Yes, sadly, a disaffected, delusional, obviously mentally-ill 19 year-old serial troublemaker legally bought a semi-automatic rifle and proceeded to shoot up a high school there, killing 17 and wounding a couple of dozen others. Within a nanosecond, a stampede to the nearest microphone by gun-hating politicians nationwide erupted. Several junior reporters were unfortunately trampled.
So far as I know, no one has yet to call for banning microphones...
Despite mounting evidence that the local, state and Federal authorities had been contacted numerous times on several levels with warnings about this miscreant ogre, which they all completely ignored, they immediately called for an all-out ban on AR-15-style rifles. No matter that a previous ban throughout the 1990's of this popular rifle had proven notoriously unsuccessful. That's because less than 3% of all gun deaths in the U.S. are caused by rifles...of any kind.
And for the National Rifle Association, which had absolutely nothing at all to do with this tragedy, to be outlawed, banned, ended, finished, torched, filleted, made kaput, drawn, quartered and erased, and its leaders tarred and feathered and run out of Foggy Bottom on a rail.
Now you and I know the real reason for this tragedy is that this kid is nuts. And a nutty kid with a predisposition toward killing his classmates, especially one who'd previously announced his intentions to do so, one who'd even called the FBI on himself, probably would have done it with a knife had a gun not been handy. Or a rock, or a bomb, or a car or a truck. Like those fun-loving Muslim jihadist murdering thugs are doing all over Europe where guns are harder to come by.
BTW, this nutcase took an Uber to the scene of the crime. Should we outlaw Uber?
To continue, I guess those of a Progressive persuasion haven't managed to embrace blaming knives for violence. Or cars. Or any other means. Just guns. They really, REALLY hate guns! Maybe they were scared by a gun when they were young...
My personal opinion is that they just don't think we're capable of being trusted with a firearm. Or to raise our own kids. Or to choose what to eat. Etc., etc.
Regardless of what that "living, breathing" document called the Constitution says, you're not adult enough. You can't be trusted. No sirree. Not "evolved" enough, like they are...
They just want to be left
alone to live your life.
So fixing the blame for this tragedy remains a work in progress. As a long-term gun(s) owner and user (more than sixty-five years), and a reasonable, common sense kind-of-guy, I thought I'd offer up a few suggestions as to how we emerge from this quagmire. Instead of them trying to outlaw guns while telling us they're not, or us trying to get them to stop blaming us gun owners for the horrendous actions of others when it's in their DNA to never, ever stop, I've come up with a series of prospective solutions to the problem. So sit back, open a cold Buuuud (I just did!), and let me take you by the hand...
1. The Leftoids tell us they hate so-called "assault weapons" because they're all black and evil and scary looking. Regardless of the fact that to be an "assault weapon" the gun must be capable of being shot on full-automatic fire, and full auto weapons have been outlawed here in 'Murica since 1934, the Lap Dog Media will either intentionally alter the facts, or are too damned ignorant or stupid to know what they're talking about.
As an aside, don't you find it interesting that we mere mortal Americans are being lectured to by Coastal Elite media-types who have never even touched a firearm? And don't know anyone who has?
Soooo, the answer is to simply force manufacturers to color their ARs a shocking pink. Or maybe a nice cool magenta. Or perhaps an attractive chartreuse? Solves the problem, that!
2. We could simply change the name of these murdering killing machines to "Snug's," instead of guns. You know, guns backwards. Yeah, that's it! We change the name to one more warm and fuzzy and friendly! I mean, who could possibly be upset with something called "Snug's?" Can't you just see it? "Hey you! Drop the Snug!" Heh, heh...
Likely as not no one would ever use one of these things to cause mayhem again, because no one would wish to be laughed at by their gangbanger friends for carrying some "Snug's." Can't you see the MS-13 gang member on the South side of Chicago if one of his homies showed up with a fuchsia-tinted AR?
BTW, "AR" stands for "Armalite Rifle," in honor of the Chicago company that originally developed it way back in 1955. And not, "assault rifle" as CNN/MSNBC/NPR/PBS/and all the Alphabet Media would have you believe.
3. Force ammunition manufacturers to remove all gunpowder from the cartridges they sell. No gunpowder, no boom. No boom, no wounds. No wounds, no bleeding. No bleeding, no more Liberal effort to ban the the most popular Modern Sporting Rifle in America.
This is kind of like what Taxifornia has done. The once-Golden State, having already banned so-called "assault rifles," will soon require a Federal NICS-system background check before you can purchase ammo. Thus, a $5.00 box of lowly .22 rimfire cartridges for shooting at tin cans will soon cost more than $50.00! A buck a shot? The bozos in Sacrascrewyou have finally learned that making ammo too expensive to buy will turn expensive firearms into expensive boat anchors. You've got to give these sleazy bozos credit; they've been working to achieve this lofty goal for at least 40 years, and now they've found it. And middle-class gun owners are fleeing the state in droves!
4. Change the age for purchasing AR-style rifles, or ANY rifle, for that matter, not to 21, noooo, but maybe to 46! Or maybe 59! Or conceivably 84! I mean, the "more equal than you" made the age 18 by arbitrary means, why not do the same for 21? You tell everyone they can have one of these rifles, just. not. now.
Later. Much, much later. And I figure they're hoping by the time they'll make it legal for you to buy one of these evil "weapons of war," you'll have contracted some serious disease. Or maybe you'll be a cripple. Or perchance you'll just go ahead and die. And that solves the problem, right?
