The media is the enemy. I realize I'm probably preaching to the crowd, but as support for this statement, here, in its entirety, is an AP article from today's news:
World Update: Brazilians reject effort to ban guns
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - (AP) Brazilians soundly rejected a proposal to ban guns in a national referendum Sunday, striking down a bid to stem one of the world's highest firearm murder rates following a campaign that drew parallels to the U.S. gun-control debate.
Brazil has 100 million fewer citizens than the United States, but a staggering 25 percent more gun deaths at nearly 40,000 a year. While supporters argued that gun control was the best way to staunch the violence, opponents played on Brazilian's fears that the police can't protect them.
With more than 92 percent of the votes counted, 64 percent of Brazilians were opposed to the ban, while 36 percent backed it, said, election officials, giving the 'no' position an insurmountable lead.
Good news? Certainly. Shows a lot of Brazilians have common sense. But check out the last statement in the second paragraph. It's just a fact that police can't protect anyone, in any country. Police action is almost always after the fact; police protection is a fantasy, and is impractical. The U.S. Supreme Court stated quite a number of years ago that citizens have no right to police protection. And yet the Associated Press words it as if it's some sort of superstitious fear on the part of anyone that the police can't protect them. In my neighborhood, folks, the response time is about 40 minutes. Have a nice day.
World Update: Brazilians reject effort to ban guns
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - (AP) Brazilians soundly rejected a proposal to ban guns in a national referendum Sunday, striking down a bid to stem one of the world's highest firearm murder rates following a campaign that drew parallels to the U.S. gun-control debate.
Brazil has 100 million fewer citizens than the United States, but a staggering 25 percent more gun deaths at nearly 40,000 a year. While supporters argued that gun control was the best way to staunch the violence, opponents played on Brazilian's fears that the police can't protect them.
With more than 92 percent of the votes counted, 64 percent of Brazilians were opposed to the ban, while 36 percent backed it, said, election officials, giving the 'no' position an insurmountable lead.
Good news? Certainly. Shows a lot of Brazilians have common sense. But check out the last statement in the second paragraph. It's just a fact that police can't protect anyone, in any country. Police action is almost always after the fact; police protection is a fantasy, and is impractical. The U.S. Supreme Court stated quite a number of years ago that citizens have no right to police protection. And yet the Associated Press words it as if it's some sort of superstitious fear on the part of anyone that the police can't protect them. In my neighborhood, folks, the response time is about 40 minutes. Have a nice day.