Watching Morning Joe the other morning (yes, like I have said before, my wife puts in on) Mike Lupica (whoever that is and why I should care about or have to listen to his opinion, I do not know) went on a Mika and Mike Barnacle pleasing rant (I think Mika obtained vicarious gratification) on the whole AR-15 notion and how could this Navy Yard shooter have gotten one. Well, damn, what do you know - he didn't have one? He had a shot gun and then took two pistols off of guards he shot.
A shotgun - Joe Biden's weapon of choice. A shotgun, which no one has yet tried to ban. A shotgun. And he passed a background check - one he could have passed even if the Manchin, Schumer, Toomey bill had passed.
Now, on one hand, the rational amongst us go back to my previous post - the fact that a rational and efficient system would have previously incarcerated or treated this individual and he would not have been able to pass a check. So, where do we go from here? Those who hate firearms, the Second Amendment, and all firearm owners, those who see this as an other opportunity to excuse the criminal or mentally ill shooter while banning firearms, would have us create a society where all of our freedoms are measured by the least among us.
To the rational among us, this is another example of abdication of responsibility.
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