The dumbest thing you’ll read on the internet today
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August 22nd, 2016 at 7:01 pm
I like how she unironically makes the “assault rifles didn’t exist when the Second Amendment was written” argument while writing on the interwebs. Which obviously shouldn’t have First Amendment protection.
August 22nd, 2016 at 8:52 pm
But … but … she has a MASTERS! in Public Health.
Therefore she is better than we are.
August 22nd, 2016 at 10:10 pm
If “assault rifles” didn’t exist when the 2nd Amendment was ratified, then certainly our government which operates UNDER the delegated powers from the people shouldn’t have them–according to her reasoning.
August 23rd, 2016 at 12:52 am
I’m preaching to the choir here, and I would have liked to responded directly to the ‘Good Doctor’; but it requires a subscription which is only available to certified physicians …. which means that she is preaching to the choir as well.
The difference is, she’s preaching to her own church of a come-to-Jesus “closed community”.
I would have been preaching to anyone whose background and experience may have been less insulated. But more worldly.
In which case, I won’t bother to mention the obvious or constitutional issues … but I might have a few thoughts about citizens who don’t really understand the priorities of less privileged members of society while they feel unconstrained to discuss their primitive lifestyles.
August 23rd, 2016 at 2:03 am
Please correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t the firearms back in 1776 designed to kill? And somebody should tell her that semi-auto rifles kill many, many less people than hospitals. What’s the number bandied about? 90,000?
August 23rd, 2016 at 8:46 am
The first time I ever used an assault weapon, an AK-47 clone, it went like this: The guy in the next lane at the outdoor range watched me plinking PEEPS pink Easter bunnies on the 25 yard berm with my Ruger 10/22, while he was shooting at a steel plate 50 yards out.
Pew! Pew! and the little marshmallow rabbits flew up into the air and landed back on the berm. PEEPS are remarkably resilient action targets, by the way, when used with 22LR, and I recommend them highly for use wherever possible. With larger calibers, they become smaller pieces very fast.
So when I stop to reload, he says, “That looks like fun, want to swap rifles for a magazine?” I agreed, and shot an assault weapon for the first time, learned that an AK clone can be touched only in certain places without risk of hot metal, and enjoyed the BANG! BANG! compared with my little 22LR. I even hit the steel plate with my shots. He sent some dirt and a few marshmallow rabbits flying. We both had grins on our faces when finished.
Yes, assault weapons are amazing devices. I am glad I got to use one so easily, as it made me like my little 22LR even more for its accuracy and ease of use compared to the clunky AK. Pew! Pew!
August 23rd, 2016 at 8:49 am
To be fair, they went to school for 4 years AND did residency only to kill more people than guns do in this country. And by accident. Maybe the doctor’s on to something. Or maybe all that fancy Book Larnin’ didn’t pay, at least in common sense.
August 23rd, 2016 at 9:01 am
Hey mikee, Assault is an act, not an item.
August 23rd, 2016 at 9:20 am
Right Robert, or an offensive military tactic.
August 23rd, 2016 at 9:39 am
Is she a Muslim because she looks like an Arab. Which I find ironic.
August 23rd, 2016 at 10:20 am
@PaperNuncio, to which the doctor would probably say, oh, but we save many more lives than we kill”. Reply: “Thank you for making a good point. That’s true of people who own and carry guns too.”
August 23rd, 2016 at 1:38 pm
http://www.hospitalsafetyscore.org/newsroom/display/hospitalerrors-thirdleading-causeofdeathinus-improvementstooslow
According to the above website, around 440,000 people die from preventable medical errors every year.
Now, we all understand that the good doctor isn’t a subject matter expert on firearms or any scope of experience that includes firearms save for GSW’s.
You would think that she would address the gaping, ragged hole that medical malpractice is tearing in the U.S. Population….but noooooo.
Is it me or does the phrase “physician heal thyself” seem applicable?
August 24th, 2016 at 10:42 am
Since she said “assault weapon” I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt and think she meant military style full auto. I don’t really disagree with her credential comparison.
I can get a DD (Doctor of Divinity) with an application and a hundred bucks that is required to be recognized to protect my Constitutional right to freedom of religion.
That’s a lot easier and cheaper than an NFA reg.
August 24th, 2016 at 10:28 pm
It occurred to me that when a doctor is working on someone who has been severely beaten or all stabbed up, they may very well working on someone who needed a gun and didn’t have one.
August 25th, 2016 at 3:23 am
@ Dr. De: No. Your move.