Catherine Crowley tried to change a state gun law after her 18-year-old son killed himself with a shotgun he bought at a Wal-Mart.
Her endeavor fell short when lawmakers rejected her idea to require a waiting period for young people to buy guns in Maine. But her effort can now be seen in a new documentary.
The 55-minute film, "There Ought To Be A Law," provides a look at Crowley's experience navigating the legislative system in hopes of getting a law on the books to make it harder for young people to get their hands on guns.
Ms. Crowley, honest to God, I'm sorry for your loss, but why should that have any bearing on what freedoms the rest of us claim? And can you honestly tell us that your son's life and upbringing revealed no indications that he had difficulty coping with his troubles?
I don't mean to belittle you for being "divorced and working two jobs," a situation many unfortunately (or, more often, through unwise mate selection) find themselves in, but who is providing the children with the stable parenting they need while you're out there, and God bless you for it, doing your best to provide for them? I can tell you, as the father of two teenage boys, I've not met too many single mothers up to the task of providing the needed perspective, example and authority that a loving dad in the home does. And the ones who come closest are there with the children, not absent because of work.
What will you do if the waiting period you wish for is imposed--and someone else's son or daughter dies because they were denied the means of protection until it was too late? Besides, if you really want to reduce "gun suicides," you're looking at the wrong segment of the populace.
Listen to people blind with grief, helplessness and (possibly) guilt if you wish to lend a sympathetic ear. But to heed their counsel as justification for limiting the rights of those not so afflicted is not only insane, but the blood dancers are counting on it.
The death of Ms. Crowley's son is tragic as is any death.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Ms. Crowley is now involved in the political process attempting to get a law passed, and therefor she puts herself up for criticism for her political actions.
People such as Ms. Crowley are what the communists would call "useful idiots." In fact, the left seems to take advantage of people who have had tragedies in their life to push their political agenda, and then expect those persons to be beyond criticism.
I call her a "useful idiot" because she is attempting to pass a law which will infringe on the Constitutional right to keep and bear arms, but the law will have absolutely no effect in accomplishing its stated goal of reducing suicide.
When people such as Ms. Crowley, who has had a tragedy in her life, turn around and attempt to pass laws with absolutely no knowledge on their part as to how it will effect their stated objective I must conclude that they are nothing less than a "useful idiot" and a stooge for someone else's misguided political agenda.
There are alot of studies which have been done on suicide and gun control laws, including waiting period laws, and to my knowledge none of them have shown a correlation between these laws and a reduction in the suicide rate.
"But if it will only save one life it will be worth it." Like I said "useful idiots."
." In fact, the left seems to take advantage of people who have had tragedies in their life to push their political agenda, and then expect those persons to be beyond criticism."-Brent.
ReplyDeleteIf none are available, it seems they manufacture some. Either that or we must believe that coincidence always works in their favor with no variance. What are the odds?