Gun Control Editorials Are Boring and Stupid - Granite Grok

Gun Control Editorials Are Boring and Stupid

“Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid.”John Wayne

Kasie Strickland, Kool-Aid Slurper and writer for Pickens Sentinel
Kasie Strickland, Kool-Aid Slurper and writer for Pickens Sentinel

Stupid. Well, first, Boring and then Stupid. The question that challenges me most, however is where to begin? Our Esteemed Grok Chief, Skip Murphy brought you all, in a “WTF Moment,” the plight, or should I say,  “historically challenged plight” of fledgling journalist, blogger, ergo Kool-Aid Slurper Kasie Strickland who wrote, No one is coming for your guns…Yet Skip covered the particulars quite well so there is no need for me to relitigate the boredom and the stupidity.

But that whole historical factoid thingy bears reiteration. Ergo, a “neo-transliteration…”(still laughing)

“two of the most critical gun control measures that ever passed took place in the 1990s: 1993’s Brady Bill and 1994’s Assault Weapons Ban — both passed by a Republican president (George H.W. Bush) with the help of strong vocal support by former President Reagan.”
As I recall there was an election in November of 1992. A couple of guys named, “Bill Clinton and Al Gore” were the winning ticket…NOT George H.W. Bush.  But enough on that because it goes without saying how stupid that mistake becomes in the face of citing history.
Now on to the boring. Ms. Strickland advocates for Gun control…actually, Gun Confiscation. In doing so Ms. Strickland makes use of canned rhetoric that has been used (in this case) 47,900 times:
“Nobody needs an AR15 to shoot a deer.”
Hyperbole is outdated and worn out. lacks creativity, and parrots the words of countless other gun control zombies.   But do these Kool-Aid Slurpers ever wonder why the AR platform rifles are the number one selling rifle across America?
Back in 1956 when Eugene Morrison Stoner and Leroy James Sullivan designed the AR-15, (AR, acronym for Armalite Rifle, NOT Assault Rifle designated by the Military as, M-16) Military leaders sought  a lightweight, easy to load, easy to operate rifle that troops, coming from all walks of life and backgrounds could be easily trained to use.  After much trial and error the rifle became the military standard. Moreover, the AR platform rifle can be disassembled with no tools and can be cleaned with a modicum of cleaning tools that fit compactly in the stock. Parts are generally interchangeable and easy to obtain.  As a former Marine Corps Armorer, I refer to the AR platform rifle as an, “air-cooled, direct-impingement-gas-operated, magazine-fed, rotating bolt rifle that is an amalgam of steel, aluminum alloy, plastics and polymers.
FACT:The AR platform rifle is used in Deer hunting, Varmint Hunting and home defense because the rifle has very low recoil and can be quickly operated by all members of a family, Husband, Wife, responsible child. It is an easy rifle to learn. That, is why it is so popular.
I love this next little nugget Kasie writes…
“Because this is a column, inherently an opinion piece, I’m not going to pull out a bunch of stats and quotes to support my cause (although they are abundant.)”
Abundant…As abundant as Bush 41 signing the assault weapons ban and the Brady Bill, both respectively signed in September and November of 1993.
I’ve been writing about guns and the second amendment for a very long time. And with few exceptions, the facts speak louder than my authorship. …i.e. statistics, studies and even a few anecdotes that support or contradict data. Here, Kasie Strickland makes an unsupported argument. If the stats and quotes are so abundant, lets see one or two to support the thesis. For example,  In a November 2013 article I stated that in the 20 years laws were expanded allowing citizens to arm themselves, crime plummeted. Moreover,  I supported that notion by stating,
“According to FBI national crime statistics, The violent crime rate (1992) was 757.7 per 100,000 people. The murder rate was 9.3 per 100,000. By 2011, the violent crime rate fell to 386.3 per 100,000, showing a 50 percent decrease in 20 years. The murder rate fell to 4.7 per 100,000, a 54 percent decrease over 1992. Inversely, the UK experienced 1,361 violent crimes per 100,000 in 2011, three times the U.S. violent crime rate!”
I made the statement and supported it with facts that were/are easily verifiable by the reader. So there is that, Kasie.
Finally, Ms. Strickland writes,
“The reality is that our forefathers in 1791 had no idea about the weapons technology we would have in the future.”
Wrong. Ms. Strickland might as well have said that our founding forefathers had no idea about transportation technology in the future. Horses and other beasts of burden should have been our technological terminus.
Our founding fathers were men of vision, thoughtful and deliberative. They understood technology, science…the enlightenment. The Europeans created rudimentary firearms in the 13th century and the Arab (Moors)world obtained  the first basic firearms in the 14th century; A progression of ignition methods came in the form of , matchlocks, wheellocks, snaplock, and flintlocks; And, in the early 1800’s, percussion caps came to the fore. We jumped from muzzle loading firearms, to breachloading firearms. First, the paper cartridge then the metallic cartridge. Thereafter the repeating firearm, holding multiple cartridges.  Finally, we saw the advent of the Semi-Automatic rifle.
Our founding fathers had smoothbore muskets to include the the English Brown Bess, the French Charleville, and the homespun Kentucky long rifle, all of which were the technology of the era. All aspects of life recognize technological advances for their times. to be sure, I would lay odds that in 1981 somebody somewhere said, “Someday we will have telephones that fit in our pockets that will allow us to call anywhere in the world at any time.”  If our founding fathers were to reappear today, they would likely very much approve of the AR Platform rifle.
I could go on, but what would be the point? To do so would be arguing with a solipsistic twit.  Kasie Strickland posits “this” question…
 “When is the appropriate time? When do we as a society decide to finally catch up with the rest of the modern world and say enough?”
Never is there an appropriate time. Never. The Constitution of the United States of America is indeed a static document: A baseline from which all laws and standards derive. It is the moral compass and base of our system of government. Lately, it is taking a real beating, but patriots stand fast the challenge and defend against those who think governments exist to gain power. The constitution is a check on the government. You first complain that you have a right to free speech, while later complaining that the constitution is a living, breathing thing, worthy of change. Yours, Kasie Strickland is a head and skull full of nonsensical mush. A consummate Kool-Aid slurper and model progressivist.
And for the second Amendment, know this, Kasie Strickland. NO OTHER NATION on this planet has such a thing. The second Amendment is unique to the United States of America. And the founding fathers understood tyranny…hence, the second amendment. And to be sure all you commie-libs love to call us the, “tin-foil hat” wearers for such assertions, but the facts cannot be argued.
I carry a gun because I am a citizen, as opposed to being a subject who is unarmed. For all the Kool-Aid drinking billionaires ponying up their millions, Bloomberg and his ilk outspend the pro-second amendment lobby by seven to one…and they still lose. Some fundamentals cannot be purchased for they are far too sacred. Ms. Strickland should put more time and energy into writing so that she does not come off sounding like a silly air-headed school girl. If you are going to engage in hyperbole, at the very least, be creative.
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