Law-abiding citizens are not the problem. It’s the criminals, who are already law-breakers, that are the problem. And no, those quoting statistics here are conveniently twisting them to serve their socialist agenda. The reality is that legal gun ownership is at an all-time high, and crime is at an all-time low. Coincidence? I don’t think so. People use knives, baseball bats, tire wrenches and cars to commit crimes and kill people all the time. But I don’t see anyone advocating making it illegal to drive to a ball game, making it illegal for a private citizen to change one’s own flat tire, or making it illegal to attempt to cut a steak with a utensil other than a fork. As Disraeli said, “There are three kinds of lies. There are lies, there are damned lies, and there are statistics.” If the hoplophobes and the socialist left-leaners would shut up, there’d be no problem. Put a “season” on gang members and thugs — no problem. Remove the gangstas, thugs and criminals from the population, no problem. Heinlein had it right.
Law-abiding citizens are not the problem. It’s the criminals, who are already law-breakers, that are the problem. And no, those quoting statistics here are conveniently twisting them to serve their socialist agenda. The reality is that legal gun ownership is at an all-time high, and crime is at an all-time low. Coincidence? I don’t think so. People use knives, baseball bats, tire wrenches and cars to commit crimes and kill people all the time. But I don’t see anyone advocating making it illegal to drive to a ball game, making it illegal for a private citizen to change one’s own flat tire, or making it illegal to attempt to cut a steak with a utensil other than a fork. As Disraeli said, “There are three kinds of lies. There are lies, there are damned lies, and there are statistics.” If the hoplophobes and the socialist left-leaners would shut up, there’d be no problem. Put a “season” on gang members and thugs — no problem. Remove the gangstas, thugs and criminals from the population, no problem. Heinlein had it right.