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Brady Campaign accuses guns of murder! No trials yet. Some killers apparently held without bail at police stations.
August 7, 2008 | Tagged Brady Campaign, common sense, Culture War, guns as killers |
While trolling for tidbits of information from the other side of the gun debate, I came across an interesting poster on the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence Website. The poster claims that in 2004, “Guns murdered” 11,344 people in the United States. I suppose what they mean is that guns were used by American criminals to kill other people 11,344 times in 2004, as opposed to some other method.
I seriously doubt that any number of guns slipped out of their holsters and gun safes, somehow managed to load and cock themselves, and then, for reasons of their own, sought out and killed human beings. As far as I can tell, guns are inanimate objects. They do not reproduce on their own. They do not exhibit goal-directed behavior. In fact, they do not behave at all. I personally have been close to numerous loaded guns and have never seen one demonstrate aggression, let alone deadly intent.
On the other hand, research done by Democrat Professor Gary Kleck indicates that guns are used in America up to 2.5 million times every year for self-defense. I suppose that if we must condemn guns for murder, we must commend them for coming to the defense of their owners and others.
If guns are somehow animate and capable of murder, must we then grant them habeas corpus? Are police illegally holding sentient beings without bail, without trial, without hope of eventual release? Most of these guns are probably being crushed and burned without any pretext at due process. Where is the ACLU? Where are the trial lawyers?
Where is the common sense on the other side of the gun debate?
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