Indicting Wayne LaPierre et al at the NRA

Since the gun assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King in 1968, more than a million Americans have been killed by guns.

(Calgary, Alberta) - The New York Times, in an editorial two days after the Colorado movie theater murders, said, in part,

“Politicians are far too fearful of the gun lobby to address gun violence, and, as a society, we keep getting stuck on a theoretical debate about the Second Amendment, which keeps us from taking practical measures that just might help avoid the all-too-frequent tragedies like the one in Aurora.”

"After these heinous crimes occur, we grieve for the victims and yammer amongst each other about the tragedy. Yet, what are we doing to stop this? The way I see it all we do is hope that we, our friends and our loved ones are never caught in one of these horrific rampages. Then, we go about our daily lives and stop thinking about it. We’re like turkeys in the rain staring upward with our beaks wide open waiting to drown. I am confident that there will be more pointless massacres in this country and once again we’ll be grieving and yammering. This problem is never going to go away because the right to bear arms over here is too easily and too often abused. We’re not the wild west. We’re the reckless west. We’ve brought this on ourselves."

The National Rifle Association is the invisible elephant in the room. It cannot be confronted directly because it is impervious to reasoned, rational arguments. As an organization, it operates under a single emotion: Fear. This was nicely summarized in an exchange by A.J. and Leon in the 1995 movie “The American President” in a political strategy session:

A. J. MacInerney: "Oh, and Leon, don't be the nice, sweet guy from Brooklyn on this one. Do what the NRA does."

Strategies involving compassion, understanding, empathy, kindness, benevolence, generosity, bigheartedness—all normal traits of the American people—cannot penetrate the armor of fear worn by the NRA and its members.

When James E. Holmes appeared in court on July 21, he was alone in the prisoner’s dock with only his public defender at his side. Missing from the courtroom entirely was the NRA leadership:

Holmes is obviously mentally unhinged, but the same can be said—not to the same extreme or in the same direction—for many NRA members.

The NRA leadership, named above, are unelected dictators of American public policy. When elected representatives and senators are afraid to act on behalf of their voting constituents because they fear the unleashing of a campaign of disinformation and fear by the NRA, it means democracy has been cancelled.

If NRA members and their supporters believe LaPierre and his spiritual brethren can do a better job of running the country, have them come out of hiding, run for public office and become legitimate moulders of public policy.

He has always been concerned about fairness in the world and the plight of the underprivileged/underdog.

As a professional writer he sold his first paid article in 1974 and, while employed at other jobs, started selling a few pieces in assorted places.

Over the next 15 years, Daniel eked out a living as a writer doing, among other things, national writing and both radio and TV broadcasting for the CBC, Maclean’s (the national newsmagazine) and a wide variety of smaller publications. Interweaved throughout this period was soul-killing corporate and public relations writing.

It was through the 1960s and 1970s that he got his university experience. In his first year at the University of Calgary, he majored in psychology/mathematics; in his second year he switched to physics/mathematics. He then learned of an independent study program at the University of Lethbridge where he attended the next two years, studying philosophy and economics. In the end he attended university over nine years (four full time) but never qualified for a degree because he didn't have the right number of courses in any particular field.

In 1990 he published his first (and so far, only) book: Practical History: A guide to Will and Ariel Durant’s “The Story of Civilization” (Polymath Press, Calgary)

Newly appointed as the Deputy Executive Editor in August 2011, he has been writing exclusively for Salem-News.com since March 2009 and, as of summer 2011, has published more than 160 stories.

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Anonymous August 2, 2012 7:30 am (Pacific time)

Daniel: "Instead I can see millions of your compatriots taking on the military and the police, with handguns. Good luck." Daniel I see you have never read our Constitution, much less understand our culture. The government here in America is "We the people...", and why would we attack "us"? As long as our political system operates as it is intended, we will be fine. If we have an attempt at a take over, we have well ingrained methods/procedures in dealing with tyrants. This may happen soon, so you may witness just how effective we are at dealing with true domestic evil.
Oh, the NRA is one of many organizations dealing with our 2nd Amendemnt, but the largest one is made up of those citizens who own over 200 million firearms. They come from a complete cross-section of our citizens. Again, why would we take on and fight "us"? It seems you really want bad things to happen to America.

