Guns in the
News
September 14, 2000
Angel Shamaya's commentary
In a Senate hearing on Wednesday, we get a
clear example of the irrationality and utter lack of logic being exhibited by
gun-fearing, gun-blaming "leaders". The hearing was called to
examine a Federal Trade Commission report released on Monday that said the
entertainment industry aggressively targeted children for adult-rated products.
A senior analyst at the Violence Policy Center
in Washington, Tom Diaz, told the hearing that "the growing availability of
guns was the leading cause of violence".
By this same bit of flawed logic, the
availability of women causes prostitution, the availability of sunshine causes
sunburn, and the availability of microphones causes issue-retarded people like
Diaz to make such ignorant statements. The good news is that we can laugh at
this ding dong; the bad news is that most gun-fearing people don't stop and
engage their brains long enough to see through his transparent, deceptive,
logic-impoverished smear.
Full
report if you can stomach it
In gun-restricted (bans galore) South Africa, three armed robbers burst into St. Matthew's Anglican Traditional Church 20 minutes into the Sunday morning service, Sheena Shirley dropped to her knees and began praying the "Our Father."
According to Christian Science Monitor, as one of the robbers pressed the barrel of his gun against her salt-and-pepper hair, the retired schoolteacher paused from prayer long enough to dig into her purse and hand over her
money.
Gov. Bush in Texas signed law allowing carry in churches just for this very
reason - to give citizens a chance to assure that criminals cannot waltz in and
out and do as they please. Gun-fearing churchgoers in Texas benefit from
the mere "possibility" that their more self-determinant (and
unvictimizable) church members may be armed.
These South Africans are reaping the "benefits" of gun
restrictions, much like the people in New York City, Chicago and D.C., our
"gun free", violence-ravaged meccas for gun haters.
Full
report to find out more
A convicted killer was executed by injection
early Wednesday for the 1989 slaying of a man following a dispute over machine
guns.
George "Baby" Harris, 41, was
condemned for shooting to death Stanley "Hank" Willoughby inside a
Kansas City crack house. Evidence clearly convicted him, and he was sentenced to
death - a long time ago.
The expense of keeping this murderer alive for
over a decade is unclear, but we are certain the money could have been put to
some better use.
Full
story of a scumbag's bon voyage here
Read other gun-related news around the web
today in our Newslinks section.
