23 Dec 08
Anti-Gun Editorial from Today's NY Times
No surprises here:
In all-too-typical anti-gun/anti-freedom hysteria, editors at the NY Times today cite a "study" by the rabidly-partisan, anti-gun "Mayors Against Illegal Guns," a bigoted conspiracy, headed by the current NYC Mayor.
Dogma emanating from this crew is highly predictable!
This hand-wringing editorial laments "weak" gun-laws and champions "strong" ones. Of course "strong-gun-laws" is their venal code-phrase for:
"The all-inclusive elimination of the private ownership of guns in America."
Anti-gun editorials like this unfailingly share three fatal errors:
(1) From the beginning, they get their conclusions mixed in with their suppositions. First, they spell out the party-line. Then, they tell you that you better agree, if you know what's good for you!
(2) They tirelessly avoid getting specific, as that would require intellectual honesty. They'll never tell you, for example, what their real goal is (see above).
(3) They assiduously ignore embarrassing facts that don't fit with pre-arranged "conclusions."
The fact that Mayors promoting gun-confiscations/prohibitions (masquerading as "strong gun-laws") all enjoy heavily-armed bodyguard contingents. Guns that guard them are apparently okay! After all, politicians "need" armed protection. Conversely, we peons are apparently expendable!
The fact that clod-infested states, like mine, with "weak" gun-laws that, for example, permit citizens to carry concealed, all curiously have significantly lower levels of violent crime that do states where legal concealed-carry is impossible. Imagine that!
The fact that "gun-free zones," like London, Moscow, and Tokyo, where the private possession of guns is absolutely prohibited, and has been for decades, are currently awash with violent crime, most of it involving (you guessed it!), guns. "Tough gun-laws" apparently haven't helped in those places. Have they?
Duplicitous, dogma-driven editorial writers, like these, are academic hypocrites and journalistic frauds, a disgrace to their profession.
No apology here!
/John
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