No, I don't want bad things to happen to America.. You're doing it all on your own.

Anonymous July 30, 2012 12:58 pm (Pacific time)

Daniel simply compare and contrast states (including conservative legislatures!) with conservative leadership and those like New York and California. The same contrast is also evident with smaller political units like cities (Detroit), towns, counties. Evidence beyond a reasonable doubt as Perry Mason would point out...to Mr. Burger. Oh, and Bill Clinton simply signed conservative legislation, getting credit for literally doing zip in 8 years. Look what Obama has done...we are balkanized to the point that a domestic conflageration may be very difficult to avoid, but we will survive, and get stronger. Firearms will keep casualties down, otherwise, we would probably be like Stalinist Russia, Cuba, China, Cambodia, North Korea, Uganda, Mexico, Libya, Syria, Albania, Rawanda, ad nauseum...

I see no evidence that the US is moving in the other direction, towards positive models like Canada, U.K, Germany etc. Instead I can see millions of your compatriots taking on the military and the police, with handguns. Good luck.

Anonymous July 30, 2012 9:36 am (Pacific time)

Daniel you missed the point regarding Keynes in terms of how progressives have distorted his main economic thesis(es). Regarding "anytime" as a time reference regarding "big government" failures, let the historical record be the proof in the pudding. Here in America Daniel those states that have conservative leadership essentially have better economic situations and much lower crime rates. Suffice, they minimize government interventions in comparison to big government libs who are failing miserably. I guess you simply don't have the kind of reporting/interpretation understanding, may I suggest you start each day by opening objective news sites. They are the most frequented news websites on the planet and have links to primary sources of all ideologies. Of course reading certain newspapers and magazines hinder rather than illuminate, which is illustrated by people choosing to spend their time/money on real objective sources of information, which really tweaks the libs. Too bad, but it's essentially a form of Darwinism.

States with conservative leadership like Mississippi, Tennessee, NC, Texas, etc? Really progressive places. Sorry about that, I know that one word and its variants that conservatives don't like is "progress".

Anonymous July 29, 2012 10:12 am (Pacific time)

Daniel anytime you have a strong central government you have an ideology based on reasoning that individuals cannot function on their own without [strong] government oversight...that is chapter/verse of leftist perspective. If you make a list of individual accomplishments in America and compare to the sum total of the rest of the world, then America certainly shines in a most brilliant way. So make a list of things Canadian society uses daily, and how much of it came from America. I dare say if there is any real power source in our country that dictates policy outside of congress and our state political institutions, then it would be the unions. The largest political cash contributors are from the unions, and that is why Obama bailed out much of the auto industry, to keep union donations coming in. What a blunder! Just look up that at the Federal Elections source. They also dwarf the major corporate donations. Maybe you can try comparing George Soros with those of opposing viewpoints...also compare their criminal backgrounds to measure trustworthiness. When government minimizes their influence, we all do better. Keep in mind that those who finished at the bottom of their graduating classes usually can be found at government positions, while the opposite holds true. It is the private market and individuals that create solutions, and the government simply causes more difficulties than they help ameliorate. The evidence is there, and the opposing views are unfounded supposition, like Keneysian economics that is being used inaccurately by the left, of course it wouldn't matter if they followed his original guidelines. The left simply is incompetent. Look at NASA, look at their policies anywhere...

Your second word is "anytime"--a broad, unsubstantiated generalization.

John Maynard Keynes wrote in 1933:

"The decadent international but individualistic capitalism, in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war, is not a success. It is not intelligent, it is not beautiful, it is not just, it is not virtuous—and it doesn’t deliver the goods. In short, we dislike it, and we are beginning to despise it. "

And Keynes was no leftist.

Anonymous July 28, 2012 6:46 am (Pacific time)

Daniel, Fascism, like Marxism, is a far left ideology that calls for a collective, a mass all-controlling government to dictate behavior. Conservatism is all about the individual's pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. We of course must have laws to rein in corporate take-overs (a natural tendency in my opinion), which most certainly happens under liberal governments; the evidence is omnipresent. In the fullness of time we will see how things work out, but if I was in America illegally, I would have an exit plan.

Fascism is "far left"? Is that how you would have described Hitler's Germany or Franco's Spain? Conservatism is allegedly about individualism, but it hasn't really worked out that way--at least in the US where you now have rule by corporation.

