Helpful Gun Group Has Solution: Force Gun Training On Congress!
If David Frum explanations for shootings aren't dumb enough for you, the Arizona Citizens Defense League, a gun-rights group, has written up legislation to end assassination attempts directed at legislators: make "members of Congress and people who work for them" from Arizona undergo "firearms training, using firearms confiscated by the state." Sounds like fun! Thank God the fine assault weapons owners of Arizona have found a way to let crazed 22-year-olds shoot at people with their assault weapons in peace, as the founders intended. Never mind that this would never actually work or be useful or constitutional. The important thing is that we can blame future shooting deaths on members of Congress and their staffs not being good with guns, instead of on our gun laws.
"Our model legislation is called the Giffords-Zimmerman Act," said Heller. (Giffords staffer Gabriel Zimmerman, 30, was killed on Saturday.) [...]
Heller speculated that a response like this could prevent future attacks on members of Congress. "I don't think having a firearm on her would do Congresswoman Giffords any good," said Heller. "However, if it was known that members of her staff were well armed, that very well could have dissuaded [the shooter]."
Ooh, yes, dissuaded . You can't dissuade a crazy person with a gun, idiots. Or at least you can't WHEN THAT CRAZY PERSON HAS SMOKED POT BEFORE.
This gun rights group loves the fact that they can conceal their weapons, of course. Just like people who go on shooting sprees! And that is why no staffer with a gun would have had the time to be able to stop this guy before he killed people. As much as it warms the hearts of this group's members to imagine every man, woman, and child in Arizona being taught how to shoot guns at people.
But again, perfect way to move the blame away from gun laws. "That staffer was too much of a pussy to kill the guy as soon as she saw someone shifty-looking" is the talking point, which requires you to shoot some chew into the spittoon after you say it. [ Weigel ]
The pervasive "if more people had a gun" scenario is seductive. I could draw my firearm and take out the perp with a clean shot to the chest. Just like in that movie with Bruce Willis or Mark Wahlberg or whoever.
In a real life stressful situation, things would never go so well. Hell, I usually have trouble answering my cell phone if it's not already in my hand.
In the actual event, Loughner emptied his gun in a matter of seconds -- lets say 30 rounds, 1 second each. Then bystanders hit him with a chair and tackled him to the ground. And those were retiree bystanders who probably don't hit the weight circuit every day. My point is we need more people to carry folding chairs and a couple of elderly people with them at all times.
...well, considering the fact that these numb nuts masturbate to old Dirty Harry movies explains it all! In their imaginary shyt for brains world; if you hand a senile grandma with advance stage cerebral palsy a .50 cal she will magically be able to shoot the testicles off of a flea!!!