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What is one more lie when the cause is so worthy?

First time debuting in the blog we have Americans for Responsible Solutions. ARS is spearheaded by the Barbie and Ken of Gun control, Gabby (I was for gun rights  till I found out I could make more money in Gun Control) Giffords and her husband (Mark (David Bowie ought to make a song about me) Kelly. To celebrate their first official mention in the blog, let’s try this one for size:

ARS Iowa BG checks

 

 

I checked and if I am not way off the mark, Iowa has a funky system to buy firearms: You basically need a permit from the government to go buy a sidearm from a FFL. This Iowa permit demands you get a background check in order for the permit to be issued. There is not such requirement for long guns.

Now, unless there is something I am missing, Iowa permit or not, when you go to a gun shop to buy a gun, you still have to go through the background check, form 4473, etc. The bill simply wants the state permit to be eliminated since you still have to go through a background check at stores and gun shows, in other words, let’s get rid of an unnecessary redundancy.

But according to Ken und Barbie Gun Control World, Iowa would sell guns to anybody without any type of background checks…which at least over this side of the planet (and probably yours) is a lie.

But it is OK as they are allowed to lie you just make sure you send your cash donation to Americans for Responsible Solutions.

gabby giffords ar kid

Well, that was rather embarrassing.

However, Duke University Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Jeff Swanson cautioned that the link between gun violence against others and diagnosable mental health is, in fact, very small. “Twenty-eight percent of gun-disqualifying records are related to mental health,” he said. “But only 4 percent of those who commit gun violence have a serious mental illness. If we waved a magic wand and eliminated all diagnosable mental health problems, we’d have 96 percent of the same gun violence.”

via Gun panel aims for ‘gun violence restraining order’ | Crosscut.

This was a panel discussion Friday by a group called the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy at an undisclosed location by the article, but probably Washington State. They were arguing the pros and pros of California’s “gun violence restraining order” and this Professor apparently jumped the fence and pretty much shook the excuse of mental illness to ban guns to the ground.

I call it embarrassing because the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy turns out to be a pseudo think-tank of our friends at the Cult Coalition to Stop Gun Rights Violence via their Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence. I figure they were not expecting Dr. Swanson to get off the reservation or that it was recorded for posterity.

Damned Internet!

Another list of Gun Dead People, Another Oops!

Ssgmark was perusing the news and found something “interesting,” A heartfelt Washington Post article (March 21,2015) on the memorial erected by the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church:

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On the lower left corner, you can see the yellow T-shirt with the name “Ray Savoy.” Now, who was Mr. Savoy? According to the Washington Post (12/9/2014):

To his girlfriend’s family, Ray Savoy seemed an attentive, loving boyfriend. The 29-year-old carried Kristy Flowers, an aspiring lawyer, up and down the stairs after she had surgery on her foot and often made sure that her baths were accompanied by candles and chocolates….
…On Tuesday, police officials in Arlington County said they believe that Savoy fatally shot Flowers, 31, inside the apartment they shared on North Kensington Street in the Westover neighborhood, then shot and killed himself

People need to be picky and not just read off a list some other idiot provided. You may remember the embarrassing effect it had on the Mayors Against Illegal Guns “No More Names” tour bus which had names of criminals doing their deeds and even dying while confronting police or an armed intended victim.

I am gonna quote from Ssgmark’s email because it reflects perfectly my sentiment:

Maybe I’m being picky, but listing a murderer as a victim of gun violence is a bit too inclusive for my taste.  Especially since I’m assuming that somewhere nearby is a tee shirt with his victim’s name on it.
I could have not said it better.