If it saves even one life...

Last week, Slow Joe gun is a four letter word Biden reminded his gun grabbing committee of a bit of LB BS, “If your action result in saving only one life, they’re worth taking.” Sounds nice. It is total BS. Let’s consider just how hollow LB is on this.


First, how many people are unnecessarily killed and wounded due to negligent/accidental discharges every year? Schools should be required to teach firearms safety and safe shooting to every student. After all, if such instruction saves even one life, it’s a step worth taking.

There are over 300 million guns in America. Kids are eventually going to stumble upon one. Our children need to know how to handle and shoot a gun safely. The NRA’s Eddie Eagle program does just that. As such, slow Joe ought to recommend to LB that the NRA be invited into every one of our schools to teach gun safety. What do you suppose the chances are of Slow Joe making that recommendation to save “just one life?”

Because on many occasions just the sight of a gun being brandished by a responsible citizen has deterred a crime, every former military man ought to be encouraged to openly carry a weapon. After all if just the sight of an openly carried firearm saves one life, encouraging open carry is a step worth taking.

Economics professor John Lott proves statistically that the more guns in an environment the safer that environment becomes. As such Slow Joe should recommend to LB that concealed carry permits be issued the same as a fishing license, except that there is no fee for such a permit. After all, if putting more guns on the streets saves even one life, it’s a step worth taking.

Remember when you have seconds to live, the police are only 10-20 minutes away. As such, people in rural areas should be encouraged to keep at least one loaded weapon in their home. After all if encouraging rural citizens to keep a loaded weapon in their homes saves only one life, it’s an action worth taking.

This exercise could go on for several pages. I think the several examples noted above demonstrate the total BS nature LB and Slow Joe’s offer. What they really mean is, “If any gun grabbing action saves one life, let’s do it until we grab every gun from law abiding citizens.”

And let’s be doubly clear about this. The target is lawful ownership of guns. Nothing Slow Joe comes up with will be directed at criminals. There will be no recommendation that any crime committed with any type of gun receives a mandatory 10 year sentence at a federal prison.

Any such recommendation would no doubt save hundreds of lives. First by making criminals think twice about ever committing any type of armed crime. Next, the sheer amount of human garbage that  would be swept away by such a law would make everyone safer. Last such a law would tip the scales heavily in favor of law abiding gun owners. If criminals are encouraged to disarm or face 10 large in the big house while their victims are encouraged to arm themselves, who has the advantage?