CBS and their “Gun Control” Agenda

I saw this hit piece on the CBS Morning News the other day. To drum up sympathy for what is tantamount to gun confiscation, they did this story on two police officers who were shot nearly point blank range and lived. They want to sue the gun shop where the weapon was sold. CBS twists this piece and almost pushes the viewer to feel sympathetic towards these two who were shot and angered towards the irresponsible gun store owner. They then go on to tack on a narrative at the end that Hillary Clinton is pushing for measures that would allow people who are affected by gun violence to sue gun store owners and gun manufacturers. What a twisted piece of shit. I will straighten it all out for you, then I ask that you watch this piece and just witness how twisted it is.

First – In this instance, a gun store owner was breaking the law by selling firearms to people who were not allowed to purchase them. The laws that were on the books were not being followed. Even with tougher gun laws, if someone decides they aren’t going to follow the law, tougher laws won’t deter them. It only serves to deter those who are law abiding.

Second – How can what happened to these two be compared to what has happened to all the people affected by the horrible mass shootings? In almost every case, the guns used in those mass shootings were obtained legally. Placing a waiting list on gun show sales would not have prevented a single one of these mass shootings. Not a single one! Yet, this is what Clinton, Obama, and the rest of the gun opponents are pushing for. Hell, the gun used against these two cops was obtained through a store, not a swap meet.

Third – Clinton would open the door for people like these cops to sue the gun makers as well. This would only serve to drive the cost of business so high for gun makers that they would go out of business and gun opponents know this. What if General Motors or Ford was allowed to be sued by those whose loved ones were killed by a drunk driver? Can you imagine? Do you think they would be able to stay in business long if they were able to be sued every time someone misused their product? Should Energizer be sued for their lithium batteries being used in the manufacture of methamphetamine? When people misuse a product, there is only so much a manufacturer can do except go out of business, which affects those who use the product the correct way.

As a student of history, I’ve seen this tactic used before. When people are afraid, they are more apt to let the government regulate. Once the government regulates, it hardly ever reverses itself. Remember my example of the automobile above? Let’s look at it’s history as a fine example of this.

When automobiles came out, they were considered by some to be tremendously dangerous machines. Horses hand minds of their own and it was pretty hard to drive a horse straight into a tree or into someone’s home, yet, with an automobile, if you weren’t careful, you could do just that. People were running into things and crashing in ways that were seldom seen with horses. As automobile speeds intensified, the wrecks only grew worse.

Automobiles were also louder than your typical horse and horses were easily spooked by them. In the United Kingdom, they passed a series of laws which curtailed these new fang-dangled machines called “The Locomotive Act”. Many of these curtailments made their way to the United States along with “Red Flag Laws”. These were all laws created in a knee-jerk reaction to automobiles which many found to be scary.

Now, you and I take automobiles for granted and can chuckle at some of these old, archaic laws, but many of the restrictions and overbearing regulations remain to this day. Among them are vehicle registration, license plates, and driver’s licenses. Even automobile insurance came out of this early era of automobiles. Before the automobile, generally speaking, it would have been unthinkable to require someone to possess a license to operate a horse, or for someone to purchase registration for their horse and buggy. It’s my understanding that some of the very large cities did this, but mainly for those who were in the business of carrying passengers or freight, known as chauffeurs. But for common folks like you and me, if you owned a horse and buggy, nobody was going to give you a ticket for lack of registration or license.

Imagine if we had today’s mind-set back then. If we would have allowed people to sue automobile manufacturers for misuse of their product, I dare say that we may not have the luxury of owning our own automobiles like we do today. They would be very rare and expensive, even more so than they are now. No, back then I doubt most common people would have even thought of suing the manufacturer for misuse. People back then seemed to have a little more common sense than people do today, but even with that being said, they did allow for all those regulations, which stick with us even now, and in the case of a driver’s license, it has become something even greater than what it was originally intended to do. Today’s driver’s license is a de facto national ID card assigned by the state, but to federal standards. Your driver’s license photo is stored in a database as a mugshot, even though you have done nothing wrong. Programs are out there that can pick you out in a crowd. This is why they don’t allow you to smile in your driver’s license photo and why it has a plain blue background. Do you see how laws meant for one reason can lead to unintended consequences? This is why allowing the federal government any more control over guns is a scary thought, much scarier than the thought of the wrong person having a firearm.

