I just got to thinking...

The Leftists in our Great Country have their collective panties in a bunch over "gun violence." 

It seems that out of a country of 335 Million souls, with 100+ Million of them proud gun owners, the blame for the occasional mass shooting, however spurious and tragic and unpredictable and unnecessary, should now be laid at their feet, regardless of their lack of involvement.  

Let that sink in: legal gun owners must be punished.  For owning guns.  Got it?  

Okay, well then.  It seems we're all told by our "betters" to now refer to any negative action involving guns as "gun violence."  And that we desperately need "gun violence reform."  Got that also?  

So, I have a question: if violence involving a gun is now "gun violence," then is any violence involving a knife, "knife violence?"  Are all knife owners collectively guilty for the actions of a few?  Is any violence involving a car now to be referred as "car violence?"  And should we all now protest en masse to eliminate "knife violence" and "car violence," while we're trying to end "gun violence?" 

What you need to know is that while the anti-gun crowd works overtime to convince you that AR-style rifles are the primary source of "gun violence," nothing could be further from the truth.  According to the FBI's own statistics, murders by knife (including all types) totalled 1,607 in 2016 (latest year available).  That same year 374 people were murdered by rifles (including AR's) of all kinds.  So you're about five times more likely to be knifed to death than be shot by a rifle.  Surprised?   

Now I know you know this, oh loyal, intelligent and insightful reader, but it must be stated that guns are inanimate objects.  They just sort of lay there looking, ummm, all black and shiny, until somebody picks them up and loads them and then puts them to work.  

And so are knives.  They must be unsheathed and brandished before they become dangerous.  And cars are inanimate as well.  You have to put the key in them and start them before they are ready to go out and murder a number of innocent motorists.  And Louisville Sluggers are the same, as are frying pans, and rolling pins, and X-Boxes, and wood chippers.  And anything else anyone one could possibly use to inflict damage upon another.  They are all just a collection of molecules artfully stuck together so as to form a...whatever.  Guns, knives, cars, wood chippers, etc.  Just tools we use to make our lives easier, or simpler, or more efficient.  

Or in the case of guns, safer!  And freer!

Take issue with that last statement?  Ask any citizen of Cuba, or North Korea, or China, or Venezuela, or the United Kingdom, or any of a dozen other countries if their lives might be a bit better if their guns hadn't been confiscated.  

I'd guess they'd respond in the affirmative...

NOTE:  There were 56 knifings in gun-free London just this past week...