The clear myth behind just about every “common sense” gun control proposal is that no one wants to take away law-abiding citizens guns. Of course, they’d love to take away all the guns if they could, but the best chance they have is to chip away incrementally, whether it be by regulating magazine sizes or keeping it difficult for people to buy suppressors.
David Scharfenberg, editorial writer for the Boston Globe, finally gets around all that in his opinion piece, “Hand over your weapons.”
With no end in sight for America's gun epidemic, it may be time to consider a radical approach: seizing millions of weapons from law abiding citizens. My latest in @GlobeIdeas: https://t.co/i4hS6DOo8p
— David Scharfenberg (@dscharfGlobe) November 10, 2017
Today in liberals talking about what they always say nobody is talking about. https://t.co/QoGS9jTFVN
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) November 13, 2017
Scharfenberg writes:
Part of the problem is the sheer scale of the enterprise. An operation on par with the Australian buyback — claiming one-fifth of American guns — would mean tens of thousands of police officers collecting some 60 million guns. It is, on some level, simply unimaginable.
But perhaps gun-control advocates can propose something smaller — something more targeted.
In other words, it’s not possible and it wouldn’t work — but maybe try it anyway?
Leftie soy boy journalists fantasizing about gun grabs is perhaps my favorite internet phenomenon https://t.co/fQtc3Vv3oY
— James?Allsup (@realJamesAllsup) November 13, 2017
And you look like just the guy to do it. Go get em, Tiger! https://t.co/FrX7N5SsTt
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) November 13, 2017
Confiscation has always been the end game. https://t.co/PmdxE85BYW
— Joe Koerner (@hfce354) November 13, 2017
Our gun confiscation hasn't worked, so let's try gun confiscation. https://t.co/bwk3CcROZo
— Bret ?? (@tfwnowife) November 13, 2017
what could possibly go wrong https://t.co/WJ3xKxeHFS
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) November 13, 2017
"But nobody's talking about taking your guns" – liberals
"Hey cops with guns, go take those innocent people's guns" – also liberals https://t.co/NZPOQBLlKS
— Sgt H (@Mike_H_1775) November 13, 2017
Good luck with that. @nra #2A https://t.co/BVjXIuZ85w
— Dan Gainor (@dangainor) November 12, 2017
Lol. Nope. I will not comply. https://t.co/OLRCxEZaV3
— Jeremy Biltz (@JeremyBiltz) November 13, 2017
No.
Now what? https://t.co/H7JLJycdPV
— J.T. Gilgo (@JTGilgo) November 13, 2017
Have you read the Constitution? The 2nd? The 5th? Smh! https://t.co/qTDl5UJsdw
— Some Dude (@Ih8tweeting) November 13, 2017
How many of us are you willing to kill in order to confiscate all firearms? https://t.co/4FhTudsQdj
— (((Charles Oliver))) (@goroke_mi) November 13, 2017
Boston Globe: LOL
1) 2A
2) No one who likes guns is selling their AR to you for $500
3) For $1,000 they may sell you a old gun to pay for a new one https://t.co/pNrfTEabV1— Clarence Whorley Sounds Like a .. (@ClarenceWhorley) November 13, 2017
Who do the left thinks will go door to door confiscating guns for them in Red States? https://t.co/pNrfTEabV1
— Clarence Whorley Sounds Like a .. (@ClarenceWhorley) November 13, 2017
It takes real genius to turn both cops and law-abiding citizens into outlaws. https://t.co/gkFgY3pXlk
— Joel Engel (@joelengel) November 13, 2017
So David, are you volunteering to be on the first gun confiscation squad? https://t.co/38FH6GhOnH
— Bitter Clinger (@ExNinja95) November 13, 2017
Come try David, are you going to do it? No? Of course not, you're just going to write your article and risk the lives of all our brave civil servants. Creep. https://t.co/RyYc8P19zw
— MillionDollarRugs (@MikeEllisCope) November 13, 2017
"To stop gun crime committed by criminals, we need to punish law-abiding citizens."
This is nearly every #progressive "solution." #2A https://t.co/gyEC4bzGZW
— The Last Shogun ?? (@JurisNaturalism) November 13, 2017
I'm not an anti-abortion fanatic, but I'd be interested if anti-gun people would be willing to sacrifice "right" to abortion if 2A rights are further infringed on.
I already know the answer… https://t.co/CDAA9jj8ME
— Jim Holmes (@aJimHolmes) November 13, 2017
Coastal Elites.
Think gun confiscation is just a matter of political will.
Think mandatory buyback programs will reduce gun numbers.
Think gunowners won't simply hide their weapons.
Think there is no valid reason to be armed.
Think the police will protect us.
Trust gov't. https://t.co/15G8WQlR6s
— WesternChauvinist US (@Watchman_motto) November 13, 2017
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