by Pa Rock
Social Commentator
Two weeks ago four policemen were murdered by an unemployed parolee in Oakland, California. Yesterday thirteen people were shot and killed by a fellow who had just lost his job in Binghamton, New York. And today in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, three policemen were gunned down and two others seriously wounded by a paranoid young man who believed President Obama was going to take his guns away.
It would be a cheap shot to note all of that violent death and surmise that America is going nuts. The sad truth is, that when it comes to our guns, this country has been nuts for a very long time.
The National Rifle Association, a tool of gun manufacturers, and its mouthpiece, Wayne LaPierre, have been stirring the rabble for years with tales of jackbooted police officers and liberal politicians kicking in the doors of honest citizens and trying to take away their guns. They intentionally keep the paranoia raging because that sells guns. Any sensible legislation that tries to place some controls on who can own what types of guns is shouted down as being un-American. And not only have gun manufactures and distributors blanketed America with their deadly insanity, they have now targeted Mexico and are complicit in arming the drug cartels.
This morning Roland Poplawski, a twenty-three-year-old young man in Pittsburgh, PA, opened fire on several policemen with his AK 47 assault rifle. Wayne LaPierre, or Glenn Beck, or Bill O'Reilly, or Sean Hannity, or Karl Rove, or Ann Coulter, or some other great talker had convinced him that President Obama was going to take his guns away. What a shame that somebody hadn't taken them away - three families wouldn't be grieving tonight if that had happened.
Roland, did you really need those guns in your quiet neighborhood? President Obama wasn't going to get your guns. Those people lied to you. But the state of Pennsylvania did get your guns, and now you will never get them back. You didn't need them where you were living, but you will sorely regret not having them where you are going.
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