Thursday, August 7, 2014

A GOOD WAY TO TREAT BAD GUYS


 This week marked the passing of James Brady, the Press Secretary for Ronald Reagan, shot in 1981 by James Hinckley with an illegally acquired gun. Mr. Brady suffered permanent brain damage and partial paralysis but gamely campaigned against wanton use of such weapons, and the result was that the "Brady gun law". But guess what, the argument that a good man with a gun stops a bad man with a gun, doesn't really hold up here, does it? Because there was one bad guy with a gun surrounded by an army of Secret Service agents, obviously good guys with guns and that didn't stop him. And President Reagan very nearly died. So maybe the best way to stop "the bad guy with a gun" is to have the bad guy prevented from getting a gun. The families at Columbine and many other places would no doubt agree. Rest in peace James Brady.

Posted by Unknown at Thursday, August 07, 2014

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