…to loaded? Pretty damn fast, apparently.
Two New Hampshire State Police troopers demonstrated how quickly a semiautomatic rifle can go from unloaded to loaded under a new definition in a bill up for a House vote this week. – (Union leader, Wed 1-4-12)
So with no one else lawfully armed–a policy the police, Governor Lynch, and the university folks both advertise proudly and insist they will defend–the only thing left to stop the rapid loading, unloading, and reloading of a “semiautomatic rifle” in a gun free zone would be what we call…victims. (Or running out of ammo.)
But don’t Democrats love “victims?”
Without victims they have no platform.
Gender victims, income victims, reproductive victims, race victims, immigration victims, victims of ageism, religion intolerance, bigotry, unemployment, victims of the justice system, and victims (present,past, and future) of crime. And when it comes to crime,violent crime in particular, Democrats as a political class expect you to run away, hide, or just take it–until the police can arrive.
Mr. Lynch is also of the opinion, as are most Democrats and leftists, that anyone so inclined is somehow deterred from unlawful gun violence by the very existence of “gun free zones” like those on New Hampshire’s university campuses. No walking on the grass. Come to a complete stop at all stop signs, and hey, if you are looking to break the law and shoot some people, no matter how much of an incentive that might be, do not go to the gun free zone where everyone is unarmed. See that sign?
We wrote it down. That should stop them. No one will dare disobey our sign.
This from the same people who don’t trust us to buy the proper light bulb..
Tip to our left leaning friends; the rifle will always be loaded faster than it takes the police to arrive. Or do you expect us to believe that an unlawful person, seeking to do harm in a gun free zone, will wait for an armed officer to be present before loading and unloading? (What’s next, universal health care that will reduce the federal defict? Hah!)
It is also worth mentioning that almost any gun can be loaded faster than any number of unarmed citizens can run away from unlawful acts.
Do I also have to mention that none of the promised carnage has occurred as a result of loosening any other gun laws in the state? I seem to recall some piss and vinegar about the State House carry rules.
Democrats don’t care. Their Lefts assumption is that the presence of a firearm–even in the hands of the law abiding citizen–will be the driving factor towards violence. So with that in mind I’d like to propose a compromise. Democrats, liberals, progressives–if you are so afraid of what you might do if you were armed, and you won’t let us remove the permitting process, add a check box for party affiliation. Anyone who checks Democrat? Denied. (You clearly do not trust yourselves so why should we?)
And remember, lying on the permit is against the law.