It now appears that the federal Fast and Furious program to supply attack weapons to Mexican drug cartels was intended to generate unrest and crime which the U.S. government could then invoke to persuade Americans to tighten the gun laws. But Fast and Furious went awry, and two hundred Mexicans and one American were killed by the cartel. Those Washington reprobates weren’t controlling crime; they were creating it.
Even if U.S. gun controls had been strengthened, crime wouldn’t have been reduced. The controls simply enable criminals to have their way with honest folks who cannot legally obtain guns.
Forget about gun controls cutting crime. The opposite is true: The more guns, the less crime. If most people carried guns on campuses, movie theaters, or elsewhere, a psycho wouldn’t be able to kill whole bunches of people. After the first shooting, he’d be killed himself by gun-toting good guys. The possibility of a quick demise might prevent crackpots from killing in the first place.
Anyway, for liberals, the main purpose of gun controls isn’t to control crime; it’s to keep people from resisting the growth of government. To liberals, government growth and the money that comes with it always come first. When government has the guns and citizens don’t, bingo, government gets bigger.
And even worse.
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