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In reply to the discussion: The Air Force says it failed to follow procedures, allowing Texas church shooter to obtain firearms [View all]PatrickforO
(14,618 posts)to make sure that Kelly had his second amendment rights in spite of his violent background. Because, hey, according to the NRA, it is a slippery slope. If we keep one whack-job with a violent record from being able to get guns, then that leads to yet ANOTHER violent whack-job not being able to get guns. Where does it stop then?
Or, to use my favorite analogy: A kid on the playground threw a rock at another kid and hurt him. The teachers were concerned and so gave rocks to all the kids. Because, said one, everyone knows that only a good kid with a rock can stop a bad kid with a rock. Later, some members of the PTA protested this and said the teachers should take all the rocks away from all the kids so they were safe. The teachers replied that if they take rocks away from all the kids, but a bad kid wants a rock, he will find out a way to get one. The school administration, which was being paid off by the lapidaries, who were carving sharper and sharper rocks, began to run commercials, ads and bought billboard space to plug the right to rocks for every American. The school administration doubled down on this by allowing kids to get concealed carry rock permits so other people wouldn't know they were packin' until they pulled it out of their pocket and threw it at someone. Several whole school districts decided to allow 'open carry' rocks, ostensibly to discourage bad kids with rocks with peer pressure.
As the years went by, kids acquired more and more rocks and there were mass rock throwings and rock fights at more and more schools. In the meantime, the lapidaries developed a rapid fire device for rocks...
Isn't that how the NRA wants it? Those darned lapidaries!