Not anti-gun, anti-stupid
August 19th 2009 18:36
First, although I feel that strict gun registration is necessary, and believe (contrary to the U.S. Supreme Court) that the right to bear arms is a collective right and only as part of a “well regulated militia”, the people who have been attending town hall meetings at which the president is appearing, displaying weapons of all shapes and sizes, including multi-firing assault guns, have a legal right to do so, if in accordance with applicable state laws. They have the legal right to have loaded weapons at or outside of such forums; they are incredibly stupid to do so.
We have, in this country, a horrible history of presidents being threatened, shot at and killed. I would assume that the rate of assaults against presidents is far higher than that of the average person. Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. Fifteen of the 44 have been assassinated, shot and wounded, or been the object of an assault by someone or a group with a grudge and a gun
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We have, in this country, a horrible history of presidents being threatened, shot at and killed. I would assume that the rate of assaults against presidents is far higher than that of the average person. Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. Fifteen of the 44 have been assassinated, shot and wounded, or been the object of an assault by someone or a group with a grudge and a gun
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