Texas Governor Rick Perry reminds me too much of former President George W. Bush sometimes. While they're both quite conservative, they're not as conservative as most members of the Republican House. Both hail from Texas and either were or currently are governors there. Both aren't bad looking men, have very similar southern accents, and provide more gaffes for the media than Angelina Jolie provides sexual fantasies for teenage guys that aren't named Lance. Both politicians have, at times, appeared to be auditioning for a role in a G.I. Joe movie or to be Chuck Norris' sidekick (in a film or real life). Neither are great speakers either. They have often times come across as half-drunk frat boys whom failed their 3rd grade English classes. In saying all that, let me present to you what Rick Perry's response was to President Obama's speech on preventing gun violence:
"Guns require a finger to pull the trigger. The sad young man who did that in Newtown was clearly haunted by demons and no gun law could have saved the children in Sandy Hook Elementary from his terror.
There is evil prowling in the world - it shows up in our movies, video games and online fascinations, and finds its way into vulnerable hearts and minds. As a free people, let us choose what kind of people we will be. Laws, the only redoubt of secularism, will not suffice. Let us all return to our places of worship and pray for help. Above all, let us pray for our children.
In fact, the piling on by the political left, and their cohorts in the media, to use the massacre of little children to advance a pre-existing political agenda that would not have saved those children, disgusts me, personally. The second amendment to the Constitution is a basic right of free people and cannot be nor will it be abridged by the executive power of this or any other president."
That's right. As Governor Perry suggests, if we would all just close our eyes, bow our heads, and pray for people we've never met and will likely never meet, gun violence will be stopped. This is more of an answer to preventing gun violence than enforcing stricter gun laws. Let's compare these two strategies for a moment.
Let's say a felon, with a history of gun violence and killing on his mind, purchases a weapon at a gun show without getting his background checked. With tighter restrictions on such loopholes, this person would not be able to purchase a gun at the gun show. He could potentially get a gun another way, from someone he personally knows possibly, but would not legally be able to purchase a gun. While this wouldn't completely erase the chance this person could shoot and kill another, it does decrease it.
In the other scenario, here's how I would see it playing out:
Rick Perry: "What...what are you doing?"
Man with a gun: "I'm going to kill you!"
Perry: "But I prayed for you..."
Man with a gun: "Well, Halle-frickin-lujah."
::bang::
Man with a gun: "Thanks for praying for me...idiot..."
So, how do we better prevent gun violence? By passing laws to make it more difficult for this felon with a violent history of being able to purchase a weapon or talking to ourselves in hope that he'll have a change of heart? Yeah, I have a feeling that even schizophrenics and Jesus would say that passing stricter gun laws would be the more effective of the two. On that note, I'm going to pray that Rick Perry finally passes 3rd grade English. ::long pause:: Amen.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/01/16/1458551/rick-perrys-sole-solution-to-gun-violence-pray-for-our-children/
"Guns require a finger to pull the trigger. The sad young man who did that in Newtown was clearly haunted by demons and no gun law could have saved the children in Sandy Hook Elementary from his terror.
There is evil prowling in the world - it shows up in our movies, video games and online fascinations, and finds its way into vulnerable hearts and minds. As a free people, let us choose what kind of people we will be. Laws, the only redoubt of secularism, will not suffice. Let us all return to our places of worship and pray for help. Above all, let us pray for our children.
In fact, the piling on by the political left, and their cohorts in the media, to use the massacre of little children to advance a pre-existing political agenda that would not have saved those children, disgusts me, personally. The second amendment to the Constitution is a basic right of free people and cannot be nor will it be abridged by the executive power of this or any other president."
That's right. As Governor Perry suggests, if we would all just close our eyes, bow our heads, and pray for people we've never met and will likely never meet, gun violence will be stopped. This is more of an answer to preventing gun violence than enforcing stricter gun laws. Let's compare these two strategies for a moment.
Let's say a felon, with a history of gun violence and killing on his mind, purchases a weapon at a gun show without getting his background checked. With tighter restrictions on such loopholes, this person would not be able to purchase a gun at the gun show. He could potentially get a gun another way, from someone he personally knows possibly, but would not legally be able to purchase a gun. While this wouldn't completely erase the chance this person could shoot and kill another, it does decrease it.
In the other scenario, here's how I would see it playing out:
Rick Perry: "What...what are you doing?"
Man with a gun: "I'm going to kill you!"
Perry: "But I prayed for you..."
Man with a gun: "Well, Halle-frickin-lujah."
::bang::
Man with a gun: "Thanks for praying for me...idiot..."
So, how do we better prevent gun violence? By passing laws to make it more difficult for this felon with a violent history of being able to purchase a weapon or talking to ourselves in hope that he'll have a change of heart? Yeah, I have a feeling that even schizophrenics and Jesus would say that passing stricter gun laws would be the more effective of the two. On that note, I'm going to pray that Rick Perry finally passes 3rd grade English. ::long pause:: Amen.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/01/16/1458551/rick-perrys-sole-solution-to-gun-violence-pray-for-our-children/
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