Anonymous July 27, 2012 9:25 am (Pacific time)

Daniel you come from a jumble of premises that simply do not register from those who are informed. I have seen you quote people from the New York Times and others of similar perspectives, and they all simply have a very tiny (and shrinking) following. There are reasons why the left-slanted media has been going under, and conservative media has been growing. I appreciate your passion, but you simply are not informed about American history from a detailed perspective. Did you ever have a professor/instructor tell you of the danger of viewing history and applying contemporary values to it? AKA: "Climate of the Times." Most of my peers, not just in college, but beginning in high school for example, we would write a review on say an older play, book, poem, and do two reports. One from the perspective of the time period it was written...which meant we would have to become familiar with that time period in a comprehensive way, and then an analysis of what that literature meant to us in the present. The same method was applied to history. You clearly are on a path where you augment what you feel are the highlights to bolster your thesis, while disallowing other views. That is your right, but people who are informed generally will not buy into premises that are disjointed and narrow. No doubt you have plenty of company to reinforce your opinions, but what impact do you all have? America will continue on, and we will continue to have problems, some very serious. We will find ways to solve those problems. Firearms will continue to be bought and sold, and we will continue to have those organizations who will insist on doing away with them. I expect that we will have a major uptick in violence, and people will not be receptive to living without their protection. It is not about hunting or sport shooting, it is about protection. Currently Obama, by by-passing congress, has neutered our Border Patrol, and we are starting to see a pick up in people from around the world freely coming in. There are no jobs, and many of these aliens are here to hurt us. We will prevail, but Canada is also looking at a growing problem from people who simply do not care about the Canadian values system. There are some bumpy times ahead as a quickly growing underclass spreads throughout North America. We will never have enough jobs for them, their birthrate will be of 3rd world magnitude, and they will easily be co-opted into groups whose aim is to destroy both are governments. We may be long buried when that happens, or it will be here very soon. It cannot be stopped, but it can be resolved.

You think you're refuting me, but you're actually up against Stephen Kinzer. There's no "jumble" of premises in his book Overthrow. I also recommend you read Andrew Bacevich's Limits of Power: The end of American Exceptionalism and Garry Wills A Necessary Evil

You talk about growing conservatism but what you don't seem to realize is that conservatism is a road to fascism. In fact with the overwhelming corporate control of the American political system (including SCOTUS), America is in some important ways already fascistic. Like Ann Landers used to say, "wake up and smell the coffee".

I don't wish the U.S. or it's people ill (with a few exceptions), but you're doing it to yourselves by clinging to 18th century mythologies.

Anonymous July 27, 2012 6:37 am (Pacific time)

The below list of "American Predations" when compared with American exceptionalism and achievements is based on what? A premise coming from a position based on a faulty, even childlike inerpretation of history. Each item on Daniel's list is easily re-interpreted when viewed from a perspective that is not only better informed, but also based on a "climate of the times" analysis. Compare and contrast different professional historians' interpretations, then see how convincing the negative timeline of events is. There is not one person on the planet who engages in western health and tech benefits who does not ave an improved existence because of America, and that certainly includes Canadians. Is there another country out there that the world can count on in times of disaster to render assistance on a global scale? Of course not. A small minority are jealous of us, and they can enjoy that state and stew in it. We simply do not care, unless you cause, or inend to cause us harm, then we will remedy that situation. Many Canadians have served in our military and they know of our underlying good intentions of all of our actions.

Try reading Stephen Kinzer's Overthrow : America's century of regime change from Hawaii to Iraq before offering up any more excuses.

Anonymous July 26, 2012 6:23 pm (Pacific time)

Daniel it's obvious from your past writings on my country, you amply demonstrate you have a real "Jones" for us. Just the same when you ask people from around the world where they would like to go, and who they see as the country that helps maintain some type of global harmony, it is America. I could also make a list of accomplishments and they would dwarf any negative list you could provide, but that "Jones" gatekeeper you have would make that a horse/water scenario for you. Anyway I'm glad you are safe and happily enjoying your ability to critique us, and am certainly sorry you feel the way you do about us. I wonder why so many Canadians continue to come here? Two estates away from me is a Canadian family that spends about four months a year here, mostly around the Xmas period, and now, even celebrating our Independence Day on July 4th with us at our community common area. I belive you are a tiny minority, albeit a vocal one, who feels the way you do. Possibly if you were more familiar with firearms and American history you would feel differently?

