Tonight while watching the Evening News on NBC, I was struck by the irony (or was it) of the placement of two pieces. Back to back, there was coverage of the NRA rally/protest in Washington D.C. I was under the impression that the District's gun laws were some of the toughest in the U.S. Apparently not! People were walking around with AK-47's strapped across their backs and complaining that their 2nd Amendment rights are somehow being threatened or are in danger. Uh, I hope so. I live in a state where a child can not have license to carry a rifle until he/she is 5 years of age. YES, that's right, FIVE!! As in, oops, you missed the cut off to start kindergarten, but here's a rifle, go have some FUN! Okay, so what does NBC show next??? The 15th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Showing all the empty chairs of people who would still be here, if not for one, Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh was a gun lover/monger. Stock piles of weapons all based on his 2nd amendment right to bear arms. An NRA member. Yes, he was the radical side of the spectrum, but isn't it a bit radical to WANT to carry a loaded, potentially fatal weapon around in the middle of a city??? Thanks, NBC, I hope a few others caught that "irony."
What will this world come to if we can't arm bears??!!??
ReplyDeleteLook at all the places where you aren't allowed to bear arms, do you want to live in those countries?
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