Gun Control Sit-in? Gimmee a F*#king Break!

I have to hand it to the democrats in congress. They’ve found a way to take a horrible tragedy and turn it into a soapbox to showboat their political agenda. This is the most blatant “bait-n-switch” I’ve ever seen. While the entire country is reeling from the brutal massacre in Orlando, democrats stage a sit-in to bring attention to their leftist, anti-2nd Amendment agenda. This is despicable on so many levels I hardly know where to start. So, I’ll start by pointing out how idiotic it is to blame what happened in Orlando on the gun that was used. 

Yes, the dirtbag in Orlando used an AR-15, semi-automatic rifle. Anti-gunners demonize this weapon as an “assault” weapon when the truth is you can get the exact same capability in a rifle with beautiful inlays, hardwood stock and high-power scope. The described is simply a deer rifle. If a rifle is painted black and has a lightweight composite stock there’s no reason to categorize it as an “assault” weapon. It’s just a matter of design taste. The deer rifle has the same rate of fire and is the same .223 caliber. It’s easy for some demagogue to stand up and shout to ban all “assault rifles”, but how do you write a law that makes this possible? Ban all semi-automatic firearms? Ban all rifles under a certain weight? Ban all rifles painted black? See where this goes? There's no way this murderer should have been able to legally purchase an AR-15. It turns out the FBI had investigated him and his family on more than one occasion. A fellow member of the mosque he attended reported his suspicious behavior to the FBI and they ignored him. If you congress persons are genuinly anxious to pass laws to prevent this type of murderous event, then pass some legislation that assures these types of red flags do not go un-heeded. 

How ridiculous is it to think that passing a weapons ban will have any effect on the behavior of jihadist criminals? By definition, laws only affect “law abiders”. How stupid is it to expect jihadists to behave differently because some congress persons pass a law requiring citizens to give up their guns? How ridiculous does this sound?: 

A. “Radical Islamist murders 50 people in Florida.”

B. “Let’s pass a law to disarm law-abiding citizens.”

Have you ever heard such a non-sequitur? Sure, the liberals’ stated aim is to “make it harder for criminals to acquire weapons”, but time and again that has been proven not to be the case. It just doesn’t work. Paris, France is, by law, a totally gun-free city. It is illegal for its citizens to own, sell, carry or transport ANY kind of firearm, yet the ISIS scum there managed to kill 130 people in that gun-free nirvana.

The 2nd Amendment of the Constitution guarantees our right as Americans to arm ourselves. No one gets to tell us we can’t unless our Constitution is changed. The Founders, in their infinite wisdom, provided for this as a final check against a tyrannical government, not for any other reason. Not for the right to self-protection. Not for hunting. They knew the possibility existed that government could get out of control and that tyranny cannot stand against a fed up, armed populace. Period. You may think that this is the stuff of conspiracy theorists and nut jobs. I admit it is far-fetched, but that’s usually the sentiment right up to the point where it becomes true. In any case, it doesn’t matter what you or I think. This is the law of our land. If you don’t like it, change the law. That means amending the Constitution. Good luck with that. Until then legislators, get down off your morally superior high horses and quit preaching to me about what arms you think I should and shouldn’t have. You don’t get to tell me.

So, instead of participating in congressional sit-ins, why don’t members of Congress do something to prevent people like this Orlando scum from murdering their constituents? We’re not so stupid as to believe some half-baked gun ban will do it. As citizens, we give government over half of what we earn to do one thing above all others, protect us. All they seem to do is ask us for more and more while they continue to do less and less of what’s important. Our feckless government is busy directing us toward the correct bathroom and treating us like criminals at airports while letting shitheads like this Orlando scum flood into our country unchecked. Yes, I know he was born here, but his radical parents were not. They are Taliban sympathizers who immigrated from Afghanistan. They should still be there raising poppies like the rest of their countrymen and their murdering son should be there with them. Were that the case, he might still be alive. Certainly, 49 Orlando residents would be.

Note to government: Do your job! Our country is like a trauma patient who’s bleeding out on the gurney and you’re worried about his hair style. If you want to sit-in to protest something, why don’t you adopt a worthwhile cause like finding a way to get 49 million Americans off food stamps?  How about preventing the TSA from making us miss our flights? You know good and damn well that your sit-in was an effort to promote legislation with absolutely zero chance of doing anything effective or even passing, yet you persisted. I think you were simply making noise as a diversion. Your efforts to protect us are so impotent that you have to put up a smokescreen in the form of a sit-in to hide your total incompetence. Guess what? It isn’t working. 

Enjoy your summer vacation.

November is coming.