Are you suggesting that American predations over the last century alone are "OK"?. I don't make that stuff up.

Anonymous July 26, 2012 12:23 pm (Pacific time)

Daniel, Americans follow "our" Constitution and Bill of Rights. What the rest of the world does is not of our concern, unless they need our help, which we do on a regular basis, or if they threaten our national security. You may have noticed that practically all homes in Switzerland have fully automatic weapons, which are illegal here and need a special license. I have that special license by the way, and it was very easy for me to get, but very difficult for the average American. Switzerland has a very low homicide rate, much lower than Canada and Japan. My immediate community has not had a gun homicide in decades, but then literally everyone has firearms, and we have very little crime. Word has gotten out to the criminals that they will suffer intense consequences if they pursue any criminal activity here. It is a gated community, and the trend is for more gated communities. What the urban area's do is up to them, and those who have appropriate recognition of firearm rights have much lower crime than those that do not. Criminals could care less about the law, as surely you must know? Americans have no doubt that our 2nd Amendment is a right, and those who think differently simply exercise our 1st Amendment right. God bless them, as long as they don't scream fire in a theatre, or open up with a firearm.

You say you live in a gated community. It appears, as well that you have a gated mind. Your view of America is not the same as others around the world. The U.S. has been one of the most predatory nations in modern times. Here is an outline of American invasions over the last century or so:

1893 Hawaii At the behest of the Dole Fruit Co. The overthrow was approved by President McKinley but denounced by his successor, President Roosevelt, who later became an enthusiastic supporter of regime change done by Americans.

1898 Cuba

1899 Philippines Mark Twain suggested that it was time to redesign the American flag “with the white stripes painted black and the stars replaced by skull and crossbones”

1903 Panama

1910 Nicaragua

1911 Honduras

1953 Iran, The CIA overthrew a popular, democratically elected president and replaced him with the Shah of Iran who ruled with an iron fist until he was overthrown in a revolution. The Iranian people did not forget which was behind the great hatred of the US, which continues to this day.

1954 Guatemala Government ties to Moscow were alleged, but never found. United Fruit Company operated here with no interference from the government. This is where the term “banana republic” originated. Michael Kinzer writes: “The United States crushed a democratic experiment that held great promise for Latin America. As in Iran a year earlier, it deposed a regime that embraced fundamental American ideals but that had committed the sin of seeking to retake control of its own natural resources.”

1963 South Vietnam

1973 Chile

1983 Grenada The black humour in this invasion is that the American military had no real intelligence on the layout of the land. They ended up using maps from island service stations.

1987 Panama

1996 Afghanistan America supported bin Laden and the Taliban in ousting the Soviets.

2003 Iraq

I look forward to your rebuttal.

Anonymous July 26, 2012 6:00 am (Pacific time)

I’ll bet everyone of the victims in this Colorado shooting wished, if only for a moment, that they or someone else in the immediate vicinity had a concealed weapon. Ted Kennedy killed more people with his car than the majority of gun owners have with their gun. Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to own cars. Obeying traffic laws is no guarantee of an accident free driving experience. Wearing a life vest in a boat is no guarantee from drowning. Doing either gives you a fighting chance of survival, however. There are no guarantees in life, but there are steps one can take to improve your odds of waking up the next day. The clear conclusion of statistical studies shows that more guns means less crime. That is difficult for some to understand, but that is the evidence. The police are able to protect you if they are standing next to you when a perp is victimizing you. A better maxim to remember is that 'when seconds count, the police are minutes away.' All it would take is someone to disarm the populace then wait a few years / decades and eventually the tyranny of the mob will elect a screwball who will start shipping people away or shooting them in ditches. Stalin killed over 30 million, and Mao may have killed over 100 million. The 2nd Amendment is not a manmade law, it is a right. Dan, here is a government made graph that shows the current homicide reality of our youth. Keep in mind demographic/population ratio's. These are real facts, not emotional opinions based on contrived supposition. Look at the year it was made and see how it relates to current times. How do you solve this trend? Easy, we have historical evidence how we controlled feral murderers in our recent past. http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/youthviolence/stats_at-a_glance/hr_age-race.html

You're spouting a bunch of nonsense. Gun ownership is a right and not a manmade law? If so, how come Americans are the only ones that apparently have this right? We don't have it here in Canada and no one misses it.

