"60 Minutes" beats the drum for gun control...

[PALADIN85020]

Did anyone watch "60 Minutes" on CBS Sunday? Good grief. They paraded many of the parents of the Sandy Hook massacre in front of the camera. Now I DO sympathize with those people and the gut-wrenching losses they suffered at the hands of a madman. I really do. But when CBS latches on to their raw emotions to further its obvious lust for more gun control, it really ticks me off. For 30 minutes, we were subjected to teary-eyed parents - emotional, sure, who wouldn't be? But how many of them realized and understood thoroughly that they were being played, for all they were worth, by gun-banners who will seize on any tragedy to advance their agenda? Again, 30 minutes of beating the drum for gun control. And was there so much as ONE minute devoted to an opposing point of view? Nah.

Sandy Hook parents: I'm so very sorry for your incredible loss. I feel deeply for you as a parent myself. I understand entirely that you would want to "do something." But being used as emotional ploys for knee-jerk, feel-good "solutions" that punish 99% of gun owners who are law-abiding for the crazed actions of one person is way over the line. Our God-given rights, protected by the Second Amendment are NOT to be infringed.

Are we to be emotionally swayed into destroying the Second Amendment, piece by piece, infringement upon infringement, until it is no more? Or are we willing to examine the root causes of violence in this country? Are we willing to look at mental health awareness and reporting, inner-city gangs, poverty, drugs, racial strife, violent entertainment media, etc., etc. as contributing factors? Forcing the law-abiding to get government permission to buy, sell, gift, or loan a firearm would be a slap in the face to the public at large. Big Brother, we REJECT the premise that you are smarter than we are. It is the INDIVIDUAL who should make simple decisions like loaning a shotgun to a neighbor for dove hunting, gifting a grandchild with a .22 rifle, or selling a gun to a lifelong law-abiding friend. Government should stay the hell out of these decisions.

Criminals, by definition, do not obey laws. And like our national experiment with Prohibition proved, passing more laws will have no effect, and only criminalize innocent behavior.

I will NOT be made a scapegoat and made to feel ashamed, nor will I be made to take the blame for the actions of a madman. I am a responsible, law-abiding gun owner who values my individual rights and will fight to my last breath to keep them for myself, my fellow citizens and our descendents. I know that the keystone of the Bill of Rights is the Second Amendment. It is the only guarantor of all our other enumerated rights. When it's gone, the stage will be set for a third-world government that can rule its disarmed subjects with an iron fist. Our system of government of, for and by the people will go down to ruin, perhaps forever. The best alternative is calm, logical reason to prevail by clear-thinking citizens and their representatives in government. Not to do so would almost certainly foment another unwanted and disastrous civil war, fulfilling Jefferson's admonition that "The tree of liberty must be refreshed, from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants." God forbid that this should happen while we have the means to prevent it.

Each of us, and by that I mean YOU, have a responsibility to fight through our elected representatives, for our freedoms. Then, hopefully, we will never have to face the specter of the government knocking at our doors in the dead of night and demanding that we turn over our last means of personal protection and resistance.

Know this: Using the victims of a tragedy for emotional leverage to progressively disarm the public at large is a detestable practice. CBS should be ashamed of itself for doing something so blatant. And so should certain politicians whose gun-banning anti-freedom agendas are all too obvious.

John

[silentflyer]

CBS in favor of gun control? What's new about this since the days of Dan Blather they have been foes of the 2nd amendment.

[M29since14]

As long as I can remember, the gun control argument has always been about as dirty as any argument can be. Pathetic theatrical stunts like you mention, blatant lying, and distorting and twisting of facts and reason is about all the other side has to work with. Their conscience doesn't seem to bother them much.

CBS "News"/60-Minutes/any-and-all of the MSM = all the same. The Second Amendment NEVER gets a fair shake. Trying to keep our legislators under control is the only chance we've got right now. It is a perilous time for freedom.

[vytoland]

"60 Minutes" beats the drum for gun control...............

I dance to a different drummer.

with ANY issue, humans need to be proactive, instead of reactive.

[2hawk]

Well said Paladin. The forces arrayed against us are powerful, but the truth is on our side. None of the proposed restrictions or new laws would have made a difference to an individual bent on murder. Why they can't get that is beyond me, but the mentality of "we must do something" coupled with a general fear of guns seems to be driving things. Keep up the good fight!

[25elk]

Yes I watched and it was sickening and unfortunately exactly what I expected. If you were listening carefully, because it was brief and only mentioned once, the moderator did say that not all Sandy Hook parents felt this way. Of course, I must have been in the loo when they interviewed the 'other' parents who had an opposing view. I feel truly sorry for their loss and equally sorry for the way they are being used. BTW the president is flying a group of them from CT, where he is speaking tonight, on AF1 back to DC to parade them in front of congress tomorrow. When will it end for these poor people?

[Damn Yankee]

Here is another article about the Sandy Hook Massacre.

Analysis of Sandy Hook by Andrew S. MacGregor « GeoEngineering Exposed

[USAF385]

I was wondering why they didn't show some of the couples in the back speak.

Sure, they might not have wanted to talk, but I have to wonder if their comments didn't fit the narrative.

[USAF385]

Originally Posted by Damn Yankee

Here is another article about the Sandy Hook Massacre.

Analysis of Sandy Hook by Andrew S. MacGregor « GeoEngineering Exposed

Chemtrailsplanet.net?!

Haha...... Oh that's precious.

[loc n load]

I quit watching CBS and 60 minutes decades ago because of their anti gun, thug hugging viewpoints......I watched Fox Sunday with Chris Matthews interviewing Asa Hutchinson, I thought Matthews was going to start shooting blood from his eyes and his hair burst into flames....he is so biased and anti gun and was trying so unsuccessfully to get Asa off track on the subject of school safety. I watched him interview Wayne La Pierre several weeks back and he was so biased and anti NRA, and anti gun that I was shocked that he was on Fox.
I have voiced my displeasure regarding that to Fox as well.

[Buffalohunter60]

Originally Posted by 25elk

Yes I watched and it was sickening and unfortunately exactly what I expected. If you were listening carefully, because it was brief and only mentioned once, the moderator did say that not all Sandy Hook parents felt this way. Of course, I must have been in the loo when they interviewed the 'other' parents who had an opposing view. I feel truly sorry for their loss and equally sorry for the way they are being used. BTW the president is flying a group of them from CT, where he is speaking tonight, on AF1 back to DC to parade them in front of congress tomorrow. When will it end for these poor people?

I wonder who is paying for the flights to use their pain ...to further the agenda? They need to be left alone and allowed to heal as much as one can when you lose a son or daughter...not to be "used" and thats what they are doing with them.

[badguybuster]

I just saw on FOX that those parents flew on Air Force One. Nothing to see here folks. Move along

[Tenn2]

Originally Posted by badguybuster

I just saw on FOX that those parents flew on Air Force One. Nothing to see here folks. Move along

Just saw that myself. I guess we taxpayers would want our government to pay for this. You know to kind of show our support for these people. Not!!!!!!!!!

It was a sad thing but it is done. Cannot take that back.

[quneur]

Of all the proposed gun control legislation, I fear universal background checks the most. I always thought if we could police ourselves, it would much more effective than our government. At the very least, get the form 4473 & NCIS system away from the Executive branch and have an independent committee consisting of members from NRA, SAF, etc. to audit the system to make sure the data is destroyed.

They should have encryption schemes in the transmission and storage of the data so no one sees or be able to retrieve the information.