Nothing is idiot proof...

So, here is another tale of careless people putting the rights of others in jeopardy because some other people think that the only things we should be able to do or own are those that are "idiot proof" or "criminal proof".  We should know by now that the idiots and criminals will always defeat that strategy. I personally do not care to live in a country where the most foolish, criminal, or incompetent among us determine what we can do, whether through their own carelessness, criminality, or policy preferences.

Then there's this interesting piece at Breitbart.  

Here is that same idea:

Hillary said, “Too many young people, in particular, are turning to guns to settle disputes, grievances, resentments. We have got to help our young people understand, guns are never an answer, and there have to be other ways, and that’s going to take all of us, working in our schools, working through our churches and our houses of worship. We’ve got to break the grip of the gun culture on our young people, because the number one leading cause of death for young African-American men, are guns. It outranks the next nine, together. So, this is a health issue, a safety issue, a cultural issue, and I’m going at it from the very first day. I’m going to keep talking about it, and we’re going to make it clear, that this has to be a voting issue. If you care about this issue, vote against people who give in to the NRA and the gun lobby all the time.”.  

1.  Guns are never the answer to setting disputes, grievances or resentments.  And, in fact, law-abiding citizens never do that.  No legal gun owner wants to do that.  

They all know that. even Hillary knows that, because she goes on to say:

2.  The number one cause of death in African-American men is guns.  Indeed it is.  So we are back to the idea that the lesser among us, be they careless, ignorant, criminal or negligent, are the standard by which all will be judged. I am not African-American.  I am not in a gang.  I am not a criminal.  I do not use firearms to settle disputes.  I resent the fact that Hillary and others believe that, because certain people cannot handle their rights appropriately no one should have them.

3.  She is right - it is a cultural issue.  Not one of gun culture, but crime culture, a culture that condones solving one's disputes with violence, whether by beating, stabbing, or shooting.  Address that culture, the culture that condones such violence - and leave my culture, rights, and firearms alone.