Before we rehash the gun control debate,
we should ask ourselves: Would the measures favored by President Obama,
Senator Feinstein and other gun control advocates have prevented
Monday’s shooting? There’s no way to be certain, but it’s unlikely. Most
gun control advocates favor handgun and assault rifle bans and often
claim that they keep guns out of the wrong hands. However, Monday’s
shooting is a prime example that they’re wrong.
Washington, D.C. is a gun free zone, and gun control advocates often
tout gun laws in the nation’s capital because of their severity. People
can’t so much as drive through D.C. with a loaded firearm much less
carry one on their person. Not to mention that the Navy Yard is a
federal facility, so firearms aren’t permitted unless carried by a
guard. But those laws certainly didn’t stop the shooter.
Business as Usual… for the Left
Monday’s shooting at the Washington Navy Yard took our nation by
surprise. The early morning had probably been business as usual for
people in our nation’s capital, but that all changed abruptly. During
the hours following the tragedy, Americans tried to make sense of the
situation… but it became politics as usual for the left.
It didn’t take long for President Obama and Senator Feinstein to
remount their agenda for stricter gun control. Referring to the “litany
of massacres,” as she describes it, Feinstein stated, “Congress must stop shirking its responsibility
and resume a thoughtful debate on gun violence in this country. We must
do more to stop this endless loss of life.” Her solution for guns tends
to be banning them. Don’t forget the time she said, “If I could have
gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban,
picking up every one of them — Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in — I
would have done it.”
Then, the president opened a speech Monday by saying, “So we are
confronting yet another mass shooting, and today it happened on a
military installation in our nation’s capital.” He also said,
“Obviously, we’re going to be investigating thoroughly what happened, as
we do so many of these shootings, sadly, that have happened, and do
everything that we can to prevent them.”
Now, maybe I’m reading into his statements, but given President Obama’s affinity for blaming guns and gun owners for the violence in America,
it’s not a stretch to suggest that this time he’s also making them the
bad guy and implying that gun control should have the spotlight again.
In the past, President Obama supported a bill that was an all-out
handgun ban in Illinois (though he denies this and claims a staffer
completed the questionnaire.) He favors bans on assault weapons, on the
sale and transfer of semi-automatic weapons and allowing civil liability
lawsuits against firearm and ammunition manufacturers, dealers and
distributors. President Obama once stated that “if we can only do one
thing to stop [gun violence], we should all try and do that.”
There’s an overwhelming lack of evidence that broad gun control
measures would put an end to violence, but that won’t stop the left from
pushing its anti-gun agenda. Just a day after the shootings, White
House Press Secretary Jay Carney released a statement that the president
is implementing executive orders and restated the president’s
commitment to gun control measures.
When President Obama stands in front of another teleprompter and
announces his latest plan for gun control, America better be prepared.
Gun rights advocates have silenced the debate over the past few months,
stalling legislation on Capitol Hill, and adding fuel to the fire for
the left. You can bet that they’re going to show up ready for a
showdown.
In pursuit of the truth, The Plain Truth!
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