To put it bluntly, what a crock. First of all, this lawsuit or potential lawsuit has nothing to do with gun safety and assuring that criminals cannot obtain firearms. Criminals get their firearms in other ways than through honest dealers, such as theft and black market means.
And criminals have firearms now even though there are something like 2000 laws assuring they do not. Current laws only affect honest citizens and mean little to criminals.
Now, here is a fact concerning criminal firearm control. It is non-existent even with all the controlling laws and 10,000 laws, including banning all firearms, would not remove guns from the hands of criminals, including the largest criminal organization, the federal government.
It would only increase the cost to honest citizens (guess they would be criminals in the case of a government ban) with little effect on criminals. They would just steal more so they could buy more -or just as many do now, steal firearms.
So, forget any altruistic purposes behind any suit by the government. Such a suit is just a backdoor means of getting additional means of removing firearms from honest citizens’ hands.
It is just another means of the government eating away a bit more of our right to keep and bear arms, of eroding the 2nd Amendment to a bit of writing that means absolutely nothing.
And don’t make the mistake of thinking it is just Clinton and Democrats that want to take firearms away from the people. Federal Republicans want the same thing. It is the only way for the government (Republican-Democrat coalition) to assure Americans have their last means of defense against a totalitarian government removed.
And, speaking of lawsuits and justice - isn’t the lawsuit rather legally “frivolous”. I mean, really, how blankety-blank ignorant are those in government?
Guns don’t cause criminals or killing or accidents or school violence or robberies or assassinations or hits on innocent people by government hitmen. People do.
So, if the government wishes to do something to control
the use of firearms by the criminal element, then make the punishments for crimes with firearms far more serious.
If they shoot someone and paralyze them, do the same to them.
If a person shoots another, even if they don’t have a criminal record, well - shoot them. If done by accident, say, in the foot, then shoot them in the foot. Or, in the face?
Well, you get the idea. Maybe people would then make sure the gun isn’t loaded or that shooting another person is what they really want to do.
Seems stupid, doesn’t it? But, is it any more stupid than the government trying to blame gun manufacturers for crimes and the like committed with them? Or the subterfuge they are attempting to fool the American people with?
Personally, I think not - but, it does give you an idea of the mental faculties and intent of our government personnel.
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And, along with the idea of controlling firearms used for crime by making punishments severe enough for people to wish to avoid, give rewards to those innocents who defend themselves against criminals.
Make heroes out of those who blast "perpetrators" into oblivion or disabling them for life rather than allowing lawsuits by surviving family members of the criminals or themselves (in the case of criminals being shot but not killed) being able to sue.
Don't treat those great Americans who defend themselves as criminals themselves rather than allowing attorneys, courts, and mainstream media to turn it around with the "bad guys" made out to be the "victims".
Reward those citizens who shoot those who enter their homes without permission or 'stalk' around on one's property, whether any threat such as a gun is known.
My gosh, my home is my home, my sanctuary. If I am awakened in the night by someone breaking in, I am not going to wait until I see if they are armed and threatening my life. The fact they entered my home IS a threat on my life and well-being.
How turned around our thinking has become. Wait until a clear threat is seen? I don't think so. Government law enforcement agencies breaking into innocent people's homes sure don't - so why in Heaven's name should any citizen?
Had these thoughts a couple of days after finishing this piece. I decided I might as well add them in.
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