I get that not everyone is going to agree with me on guns. They should because I'm right, of course, but they don't see it that way and they have a right to believe as they do.
They have a fundamental right to be wrong.
But they don't have a right to be wrong and not receive criticism, and sometimes they say things so stupid I feel duty-bound to point them out to you so the gun community can join together in mockery.
For example, we have this tweet from the K-12 School Shooting Database X account.
A Chicago high school student was arrested after a Glock 21 pistol was found in his locker.
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) March 27, 2024
The gun was stolen in the small town of Henderson, KY 300 miles away.
Chicago's restrictive gun laws are undermined by the ease of obtaining firearms from other states. pic.twitter.com/VWq84NFXtB
The "ease of obtaining firearms from other states."
It was a stolen gun, but the issue is...what? That Kentucky legalized gun thefts?
Of course, the internet had a field day with it.
If only stealing guns was illegal. Damn.
— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) March 27, 2024
So.. you're what? Wanting to ban people from travelling?
— 2A History (@2aHistory) March 27, 2024
Because that's what you're saying.
"Criminals can move stolen goods from state A to state B. We must stop people from travelling between states to stop that!!!" ?????
Good luck in court with that. pic.twitter.com/zt0IQon9RE
Gun stolen -crime
— Destrier (@Destrier15) March 27, 2024
Stolen Gun transported across state lines- crime
Stolen Gun given or sold to a minor - crime
Stolen Gun taken into a gun free zone- crime
But more laws would stop criminal behavior.
So the kid bought a Glock in KY and had it shipped to a FFL in Chicago, then showed his FOID Card when he came in for the NICS Check? pic.twitter.com/bFCS7MGZwL
— Rob Dalton (@ZORTBadger) March 27, 2024
Yeah...they really didn't think this one through, did they?
Granted, K-12 School Shooting Database is an account on X that makes Brady's Kris Brown look like a mental giant, so yeah, this is kind of low-hanging fruit, but on the other hand, they actually tried to make it about Kentucky's lack of gun control when it was a stolen gun.
Not one obtained via a straw buy or one that a parent hadn't locked up and the kid took to school. Oh no, this was a gun stolen 300 miles away, illegally trafficked into the city, and then sold to a kid who then took it to school.
And they actually posted that it was stolen because they thought it didn't matter. They really did.
What's more, to a lot of gun control advocates, it doesn't matter. They honestly think that a gun stolen in one state and trafficked to an anti-gun state is a failure of the lack of gun control in the first state, not an example of why gun control won't work in the second. It's delusional thinking, but it's also the way they see it.
Getting ratioed on X is going to convince them of their stupidity.
I mean, maybe they think we should outlaw stealing guns?
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