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Will Gun Control Stop Terrorist Attacks?
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Mark A. Taff
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The signs have been there forever, and I’m not even counting dramatic Al-Qaeda type operations like 9/11. More recently, we’ve seen a series of smaller scale attacks right here at home. Fort Hood. Oklahoma. Garland, Texas. Chattanooga Recruiting Stations. San Bernardino. David French writes a compelling piece about this, and you can read it here.
Hold on to your shorts, because there’s a lot more attacks like this one on the way, and probably soon. They’ll have nothing to do with our gun laws. When someone out there is intent on killing, there are an infinite number of ways to do that. Just last night, an ISIS-inspired attacker killed a Paris police captain and his wife with a knife. Intent is the operative word, not availability. |
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laker1
(6/17/2016)
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| Of course it will. Just like drug control stopped drug use and overdose. |
| Comment by:
PP9
(6/17/2016)
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| About a dozen terrorists used box cutters to kill 3,000 people within about an hour. It's not about the means of killing-- it's about the killing, and where there is a will, there's a way. The terrorists are organized, well-funded, and patient. Making it harder to get a weapon legally won't stop them, since they don't really care about what is legal under our non-Sharia system. France has the kind of gun laws they want here, but did that stop terrorists from shooting people? |
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PP9
(6/17/2016)
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Another thing that occurred to me when I saw that list of the terrorist attacks on America: At the end of George W. Bush's second term, his supporters were saying that no more terrorist attacks since 9/11 took place on American soil. His opponents said that this wasn't because of Bush; none were going to happen anyway.
I guess they now stand corrected. |
| Comment by:
jac
(6/17/2016)
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| Excellent article. Well worth your time. |
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