Les Jones

Guns > Bitter Bitch vs. David Ignatius

Bitter wins, of course, in fisking his editorial about the NRA's efforts to enact laws to prevent Katrina-style police confiscation of guns from law-abiding citizens during an emergency.

The fearsome NRA launched a nationwide campaign last month demanding that every mayor and police chief in America sign a pledge that they won't disarm "law-abiding citizens" in the event of a terrorist attack or natural disaster.

Am I fearsome? Some of you know me in real life, and I hardly think I come across as fearsome. And for the record, they are asking, not demanding. Demanding creates an image for readers that they are doing it at gun point or something. Oh wait, that's the kind of bias that many anti-gun MSM folks want to express. Fearsome, demanding NRA folks are evil...

The NRA is also proposing federal legislation that would make it a crime for cops to disarm lawfully gun-toting citizens during emergencies. Even by NRA standards, this is a bad idea -- not just divisive but downright dangerous.

Dangerous for law abiding citizens to have guns? But you just said in the previous sentence that they are lawful. Is someone who is lawfully driving a car dangerous? Is someone who lawfully uses a kitchen knife dangerous? Why is someone who lawfully uses a firearm dangerous?

Does the gun lobby really want to remake America in the image of Iraq?

Considering Saddam controlled who had guns in Iraq, I think that's exactly what this type of legislation is designed to avoid.