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Gun Control Activists Are Right: Guns Kill People
Tue, 01/10/2012 - 9:01am | posted by Nate Nelson
Gun control is in the news again. Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of the Tuscon shootings, when alleged gunman Jared Loughner killed six people and injured thirteen — including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is still recovering from her injuries. The Daily Caller reports that despite lobbying from gun control activists the White House has offered little more than a nod in their direction, perhaps fearing the impact of any new anti-gun legislation on the president’s reelection efforts in key swing states such as North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. But gun control activists aren’t backing off; progressive news program Democracy Now! reports that one survivor of the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings, Colin Goddard, is pushing for new gun curbs.
A very different story has also been in the headlines. A recently widowed teen mother, alone at her isolated home in Oklahoma with her 3-month-old son, shot and killed an intruder on New Year’s Eve. 18-year-old Sarah McKinley of Blanchard, Okla., said that she had to make a choice between her son and the intruder, 24-year-old Justin Shane Martin when Martin busted down the door to her home. “I chose my son over him,” said McKinley in an interview with CNN, describing her decision to fire the 12-gauge shotgun that killed Martin. No charges will be filed against McKinley and prosecutors have said that an alleged accomplice, 29-year-old Dustin Louis Stewart, may actually be charged with Martin’s murder.
I’ve never liked the old slogan, “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” It’s a tired cliche and one that offers cold comfort to victims of gun-related crimes like Congresswoman Giffords and Mr. Goddard. Guns do kill people. Sometimes, in the hands of criminals, they kill good people as was the case in Tucson last year and at Virginia Tech in 2007. But sometimes guns kill bad people. Sometimes guns kill people like Justin Shane Martin before they can kill someone else instead. We can lament that guns have been used in senseless murders, but we can also celebrate that a gun saved Sarah McKinley’s life and the life of her 3-month-old son. And we can wonder: What if someone besides the deranged criminals at that “Congress on Your Corner” in Tucson or on the Virginia Tech campus had been carrying a gun? Might more lives have been saved?
In a sense, gun control activists are right: Guns kill people. But gun control can kill people, too. Just ask Sarah McKinley and her 3-month-old son, who are alive today because the McKinleys owned a 12-gauge shotgun.
Gun control is in the news again. Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of the Tuscon shootings, when Jared Loughner’s gun allegedly killed six people and injured thirteen — including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is still recovering from her injuries.
Anonymous wrote: “when Jared Loughner’s gun allegedly killed six people…”
I see your point, but I think you’re missing mine. Whether we say that guns kill people or people kill people with guns is a matter of semantics. Either way, what’s indisputably true is that guns are sometimes used to kill people. We can either argue with gun control activists in cliches or we can go after the meat of their argument by pointing out that guns often save people’s lives and gun control can kill people, too.
Nate: Your notion makes sense - “Gun Control Kills people”. Evidence - look at anyone of the mass killings in locations where guns were prohibited.
Cont’d:
All murders in NY, CA, IL, and DC. These States prohibit the right to bear arms (outside of the home).
Virginia Tech, Columbine, Malls, Ihop, McDonalds, Ruby’s restaurant, etc.
Thanks. I love it when I make sense! Seriously though, I think many gun control activists actually mean well (I’m more skeptical about the politicians). But I don’t think they think their position through very well. Criminals will obtain guns, and if for some reason they can’t they will find other means to kill you if they want to. Guns in the hands of criminals are dangerous, as are knives, baseball bats, and other potentially deadly weapons — including their bare hands. Guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens are what make criminals less dangerous.
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Actually, if you investigate some of the studies you will run across one by Dr. Gary Kleck. Dr Kleck shows that guns are used DEFENSIVELY in this country 2.5 MILLION times per year. That is about 7,000 times a day that someone is not assaulted, robbed, raped, or killed. And, when used by the typical law abiding citizen, no shots are normally fired so neither the good person, nor the bad one get harmed. That is why we, in the VCDL (see vcdl.org) prefer to say “Guns SAVE Lives!”
Oh, and I failed to mention, with the “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” saying is that someone is still getting killed. and THAT is why we, in the VCDL (see vcdl.org) prefer to say “Guns SAVE Lives!”
Amen brother! Funny, if you were to bury your F-150 into a crowded McDonalds or drive down the middle of a parade, would these crazy liberals want to ban pick-up trucks too? I would venture to say “yes”. That is their mind-set & it’s quite frightening.
Pretty sure a fair number of them already want to ban pick-ups and SUVs in the name of controlling carbon emissions. And then there are the more radical folks on the West Coast who would like to ban motor vehicles altogether. I dare anyone to try owning a car in Seattle. It’s an expensive proposition because the city absolutely doesn’t want anyone to do it.
Getting back to gun control, though, you’re exactly right. Trying to ban weapons that kill people will never stop criminals from killing people. So instead of trying to do the impossible, we should empower law-abiding citizens to protect themselves. You don’t get much better protection than a gun.
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In fact there were armed defenders at the Giffords shooting incident. One of them was the man who took down Loughner while he was reloading. After the armed citizen drew his handgun and ran toward the scene of the shooting he chose to holster his weapon and was able to restrain Loughner without lethal force. This is very common in these types of mass shooting scenarios but it almost always conveniently omitted in the press.
Seems I recall reading that now, but had forgotten it. Thanks for the reminder!
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The days keep ticking past the Sandy Hook horror and still there is no improvement to our gun control system.
Let’s act before the next massacre. It’s time for the truly brave to stand up to the truly fearful, who will never feel well enough armed to be safe.
Keeping our children safe is far more important than protecting the supposed rights of gun lovers.
Its time to look past how gun manufacturers contribute a lot more political money then first graders.
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