An article by Daniel Harper of the Weekly Standard on-line via Drudge, describes part of Senator Dianne Feinstein's proposed gun control bill as follows:
"Mrs. Feinstein's measure would exempt more than 2,200 types of hunting and sporting rifles; guns manually operated by bolt, pump, lever or slide action; and weapons used by government officials, law enforcement and retired law enforcement personnel," the Washington Times reports.
Now, I can understand the need for special consideration regarding protection in the case of the POTUS and perhaps even the VP. There may be others too, whose positions put them in harm’s way at times. But, basically politicians are plain, everyday people who choose to run for office and certainly aren’t different than anyone else. In fact, the majority of them are basically useless.
Consequently, if those who hold official government positions are concerned with their personal safety and worry about the risks involved, instead of putting themselves in a special class above all others, I suggest they resign their posts and go find safer jobs.
Because as sure as I’m sitting here typing, I know my life and physical well-being is certainly as important as theirs. In fact, if I had to choose between keeping myself safe versus one of them, there’s no way on earth any of them would have a prayer of my acquiescence on weapons.
So, perhaps there’s a chance here to really fix the system as it should be, by denying special treatment to all those holding office lower than POTUS. And in that way, maybe a cleansing will take place where above all else, we’ll wind up with officials who realize they’re of no more importance than any other citizen of the U.S., and judging by their job performance, probably far less.
That’s it for today folks.
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