No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of
society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test
people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance greed and love
of power. ~ PJ O’Rourke
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| VPOTUS Joe Biden and the guy responsible for Fast & Furious |
As the gun control debate rages on, those who take the
immoral stance of infringing the rights of the law abiding continue to reach
for increasingly farcical analogies, specious and spurious arguments in favor of their
indefensible position. To wit, Vice President Joe Biden who on Tuesday said the
following:
…nobody needs an AR-15, especially women. If you want to
protect yourself, get a double-barrel shotgun.
I said, Jill, if there’s ever a problem, just walk out on
the balcony here…walk out and put that double-barrel shotgun and fire two
blasts outside the house. …. You don’t need an AR-15 – it’s harder to aim, it’s
harder to use, and in fact you don’t need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a
shotgun, buy a shotgun.
The mind fairly boggles at this. Biden is either one of the
most colossally ignorant people in public office today (a pretty
high bar) or this is an intentional effort to mislead people who he views as
ignorant and stupid. Those really ARE the only options.
That question aside for now let’s look at the individual
statements made here at face value:
