Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:50 pm
I don’t for a second buy the story that Clinton and the Democratic party are using an anti-gun platform as a way to take over the government and form a dictatorship.Paladin wrote:I'm sure some anti-gun politicians do believe gun control can work. But the smarter politicians are more savvy than that. To them gun control is more about power.nitrogen wrote:I think most anti-gun politicians actually, truly believe gun control can work.
This is a nice example:
http://www.jpfo.org/NaziLawEnglish.htm
Equating them to a Nazi Germany law from 1938 is over the top in my book. First of all, the Nazi’s had already secured power by that year, and the “law� specifically targeted Jews, who in reality were no threat to the Nazi power at that time. There were many “laws� passed in that timeframe relating to Jews, and it had to do with the extermination of a race, not gaining power in Germany.
Not all countries that pass gun control end up as dictatorships, despite what some groups would like you to believe. Germany, England, and Australia are three good examples. They have all had recent changes in political leadership, and it all happened after gun control…it happened because of the ballot box, not firearms in the hands of civilians.
Now I am adamantly against gun control, and I am adamantly against Clinton, but not because I think she’s out to become the first queen of America, or the first “Leader for Life of the USA�.
I really dislike her politics in general, not just her stance on gun control…but she’s not Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, or Joseph Stalin...and if I'm wrong, I don't think she could stay in power long. I don't like many things our press does, but they have a record of bringing down the high and mighty and even though it seems you can infringe on the second, the American public is pretty united on protecting the 1st. Trying to shut down the press is probably the fastest way to get yourself out of office.
So do I think Hilary believes that gun control will eliminate violence in our society and that criminals will give up their firearms? Not for a second…She’s a very skilled politician, and she’s primarily pandering to a certain voting block that does believe it’s a step in the right direction and ultimately will reduce violence. It’s called getting elected, and the conservatives are not immune to it…look at many of their stances/votes on Iraq…talk about CYA and backpedaling.