I love the way Columbine survivor Evan Todd appropriates Obama's "Let me be clear" phrase, as he releases an open letter to President Barack Obama. (Feel free to guess how many — or how few — mainstream media outlets will treat the Columbine survivor any different than
Benjamin Carson and make a big deal, or any deal, out of an adversary to the Big O the way they did with any person or group who "spoke truth to power" to the White House in the George W Bush years.) In any case,
Billy Hallowell (via
Instapundit) writes that Evan Todd
offers a point-by-point analysis of proposed firearms control initiatives, dismissing them as ineffective and dangerous to Americans’ rights:
Mr. President, … It is not impossible to think that a tyrant, to the likes of Mao,
Castro, Che, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, and others, could possibly rise
to power in America. It could be five, ten, twenty, or one hundred years
from now — but future generations have the natural right to protect
themselves from tyrannical government just as much as we currently do.
It is safe to assume that this liberty that our forefathers secured has
been a thorn in the side of would-be tyrants ever since the Second
Amendment was adopted.
… this is just another law that
endangers law-abiding citizens. I’ve heard you ask, “why does someone
need 30 bullets to kill a deer?”
Let me ask you this: Why would you
prefer criminals to have the ability to out-gun law-abiding citizens?
Under this policy, criminals will still have their 30-round magazines,
but the average American will not.
Whose side are you on?
Lastly, when did they government get
into the business of regulating “needs?” This is yet another example of
government overreaching and straying from its intended purpose.
Selling to Criminals
Mr. President, these are your words:
“And finally, Congress needs to help, rather than hinder, law
enforcement as it does its job. We should get tougher on people who buy
guns with the express purpose of turning around and selling them to
criminals. And we should severely punish anybody who helps them do
this.”
Why don’t we start with
Eric Holder and thoroughly investigate the Fast and Furious program? …
Critical Examination
Mr. President, in theory, your
initiatives and proposals sound warm and fuzzy — but in reality they are
far from what we need. Your initiatives seem to punish law-abiding
American citizens and enable the murderers, thugs, and other lowlifes
who wish to do harm to others.
Let me be clear: These ideas are the
worst possible initiatives if you seriously care about saving lives and
also upholding your oath of office. There is no dictate, law, or
regulation that will stop bad things from happening — and you know that.
Yet you continue to push the rhetoric. Why?
You said, “If we can save just one person it is worth it.” Well here are a few ideas that will save more that one individual:
First, forget all of your current
initiatives and 23 purposed executive orders. They will do nothing more
than impede law-abiding citizens and breach the intent of the
Constitution. Each initiative steals freedom, grants more power to an
already-overreaching government, and empowers and enables criminals to
run amok.
Second, press Congress to repeal the
“Gun Free Zone Act.” Don’t allow America’s teachers and students to be
endangered one-day more. These parents and teachers have the natural
right to defend themselves and not be looked at as criminals. There is
no reason teachers must disarm themselves to perform their jobs. There
is also no reason a parent or volunteer should be disarmed when they
cross the school line.
This is your chance to correct history
and restore liberty. This simple act of restoring freedom will deter
would-be murderers and for those who try, they will be met with
resistance.
Mr. President, do the right thing,
restore freedom, and save lives. Show the American people that you stand
with them and not with thugs and criminals.
