The Mission of X-Offenders for Community empowerment is to empower ex-offenders to become change agents in mobilizing the community to address issues threatening healthy family and community life.Uh-huh. Why do I sense a catch in here somewhere that makes this my problem?
Oh, I don't know...
"We're researching ways to target legitimate dealers who sell illegal guns under the table in stores or gun shows as well as the guy selling illegal guns out of his car trunk," says Jacobs, "because they are just as guilty of murder as the kid who uses that gun to rob a gas station. We must restrict the availability of these weapons by holding owners and dealers responsibility for missing, stolen or under-the-table guns." Illegal guns are destroying our cities," Blackburn adds, "and this is something we think both the NRA and the gun control advocates can get behind". It’s the middle ground of the debate, a perfect compromise for both sides. Look, people can walk right out of jail and get a gun with just a phone call. And as a society, we only seem interested in what happens after the gun is obtained and a violent crime is committed. What we're saying is we have to start looking at ways to prevent kids from getting their hands on a gun, not just wait to lock them up after somebody gets shot."Sounds like you learned quite a bit during your time in the slammer there, fellas, like how to deflect responsibility to everyone but yourselves. We're responsible for you stealing our guns? We're required to report it under penalty of law while you're exempt?
How about this instead? Don't threaten people and they won't need to respond.
That sounds like a reasonable "middle ground" and "perfect compromise" to me.
My rights are not subject to anyone else's inability or unwillingness to control himself. Period.
[Sebastian touched on this a few weeks ago.]