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Ben Franklin said that the only things in life that are certain are Death and Taxes. I would argue that Anti-Gun Bloggers moderating or removing comments I’d say is just as certain.

Back here we got a rambling comment from one William Buster, his comment didn’t make one ounce of sense to me, and neither did his blog posts. Back when I first read them I recollect there was a comments section, but I decided I’d only comment when I saw something worth talking about. Now there are no comment section and there’s this post.

I throw little AT them, they throw every argument AT ME. Whatever. Save it!!!! You will never convince me that ANYTHING short of Brady Bill was even a START at Gun Control.

Open minds, and support for gun control are mutually exclusive, hence the closed comment section.

The way people react to the mention of Gun Laws conjures up images of Mountain Folk living in a depressed rural environment, huddled in drafty cabins, with shotguns poking out of the window, fearful of all that live beyond their range of sight. I just don’t see how ranting at someone like an Evangelical Christian is going to accomplish anything. Everyone thinks their interpretation of GOD is the right one, and the others are WRONG. Same with guns.

You’ll note in the whole post the only fact stated was his Brother-in-law was shot and killed. Back when I supported gun control I did THAT on faith, it was only when I did research (to beat back those goofy “red necks”) did I realize that I was on the wrong side. Sorry Bill, but the numbers say that if you’re a lawful gun owner and you follow the basic safety precautions you’re much better off having guns than not having them. This graph is probably one of the most easily understood, and conclusive. But, by all means, don’t trust Linoge, go have a look at his numbers and see if you can make an argument.

ALL LOBBYISTS must be stopped. ALL SPECIAL INTERESTS must be stopped.They have no more right to influence legislation than cocaine dealers do.

Really? So its bad for lobbies to draft bills and discuss with political representatives about their issue? Obviously you don’t like the NRA working for gun rights….but what about lobbyists for Gay Marriage? Medical Marijuana? Senior Citizen rights? Universal Healthcare? Tax Incentives for job creation?

There are lots of political lobbies out there. I don’t support all, or most of them, but I must respect them. I work for a living, so I can’t be spending my time in Washington fighting for my rights, so I simply hire others to do the job for me. One of those groups is the NRA ILA. If you don’t support “Special Interest Lobbies”, I must ask you, why not? Obviously you know little and care little about the 2nd Amendment, but you must have causes you do care deeply about. And certainly the comparison of Civil Rights groups who lobby for the 2nd Amendment with a criminal activity such as dealing in Cocaine. (now if there was a legalize Cocaine Lobby, I’d be fine with that, but you’re comparison is comparing you local tap-room with Al Capone’s Rum-Running Mafia…)

Well, First, AGAIN, listen, I support responsible gun ownership.

I’m the Queen of England. Saying something doesn’t make it so. Saying something that you have constantly contradicted is nothing but foolish.

I wish you well Bill, but I can’t support your twisted view of the 2nd Amendment, nor do I appreciate your bigoted view of myself and my family and friends. Obviously you follow your site hits so you’ll read this. I will respectfully ask that if you desire to comment on my blog, bring facts, and a desire to debate. You avoid facts, don’t allow comments, and your comment here was a hit-and-run with no follow-up to to the many good discussion points.

You speak ill of blind faith, but you appear to show nothing but when it comes to that issue.

I’m a man of science and reason, and I have little use for blind faith, not yours, and not the blind faith of others. If that’s all you have, you can keep it!

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  1. wfgodbold says:

    Nice to see he’s as against the first amendment as he is the second.

    I don’t mean his shutting off comments; it’s his blog, he can do what he wants. I mean saying that people he disagrees with have no right to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

    Of course, it’s much easier to get everyone else to shut up and do what they’re told when they’ve been disarmed.

    • Weerd Beard says:

      Very good point on the 1st, it certainly IS our 1st Amendment right to petition the government (or hire others to do it in our stead) As a general rule there are VERY few people who will split hairs and attempt to twist words on the 2nd Amendment who wouldn’t violate all the others if they had their druthers.

  2. Lobbyists and Special Interests must be stopped?

    What about the brady bunch then?

    I wonder if he reads what he writes………

  3. Linoge says:

    Not to harp on the point, but the lobbyist argument is an interesting one… and, by “interesting”, I mean “idiotic”.

    We, as American citizens, have the right and ability to contact our duly-elected representatives and let them know of our positions on certain topics – that right includes the ability to align ourselves with likeminded individuals and petition our public servants collectively.

    Lobbyists represent those likeminded individuals.

    Sure, I have a rather intense dislike for some of those organizations of individuals, but they have the right to express themselves, however they see fit, as much as I do, and if that expression involves hiring a smooth talker to act on their behalf, knock yourself out.

    It would appear as though this Buster nutcase falls under the, “If you do not respect one Amendment, you do not respect any of them,” heading.

    And while God and guns are both protected by the Constitution, one can be quantified, defined, examined, and studied, and the other largely cannot – if Buster will never be swayed by anything anyone presents to him by way of information on firearms and firearm-related rights, he is just another blind cultist, and suitable only for pointing and laughing at.

    • Weerd Beard says:

      One also must realize that while we may dislike other lobbies, they are nothing more than a force multiplier on the one-person-one-vote system. A lobby is only as powerful as the people behind it, and there is no way to top popular support. That’s the big reason why the NRA gets so much press, and is spoken with such fear and animosity by those who hate freedom. The NRA has a huge membership.

      Think of it this way, if you can get a million people to give $1 to the cause, you have A million Dollars. Of course one wealthy supporter of another cause can match them by donating One Million of his own money….but what about next time and the next? That model only works on a very short time-line.

      So while the NRA is a huge and powerful special interest lobby, that’s only because it has massive backing of people who think its reasonable enough, and the only reason why the Brady Campaign can’t compete is because they HAVE no backing, and they have reached the end-game of that one-member-gives-a-million scenario. The jig is up, and the handful of wealthy backers have either run out of disposable money, or simply found better things to waste it on.

      • Linoge says:

        And that is the rub, is it not – people have a tendency to conflate “lobbyist” with “bribes”, when, legally, the two have to be about as disjoint as you can possibly be. Oh, sure, lobbyists have to be paid in order to ply their political craft, and someoneis going to have to pay for that, but the fact is that politicians fear lobbyists and the organizations they represent because of the people in those organizations, not the money they may or may not be funnelling to the politician.

        People decide elections, and if there is one thing a politician wants, it is to be re-elected. And, really, who gives a flying squirrel’s left testicle about an organization with a scant 50,000 members?

  4. TJP says:

    Hey buddy, there are no Fourth Amendment rights in your own blog! Write your own constitution!

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