Former NRA President Marion Hammer compares the discrimination of guns to the discrimination of people
I've heard some pretty dumb arguments against any kind of gun control, but former NRA President Marion Hammer may have rattled off the dumbest of them all.
On the NRA's "news" show, Hammer said the following:
"Banning people and things because of the way they look went out a long time ago, but here they are again. The color of a gun, the way it looks. It's just bad politics."
Wow... So, certain guns are suffering from discrimination in this country similar to African-Americans? Latinos? Asian-Americans? Muslims? If that isn't the most ridiculous anti-gun control statement I've heard or read, I don't know what is.
That's right, because guns started breathing at one point. Guns were referred to in the Constitution as 3/5 of a person. Guns battled slavery. When applying for jobs, guns have often times had to deal with their color being a negative factor to some employers. Guns have been mugged and killed due to their color. A group by the name of the Ku Klux Klan was formed due to their hatred of guns.
I'm sorry to disappoint you, Ms. Hammer, but some people favoring gun control legislation is nothing like people being discriminated against due to the color of their skin. Guns will never breathe for they're not living beings. They'll never be seen as less than a full person, because they're not human. They'll never go through slavery, because once again - they're not living, breathing beings. They'll never run into job difficulties, for they'll never have to apply for one. They'll never get mugged or killed due to their color. On the other hand, they have been and will be used again to kill a living, breathing person because of his or her skin color. Yeah, like I said at the outset, I've heard some pretty dumb anti-gun control comments, but it's going to be very difficult for anyone to top Ms. Hammer's idiotic statement. Once a gun is shot and killed because of its color, she can give me a call and tell me she told me so. I have a feeling I'll be waiting for a while...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/01/04/1400621/former-nra-president-banning-assault-weapons-is-like-banning-people-of-color/
On the NRA's "news" show, Hammer said the following:
"Banning people and things because of the way they look went out a long time ago, but here they are again. The color of a gun, the way it looks. It's just bad politics."
Wow... So, certain guns are suffering from discrimination in this country similar to African-Americans? Latinos? Asian-Americans? Muslims? If that isn't the most ridiculous anti-gun control statement I've heard or read, I don't know what is.
That's right, because guns started breathing at one point. Guns were referred to in the Constitution as 3/5 of a person. Guns battled slavery. When applying for jobs, guns have often times had to deal with their color being a negative factor to some employers. Guns have been mugged and killed due to their color. A group by the name of the Ku Klux Klan was formed due to their hatred of guns.
I'm sorry to disappoint you, Ms. Hammer, but some people favoring gun control legislation is nothing like people being discriminated against due to the color of their skin. Guns will never breathe for they're not living beings. They'll never be seen as less than a full person, because they're not human. They'll never go through slavery, because once again - they're not living, breathing beings. They'll never run into job difficulties, for they'll never have to apply for one. They'll never get mugged or killed due to their color. On the other hand, they have been and will be used again to kill a living, breathing person because of his or her skin color. Yeah, like I said at the outset, I've heard some pretty dumb anti-gun control comments, but it's going to be very difficult for anyone to top Ms. Hammer's idiotic statement. Once a gun is shot and killed because of its color, she can give me a call and tell me she told me so. I have a feeling I'll be waiting for a while...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/01/04/1400621/former-nra-president-banning-assault-weapons-is-like-banning-people-of-color/
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