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Ignorance Isn’t Why We Don’t Bend Over For Gun Control<\/a><\/p>\n

Gun control has been an issue in American politics for decades. Back in the 1970s, there was a concerted push to try and ban handguns. After all, they were used in most crimes and you didn\u2019t need them for hunting. Of course, hunting wasn\u2019t what the Second Amendment was about, but that argument was still a thing.<\/p>\n

And that wasn\u2019t even the start of the discussion.<\/p>\n

Since then, the debate has continued to varying degrees. Today, we\u2019re in the midst of still more gun control talk. And it seems some believe that the only real reason we don\u2019t advance their anti-Second Amendment agenda is ignorance.<\/p>\n

This is from a piece titled: \u201cDumbass nation: Our biggest national security problem is America\u2019s \u2018vast and militant ignorance\u2019<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

With\u00a0apologies to Paul Simon<\/a>, and despite all of the information available to the mortal man, there are still millions of Americans who currently believe they\u2019re gliding down the highway when in fact they\u2019re slip slidin\u2019 away.<\/p>\n

As President Biden prepares to travel to Europe to meet with the Pope and our NATO allies next week, there remains a huge national security problem for him to grapple with, one that hasn\u2019t been addressed in any meaningful fashion for many years.<\/p>\n

It is the root cause of our problems with China. It\u2019s why some people don\u2019t want to get vaccinated. It\u2019s why some people still gleefully follow Donald Trump.\u00a0It explains why Congress can\u2019t get together in a bipartisan fashion to deal with infrastructure, health care and gun control.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s why we have problems understanding climate change.
\nIt explains voter suppression.
\nIt\u2019s why \u201ccritical race theory\u201d has become controversial, why elements of our population on the left and right are at war with each other and why some believe the earth is flat and the Holocaust didn\u2019t occur.
\nIt\u2019s why some of us believe we\u2019re still the \u201cNo. 1\u201d nation in the world when \u2014 other than having the largest military \u2014 we clearly lag behind other major nations in many critical factors.
\nMore than anything else it explains why we fail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, the reason we don\u2019t accept their will on gun control is that we just don\u2019t know any better.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Granted, I look at all the same studies they do. I read all their arguments and do so each and every day. To believe that I, as an example, oppose gun control because of some kind of ignorance is, well, ignorant.<\/p>\n

See, I know the studies they cite, but I also recognize the problems with the studies. That supposedly massive support for background checks? The questions are written in a way that respondents likely think they\u2019re talking about the current system we have in place. I did more than look at the media reports and accept them at face value. I actually read the study.<\/p>\n

The whole \u201cyou\u2019re four times more likely to be shot if you have a gun in the home\u201d thing? That study didn\u2019t differentiate between lawful gun owners at criminals who happened to have guns. That\u2019s a significant oversight since criminals are engaged in activities that may result in them being shot while the lawful gun owner doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

I read that study too.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s the thing: I\u2019m not alone.<\/p>\n

Those of us who support the Second Amendment do so from a position of knowledge. We understand both what our Founding Fathers intended with regard to the right to keep and bear arms. More than that, we understand the limitations of the studies cited by anti-Second Amendment types\u00a0as well as<\/em>\u00a0the studies they like to pretend don\u2019t exist. Those are the studies that show guns are used more often to save lives than take them, the studies that show gun ownership reduces crime and that gun control doesn\u2019t work.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And more than that, we hold our elected officials accountable.<\/p>\n

The reason there\u2019s been no bipartisan deal on gun control is that Republicans want control of Congress again. Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Kevin McCarthy both recognize they can\u2019t do that until gun owners trust them to protect our rights. Bending over for gun control isn\u2019t going to help them and they know it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

None of that comes from ignorance, though. It comes from a firm understanding of the facts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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