There’s a part of me that agrees with Aunt B.:
I am not worried about y’all having guns in restaurants or parks. Maybe the gun nuts have worn me down or just convinced me, I don’t know. But that’s the truth. I do not care. Go forth, be careful, and for gods’ sake, don’t shoot any innocent people.
Because, really, I think we are looking askew at this flurry of gun legislation that our legislators are trying to pass in a hurry.
First, Tennessee’s gun permit holders are allowed to pretty much carry anywhere except bars and parks (although the exceptions to this law are also liberal). So can’t we compromise on this? Let those who feel safer in places without guns – as opposed to those who feel safer in places with guns – have these two exceptions.
More importantly, though, is the attention our legislators are giving gun legislation this session. Again, in a state where gun laws are already permissive, why not put these non-emergency bills on hold until we address our failing schools, our out-of-control child mortality rate, and 10% (average for the state) unemployment?
[...] of focusing on our failing schools, high unemployment, and inadequate health care, they introduce unnecessary gun bill after unnecessary gun bill (did anyone catch Senator Mae Beavers on Glenn Beck’s TV show?). And then there’s [...]
[...] of focusing on our failing schools, high unemployment, and inadequate health care, they introduce unnecessary gun bill after unnecessary gun bill (did anyone catch Senator Mae Beavers on Glenn Beck’s TV show?). And then there’s [...]
Okay, so I have the solution to all of those problems. First off, the failing schools. The reason most schools in this country fail is lack of motivation, both by the teachers and the students. So I say if you’re a teacher and you aren’t concerned about your students, you get fired. If you’re a student who could give two shits about school, you get kicked out. Let them live in the real world for a while. But you liberals would instead pamper the student, telling him/her that it’s okay to not like school. As for the child mortality rate, yeah it is a bummer. But for every child that dies, another child is born. So it kinda evens itself out. And on the unemployment bit, just look to our Lord and Savior, Barack Obama, and he’ll guide you in the right direction.