In fact, if people were to familiarize themselves with firearms, like they have with automobiles, I think we’d see a whole new approach towards firearms from the public. Firearms, like the automobile, in the wrong hands, can kill and hurt people. We’ve seen what happens when someone decides to plow their car through a crowd of people. People drive into crowds regularly, yet we don’t hear about it as loudly as we do when guns are involved. In 2003, George Weller drove his car into a crowd at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market and killed 10 people and injured 63. Just this summer a man decided to kill people with his car and yet, there have been no calls to ban the automobile, or for tougher restrictions on them. This is because we are around cars everyday and they don’t instill the same fear into the population the way that guns do. Whether it be a gun or an automobile, in the wrong hands, it is deadly. What defense do you have against a man who decides to run you over with a car? If you’re lucky, you can jump out of the way, but many times, there is very little warning when someone runs you over. With a gun, there is very little defense unless you are armed too. Most of these mass shootings have taken place in places that are gun free zones.

So, when you watch this piece, or listen to the whole gun control argument that will take place for the foreseeable future, remember, a lot of what gun opponents are pushing for wouldn’t have changed a single thing about the mass shootings that have happened. They are playing upon the general public’s fear of firearms. They are counting on the general public to react based upon emotion and not facts. Hit pieces like this from CBS will become more and more common, and just work people up into a greater lather. No government that operates in a manner that oppresses its citizens wants an armed citizenry. None. Go read what the founding fathers said about firearms, and not just the Bill or Rights, but in their writings. Thomas Jefferson was a strong proponent of people having firearms and he even advocated for the citizenry to rebel against the government every so often.

Our generation is soft. Over time we have been put to sleep. The government will not protect us. We need to protect ourselves, and that starts with an armed citizenry that is able to respond rapidly to sick minded individuals who choose to kill innocent people. I’m all for properly training people and making sure that firearms get in the hands of well qualified individuals. I’m also for making sure that firearms are stored safely in order to keep them out of criminal’s hands. However, this is not what Hillary intends to accomplish by allowing people to sue gun makers. No, Hillary and those like her want to disarm America, but they don’t have the guts to come right out and say it. They have no trouble pointing to other countries who have essentially done this and stating that this is what they want American to look like.

 

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Tougher Gun Laws are not the Answer

I would like to have Obama tell us specifically what stronger gun laws would have done to prevent what happened in Oregon, or any of the other shooting tragedies. Stronger gun laws would not have stopped this guy. Murder laws certainly didn't. We don't have a gun problem as much as we have a problem with mental health and morality in this country. This guy was angry with religion, which is also a problem that has been stirred up lately in this country (as has the race issue)....

There are certain things that I have learned to be truths in my nearly 40 short years on this earth. They are:

1. We all make time for our priorities.
2. People who crave power, seek it.
3. People who are hell bent on destruction will find a way.

What happened in Oregon and the other mass shooting places all touch a little bit on each of those truths.

Dorothy Christen

Dorothy Christen passed away the other day. I heard she had a brain aneurism from which she was unable to recover. Sadly, it’s a reminder of how quickly any of us can be taken away. I sit here on my little corner in Wadena and watch the world pass outside of my window. Just from my perspective, I was able to see how large of a part that Dorothy played in our community. I am a writer and felt compelled to send a letter to the editor of our local papers. Hopefully you’ll see my piece in next week’s paper with her obituary, but in case you don’t, here’s the letter that I submitted:

Dear Editor,

My wife informed me that Dorothy Christen passed away this morning. It comes as a shock as I remember seeing her alive and well during our parade just a little over a week ago here in Wadena. It reminds me how fast people can be taken away.