Gun homicide per 100,000 population:

U.S. -> 3.98

European Union -> 0.06-0.81

Gun ownership per 100,000 population:

U.S. -> 88.8

European Union -> 0.7-31.2

You can spin it any way you want but more guns equals more gun related homicide.

Anonymous July 25, 2012 4:05 pm (Pacific time)

Well Dan, what can you say? "This wasn't supposed to happen. Firearms sales are surging in the wake of the Colorado movie theater massacre as buyers express fears that anti-gun politicians may use the shootings to seek new restrictions on owning weapons. In Colorado, the site of Friday's shooting that killed 12 and injured dozens of others, gun sales jumped in the three days that followed. The state approved background checks for 2,887 people who wanted to purchase a firearm -- 25 percent more than the average Friday to Sunday period in 2012 and 43 percent more than the same interval the week prior."

Anonymous July 25, 2012 3:57 pm (Pacific time)

"...the gun lobby is the majority of the American people. It's not a lobby that is stopping all of this. The reason that the lobby is strong is because it represents overwhelming opinion in the United States. How do we know that? The president of the United States, who had this tremendous opening if he wanted to push the use of guns after a tragedy of this magnitude could easily have done it and he has assiduously stayed away because he knows it's a losing political proposition. Liberals in the country want gun control, Democrats don't. They normally overlap, but not on this. Democrats will not go near it because of the experience as we heard earlier about 1994, and they don't want to repeat that again. We're at the height of an election and they won't go near it. You're going to have discussion on talk shows and none in Congress and nothing will happen in terms of legislation." http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/07/23/krauthammer_the_problem_for_democrats_is_the_gun_lobby_is_the_majority_of_americans.html The problem with Democrats is that they long ago tossed out the constitution or - worse - eliminated all meaning by coming to refer to it as a “living document.” It is NOT a “living document” - it means just exactly what it says, and if they want to eliminate private ownership of firearms then they can observe the prescribed process and rescind the Second Amendment; otherwise, they can go pound sand.

Anonymous July 24, 2012 4:18 pm (Pacific time)

I think this is a mute issue.. People will not give up their second ammendment rights, no matter what anyone says..Aint gonna happen..The U.S. is not Canada. Whether you believe civilians should own firearms, or not, simply doesnt matter, cause the only way it will change is thru force, then its civil war etc. as mentioned, we are not roll-over canadians. There really is nothing more to talk about this issue. Simple as that. Move on to another subject, such as the bankers/rothchild owned goldman sachs robbing us blind and building a police state in both canada and the U.S. to control us with force after they bankrupt us... Talk about the FEMA camps that are in high gear per the department of homeland security..The gun issue is null and void. Move on. Its nothing more than a distraction.

Bob July 24, 2012 4:16 pm (Pacific time)

