Never let a crisis go to waste
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel once famously said, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” And politicians from both parties are taking that advice to heart by trying to get Congress — in the wake of the Times Square bomb scare — to ban gun sales to those on the terrorist watch list.
That is, they want to strip the constitutional rights of citizens without due process.
Of course, if the government puts you on a watch list you must be guilty of something. The government never makes mistakes. Apart from the time they put a four-year-old boy on the terrorist watch list.
But he was a really scary four year old.
No more guns, for you, son. Not even a water pistol.
The question is, can the government get away with this?
Well, we’re already talking about removing Miranda rights from American terrorist suspects; and in Arizona, the Fourth Amendment will soon have as much force as a slushy in the middle of the Mojave. So, what’s one more infringement?
Especially as not even liberals will complain about this infringement. And I guess I shouldn’t complain, either. After all, I don’t like guns. In fact, they scare me. I should probably only complain when they take away rights that I personally enjoy.
Assuming that I’ll still have the right to complain.
Not even the ACLU will likely complain about this. They think the only one who has a right to guns is the state; who, of course, would never commit any acts of terror.
While we’re at it, why don’t we just put everyone on the terrorist watch list. That way we can get rid of all guns. And then later maybe we can ban gay sex for those on the watch list, and medical marijuana, and anything else that makes people uncomfortable.
And then finally we can be safe and happy, all the time.
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I thought this, from the linked story, was particularly telling:
“Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) told the panel that the public would not be forgiving if a terrorist used legally purchased weapons to kill Americans.
“Just think what the American people would think of us,” King said. “There would be blood on our hands.””
If people in Congress are worried about having “blood on [their] hands,” shouldn’t they maybe at least stop the “war on drugs?”
Just as, you know, a start.
Brother Dave Gardner usedta say, if we made everything legal, then there wouldn’t be no crime.