{"id":2059,"date":"2012-12-23T22:45:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T02:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=2059"},"modified":"2012-12-23T22:45:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T02:45:55","slug":"for-christmas-give-the-gift-of-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/for-christmas-give-the-gift-of-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"FOR CHRISTMAS, GIVE THE GIFT OF REALITY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last ten days, since the shock of the murder of the innocent by a madman in Connecticut, it has been hard to think about Christmas. But the holiday and the tradition are upon us, and \u201cit is better to give than to receive,\u201d so let\u2019s all share with others the gifts of reality and logic.<\/p>\n

Invective has crept into the debate ignited by the Newtown horror. Examples may be found here<\/a>.\u00a0
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Reality generally triumphs over raw and empty emotion\u2026just takes a while for it to seep in. An excellent injection of reality on the issues of \u201cgun control\u201d vis-\u00e0-vis mass murder comes from Larry Correia, and can be found on his blog.<\/a><\/p>\n

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You don\u2019t need guns to kill. The homegrown terrorist McVeigh murdered more with his fertilizer bomb than did the pathetic creature who perpetrated the Newtown Massacre.\u00a0 Murder can still be done with the most primitive weapons; check out this bow and arrow killer\u2019s rampage and suicide note<\/a>.
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Reality shows us the hypocrisy of those who would disarm the citizenry.\u00a0 As of now, at least, you can own the same 13-shot .357 SIG pistols carried by the Secret Service to protect the First Family, as seen here:<\/p>\n

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Is this level of protection to be limited to the First <\/i>Family, the head of which wants to take it away from the rest of America\u2019s families?\u00a0\u00a0 And of course, there was the \u00a0arrest of uber<\/i>-anti-gun figure Michael Moore\u2019s bodyguard for illegal possession of a firearm in New York.\u00a0 I deplore the way New York is currently handling these things, when people licensed to possess guns and passing through that state obey Federal law and declare their unloaded firearms in checked baggage\u2026but the point is, people like Moore who don\u2019t want YOU to have firearms, make damn sure that THEY\u2019re protected by firearms<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even the anti-gun HuffPost was a little more reasonable today covering Wayne LaPierre\u2019s comments on \u201cMeet the Press\u201d this morning. Note their slideshow of legislators who support the contention that armed security in schools is a solid answer to the threat of armed mass murderers there: http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/12\/23\/wayne-lapierre-schools-armed-guards-crazy_n_2355462.html<\/a>\u00a0(scroll down for the slideshow.) \u00a0And before you believe that LaPierre is a \u201cloon\u201d as one mainstream newspaper called him \u2013 on the front page, not the editorial page \u2013 listen to him for yourself
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\nAbout all I could add would be that if this indeed took place in Washington, DC, as I\u2019m told it did<\/a>, LaPierre\u2019s questioner was reportedly committing a crime by possessing the 30-round AR15 magazine he was waving around in the studio.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>(a) No person shall possess ammunition in the District of Columbia unless:<\/div>\n

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<\/a>(1) He is a licensed dealer pursuant to subchapter IV of this unit;<\/div>\n

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<\/a>(2) He is an officer, agent, or employee of the District of Columbia or the United States of America, on duty and acting within the scope of his duties when possessing such ammunition;<\/div>\n

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<\/a>(3) He is the holder of the valid registration certificate for a firearm of the same gauge or caliber as the ammunition he possesses; except, that no such person shall possess restricted pistol bullets; or<\/div>\n

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<\/a>(4) He holds an ammunition collector’s certificate on September 24, 1976.<\/div>\n

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<\/a>(b) No person in the District shall possess, sell, or transfer any large capacity ammunition feeding device regardless of whether the device is attached to a firearm. For the purposes of this subsection, the term \u201clarge capacity ammunition feeding device\u201d means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The term \u201clarge capacity ammunition feeding device\u201d shall not include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If reporters who don\u2019t mind breaking a law can get them, what hope is there of banning them more widely so psychopathic murderers ready to die in their last, sick blaze of\u00a0narcissistic\u00a0glory can\u2019t get them?<\/p>\n

Share with your friends.\u00a0 Reality is a good thing, and good things are what we should give at Christmas, yes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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