“I like that they’re making an attempt to close these loopholes at gun shows,” said Kate Kile, the leader of the organization’s Tallahassee chapter. “It’s a great first step.” [More]
Or as I observed
20 damn years ago when they were floating that same tired-at-the-time lie:
But for the gun controllers, that’s not all bad– because based on results, each tragedy provides a new opportunity to exploit, a new press conference to hold, a new law to enact, or a new lawsuit to file. They’ll propose further restrictions under the bald-faced pretense that it’s "a good first step." They won’t tell you that there are already over 20,000 gun laws on the books at the federal, state and municipal level that are consistently ignored by all but the law-abiding.
"A good first step…" the clueless segment of our victim pool populace will drone back at the proposal of law number 20,001.
"One helluva good first step– keep ‘em coming!" agree illegally armed criminal predators, emboldened with each new law that renders their prey increasingly vulnerable…
[Via Roger J]
"We have to do something." - The creed of of the Collaborators.
ReplyDeleteIt's called, among other things, The Politician's Syllogism.
ReplyDelete"We must do something
This is something
Therefore, we must do this."
It was used in a British comely show "Mr. Prime Minister" and has even been brought up in debate in their House of Commons.
Nevertheless, like when Donovan's song "Mellow Yellow" actually provoked some of our politicians into considering banning banana peels, politicians cannot see when they've become the butt of a joke.