We’ve been told that Congress has to pass legislation for us to find out what’s in it, but seeing as the Manchin-Toomey amendment and other gun control measures failed in the Senate today, how will we know what might have become law? Sure, plenty of gun control advocates are claiming that anywhere between 90 and 200 percent of Americans favored universal background checks, but how many polled understood just what that meant?
Actor Nathan Kress, best known as “Freddie” from Nickelodeon hit “iCarly,” went beyond the standard parroting of bogus statistics and tweeted his relief that today’s legislation didn’t pass. Pro journalists like Joe Scarborough might live in a world where firearms dealers routinely hand out assault rifles to rapists and terrorists, but Kress seems to live in our world, where criminals don’t concern themselves with laws.
Not like it matters in CA.. we've been stuck with this crap forever. And it's done nothing to keep stop criminals. They'll get it either way
— Nathan Kress (@NathanKress) April 17, 2013
@NathanKress Going purely by that rhetoric though one could argue bombs should not be banned; criminals who want one'll find ways anyway. =)
— Patrick Boelens (@SenshiSentou) April 17, 2013
@SenshiSentou Ehh I dunno… I don't consider a bomb to be an effective self-defense tool 😛 haha I'm not interested in blowing up my house!
— Nathan Kress (@NathanKress) April 17, 2013
@NathanKress I'm curious btw: if you make the distinction based on if it's for self-defense, how do you feel about the assault weapons ban?
— Patrick Boelens (@SenshiSentou) April 17, 2013
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@SenshiSentou I feel like that's up to the user! Personally I wouldn't use that for home defense, but that's me. It might work for some!
— Nathan Kress (@NathanKress) April 17, 2013
@SenshiSentou So I'm against the ban. If criminals are going to get them either way, law abiding citizens should not be restricted.
— Nathan Kress (@NathanKress) April 17, 2013
@NathanKress Alright, thanks for answering! Again, have to disagree with you, but that's fine ofc. =) Kinda hard to debate in 140 chars. =P
— Patrick Boelens (@SenshiSentou) April 17, 2013
@SenshiSentou Hahaha exactly. Twitter isn't the best medium of discussion 😛
— Nathan Kress (@NathanKress) April 17, 2013
We disagree; Twitter’s working just fine here. Plenty of logical arguments fit handily into 140 characters.
I personally saw a gang banger get caught with a 30 rd. mag sticking out of the Glock in his waistband. Obviously they don't care about law!
— Nathan Kress (@NathanKress) April 17, 2013
@jgeorge Next time I'm there, I'll take you up on it! The ranges here don't let you do anything cool 😛
— Nathan Kress (@NathanKress) April 17, 2013
But if that gang banger broke into my house with a 30 rd mag, and I respond with a 10 rd mag, who would win? Me, the law abider? Doubtful…
— Nathan Kress (@NathanKress) April 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/CaesarMcMagic/status/324660359325696001
Yeah, man, take Vice President Biden’s advice and buy a shotgun. Two shells fired into the air will handle any threat, guaranteed.
@CaesarMcMagic True but that's not the point! I'm talking about odds. I'm just saying that criminals shouldn't have a 200% advantage over us
— Nathan Kress (@NathanKress) April 17, 2013
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