tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post119922016153800549..comments2023-10-16T07:06:52.428-05:00Comments on Armed and Safe: I guess expressing 'outrage' over this mass shooting doesn't fit with the agendaKurt '45superman' Hofmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-11487106725595350962007-10-23T01:40:00.000-05:002007-10-23T01:40:00.000-05:00"Because Ben Franklin is fat, and lots of the peop...<I>"Because Ben Franklin is fat, and lots of the people like guns..."</I><BR/><BR/>Not fat, just "big-boned." ;-)<BR/><BR/>Good stuff, TJH--thanks.Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-75217731057011595052007-10-22T23:13:00.000-05:002007-10-22T23:13:00.000-05:00A week later, and still nothing. Although they're ...A week later, and still nothing. Although they're still outraged about the tool that a mass-murderer chose at VT. They're also busy tellin' it to th' man about Parker v. DC. Tut-tut you ignorant liberty types, it's a "well-regulated militia", not an "armed populace". <BR/><BR/>I hate spoil their fun and point out that the introductory clause doesn't actually alter the meaning of the right affirmed at the end. So, it's "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Look, it even has the word "right" in it. In other words, a skilled (and stocked) militia is necessary to the security of a free land, so people should be able to own and carry arms without restriction. It could give any reason in the introductory clause:<BR/><BR/>"Because Ben Franklin is fat, and lots of the people like guns..."<BR/><BR/>"It's Tuesday, we have to pass some Amendments before the boss gets back, therefore..."<BR/><BR/>"We know that the Disarmament Movement will someday gain strength, they'll attempt every maneuver to disarm the people..."<BR/><BR/>"...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."<BR/><BR/>Sorry Brady Bunch, It doesn't matter what's at the beginning, and anyway, the Militia is "the whole people, except for a few public officials."<BR/><BR/><BR/>As to the <I>excellent</I> question about the Brady Bunch, I believe we have to first figure out just <I>what the hell</I> they're talking about. My Disarmer's Dictionary is well used, some of the dog-earred pages split, and some pages fell out of the binding. We know the translation of the codeword "guncontrol", but what exactly is "gunviolence"? Like the former, the words create a comically impossible scenario.<BR/><BR/>I read the whole about page on the Brady site, and even though "gunviolence" is mentioned several times, it only details confiscation of "illegalguns" and keeping guns away from kids, like the revolver that Sarah Brady's son was playing with. (What parent doesn't teach their children not to handle guns without adult supervision? Christ, my father taught me that when I was four.)<BR/><BR/>No clues this time, but your scrutiny has renewed my own interest in finding the answers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-47854280002446816712007-10-14T14:10:00.000-05:002007-10-14T14:10:00.000-05:00Amazing stuff. I wondered if it would go this way....Amazing stuff. I wondered if it would go this way.<BR/><BR/>I find it interesting that the media report that I looked up, a CBS "photo essay," preferred to describe him as a "law enforcement employee." I guess that's supposed to distance him from other officers. In fairness, they did mention once that he was an officer--but in all other references he was an LE "employee."<BR/><BR/>The article also said "officials" shot him. I wonder what kind of game would have been played (by media and the LE departments he worked for) had it been an armed "civilian."<BR/><BR/>Would they have tried to characterize it as an "officer down" incident?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-89014650123236682242007-10-12T10:09:00.000-05:002007-10-12T10:09:00.000-05:00Their silence is not surprising at all. Remember, ...Their silence is not surprising at all. Remember, it was an "Only One" who committed this atrocity. Now, the gun-grabbers are tying to lay low, and hope it goes away, but it's all over the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com