I know that the Toledo Blade (Ohio) is not one of our Lowcountry newspapers, but I still thought that a post about them was warrented since it effects all gun owners. The Blade’s Dan Simpson, a retired diplomat and member of the editorial boards of The Blade and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, wrote the most anti-American editorial I have ever seen about how to disarm our law-abiding citizens.
Unfortunately I can not remember which blog I found the original story on, but they had it when the story was first printed on April 27th. I include the link for you guys to decide for yourself if Dan’s America is where you want to live… If NOT, email the Blade, your Senators and Congressmen, etc and let them know that law-abiding citizens should NEVER have to give up our rights while the criminals go unpunished.
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007704250310
In case you don’t have time to read the whole article, here are a few of Dan’s best quotes:
“The disarmament process would begin after the initial three-month amnesty. Special squads of police would be formed and trained to carry out the work. Then, on a random basis to permit no advance warning, city blocks and stretches of suburban and rural areas would be cordoned off and searches carried out in every business, dwelling, and empty building.”
“I don’t have any problem with hunting, although blowing away animals with high-powered weapons seems a pointless, no-contest affair to me”
There are a lot more of these stupid ideas and comments in his article, so please read it when you have a chance. Because unfortunately, Mr. Simpson is not the only one in America that has these ideas.
Jeff
To put something like this in perspective, it woudl be like saying we should control access to motor vehicles everytime there is a huge pile-up on the road. More people die each year from cars than guns…let’s ban those too.
Too funny. I wrote a post about this article too. I wrote mine on April 30, 2007, so I’m guessing you’re right about the original date on which the article was published.
If you want to read my take on the article, it is here: http://www.git-r-slung.com/blog/index.php?itemid=113&catid=6