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Meaningless ban
Josey1
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Meaningless ban
October 26,2004
OUR OPINION
It's been more than a month since the so-called assault weapons ban expired on Sept. 13.
At the time, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth in the media about how President Bush had let down the American people and how he'd be responsible for streets awash in blood from the sudden legalization of certain semi-automatic firearms.
We wrote then that the public's ability to buy those firearms wouldn't make much difference, because the ban itself was simply feel-good legislation that took few, if any, guns off the street.
Although a few weeks isn't much time to spot trends, we're unaware of any shootings with previously banned guns, much less the mass killings gun-control advocates predicted. It's a sure bet partisan political activists would be all over the story if there was one. In an age in which the words, "The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight," were barely out of Dick Cheney's mouth before Internet sleuths and others produced proof refuting the claim, if there were any evidence of shootings, we'd all know about it.
The reality is that the firearms covered by the ban accounted for very few deaths before and during the ban. There's no reason to think that will change.
Politicians have a lot of control over our everyday lives. They must exercise their authority carefully to avoid restricting our liberties for a quick-fix that amounts to meaningless legislation. We deserve better.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON (First President)
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour." (Address to 1st session of Congress)
October 26,2004
OUR OPINION
It's been more than a month since the so-called assault weapons ban expired on Sept. 13.
At the time, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth in the media about how President Bush had let down the American people and how he'd be responsible for streets awash in blood from the sudden legalization of certain semi-automatic firearms.
We wrote then that the public's ability to buy those firearms wouldn't make much difference, because the ban itself was simply feel-good legislation that took few, if any, guns off the street.
Although a few weeks isn't much time to spot trends, we're unaware of any shootings with previously banned guns, much less the mass killings gun-control advocates predicted. It's a sure bet partisan political activists would be all over the story if there was one. In an age in which the words, "The first time I ever met you was when you walked on the stage tonight," were barely out of Dick Cheney's mouth before Internet sleuths and others produced proof refuting the claim, if there were any evidence of shootings, we'd all know about it.
The reality is that the firearms covered by the ban accounted for very few deaths before and during the ban. There's no reason to think that will change.
Politicians have a lot of control over our everyday lives. They must exercise their authority carefully to avoid restricting our liberties for a quick-fix that amounts to meaningless legislation. We deserve better.
http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=26750&Section=Opinion
GEORGE WASHINGTON (First President)
"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people's liberty teeth keystone... the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable... more than 99% of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour." (Address to 1st session of Congress)