More weapons, not more laws
By HOWIE CARR
The first problem in Aurora, Colo., was that there was this nut James Holmes in the theater with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
The second problem was, he was the only one in the theater with a gun. If somebody else at the midnight showing had been carrying, the death toll might have been significantly lower.
They don’t call a gun “the equalizer” for nothing.
Not even liberal Democrats are as determined to gut the Second Amendment as they used to be. It doesn’t poll well, because Americans have figured it out — more stringent gun-control laws are only going to deter law-abiding citizens, not criminals.
You saw what happened Friday in Colorado after the massacre. For every one person who went to a candlelight vigil, a dozen drove to their local gun shop.
Fill in your own NRA bumper sticker here:
When Guns are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Guns.
I’d Rather Be Tried by 12 than Carried by 6.
And my favorite: When Seconds Count, Police are Minutes Away.
Mitt Romney doesn’t even own a firearm, but he’s got the right idea. He’s a Life Member of the National Rifle Association.
Colo. shootings an unfair target for cultural blame
By MICHAEL GRAHAM
We all know the horror of mass shootings: The deaths of 18 students at a high school in 2002, 16 kindergarteners and their teacher gunned down in 1996, 15 students and teacher trainees killed two years ago.
And what do these — the three deadliest K-12 school shootings in history — have in common? Lax gun laws? America’s violent culture?
By HOWIE CARR
The first problem in Aurora, Colo., was that there was this nut James Holmes in the theater with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
The second problem was, he was the only one in the theater with a gun. If somebody else at the midnight showing had been carrying, the death toll might have been significantly lower.
They don’t call a gun “the equalizer” for nothing.
Not even liberal Democrats are as determined to gut the Second Amendment as they used to be. It doesn’t poll well, because Americans have figured it out — more stringent gun-control laws are only going to deter law-abiding citizens, not criminals.
You saw what happened Friday in Colorado after the massacre. For every one person who went to a candlelight vigil, a dozen drove to their local gun shop.
Fill in your own NRA bumper sticker here:
When Guns are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Guns.
I’d Rather Be Tried by 12 than Carried by 6.
And my favorite: When Seconds Count, Police are Minutes Away.
Mitt Romney doesn’t even own a firearm, but he’s got the right idea. He’s a Life Member of the National Rifle Association.
Colo. shootings an unfair target for cultural blame
By MICHAEL GRAHAM
We all know the horror of mass shootings: The deaths of 18 students at a high school in 2002, 16 kindergarteners and their teacher gunned down in 1996, 15 students and teacher trainees killed two years ago.
And what do these — the three deadliest K-12 school shootings in history — have in common? Lax gun laws? America’s violent culture?