{"id":13043,"date":"2012-04-01T20:25:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T00:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13043"},"modified":"2012-04-01T20:25:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T00:25:44","slug":"this-is-not-even-remotely-surprising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13043","title":{"rendered":"This Is Not Even Remotely Surprising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the agendas of the Obama Administration is to find a way to invalidate the Second Amendment. Fast and Furious did not work (even before it was discovered that they were the ones selling the guns) and various court cases have not been successful. But, they haven&#8217;t yet given up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/Big-Government\/2012\/04\/01\/Biden-Gun-Control-Trayvon\">Breitbart.com<\/a>\u00a0reported today that Vice-President Biden stated on CBS&#8217;s &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; that the shooting of Trayvon Martin should spark a national debate over gun control. Really?<\/p>\n<p>The story at Breitbart points out that we don&#8217;t yet have all of the facts on this case. The author reminds us that if Zimmerman shot in self-defense, the gun laws saved his life. If Zimmerman did not shoot in self defense, he violated already existing gun laws&#8211;we don&#8217;t need more!<\/p>\n<p>The article reminds us:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Beyond that, Biden\u2019s bizarre notion that concealing and carrying guns doesn\u2019t provide additional security is plainly nonsensical. Misuse of guns is always an issue \u2013 but as a general rule, of course carrying a gun makes you more safe than not carrying one. John Lott has pointed out clearly in <em>More Guns, Less Crime<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cConcealed handgun laws reduce violent crime for two reasons. First, they reduce the number of attempted crimes because criminals are uncertain which potential victims can defend themselves. Second, victims who have guns are in a much better position to defend themselves.\u201d This is called common sense, and the data backs it up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The call for stricter gun laws is generally made by those who do not understand that the right to bear arms is part of what makes the United States Constitution work. Tampering with that right would be a\u00a0huge mistake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right; border-style: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=b47e5ed6-a728-4088-93fe-20b5fccd5893\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the agendas of the Obama Administration is to find a way to invalidate the Second Amendment. 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