Dorothy’s death is a tremendous loss to our community. When it came time to decorate by putting flags up on the poles in town, I would see Dorothy out there helping. When the Legion or Fire Department would have events, Dorothy would be there. Every Christmas, Dorothy would be there with Santa Claus for the children of our town. When our church here in town started having Awanas for the children, Dorothy was there. Dave and Dorothy were some of the most recognizable features in our parade every year. There would be Dorothy, riding on some contraption that her husband Dave would dream up! When my wife needed help with our sewing machine, Dorothy was there, patiently willing to help. When anyone got sick in Wadena and needed medical help, Dorothy, as a first responder, was there. When children were in need, Dave and Dorothy took them in as foster parents.

I’m sure I’m only scratching the surface of those things which Dorothy did for our community. Those are the only the things that I was able to witness as I sit here on my little corner in Wadena. It’s my understanding that Dorothy did a whole lot more for the greater community. George Jones used to sing, “Who’s Gonna Fill their Shoes”. I think of this song when I think about Dorothy’s passing. She will leave behind some very large shoes to fill in our little town. Her loss will be sorely noticed in this community. My wife and I send our condolences to her husband Dave and the rest of Dorothy’s loved ones.

                                                                                                                                Sincerely, Eric E. Durnan, Wadena, Iowa

 

Here is video from our parade on the 20th of September, a mere week and a few days before she died.

My advice to Trump – Unfair Coverage

Mr. Trump,

Quit pointing out to people the unfair treatment that you are getting from certain reporters and Fox News. We get it. You can mention it, but don’t beat a dead horse. Your message should be that all of the other candidates, with the possible exception of Bernie Sanders, are bought and paid for by special interests and you aren’t. You should pose the question, “If so and so were elected president, what are they going to do when their big donors come calling on favors?” This is what has been happening for may years and this is what the American public is sick of. You need to tap into that sentiment. We know the media is biased. Keep reminding that these other guys come with strings attached. You are “special interests” greatest nightmare. If you’re elected, they won’t have any favors to call on from you.

The Pope and Climate Change

The Pope has called upon all nations of the Earth to address climate change. The Holy Father has been lead astray by the hype lathered up by big corporations who have scientists in their pocket looking to make billions off of a scared populace. When I was a child in the 1980’s, the big scare was acid rain. Today, nobody speaks about acid rain. I don’t even hear anyone complain about smog anymore, although it still exists. In the 1970’s, Iron Eyes Cody, who wasn’t even a real Indian, did public service announcements about cleaning up our environment.

No, trying to take care of the environment isn’t good enough anymore. Who can argue about making sure we have clean air and clean water? No, it’s all about trying to change our climate now. According to these scientists (and let’s be real, not all scientists are claiming global warming, but the ones who are, are calling the one’s who aren’t, all sorts of nasty names), our temperatures are getting hotter, and it’s all our fault. According to these scientists, we humans can do something to slow the warming of our planet. For those of us who don’t buy into this whole “it’s entirely our fault that the planet is warming”, they have made a nice little ribbon to pin on our head. They call us “global warming skeptics” or “global warming deniers”, and some have called for us to be put to death!

I would like to take the Pope and any other global warming alarmist and bring them right here to Iowa. When I was in school, I had a class that explained why Iowa looked like it did. You see, we were covered in glaciers not once, but several times. These glaciers came down from the north, covered us up for a long time, then receded. Why did the glaciers recede? Because the climate warmed, that’s why, and this was long before the industrial revolution. Ah, but the global warming alarmists will tell us that it has never happened this fast before. How do they really know? They claim science tells them this, but this is the fun part, there’s no way to prove their science is 100% correct. Nobody was around back then to record how fast or slow things happened. You see, in order to believe what they tell us, you have to have faith that their science is correct. These are the same bunch of folks who tell us one year that eggs will kill us, and then tell us they are fine the next.

