The approval rating for Congress is at a new low of just 16%, and is it any wonder, when you have representatives like King, from New York, submitting a bill to make it illegal to carry a gun within 1,000 feet of a public meeting.
What happened to Congresswoman Giffords, the Federal Judge and the rest of the killed and wounded in AZ is tragic and despicable, but the fault lies within the mind of the shooter and the county justice system that, apparently, allowed this guy to roam the streets even after the sheriff (Dupnik) and the police of that county, were aware of this guy's rantings and threats for some time. Let's look into whether or not a mentally unstable person was handled properly. It might be possible to determine that if proper measures were taken, long before these shootings did, none of this would have happened.
Now we have the typical knee-jerk reaction from the politicians and the left who want additional laws to remove freedoms from American citizens. But I think I read some where that it is already illegal to shoot someone, no matter how close you are to them. So, will 1,000 feet make it impossible for a deranged individual to get close enough to shoot another? I mean, how do we protect the 1,000 feet perimeter? Are we going to line the area with police? Or, are we not going to allow anyone closer than 1,000 feet, so the speaker/s will have to either hire or rent a terrific sound system? I mean, just what will the 1,000 feet "law" do for a public speaker? Didn't Sirhan Sirhan get right close to Bobby Kennedy to shoot him? Would Bobby still be alive today if there was a 1,000 feet law being implemented then? And how about John Kennedy? Wasn't he shot from the depository with a high powered rifle? Then what do we do about those dang suicide bombers... are they going to comply with the 1,000 feet ruling? Oh yeah, I forgot, suicide bombers only attack citizens, not those privileged politicians, no need to concern ourselves with them.
Laws, laws laws... aren't there enough on the books to deter just about anyone or anything you can think of? Yet deranged people continue to break those laws and do their dirty work. Why will they not learn to comply with the laws the rest of have to live with? Who do those kooks think they are anyway? I know what, let's make a law that says it is illegal to be a kook, that should solve the problem. Or how about this; let's make a law that says you promise not to become a kook, after you reach a certain age, or like in the case of life insurance and a suicide, you promise not to become a kook at least until 5 years have passed since you bought a legal weapon. There, that should solve all our problems with those people that just do not want to live civily amongst us. Just one more simple law that will prohibit their absurd, deranged behavior.
Now we can all sleep better, OR, we can just avoid those public speaking engagements.
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