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It’s Civilian Disarmament, Stupid

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TTAG has been using the terms “gun control” and “civilian disarmament” interchangeably for quite some time; leaning heavily towards civilian disarmament. ‘Cause that’s what gun control is, really. An attempt to disarm civilians. At the risk of offending [both] PC readers amongst us, that’s what’s called calling a spade a spade. Gun control advocates, on the other hand, are in the obfuscation business. They scored a major success by rebranding modern sporting rifles as “assault rifles.” And now they’re at it again, looking to ditch the term “gun control” for “gun safety.” Ha friggin’ ha. Gun safety means being safe with a gun. As in following the four safety rules. The gun control lobby’s attempt to sell civilian disarmament as gun safety is almost as stupid as it is lame.  And yet the media’s buying it! MSNBC has adopted the term. And check out this headline and lead from seattletimes.com . . .

Editorial: Another voice for gun safety

THE public campaign for gun safety and accountable gun ownership received a serious infusion of talent, energy and resources.

Formation of the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility will help promote legislation to require background checks for all firearms sales in the state.

Responsibility, safety, horseshit. And if you can’t fool them with Orwellian double-speak, just flat-out lie.

Promoting sensible, responsible gun ownership does not trample on Second Amendment prerogatives to own firearms.

Nor should gun ownership preclude reasonable expectations of public safety and accountability.

Translation: pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Fortunately most Americans — certainly most American gun owners — don’t. No matter what you call it, Americans are against civilian disarmament. To paraphrase the Bard, gun control by any other name still smells like government tyranny. Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls.

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Robert Farago

Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. Supreme Court???? Supreme Court my ass, this will end up on the battlefield! This is going to get out of hand and when it does it will be like a Juggernaut…unstoppable and destructive. These idiots on the left/progressives know what they are doing, their weakness is underestimating the American people! We do not want a war, but we will fight for our Constitution or die trying…either way it beats the hell out of living as a slave.

    FOR THE REPUBLIC!

    MOLON LABE…III%

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  2. so when was the last time one of these groups sponsored a firearms safety course at the local shooting range, if they’re so concerned about safe ownership but are sill respectful of the 2nd Amendment?

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  3. Regarding “gun control” / “gun safety”: This is called “framing” and it’s critically important that we continue to recognize this, and call them on it. Here’s a brief description: http://www.vanseodesign.com/web-design/framing-expectation-exposure-effect/

    Likewise we do that when using the term “civilian disarmament”, to correctly frame the practically all the anti-2A’s efforts, in terms of their ultimate-if-unspoken ultimate goal.

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  4. 10 years for nonsense, yet one of the criminals in Milwaukees first concealed carry shooting was just sentenced to time served. This was about 1 year in jail, mind you this was armed robbery with a sawed off shotgun. Doesn’t look like BATF will prosecute, I guess when you are black, robbing stores with a NFA item just doesn’t matter, yet 1 more round in a mag is 10 years. The guy that actually held the shotgun will come up for sentencing soon, I,m sure BATF won’t prosecute that upstanding citizen either, Randy

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  5. “WBY-X PA-459 Black Reaper Pump Gun”

    What a lovely name. It falls so trippingly off the tongue! I’m gonna take the name, and rhyme it for my next rap single!

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  6. Robert, shame on you for leading your simple-minded readers by the nose like that. The term “civilian disarmament” and that picture up there are perfect examples of the con job you’re pulling. At least with La Pierre we know he’s being paid handsomely by the gun manufacturers. What’s your angle?

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  7. I ride my bike every morning on a paved bike path in a wash around 4:30am and regularly stop and wait for javelina, coyotes, transients, deer and the occasional cougar or bobcat. Personally, I could not imagine cycling without a handgun.

    Thanks to this dandy, I now see the error of my ways. No critter has ever had rabies or been starving enough to challenge a human. There has never been a wandering human so beyond reason due to their current drug bender that they would accost anyone who happened by. /snark

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  8. Obamadaddy and the Dems are responsible for the greatest gun control act of this century so far: they have single handedly wiped out the supply chain for black rifles and ammunition nationwide, and are responsible for putting millions more firearms into the hands of the people. Well done, I say, well done! Keep up the good work…:)

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  9. You can bet if I got that letter I would host an open carry all day barbecue with an open invitation for Ted Nugent to be the guest of honor!

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  10. Dear Chuck U. Mower:

    As a resident of Arkansas and a lifelong Southerner, I’ll offer you the standard response: Bless your heart.

    My suggestion to you is that instead of asking for the next standard response–see any good American history book covering Prohibition and revenuers–it would be best for you to read both the First and Second Amendments of the U. S. Constitution.

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  11. I’ll bet dollars to donuts that the democrats will indeed offer amnesty in the future. It is a diabolical way to “win” more votes.

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  12. That’s my home town…drove by this and laughed when I first saw this. I hope to get back home and patronize them sometime soon! I also went to school with Chuck Mower’s kids…kind of disappointing he takes that perspective but to each their own…

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  13. Worthless horn hunter…..killed it for a TV show. I hope your proud of your “trophy”. The kill is not what hunting is about Dan, if you are killing the animal for the horns…then leave hunting for the men and women who respect the animals.

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  14. Just another Crypto-Commie dry-humping Zeke’s leg in the hopes he’ll land a juicy position as one of the Overloards in the New AmeriKa

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  15. Any new gun legislation =’s a BAD IDEA. The only thing they should be doing is REPEALING the bad laws on the books!

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  16. I don’t believe him either. That said, what he did shouldn’t have been an offense worthy of losing his job over. I’d like to know who told on him as well as who leaked this story to the news media. I tend to think someone in the department really disliked Sgt. King.

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  17. I am not sure I believe him because there is really no way for me to know. If his story is indeed true then he is getting screwed over. Even if he was using it as a no shoot target he really should have used better judgment. Even if he is lying I am not sure he deserves to lose his job for this, seems a bit like overkill. My guess either way is he has an enemy where he works.

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