There have been many questionable things, if not out and out lies, said by the far right trying to stop gun control, but yesterday's Senate meeting had to take the cake. Wayne LaPierre of the NRA said that no background checks laws should be enacted because criminals won't try and get background checks, and won't follow the law. What? According to that theory, why have any laws, since criminals will break every law. Senator Lindsey Graham said that the reason people need assault weapons and high capacity magazines is that the government is, in the near future, going to slash police budgets. So, people need to arm themselves because the government isn't going to protect from criminals? And instead of getting rid of a government that won't so their job, we're suppose to arm ourselves? And Gayle Trotter, a lawyer and member of the Conservative Independent Women's Forum, said that, of course, women need assault weapons to defend themselves. Then she used a woman who defended her home against 2 men who broke in, shooting one and scaring the other away. But what she didn't say is that the woman used a shotgun and a pistol. But the assault weapons ban would have no effect on either gun she possessed. And this from a woman who said the Violence Against Women Act isn't needed because women aren't really victims. Say what? Women need guns so they won't be victims, but an act to stop violence against woman isn't needed because women aren't victims?
In the Senate committee meeting, anti-gun control advocates lied, obfuscated, told they are planning in shirking their duty, and were hypocrites. When these are the only types that are on side, aren't you in a lot of trouble, and have an untenable position?
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