Single Gun Theory

No, no, no.  I’m not thinking about the band Single Gun Theory, and I’m not thinking about the happenings in Dallas in 1963.  I’m thinking about an article posted at the online magazine Liberty for All, written by L. Neil Smith, titled “Why Did it Have to be … Guns?"

Smith states, in the article, that the gun issue is the only determining issue for himself when he votes for a political candidate.  I think he’d be better off not voting, but that’s another topic in and of itself.  From Smith’s piece.

"If a politician isn’t perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash—for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything—without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn’t your friend no matter what he tells you.

If he isn’t genuinely enthusiastic about his average constituent stuffing that weapon into a purse or pocket or tucking it under a coat and walking home without asking anybody’s permission, he’s a four-flusher, no matter what he claims.

What his attitude—toward your ownership and use of weapons—conveys is his real attitude about you. And if he doesn’t trust you, then why in the name of John Moses Browning should you trust him?

If he doesn’t want you to have the means of defending your life, do you want him in a position to control it?"

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