Here in Iowa, there are tremendous limestone deposits and in that limestone, there are uncountable numbers of fossils. These are mainly in the form of seashells and other aquatic looking fossils, meaning, we were once under water here in Iowa! Wow! Imagine that! So the earth was once MUCH warmer and Iowa was covered in water. So, knowing this, why are we even trying to change the climate when we know that it can be much warmer, or even much colder? We are still within the acceptable range in my book. Listen, I’m not advocating that we live the type of lifestyle where we just go ahead and pollute the earth. That’s like shitting in your own bed, but this whole fallacy of crying about climate change, and pinning it on our shirts as if we can make it warmer or colder at will is silly. Even giant meteors fell to earth and messed the climate up drastic enough that it supposedly wiped out the dinosaurs and here we are today. If we really were the ones screwing up our planet, then guess what? We’ll die off and the planet will go back to getting warm and cold all on its own like it has for ages and ages before we ever entered into the picture.

Here’s the deal. Why are certain creatures from the time of the dinosaurs still here? Why did certain creatures survive into our modern age? It’s because they were the best creatures at adapting, and some had a little luck on their side. This is what we need to be focusing on if the earth is truly warming and if we are truly facing rising oceans. We need to figure out a way that we are going to adapt instead of trying to change the climate. The reason that we aren’t focusing on adapting is because there is a political agenda that fits hand in glove with crying about climate change. It has everything to do with oppressing freedom and controlling mankind. If we buy into this whole notion that we are to blame for raising temperatures, then we accept the fact that we are guilty of doing something wrong. What happens to those who are guilty of doing wrong? They pay a price! What price is to be paid for raising the temperature of the planet? Higher prices across the board for all goods, and a reduction in the quality of life that we have been accustomed to living. Do you see why they are trying to get us to believe that it’s man-made global warming and not just something that has been happening for millennia? If we focused on adapting, then there would be no guilty parties and nobody would want to pay the price because they wouldn’t feel guilty.

Sadly, the Pope and many of you have fallen into this terrible trap. Your desire to live in a clean and healthy world has been twisted into a belief that you are guilty of hurting our planet. You are made to believe that you must pay for your transgression and it makes you angry towards those who seemingly don’t feel bad. It’s like seeing someone run a dog over and not care in your book. How dare these people not feel bad for hurting the planet? I get it, but you have been duped. Instead, the Pope and everyone else for that matter, needs to shift the focus from climate change back to where it belongs, on living on a clean planet, and protecting the environment, and learning how to adapt in an ever changing world. That’s something that almost everyone can rally around.

The Pope’s Plea – End the Death Penalty

Today the Pope addressed our congress and made a plea to end our death penalty. The problem with this is that in some circumstances, the death penalty is called for. Even Jehovah God gave his chosen people, the Israelites, circumstances that the death penalty was acceptable. The death penalty should not be used lightly. In cases where guilt cannot be determined 100%, it is better to air on the side of caution and sentence life in prison. Killing an innocent person is more than just a miscarriage of justice, it is a sin. No Christian society should allow for the possibility that an innocent person may lose their life. However, there are cases where evidence is such that there can be no doubt as to the person’s guilt or innocence. In those cases, where there is no doubt whatsoever, then the death penalty is appropriate, especially in cases where the person has a history of violence and rehabilitation has failed. In cases where people like this murder, kidnap, and rape, and there is no doubt to their guilt, punishment by death should be swift and humanely done. This is to protect society and maintain law and order while we await the return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

My advice to Trump – Obama Birth Debate

Mr. Trump,

When asked about where Obama was born, you rightfully identify it as a trap. The correct response to reporters who ask this is to point out that after a lot of delay and opposition, the president presented a Hawaii short form birth certificate. If they press you further and ask if you trust or believe that birth certificate, you should tell them that it doesn’t matter at this point because Obama will be out of office soon and that the historians can take up that argument and fight about it from now on. Then, as you have been doing, shift to looking forward and addressing issues that matter to this upcoming election.