NY Times is working for the elite who want the population disarmed. A quote from Gandhi: "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the BLACKEST." [Emphasis added. Blacker than enslaving people, than mass murder the British committed, than destruction of the whole economy ....] http://www.naturalnews.com/036536_James_Holmes_shooting_false_flag.html Staged just in time for a vote on the UN small arms treaty? More and more, this shooting is looking like a deliberate plot staged by the government itself much like Operation Fast and Furious pulled off by the ATF (http://www.naturalnews.com/032934_ATF_illegal_firearms.html) which helped smuggle tens of thousands of guns into Mexico for the purpose of causing "gun violence" in the USA, then blaming the Second Amendment for it. .... Governments routinely murder millions Here's a short list of government mass murder carried out throughout history, almost always immediately following the disarmament of the public (and usually involving staged false flag events to justify the disarmament): 50+ million dead: Mao Ze-Dong (China, 1958-61 and 1966-69, Tibet 1949-50) 12+ million dead: Adolf Hitler (Germany, 1939-1945) - concentration camps, civilian deaths and dead Russian POWs 8+ million dead: Leopold II of Belgium (Congo, 1886-1908) 6+ million dead: Jozef Stalin (USSR, 1932-39) 5+ million dead: Hideki Tojo (Japan, 1941-44) 2+ million dead: Ismail Enver (Turkey, 1915-22) 1.7 million dead: Pol Pot (Cambodia, 1975-79) 1.6 million dead: Kim Il Sung (North Korea, 1948-94) 1.5 million dead: Menghistu (Ethiopia, 1975-78) 1 million dead: Yakubu Gowon (Biafra, 1967-1970) 900,000 dead: Leonid Brezhnev (Afghanistan, 1979-1982) 800,000 dead: Jean Kambanda (Rwanda, 1994) See more at: http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/dictat.html Death by government: http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/DBG.CHAP1.HTM http://www.infowars.com/democide-government-killed-over-260-million-i... A "monopoly of force" in government is far more dangerous than a crazed lone shooter So yes, James Holmes and other crazed shooters kill a number of people each year in random acts of violence. It's horrifying and wrong, but it's nothing compared to the millions of lives that governments tend to destroy when they gain total power over the populace. The most dangerous thing in the world, it turns out, is not a crazy person with a rifle; it's a government with a "monopoly of force" over the entire population. And that's exactly what the UN spells out as its goal for the world: Stripping all power from individual citizens and handing "monopolies of force" to the governments of the world, shoring up their positions as the only "legitimate" power on the planet. See this document entitled, "Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)" policy paper No. 24: http://www.naturalnews.com/files/Revisiting-the-State-Monopoly-on-the...

Anonymous July 24, 2012 3:23 pm (Pacific time)

To the guy who commented before, you left out the shipload of Chinese AK-47's the Clinton Administration let into the port of Los Angeles in the mid 90's. I would love to live in the Peaceful place where Mr. Johnson lives, but I am relegated to live in high crime neighborhoods with ineffective police coverage, and when the police do arrest people they get off in court. Then they go out and terrorize the neighborhood again. And what about the people in Tempe Arizona who have to deal with almost daily home invasions because the Fed's won't enforce the border, which allows former Mexican Military, Police, and Deserters from coming across the border? I am totally against violence in any sort, however people in the real world are not against violence.

Bitch, bitch, bitch. If you want to live in a better country, do something about it!

NYT editorial July 24, 2012 2:24 pm (Pacific time)

"There is no constitutional right to build a secret ammunition dump. Politicians need to make the tools of terror harder to obtain."

Anonymous July 24, 2012 1:27 pm (Pacific time)

Gun control is losing support in U.S. despite mass shootings. Of course there are reasons why the media does not report the gun violence in Obama's home town, Chicago, and other similar cities, where multiple gun murders are a daily happening. In places similar to where the shooting in Colorado happened, it is very rare.

The decades-old trend is reversing as more Americans realize that the problem isn’t with guns but with people who would do harm, regardless of the means.Every weekend I see more people at the range. Young and old. Male and female. I see more first-time shooters in their 40s and 50s, people who swore off guns as “implements of war” who are asking me about rifles or pistols. I see kids eager to learn to shoot. Gun sales are at an all time high, while gun crimes are going down outside of the large cities. This is all very heartening.

What I do not see are politicians who are listening to their constituents. Even in Liberal bastions such as Miami, I know people who proclaim that guns are on the minds and in the hands of many people who’ve previously sworn them off as violent crimes, gangs, and drug cartels are becoming more brazen. They don’t want to be stuck unarmed in the crossfire or during an attempt at their lives.

I pray this continues unabated. I pray that if, God forbid, the Feds try for a gun grab, people will rise up with a resounding “No!” and proclaim that anyone, law enforcement or otherwise, who try to take them will be met with unwilling participants to disarmament. This is the essence of America: fighting back against tyranny, even if that tyranny is on our own shores. The rest of the world's opinion on this matter is obviously noted as none of their business.

It is the business of people in other nations because one of America's prime cultural exports is violence. And Americans are living under the delusion that they are the only ones on the planet.

Your comments have made me realize one thing. When the American gun-killing rate is twenty times greater than that of other nations, the natural question is: They don't have many guns and seem to have no need of them. Why is this? I think it is obvious that the American people, en masse are paranoid and living in a climate of fear that no other nations (except some third world countries) experience. And you can look it up: People who are paranoid believe they are "normal" and that it's everyone else who is unable to see "reality". Think about it.

