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Administration, Please Continue to Spew Misinformation on Guns
The Obama administration is not only at odds with America, as founded, but also woefully out of touch with ordinary Americans, and it is deceitful or delusional (or both) on guns. President Obama twisted himself into a pretzel to deny that the San Bernardino, California, massacre was committed by Islamic terrorists. Even as facts accumulated — making the obvious undeniable — he continued to cling to the preposterous narrative that it was workplace violence. It's those high-stress jobs, you see, that cause otherwise peaceful people to fire up their time machines and go back to buy weapons to kill dozens of people who have nothing to do with their workplace grievances.
The Ignorant Crusade
Self-righteousness is liberating. The same people who are most exercised about guns in America, and want to ban and even confiscate entire categories of firearms, know little about them and evidently feel no compunction to learn. The worst terror attack in the United States since Sept. 11 has become the occasion for another frenzied, poorly informed push for new gun restrictions. President Barack Obama gave a prime-time address on the terror threat, in which he resolutely reaffirmed the status quo in the campaign against ISIS. Except that he hopes that gun control, one of the signal political and policy failures of our time, will now be deployed to help foil the apocalyptic terror group.
We Can End Stupid Celebrity Cause Videos
Americans are infatuated with celebrities, but unfortunately for the left, that love doesn't translate into a popular landslide for the liberal point of view. Celebrity millionaires love to pose as compassionate citizens for the cameras, and it doesn't matter if anything changes. Remember the video made by actors Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher pledging to serve the public and Obama? "I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama," said rock singer Anthony Kiedis as he kissed his biceps, right and left. It concluded with Moore saying "I pledge to be a servant to our president," and Kutcher adding, "And to all mankind." In a crowd, the celebrities chanted, "Because together we can, together we are, together we will be the change that we seek."
Autonomous Terrorism Calls for Autonomous Defense
There is not much the government can do about the sort of terrorist threat that President Obama described in his speech on Sunday. It will always be difficult to stop self-radicalized jihadists, operating under no one's instructions, from carrying out attacks on soft targets too scattered and numerous to secure. The only viable alternative, self-help, is one that Obama seems ideologically incapable of considering. His proposals for new restrictions on firearms move in the opposite direction, based on the assumption that the problem is too many guns in too many hands.
Stop Terrorists From Killing Americans, Not Americans From Owning Guns
Another terrorist attack, another refusal by President Barack Obama to tell the truth. Instead of admitting that Islamic terrorists had staged another murderous assault on innocent people, he turned the victims into a political prop. Instead of explaining how he intended to stop terrorists from killing Americans, he launched another campaign to stop Americans from owning guns.
SCOTUS Declines 'Assault Weapons' Ban Case
"Relegating the Second Amendment to a second-class right."
The Smear
This week my TV show is on gun control. I interviewed activist Leah Barrett, who wants stricter gun laws. I pointed out that after most states *loosened* gun laws to let people carry guns, 29 peer-reviewed studies examined the effect. Eighteen found less crime, 10 found no difference and only one found an increase. "Which studies?" Barrett snapped. "John Lott's? His research has been *totally* discredited." "Discredited" is a word the anti-gun activists use a lot. It's as if they speak from the same playbook.
Something to Strive For?
When we think of things worth striving for, usually something noble comes to mind — striving for a better education, a new job or reaching a life goal. But by the standards of most Americans, one abortionist is striving for something sinister. The latest undercover video exposing Planned Parenthood's barbaric fetal harvesting practices features Dr. Amna Dermish discussing how she was trained to "get the specimens out pretty intact."