Gollleee, I'm really getting the hang of this problem solving thing...
5. Since school shootings have energized Democrats to rally together and try to ban pretty much all rifles, they obviously aren't aware that they can't do that because of that pesky 2nd Amendment. Sooooo, since they can't erase the 2nd without our approval, which we will not provide, trust me, my suggestion is that we simply outlaw schools!
Yeah, that's the ticket! We outlaw schools. I mean, there's no Constitutional Right to school! Since many of us believe that home schooling is equal to or better than the one obtained from Big City Gummint, eliminating them would be the solution! And think of how much money we'll save? We could eliminate the Department of Education! Plus, the state, county and city school districts! We could save Hundreds. of. Billions. of. Dollars. a. Year! No schools, no shootings! No shootings, no more bleeding and press conferences and nasty Twitter remarks and crisis actors and assaults on the Constitution by leftist dweebs who really should be bagging groceries at Albertsons!
No disrespect to Albertsons intended.
6. We're told by the "Violence Policy Research Council" fully 98% of all mass shootings occur in so-called "gun free zones." And we know that such signage acts as a beacon to would-be mass murderers. That's because the Bad Guys would prefer not to be met with a hail of bullets. They may be crazy but they're not stupid.
So the smart thing to do would be to remove such signs and replace them with something like, "Enter at your own risk! We're armed and ready to defend our children!" But we know that the commies who run things here on the Left Coast, at least, will never, ever go along with something intelligent like that. I mean, why would we try to protect our children like we protect our banks, and our Federal buildings, and our Hollywierd actors?
So, because they know there's a big chunk of 'Murica that's armed and considered dangerous, just make everywhere a gun-free zone and the murdering thugs will be confused as to where to start shooting. I mean, if only 5% of the ducks were armed, do you think anyone would go duck hunting? Makes sense, right?
Maybe they'll pick a bowling alley to shoot up next and leave our kids alone.
7. Those of a Progressive nature will note that we're constantly hammered by TV Ron Jeremy's telling us that if you're under 21 you can't buy a beer, so why should you be permitted to buy an "assault rifle?" Of course, those self-same blow-dried dweebs who pontificate on all sorts of stuff they know absolutely nothing about, are obviously unaware that there's no Amendment to the Bill of Rights that guarantees those under 21 the Right to buy beer. Hmmmm. No right to "keep and pound beers?" So my solution is simple: Lower the age for kids to buy beers to 18! Problem solved, right? Right?
8. And finally, the Leftoids amongst us are anxious to tell us that a "Gun Free Zone" sign is all that's needed to keep armed perpetrators away from our schools. And since we know the mentally-ill are almost always responsible for these awful mass shootings (Muslim Jihadist murdering thugs notwithstanding), it would seem to me that the simple way of ending this problem is to put Reeely Biiiiiiig signs next to those "gun free" signs reminding would-be perps that they are fixing their gaze upon a "Mentally Ill-Free Zone!" Maybe they could use all capital letters to get the Bad Guy's attention (one of Lost Angeles' least intelligent but most-Democrat politicians recently suggested this as a deterrent. BTW, he's leading in the race for CA's next Governor).
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So, no guns, no nutcases. And if there's anything you'd like to outlaw, just contact the sign maker. Or that dumbass L.A. politician. Problem solved...
I'm so happy to be able to resolve thorny issues such as this. If there's anything else you'd like me to tackle, just give me a call...
Update #1: With thanks to Dan Bongino, ex-FBI, CIA, NYPD cop, Secret Service agent and radio talk show host, you might wish to contemplate that laws piled on top of laws to try and prevent gun crimes, that are on top of the 25,000 Federal, state and local laws we already have, that no one apparently is enforcing, only serve to punish the law-abiding. Think of it: you probably haven't thought of robbing a bank today. So you'll be supportive of draconian laws against bank robbers, which serve only to punish the bank robbers. But gun laws, by their very nature, only punish legal, law-abiding gun owners. But Bad Guys acquire their guns through illegal means! They don't use background checks. They use back alleys. So they buy a black market gun, shoot up a school, and good, honest, God-fearing loyal Americans have to pay a price for their transgressions. And those self-same Bad Guys are reeeeely happy about new, more and better gun laws, so they're less likely to encounter an armed victim. Cogitate on THAT awhile.
Update #2: Current legislative plans to eliminate the possibility of a future Parkland-style shooting include banning so-called "bump stocks," instituting "Universal Background Checks," and removing the Constitutional Rights from citizens aged 18 through 20 years and 364 days. Hello! The Parkland shooter didn't use a "bump stock." The weapon he used was purchased using a full-blown Federal NICS-background check. And punishing those who can join the military, learn to shoot fully-automatic, actual "assault weapons," serve honorably, then come home to be told they not only can't buy a beer, they can't even buy a civilian model of a semi-auto gun. Yeah, that's it! That oughta' jack up military recruitment!
Update #3: Those of you who've read this far are probably thinking this is a reeeeely long posting. But it's not! It's an essay. I told you that going in. So I wrote until I got tired. It's your fault if you chose to read it. No nasty replies, please...
Update #4: Okay, so I lied. Here's like an epilogue sort-of update. As I write this some bozo shot himself in the head outside the White House gates. Will those guns just please take a day off?
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