Tuesday, March 07, 2006
This Bill Will Pass Faster than a Speeding Bullet...
This one got me thinking.
J. Sarge is clearly better informed and better connected than I (and has been a good friend to this blog in the past). But his article on HB 162 (what I like to call the "Going Postal Bill") got me thinking about the issue of guns in Virginia.
Clearly, this is another issue that really has no bearing on our long term fiscal, social and mental health, but can be made into political hay.
As I said back in September, I'm a sportsman, but I'm just not behind the NRA "They'll take yer guns" mantra. HB 162, to me, is just another extension of their flawed argument.
I'll always side with a property-owners right over almost anything else. I liken this to the "Bullets and Booze" bill of last year that would have allowed guns in bars.
I'd like to ask a majority of the legislators that voted for these bills if they belong to country clubs that allow blacks, women, and Jews to be members. My guess is that they're all for exclusion in that case.
Yes, you do have a right to protect yourself. Yes, you do have the right to self defense. But I've always thought that a clear head and a few words can diffuse a bad situation easier and faster than a Smith and Wesson .44 caliber with a laser sight and optional grenade launcher.
Hey, just ask Jack Reid what can go wrong.
J. Sarge is clearly better informed and better connected than I (and has been a good friend to this blog in the past). But his article on HB 162 (what I like to call the "Going Postal Bill") got me thinking about the issue of guns in Virginia.
Clearly, this is another issue that really has no bearing on our long term fiscal, social and mental health, but can be made into political hay.
As I said back in September, I'm a sportsman, but I'm just not behind the NRA "They'll take yer guns" mantra. HB 162, to me, is just another extension of their flawed argument.
I'll always side with a property-owners right over almost anything else. I liken this to the "Bullets and Booze" bill of last year that would have allowed guns in bars.
I'd like to ask a majority of the legislators that voted for these bills if they belong to country clubs that allow blacks, women, and Jews to be members. My guess is that they're all for exclusion in that case.
Yes, you do have a right to protect yourself. Yes, you do have the right to self defense. But I've always thought that a clear head and a few words can diffuse a bad situation easier and faster than a Smith and Wesson .44 caliber with a laser sight and optional grenade launcher.
Hey, just ask Jack Reid what can go wrong.
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You brought up Reid's "accident"?
Well here's a take on it:
1. Never carry a weapon into a public building.
2. Never carry a loaded weapon into a public building.
3. Never carry a loaded weapon with no safety into a public building.
4. Never carry a loaded weapon with no safety and a bullet in the chamber into a public building.
5. When you get there---don't play with the damned thing!
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Well here's a take on it:
1. Never carry a weapon into a public building.
2. Never carry a loaded weapon into a public building.
3. Never carry a loaded weapon with no safety into a public building.
4. Never carry a loaded weapon with no safety and a bullet in the chamber into a public building.
5. When you get there---don't play with the damned thing!
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