UK, and even Commie China are bashing our gun laws. Well, I have one thing to say to those who view it as their right to interfere in our internal affairs...Go screw yourselves! If you want these laws changed so badly, why don't you come over and attempt to change them yourselves? Oh, that's right, you can't, you're not allowed to own a gun. I guess you're out of luck then.
The AP report is quoting various foreign officials and editors as basically stating "Gee, we're not allowed to own guns. In the US, they can own a gun. Our system is better because we have a lower incidence of gun violence." Well, duh. If no one can own a gun, I guess you would have a lower incidence of gun violence. But how about your incidence of knife crimes? Or how about blunt object crimes, hmm? The incidence of violence doesn't change because you limit their choice of tools, it changes because you change your cultural attitude toward violence in general. If your premise that gun ownership is the primary reason for gun violence is so correct, then how do explain Switzerland? Nearly every Swiss household contains an automatic weapon, yet their incidence of gun violence is virtually nil. The reason that Swiss gun violence is virtually nonexistent is because of the Swiss cultural attitude regarding the intolerance of disorder and violence! Some of these people advocating gun control need to pull their heads out of their asses and do a reality check. This country, the US, needs to change its attitude toward violence BEFORE it even considers changing its attitude toward gun control. If the current US attitude toward violence isn't changed, then you can ban every gun in the world, but people here will still find ways of killing each other. Don't believe me, then ask the UK. They banned handguns years ago, and they've been struggling with the problem of knife violence ever since.
Two of the countries that the AP cites as criticizing US gun laws shouldn't even be compared to the US. The AP cites France and Commie China as criticizing US gun control laws. France shouldn't be cited simply because the French never figured out that guns can be fired. They believe that they can only be dropped in the face of the enemy. And the ChiComs definitely shouldn't be cited. The AP reports that the Red Chinese state that the average citizen isn't allowed to own a gun. Well no shit! The average citizen isn't allowed to own a gun in China not because they want to control gun crime, but to prevent a violent overthrow of a repressive regime. Until the Chinese start to accede to our demands on things like human rights, as far as I am concerned, they don't have a right to criticize anyone.
The only country that I feel we should listen to is Australia. They have had similar experiences with gun violence there and they have a (somewhat) similar culture. Perhaps they would be the best country to model reformed gun control laws on. However, to the best of my knowledge, the Australians do not have a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing the average citizen the right to own a firearm and therein lies the rub. While Australia may be a good model, we in the US simply cannot adopt their laws (verbatim) due to our Second Amendment.
So once again, to the screaming imbeciles in the foreign press, I say, "If you want these gun laws changed so badly, then come over and do it yourself." Of course when a few thousand heavily armed NRA member meet you at the airport, don't say I didn't warn you.
As always, I am Chuck and this has been my rant.
Edited @ 2257 EDT 17 APR 2007 for typos.
The subject of today's post concerns the heat that US gun laws have been taking after the Va Tech shootings.
It would seem that the AP is reporting that, in various countries around the world, US gun laws are taking a bashing. The AP reports that editorials in Australia, France, the UK, and even Commie China are bashing our gun laws. Well, I have one thing to say to those who view it as their right to interfere in our internal affairs...Go screw yourselves! If you want these laws changed so badly, why don't you come over and attempt to change them yourselves? Oh, that's right, you can't, you're not allowed to own a gun. I guess you're out of luck then.
The AP report is quoting various foreign officials and editors as basically stating "Gee, we're not allowed to own guns. In the US, they can own a gun. Our system is better because we have a lower incidence of gun violence." Well, duh. If no one can own a gun, I guess you would have a lower incidence of gun violence. But how about your incidence of knife crimes? Or how about blunt object crimes, hmm? The incidence of violence doesn't change because you limit their choice of tools, it changes because you change your cultural attitude toward violence in general. If your premise that gun ownership is the primary reason for gun violence is so correct, then how do explain Switzerland? Nearly every Swiss household contains an automatic weapon, yet their incidence of gun violence is virtually nil. The reason that Swiss gun violence is virtually nonexistent is because of the Swiss cultural attitude regarding the intolerance of disorder and violence! Some of these people advocating gun control need to pull their heads out of their asses and do a reality check. This country, the US, needs to change its attitude toward violence BEFORE it even considers changing its attitude toward gun control. If the current US attitude toward violence isn't changed, then you can ban every gun in the world, but people here will still find ways of killing each other. Don't believe me, then ask the UK. They banned handguns years ago, and they've been struggling with the problem of knife violence ever since.
Two of the countries that the AP cites as criticizing US gun laws shouldn't even be compared to the US. The AP cites France and Commie China as criticizing US gun control laws. France shouldn't be cited simply because the French never figured out that guns can be fired. They believe that they can only be dropped in the face of the enemy. And the ChiComs definitely shouldn't be cited. The AP reports that the Red Chinese state that the average citizen isn't allowed to own a gun. Well no shit! The average citizen isn't allowed to own a gun in China not because they want to control gun crime, but to prevent a violent overthrow of a repressive regime. Until the Chinese start to accede to our demands on things like human rights, as far as I am concerned, they don't have a right to criticize anyone.
The only country that I feel we should listen to is Australia. They have had similar experiences with gun violence there and they have a (somewhat) similar culture. Perhaps they would be the best country to model reformed gun control laws on. However, to the best of my knowledge, the Australians do not have a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing the average citizen the right to own a firearm and therein lies the rub. While Australia may be a good model, we in the US simply cannot adopt their laws (verbatim) due to our Second Amendment.
So once again, to the screaming imbeciles in the foreign press, I say, "If you want these gun laws changed so badly, then come over and do it yourself." Of course when a few thousand heavily armed NRA member meet you at the airport, don't say I didn't warn you.
As always, I am Chuck and this has been my rant.
Edited @ 2257 EDT 17 APR 2007 for typos.
posted by Chuck | 22:57
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