Comments on: Gun control versus terrorism control

By: gwelf

gwelf — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:29:28 +0000

One logical flaw in her thinking is that conservatives are pro law enforcement. We want criminals taken off of the street and also support a culture and society which produces less criminals.

We think that increased gun control is bad policy and will actually make crime worse.

As to terrorism, conservatives regularly harp on the TSA which use the mantra of violating your liberty to protect you from a very unlikely event.

We generally support federal action and agencies in combating terrorists and their sponsor states because they do in fact represent a danger and offer a target for us to go after.

I partially agree with her that – as with any federal bureaucracy – there is bloat and mission creep etc with our counter-terrorism infrastructure.

By: CurtZHP

CurtZHP — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:39:59 +0000

Providing for the common defense, in other words protecting all of us from a foreign enemy, is the one thing we have every right to expect of our federal government.

By: MelonCollie

MelonCollie — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:30:30 +0000

The best way to control terrorists is to reduce them to chunky salsa. So unless our nation has spontaneously grown a spine…

By: CorporatePiggy

CorporatePiggy — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:20:34 +0000

This article is the bastard son ~~of apes and pigs~~ of the entire Hot Gas troll contingent.

By: JadeNYU

JadeNYU — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:11:06 +0000

I would say one huge difference is that it is the Federal government’s job to protect us from attacks on our country.

It’s not their job to protect us from every bad thing that can happen in our lives and it’s certainly not their job to protect me by denying me rights that are specifically enumerated such as those of the 2nd amendment.

If they have proposals for laws that have been demonstrated to help, I’d be happy to entertain them (after vouching for their constitutionality). I personally don’t have a problem with saying that you can’t sell a gun to a felon or someone who is mentally unstable. That said, I do have a problem with pretending that getting rid of a scary looking gun in the hands of a legal gun owner is going to prevent someone like the dude in Aurora from killing people with shotguns and hand guns when he wants to.

By: Mohonri

Mohonri — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:59:59 +0000

Ok, then. How many Americans killed by terrorists in the last 20 years? Now, how many Americans killed by Evil Black Rifles in the same time period?

By: aryeung

aryeung — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:54:28 +0000

I thought the Ron Paul conservatives were against DHS and other expansions of the federal government.

In the case of gun violence and terrorism, the answer is not more unconstitutional legislation.

By: The Rogue Tomato

The Rogue Tomato — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:41:20 +0000

Well, if they’re the same thing, then we can stop terrorism by making planes and bombs illegal.

By: antipc

antipc — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:39:56 +0000

No mention of failed and/or foiled attempts of terrorism? People might get the idea Heather has an agenda.

By: blatantblue

blatantblue — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:39:45 +0000

And as someone commented on her website, how many attacks have been STOPPED?