I think it's about time that the United States be put on the list of failed states!

UK Reader July 24, 2012 1:08 pm (Pacific time)

Sad as it is one can wonder if killing themselves is 'better' then the tens of millions the USA has killed around the world.

Anonymous July 24, 2012 7:32 am (Pacific time)

“Politicians go to the N.R.A., Democrats and Republicans, and they basically read a script, which is not much different from a hostage video.” Steve Schmidt, Republican strategist.

Anonymous July 24, 2012 6:52 am (Pacific time)

Daniel, we can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority (even a majority) group as a scapegoat which it can blame for the nation's troubles and use as a justification of its own demands for dictatorial powers. In Soviet Russia, the scapegoat was the bourgeoisie; in Nazi Germany, it was the Jewish people; in America, it is the businessmen. Of course the OWS movement failed as it was destined to do, but now we see an executive leadership ignore congress, ignore our Constitution, and that is why we have the Bill of Rights. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production. Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion — when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing — when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors — when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work (the Chicago-way), and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you (Eric Holder and his illegal Fast and Furious activity. Did the Colorado shooter get his weaponry from Holder's program? Reasonable question) — when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice — you may know that your society is in trouble. Money is so noble a medium that it does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half-loot. The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which many have decided not to see. Over 200 million firearms out there in America by latest estimates. So the question isn't who is going to let me have my firearms; it's who is going to stop me, and over 100 million fellow citizens, many who are trained combat veterans, active (and disgruntled with Obama) military, and law enforcement personnel? The future is unwritten, but the 18th century historial guidance we have shall allow us to resolve all current and future problems. We know who and what the problem(s) are...and we will solve them, we always do and the world benefits, especially Canada.

You've been reading too much Ayn Rand. And, in case you haven't noticed, the 18th century is no more. That's one reality you seem to be evading.

Anonymous July 23, 2012 6:44 pm (Pacific time)

Just a tiny percentage belong to the NRA, it is Gunowners of America that rules the roost.Daniel these types of screeches have gone on for decades, and the general population, like the U.S Supreme Court have not been moved by this type of misleading distraction. You would do better if you attempted to have certain urban leaders take responsibility for their kin. Enlightened are impervious to ignorance and the emotionalism it promulgates. Try your manuever in Vancouver BC...

Canada is a 21st century country and we don't worship 18th century doctrines so Vancouver doesn't apply.

I missed one category: NRA and GOA are impervious to facts and, like you, the facts they don't like they label as "misleading",

Anonymous July 23, 2012 4:14 pm (Pacific time)

The NRA is owned by the globalists to make us think we have a choice. JFK was killed by the globalists,and most ALL other atrocities were from the globalists to make a point to disarm the American people. And if you ask any TRUE historian, they will show you the dozens of times, when a government disarmed the people and then killed them..I have a dozen examples. Anyway, I put this together this morning, hope you dont mind me sharing my take..thanks: 13 Colorado cities ban concealed carry: Aurora, Boulder, Broomfield, Colorado Springs, Denver, Englewood, Lakewood, Littleton, Longmont, Northglenn, Pueblo, Thornton, Westminster, Wheat Ridge Only one city in the entire state has banned having a loaded gun in your car: Aurora. In other words, people intent on mass shooting will choose targets where they know the government has disarmed the population, so they can carry out their mayhem without being shot at. And the politicians, whose tyrannical laws created the target-rich environment for people like James Holmes, have the nerve to call for more gun bans even knowing that the existing bans aided in the deaths of all those people at the theater! You dont see a gunman go into a police station, or a firing range, or other places where he may think someone is armed. No, they go where gun bans are. And another thing, if they were to ban guns, only criminals would have them. they would walk in your house with no fear whatsoever, and leave far before the police came. You dont think criminals would have guns? That what they said 15 years ago, and spent hundreds of billions of dollars on the drug war. Drugs are rampid with criminals. Think guns would be any different? Ya might want to ask the obama admin why they let tens of thousands of high power rifles to mexican drug gangs in Mexico and coming back to the drug gangs in the U.S. http://whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/GunFreeSign.jpg AND: here is how to stop a massacre shooting: http://www.naturalnews.com/036551_how_to_stop_massacre_video.ht

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