In a drive-by shooting last night in DC, ten people were shot, four have died. It is believed that the shooter used an AK-47 assault rifle.
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0310/720941.html?hpt=T2
Of course, the NRA’s position would be, “don’t blame the assault rifle! It didn’t do the shooting!” This is the same stupid rhetoric along the lines of “guns don’t kill people.” But if guns don’t kill people, then neither do drugs.
Pulling a trigger is a voluntary act – so is taking a drug. So if assault rifles and handguns are available to responsible citizens, why aren’t prescription drugs over the counter? Most people are responsible citizens who do not abuse drugs. Why are their rights being denied? A person can walk into Bubba’s Bait, Tires, and Guns and purchase all the weapons he wants, but at the drugstore he is limited to one box of Sudafed.
Stupid.
In January an 80-year-old woman was shot dead in the parking lot of her church. In online comments to the news story many gun advocates said she should have been carrying a gun. Great. So we live in a country where an 80-year-old woman has to carry a sidearm just to safely attend church. A big fat thank you to the NRA and all the gun rights advocates.
And I suppose we owe them a thank you for last night’s drive-by. God knows we wouldn’t want to limit anyone’s desire to own an assault rifle just because people will die.
But don’t worry. We’re safe from taking too much Sudafed.
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