Mental gymnastics
Posted By matt on June 28, 2008
article, written by a Mr. King
Logic:
(1) Criminals have ignored DC's handgun ban. To quote: “You thought D.C. stands for “District of Columbia? “Dodge City” is more like it.”
(2) Said criminals are overjoyed at the Supreme Court decision, because they've been doing it for years, and now everyone else can too!
(3) This will lead to even more deaths and crime because now everyone will be having guns.
Someone look up aneurysm, I think I just had one from this logical disconnect.
Mr. King, allow me to lay it out for you:
The criminals don't care. You said so yourself – they've been ignoring and laughing at the law since it was enacted.
Therefore, all this law has done is disarm law abiding folks. Mr. Heller, in fact, is a security guard allowed to carry a gun at work – but not keep one in his home for defense.
History shows us that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good to stand by and do nothing. If good people are ill-equipped to protect themselves, then they will be victims. If they can protect themselves, than the crime can be averted. The more crime is averted, the less crime there is. If we make crimes unsuccessful enough, then maybe said criminals will go out and get jobs.
Now, to be honest, I'd like to start seeing a greater body count – a steady stream of evil men filling the morgues rather than the prisons strikes me as an improvement.
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