"No, besides my unscheduled fall yesterday, seeing America's youth spouting total ignorance about our founding and governing documents was a real bummer. Go back to school, and learn kids."
Yesterday was a very interesting day. For the most part good. I had a "bifocal accident" while stepping off a curb, and ended up with an unscheduled trip to the ER. Other than that, it was a good day. Well - there was one more thing which kind of put a damper on yesterday. Seeing almost a million kids gather to protest. Protest what? The Second Amendment and the favorite scapegoat of the Loony Left - the NRA.
Heard plenty of soundbites this morning on the news. Some by the potty mouthed, David "Hogg the Spotlight". Also some from that bald girl with the attitude, and some from the huddled masses. Yesterday was a picture perfect example of ignorance on display. First off - do I think these kids want school shootings stopped? Absolutely. We all do. Next, is the BIG MONEY from the Loony Left using these kids? Using them as pawns to develop a wedge issue for November? Duh!
Some very interesting comments from our "educated" youth. "Why do we need that dumb old Second Amendment anyway?" Or, "Ban guns and hunting." Or, "Why can't we just get rid of the Constitution and write a new one?" My favorite however, came from the Hogg man himself - "Any member of Congress getting who gets money from the NRA, get your resume up to date!" My version of Hogg's statement would have been somewhat different. "Any educator who has not taught our kids true American history AND civics, get YOUR resume up to date!"
Hogg was not done yet showing off his lack of education. When asked about the decision Parkland High School to have transparent backpacks, he bristled. "You can't do that! That is a violation of my First Amendment rights!" So Hogg does not give a rat's butt about the Second Amendment, but wants to protect the First?
Then I had this thought. If we are going to cherry pick the Amendments, we can do that too. I know for a fact that many young people in crime ridden areas of large cities carry illegal weapons. There was a time when cops could stop and frisk youth who looked like trouble. A great many illegal guns were taken off the streets. Then the ACLU stepped in. "STOP! That is a violation of the Fourth Amendment!" True, it is. So to protect the sanctity of our Fourth Amendment, we now allow thugs to carry illegal guns. What do they do with them? Kill more young people in Chicago than in any of our combat zones. Did not see any of those protesters yesterday.
For those on the Loony Left, that's the deal. Want to tinker with the Second? Then the rest of us get to tinker with the Amendments we want changed. Like the First. Can't assemble and protest until you are at least 30. The Fourth. Police get to go back to a stop and frisk policy. Practice good old broken window policing. You see kids, we know how to play this game also.
No, besides my unscheduled fall yesterday, seeing America's youth spouting total ignorance about our founding and governing documents was a real bummer. Go back to school, and learn kids. Let us harden the schools to keep you safe. While you are learning, find out why the Constitution is really a contract between the people and their government. And the only "check and balance" in this contract is the Second Amendment. That is why the Founders put in "shall not be infringed".
Until you learn that, (and I will use David Hogg's lingo), sit down and STFU!.
I wish these idiot kids would go back to water balloons and TP, rather than acting like they have any relevance to a debate they cannot begin to comprehend. What worries me more is that somebody in authority will start acting like them, rather than as the rational adults they are supposed to be.
ReplyDelete"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself." --Mark Twain
I don't hear any congress folk giving them anything more than expected lip service. This too will pass until the next large scale mass shooting.
ReplyDeleteMy fear is that dis-affected youth are learning from each iteration; tactics that work to thwart protections, weapons choices, etc.
Assaults by firearm kill about 13,000 people in the US each year, which translates to a roughly 1-in-315 lifetime chance of death from gun violence.
ReplyDeleteThat's about 50% more likely than the lifetime risk of dying while riding inside a car, truck, or van. It's also more than 10 times as high as dying from any force of nature, such as a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, flood, or lightning strike.
These measures suggest Americans are more likely to die from gun violence than the combined risks of drowning, fire and smoke, stabbing, choking on food, airplane crashes, animal attacks, and natural disasters.
And we spend a lot of federal money on research and safety re; airlines, food, lifeguards, fire protection etc. Maybe we should spend a little on guns.
Note: every single one of those 13,000 deaths is against the law, often against multiple laws intended to "stop gun violence."
ReplyDeleteAnd the uproar is always, it seems, about school shootings, when they are impossible because it is illegal to carry a gun within 1000 feet of a school. Meanwhile, there were more teenagers shot in Chicago, with its very strict anti-gun laws, in February than died in Parkland. The folly is assuming that just passing a law alters the reality of human nature.