{"id":60801,"date":"2015-07-10T11:03:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T15:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60801"},"modified":"2015-07-10T11:03:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T15:03:17","slug":"tully-bury-the-confederate-flag-but-what-about-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60801","title":{"rendered":"Tully: Bury the Confederate flag, but what about guns?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fellow by the name of Matthew Tully writes for the IndyStar<\/a> and he complains therein that, even though hes fairly jubilant that the Confederate flag has received the attention that it has in recent days, but he’s rightfully more worried about guns. Probably because that ritarded fellow in South Carolina didn’t kill anyone with a flag.<\/p>\n

What was largely missing from the session, of course, was a serious debate about the violence that has hurt so many communities and neighborhoods across Indiana. It\u2019s a debate that even many politicians who support gun control seem to avoid out of resignation, or out of fear about the consequences of even daring to raise the topic.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s another admission: I honestly don\u2019t know what laws or policies would truly make cities like Indianapolis less prone to gun violence. I understand the arguments made by gun supporters \u2014 that cities such as Chicago and Washington, D.C., have been rocked for years by gun violence despite local laws aimed at controlling guns. It\u2019s hard to imagine a scenario in which the culture of gun violence that is so prevalent in so many places changes significantly because of a law or two.<\/p>\n

I get it. There\u2019s not an easy solution. And, yes, the right to bear arms is here to stay, and public support for that makes finding workable solution difficult. This is tough.<\/p>\n

But can\u2019t we at least talk about it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, please, let us have a discussion about gun control much like the discussion of the Confederate flag in recent days. The “discussion” that Tully and the folks on the left wants to have is nothing more than them telling the rest of us how we should feel about guns and if we don’t then we’re developmentally disabled, or racist or sexist or homophobic or some other manufactured slur that would make them feel bad about themselves if the term was used to describe them.<\/p>\n

Tully admits that he has no idea what new regulations would have prevented the shooting in Charleston, but he thinks that we should do something. Something rational, like taking down the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds.<\/p>\n

Tully blames the NRA for the lack of discussion on gun control – the NRA represents millions of gun owners. Mostly, our only voice. But, as far as a discussion that Tully wants, that is not forthcoming from the Left – they want to dictate to gun owners what we should do to surrender our rights to their feelings. I’ve been here for years hoping to have a discussion about guns – something that would actually reduce gun violence, but the only thing I get are stank-ass hippies who try to gun-shame me and my readers. <\/p>\n

Yeah. Let’s have a discussion about gun control, how to actually reduce needless gun violence in the country. Someone tell me what new regulations would do that – something that wouldn’t only affect legal gun owners. Something that would keep guns out of the hands of criminals. But if it turns into a discussion similar to the discussion about the Confederate flag, forget it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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