So, yesterday’s post about Steyn got quite a response. Some made decent points, some see the U.S. differently than I do, and some completely misunderstood what I was saying (or thought I was pro gun control, which I am not). However, one was particularly dim:
Do you want to know what the U.S. would be like [...]
Guns are what make America great
As for “gun-totin’,” large numbers of Americans tote guns because they’re assertive, self-reliant citizens, not docile subjects of a permanent governing class. The Second Amendment is philosophically consistent with the First Amendment, for which I’ve become more grateful since the Canadian Islamic Congress decided to sue me for “hate speech” [...]
Well, thats a mistake
(as I’ve said before, given the massive amounts of drinking and drugging that goes on on college campuses, this is an insane idea, but I’ll leave that out for now)
What people are dreaming of is a scenario where some nutjob pulls out an AK-47 (lets not dwell on the fact that you [...]
As I’ve mentioned, I’m very torn on gun control issues.The 2nd amendment states that the reason this right is protected is because there must be a militia. Not, as Mr. McCrory states below, simply for personal protection. In order to insure that there is a militia, it may grant the right of gun [...]