GUNS: Safety in so many words

In was interesting reading the 1,300-plus word AP article on the frustration of “gun safety” advocates being able to have their promises fulfilled by the Democrat party, in Wednesday’s edition of the Coeur d’Alene Press.

I noticed the AP mentioned “gun violence” at least 14 times and “gun safety” at least seven times, while bemoaning the fact that “gun violence” was increasing over the last couple of years. That would be the same couple of years that the Democrat party was spearheading the Defund the Police movement and having their Marxist District Attorney candidates accepting boat loads of money from people like George Soros to help eliminate bail for violent offenders.

“Gun violence” and “gun Safety” are but the latest trigger words, pun intended, in the Democrats failed history of labeling something that is legal with a pejorative misnomer. It goes all the way back to about 1968 with the term “Saturday Night Specials,” then 1982 with “cop killer bullets,” next came “assault weapons” in 1989, which is hanging in there for the Democrats, which they also now like to refer to as the “weapon of choice.”

That last one is pretty flexible, especially when they add “extended magazines.” They never want to place the blame where it belongs, on the person who misuses a firearm to harm someone.

There is, and has been since 1980, a blueprint for stopping people from committing crimes with guns. Arrest the PEOPLE who violate the law. Expand the law to make it easier go after the violators, not the instrumentalities they use to commit crimes.

That blueprint was drawn by MADD. They didn’t go after beer and bourbon or Chevrolet and Ford. They went after the violator, the drunk driver. Their positive activism changed the laws of many states by lowering the blood alcohol levels from as high as 1.2 in some states down to .08 in most all states now. Take a look at the stats in drunk driving arrests and deaths and accidents since 1980; you’ll see a steady decline.

I know it is anathema for Democrats to blame people for crimes, but maybe their 40-plus year history of failure on attacking inanimate objects would give you a clue that putting cutesy little titles on things is not working.

DWIGHT VAN HORN

Hayden

Board of Directors, NRA