This is in response to Will Dursts’ “Guns, Guns and Guns” of Dec. 26, which I found interesting but curiously lacking solid objectivity. His conclusions could lead one to think that opinions and objective reasoning bear no intercorrelation. Despite his credentials, “God, Guns and Guts,” despite Will, did build America and enable us to maintain it.
Records at police stations reveal that ordinary citizens are twice as likely to face armed and dangerous felons as on-duty cops are. Small wonder! Yet Will wouldn’t endorse disarming our police. Anyone who says being unarmed in a confrontation increases survival chances needs to review ordinary crime reports and statistics.
He (Will) says the entering bullet is the killer. Wrong again. Without the human hand wielding the gun, there would be no victim. It’s all typically senseless politics. Car accidents result in deaths 35 times more often than gun usage. Yet anti-gunners don’t take car safety nearly as seriously.
Typically akin to his other points, he says confusing semi-autos with fully automatic military weapons is mere semantics. Really? It is definition, not semantics. Would he hire a “chef” who doesn’t know a Big Mac from fine food? Or a “mechanic” who can’t tell a street automobile from race cars?
If I run over a pedestrian would he blame my car? It is similarly irrational to blame guns for human errors or misvalues. Gun control laws, in rigid anti-gun states, are proof (per records) that anti-gun laws make matters worse. Emotions, Mr. Durst, are not for reasoning. Opinions, for best value, need to correlate to objective logic. Not just go along to get along.
People are responsible and they err. All weapons require human interaction. It’s not rocket science, just valid thinking. A sign for your lawn, Will: “We proudly own no guns!”
Well?
Bill Woodfin, Jr.
Mesa
truth posted at 5:28 pm on Tue, Jan 1, 2013.
When I was young, can't remember a lot back then. One of my lines was, sleep with a cop and sleep safe.
EdwardHazzard posted at 8:16 pm on Tue, Jan 1, 2013.
Sadly people find it easier to blame guns to to accept the root problem, the people who pull the trigger. Too many of these killings have been perpetrated by unstable people.
Maybe it's time to treat the disease and not the symptom?
Dale Whiting posted at 10:06 pm on Tue, Jan 1, 2013.
“God, Guns and Guts did build America." I never thought of it that way! Now I see the problem. Palatin and Sheriff Dillon must have never existed. Neither saw it that way either! They spent their time overcoming the problems raised by Guns in the hands of gutsy people who thought God backed them.
openureyes posted at 9:33 am on Wed, Jan 2, 2013.
"Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
To get their guns."
- Me
VofReason posted at 1:55 pm on Wed, Jan 2, 2013.
Remember, all the latest furver started becuase a woman with a child that had major mental problems decided it was smart to have guns in her home. That seems like a very bad combination and one that she could have changed- not a new law.
Masterrogue666 posted at 3:24 pm on Wed, Jan 2, 2013.
"truth": Sleeping with a law officer can get you killed as well. Here's just ONE example:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/06/peterson-guilty-of-first-degree-murder/
Not all cops are honest cops, just like not all persons are honest.
truth posted at 4:46 pm on Wed, Jan 2, 2013.
Masterrogue696 That was a joke, did I say every cop?
onerebel posted at 7:31 pm on Wed, Jan 2, 2013.
How ironic is it that the same administration that is trying to take semi automatic weapons from innocent American's, are the same ones that gave those same weapons to criminals in Mexico!
Masterrogue666 posted at 8:31 pm on Wed, Jan 2, 2013.
No. However, the way you stated it makes it seem like all cops are safe.
sockratties posted at 1:28 pm on Thu, Jan 3, 2013.
Bill… Talking about objectivity? Really?
Try fitting your ill defined statistics into the following reality. Do you know someone (unless maybe they’re in Afghanistan) who operates their gun at least twice a day and often more frequently as part of their normal daily routine? Do you think that everyone who has one, two or more cars in their garages and driveways has one or more guns for each adult on the premises? I’m sure you know people who can’t get to work without a car but could commute just fine without a gun. When is the last time someone had to prove they were fiscally responsible for damage caused by accident or misuse of their gun? That’s a law for cars in every state. If a gun is lost or stolen is the errant owner still responsible for injury or damage caused by the weapon? That’s the law with cars. Bottom line; cars are regulated and, per use, have a very different statistic than guns. Cars are regulated and tracked so someone is responsible for them unless reported sold or stolen so law enforcement can tell if one is in the correct hands. Hold guns to the same standard as automobiles and you will surely see a reduction in the needless slaughter you deny. And no responsible person of age is being denied their rights to own and operate a car.
truth posted at 2:25 pm on Thu, Jan 3, 2013.
Masterrouge696, if anyone should see a joke it is you.
Accuracy posted at 4:15 pm on Thu, Jan 3, 2013.
onerebel posted: “How ironic is it that the same administration that is trying to take semi automatic weapons from innocent American's, are the same ones that gave those same weapons to criminals in Mexico!”
And with the re-election of President Obama – the U.S. Justice Department’s gun-trafficking and launching operation (“to criminals in Mexico”) along the U.S. – Mexican border will continue. Liberal Democrats will also continue to clear Attorney General Eric Holder of any wrong-doing.
My Take posted at 11:11 pm on Tue, Jan 8, 2013.
I get a kick out of the pro-gun crowd who make all these ridiculous analogies. Comparing cars which are used for transportation and comparing that to guns. Just because you can kill or badly hurt someone with a hammer doesn't put that in the same category as guns. A hammer is a tool...its main use is to pound nails. A gun is a weapon, with one use, to kill. Also the second amendment doesn't mean that the sky is the limit on what type of gun you can own. Banning military type weapons in no way infringes on people's right to bear arms. A hunting rifle and mere pistol is plenty. No one needs to own more than that. My take is anyone who purchases high powered military type weapons immediately becomes a threat to our society.
To those who say well guns don't kill people, people kill people. Well nuclear weapons don't kill people. Enriched uranium doesn't kill people, but republicans make it a point to not allow certain countries to own them...why? Oh I know because they can't be trusted...right? Same thing applies to guns, not everyone who buys a gun can be trusted.
Dale Whiting posted at 4:50 am on Wed, Jan 9, 2013.
My take,
With a comment as long as yours, how did you get past the Tribs new Spam Guard?
sockratties posted at 9:44 am on Sat, Jan 12, 2013.
I suggest everyone except leon the TROLL quit posting until they get that spam filter thing fixed.