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As follow up to my 12/04/08 diary post:click here
Seems like you can't keep a "good" idea down:
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"Some could have been stolen later and used in crimes," (Deputy Mayor Carraway) said. "Others might have lain around homes, where children could have played with them."
With that logic, automobiles are involved in multitudes more deaths each year than guns, so why not turn those in, too?
Instead, how about gun cabinets, locks, remedial safety training and some common sense, hmmm?
Perhaps it's just me, but asking law abiding citizens to turn in their guns seems a bit illogical... I mean, the whole point of gun confiscations should be to disarm the bad guys? Right?
That said, I wonder how many criminals showed up to turn in their guns in Dallas yesterday.
What's obvious is that these programs are following similar blueprints and are simply being test-marketed to gauge citizens' compliance levels across the nation.
"It's more than I thought we were going to get," (Mayor Tom) Leppert said. "I'm pleasantly surprised."
Whatever the endgame, chalk another one up for the state!
Gary Reed said he exchanged his guns because of his Christian faith. "My church has been asking me to do more."
Ha! Ha! Way to try to appeal to our "moral" sensibilities! You've really got to feel sorry for the folks who've bought into the whole Romans 13 B.S.
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Kidding aside, I'm particularly intrigued as to how the media always seems to be able to incorporate a religious angle into these news articles.
The media coverage accompanying these events appears to be pre-scripted.
Cold these exercises be precursors to larger-scale, non-voluntary programs to come?
I'm no gun nut. Far from it. I just tend to get a bit miffed at the continuing, insidious encroachments on the rights guaranteed (not "allowed") by the Constitution.
This stuff gets more surreal every day. Now go back to sleep, America.
$0.02/MZ
