{"id":77926,"date":"2018-02-24T10:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77926"},"modified":"2018-02-24T10:35:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T15:35:53","slug":"only-pansies-want-to-ban-ars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77926","title":{"rendered":"Only pansies want to ban ARs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every self-promoting veteran who wants to make a name for themselves is running to the media to announce their dislike of civilians ownership of AR-style rifles. The latest is Ralph Peters, a Fox News<\/a> contributor, who wrote for the New York Post;<\/p>\n

He wondered how many more children and adults will die from bullets fired from “military-grade weapons” like the AR-15 before the gun laws are changed.<\/p>\n

“I own weapons, I hope I will always own weapons, but I don’t own weapons that are meant to kill other human beings specifically.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, ALL of my weapons were specifically meant to kill human beings, with the exception of the 20-guage single-shot shotgun I was given on my 14th birthday that I still possess. All of the ammunition I have for my weapons is designed to inflict the maximum amount of damage to a human being. I don’t go out looking for human beings to shoot, otherwise you’d be reading about me in the news – but I have the right to defend myself. <\/p>\n

There are civilians who train harder than I do these days and they are just as proficient and just as responsible with handling their weapons as I am. Just down the hill from me, there’s a civilian indoor range where they rent fully automatic weapons for use in the facility to civilians and there has yet to be an unsafe incident there. And, oh, it’s only several blocks from the local elementary school.<\/p>\n

Being a veteran, doesn’t give you any special insight into the 2d Amendment discussion, so just stop it. So, stop being a pansy. <\/p>\n

Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Post<\/a> who went out looking for veterans to disparage the idea of arming teachers;<\/p>\n

Mary Ellen Simis, who spent 2\u00bd years in the Army, has been teaching elementary school for 16 years in West Virginia. Simis said she wouldn\u2019t be a teacher if she were asked to carry and train with a weapon. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone proposing to arm teachers needs to spend enough time in a classroom to understand the issues a teacher deals with on a daily basis. We already act as nurses, social workers, counselors, referees and therapists, while being tasked to prepare students for life with critical thinking skills, basic skills, social skills and everything else that a child needs to succeed. This is in a classroom of at least 22 students of varied abilities and without help of an instructional aide. \u2026 There is no way I will stay in the teaching profession if I am also asked to carry and train with a weapon because our government representatives don\u2019t have the courage to address our country\u2019s real issues.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’d like to hear what exactly, Mary did for 2 1\/2 years in the Army. No one said that an an armed teacher would be drafted. She should quit teaching because she has a reading comprehension problem.<\/p>\n

Another one who should resign is;<\/p>\n

Ellen Lincourt, who worked as a substitute teacher after serving in the Army for seven years, said the military doesn\u2019t just prepare soldiers for how to handle weapons but also how to coordinate on the battlefield. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard to stay calm when people are losing it all around you,\u201d Lincourt said.<\/p>\n

The idea that teachers would be able to behave accordingly in a tactical situation is \u201cnuts,\u201d Lincourt said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe utter foolishness of this idea horrifies me. First, the military and police train regularly for tactical situations. Are we now expecting teachers to be Rambo?\u201d Lincourt said. \u201cI can literally think of a million ways this idea is going to get more people killed, rather than save a single life.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No one is expecting teachers to write an Operation Order while under fire. School shootings last minutes not hours. All teachers need to learn is to put down a threat without hurting innocents, yeah, that requires lots of training – but teachers are used to training.<\/p>\n

The thing is that guns are a reality in our society and our culture. There are plenty of places in the world that you can go to get away from law-abiding citizens who use their guns responsibly and you can live where only criminals have guns. Canada is nearby, so go there, you can drive. Everyday, I read news articles about home invasions in Canada – it’s a big gun-free zone.<\/p>\n

But, please don’t tell me that I have to disarm because I scare you by simply owning a gun or two – guns I specifically bought for my own defense against human beings. Wildlife isn’t breaking in to my home. <\/p>\n

My hunting days are well behind me, so, don’t tell me that my guns are no good for hunting. My guns are for killing people who want to kill me or my family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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