I've long been wondering, especially following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, what the NRA-types are talking about exactly. It often times appears as if they have conversations with themselves, because when they come forward to make a point in order to counter gun control advocates, the gun control advocates will then scratch their heads and ponder, "Wait... I never said that."
Just today on Facebook, someone I know posted a picture of Willy Wonka saying, "Oh, if guns were illegal, no one would have one? Please tell me more about how nobody can buy drugs." The poster added the comment, "Willy (Wonka) makes a good point."
No he doesn't. If "Willy" was specific and said, "Oh, if assault rifles were illegal, no one would have one? Please tell me more about how nobody can buy heroin.," then it may have made some sense. However, "Willy" didn't go that route. He used the more general terms "guns" and "drugs."
I say this because the only potential proposal on banning guns would be with regard to assault rifles. It wouldn't be the first time such a bill was passed either. Some make it seem like it would be the first sign of Armageddon if assault rifles were temporarily banned. Eh, it's happened before. Did the world end following that ban? Not to my knowledge.
Due to this, the post doesn't make a lot of sense, because outside of assault rifles, no current government plan is to make guns illegal. If all drugs were illegal in a country and the government proposed a bill to ban heroin, this would not mean that marijuana would be illegal as well. Likewise, if assault rifles are made illegal, this does not me handguns will be made illegal.
Also, once again, with this kind of logic, why have any laws? Since a small percentage of the population illegally purchases drugs, that goes to prove drug laws don't work, so why have any drug laws? Since a small percentage of the population doesn't loosely obey traffic laws, that goes to prove traffic laws don't work, so why have any traffic laws? Since a small percentage of the population would illegally purchase guns if more gun control laws were passed, that would go to prove the gun control laws don't work, so why have any gun control laws?
I'm now convinced that these NRA-types are not only deaf to others, but deaf to themselves. If they could actually hear what they're saying, I'd like to believe they'd briefly reflect on the comment(s), ponder to themselves, "Well, that didn't make a lot of sense.," and refrain from uttering such a ridiculous remark in the future. Are there such things as mental hearing aids? If not, I may invest a great deal of time and money on the project and generously pass them out to NRA members. You're welcome.
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