Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Missing NRA response???

The Daily Kos hits the nail on the head with:

Why Isn't NRA Arguing Trayvon Martin Tragedy Could Have Been Averted if Only He Had a Gun?

Seriously!  Come on--stand your ground has nothing to do with it?

Yeah, but what if Trayvon did have a gun?  Anyway, the Daily Kos goes on:

Sometimes, silence is much more revealing than those words actually spoken. Such is the case with respect to how the NRA has responded to the George Zimmerman verdict: with virtual silence.

One might expect the NRA to respond to Trayvon Martin's death by calling upon young, black men across this country to arm themselves, since the only way to truly protect oneself from the threat of violence in this country is to own a firearm. To exercise one's Second Amendment right.

After all, that's how it's responded to any number of shootings in which white people have been killed in mass shootings.

Of course, by expect, I mean the opposite, an ironic point made by a Tweet yesterday from Anonymous:

The Daily Kos gives the following conclusion for the silence about having an armed victim in this case:
We know the reason why. For when the NRA lobbied hard for the Stand Your Ground law in Florida which allowed Zimmerman to murder a young, black youth, it did so with a vision of white 'victimhood' – and gun sales to white Americans – in mind.
Of course, the "pro-gun" side likes to point out how gun laws are racist.  I mean when the black panthers started parading around with guns, we saw a slew of gun control laws come out.

But, white guys go trotting around with assault rifles and making seditious remarks?
Yeah, it's pretty clear what's going on here?

Gun owners aren't victims--they are the ones killing people.

And more than are few are getting away with murder.

2 comments:

  1. It would be IF he had been able to legally possess one. He did have an illegal pistol anyway, just not on him. You know those pesky laws that restricted him because of age disarmed him, sort of. Minimum age to have a rifle 18, minimum for a pistol 21. Then there are those pesky criminal background checks that would have prevented possession and purchase because of his past.

    If we didn't have all those rules and regulations that dis-armed him legally, he may well have had one on him. You know the great equalizer.

    Are you advocating that we should get rid of all those restrictions so Martian could be on equal grounds?? I mean why not! An armed society is a polite society, right? No one would pull them then IF everyone is armed, right?

    Why not?

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  2. Actually a gun did prevent a tragedy, Zimmerman's death.
    Martin made a stupid decision in the victim selection process and paid for it with his life.

    Mr Wanna be a thug is gone now and you dumbasses need to move on.

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