Liberalism’s Gun Problem
by Ross Douthat
Dec. 5, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/opinion/sunday/liberalisms-gun-problem.html?comments#permid=16868873
This piece is typical of what the two conservative columnists at the NYT (Douthat and Brooks) have been producing lately - they are both intelligent enough to realize that the Conservative/GOP today is nutty, but they can't quite bring themselves to full-heartedly acknowledge that.
Thus, this piece by Douthat starts by acknowledging the realization that the US's gun-craziness is just that - crazy. But then he goes into his typical convoluted arguments that the proposals for gun control somehow are not doable and/or that the evidence (pretty darn persuasive in my view) from virtually every other advanced society are somehow not applicable to the US, or worse, would somehow weaken our Constitutional liberties - BTW, I feel the latest Supreme Court ruling on gun ownership is completely nutty
(https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2968903144787006962#editor/targ...
The craziness of the GOP is highlighted by the recent vote in Congress to DEFEAT a bill that would do nothing more than prevent people on the FBI Terrorist Watch List from purchasing guns - can there be anything more ridiculous?!
Douthat's last line of defense is to argue that, because there are already 300+ million guns in circulation, it would take fascist/dictatorial-like measures the "disarm" the country. The problem will not be solved all at once, but we need to start somewhere!!!
Thus, this piece by Douthat starts by acknowledging the realization that the US's gun-craziness is just that - crazy. But then he goes into his typical convoluted arguments that the proposals for gun control somehow are not doable and/or that the evidence (pretty darn persuasive in my view) from virtually every other advanced society are somehow not applicable to the US, or worse, would somehow weaken our Constitutional liberties - BTW, I feel the latest Supreme Court ruling on gun ownership is completely nutty
(https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2968903144787006962#editor/targ...
The craziness of the GOP is highlighted by the recent vote in Congress to DEFEAT a bill that would do nothing more than prevent people on the FBI Terrorist Watch List from purchasing guns - can there be anything more ridiculous?!
Douthat's last line of defense is to argue that, because there are already 300+ million guns in circulation, it would take fascist/dictatorial-like measures the "disarm" the country. The problem will not be solved all at once, but we need to start somewhere!!!
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