Harry Tuttle
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The Brady Bunch Visits Wonderland Once Again
by Erich Pratt
http://www.gunowners.org/
The Brady Campaign has asked us to believe the impossible ... yet again.
Every January, the gun control group issues a state report card, giving
each state a grade on the basis of their gun laws.
But one look at their report card reveals that the grades have nothing
to do with how safe people are in the state.
Their report card is somewhat reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's classic
Alice in Wonderland. When Alice doesn't believe the White Queen is 101
years old, she is encouraged by the Queen to spend more time trying to
believe the impossible.
"When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day," the Queen
smiled. "Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things
before breakfast."
Well, the Brady Bunch would have us believe many impossible things. But
here are six for starters.
First, the group gives Vermont a grade of D- because, supposedly, the
"state's weak laws make it too easy for criminals, the mentally ill and
juveniles to get guns."
But this statement is laughable, for crime in Vermont is virtually non-
existent. Just last year (2003), Vermont earned the Safest State in the
nation award from the Morgan Quitno Press -- a group of statisticians
who rank each state according to its safety record.
The Green Mountain State has consistently had one of the lowest crime
rates in the nation, as they have earned this "Safest State" award three
times in the last ten years.
The real reason the Brady Bunch doesn't like the state of Vermont is
because it has relatively few restrictions on firearms. In fact, anyone
can carry a gun in the state without first getting a permit or submitting
to a government background check.
Which is why the folks at the Brady Campaign also gave Alaska a low grade.
The Land of the Midnight Sun is now following in Vermont's footsteps --
having passed a law last year allowing citizens to freely carry firearms
without first obtaining government permission.
The Brady Bunch doesn't like this at all. They awarded a D- to Alaska --
the second unbelievable grade -- and sentenced the entire state to the
"time-out chair."
No, that's no joke. Their press release says that Alaska was "put in the
Time- Out Chair for passing a new law that allows people to carry concealed
handguns without even having a permit. Gun violence in the state could
increase ...."
Yeah right. A look around the nation shows just the opposite: crime
dramatically INCREASES in places that give criminals a safer working
environment. Just look at Washington, DC, which has seen its murder
rate increase 51 percent after imposing its draconian gun ban in 1976.
Meanwhile, the murder rate decreased 36 percent throughout the entire
nation during that same 25-year period.
There's a lot of "impossible things to believe" in this Report Card.
But very quickly, here's four more.
FBI statistics showed last year that the states which enjoyed the
lowest murder rates earned grades of D or D- from the Brady Campaign.
New Hampshire, North Dakota and Maine have murder rates that any state
or country could only dream about.
But the Brady Bunch suggests that these would not be states where you
would want to live, because they are not keeping kids "safe from gun
violence."
Again, these states have the lowest murder rates in the country. Doesn't
that count for anything?
Finally, the Brady Bunch awarded Maryland one of the highest grades in
the nation (an A-), even though they had the second HIGHEST murder rate
in the nation.
How can the Brady Campaign give that state an A- with a straight face?
The state is not keeping its citizens safe from gun violence -- or any
other violence for that matter. But hey, Maryland gets an A-, simply
because they have strict gun control laws -- regardless of whether those
laws are keeping people safe.
Do you see the irony here?
The White Queen would probably have no problem believing this Report Card,
but the rest of us should. It's a sad thing when people try to push fiction
as reality. And that is what the Brady Campaign's Report Card is. It's fiction.
At least with Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll knew he was writing about
make-believe.
by Erich Pratt
http://www.gunowners.org/
The Brady Campaign has asked us to believe the impossible ... yet again.
Every January, the gun control group issues a state report card, giving
each state a grade on the basis of their gun laws.
But one look at their report card reveals that the grades have nothing
to do with how safe people are in the state.
Their report card is somewhat reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's classic
Alice in Wonderland. When Alice doesn't believe the White Queen is 101
years old, she is encouraged by the Queen to spend more time trying to
believe the impossible.
"When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day," the Queen
smiled. "Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things
before breakfast."
Well, the Brady Bunch would have us believe many impossible things. But
here are six for starters.
First, the group gives Vermont a grade of D- because, supposedly, the
"state's weak laws make it too easy for criminals, the mentally ill and
juveniles to get guns."
But this statement is laughable, for crime in Vermont is virtually non-
existent. Just last year (2003), Vermont earned the Safest State in the
nation award from the Morgan Quitno Press -- a group of statisticians
who rank each state according to its safety record.
The Green Mountain State has consistently had one of the lowest crime
rates in the nation, as they have earned this "Safest State" award three
times in the last ten years.
The real reason the Brady Bunch doesn't like the state of Vermont is
because it has relatively few restrictions on firearms. In fact, anyone
can carry a gun in the state without first getting a permit or submitting
to a government background check.
Which is why the folks at the Brady Campaign also gave Alaska a low grade.
The Land of the Midnight Sun is now following in Vermont's footsteps --
having passed a law last year allowing citizens to freely carry firearms
without first obtaining government permission.
The Brady Bunch doesn't like this at all. They awarded a D- to Alaska --
the second unbelievable grade -- and sentenced the entire state to the
"time-out chair."
No, that's no joke. Their press release says that Alaska was "put in the
Time- Out Chair for passing a new law that allows people to carry concealed
handguns without even having a permit. Gun violence in the state could
increase ...."
Yeah right. A look around the nation shows just the opposite: crime
dramatically INCREASES in places that give criminals a safer working
environment. Just look at Washington, DC, which has seen its murder
rate increase 51 percent after imposing its draconian gun ban in 1976.
Meanwhile, the murder rate decreased 36 percent throughout the entire
nation during that same 25-year period.
There's a lot of "impossible things to believe" in this Report Card.
But very quickly, here's four more.
FBI statistics showed last year that the states which enjoyed the
lowest murder rates earned grades of D or D- from the Brady Campaign.
New Hampshire, North Dakota and Maine have murder rates that any state
or country could only dream about.
But the Brady Bunch suggests that these would not be states where you
would want to live, because they are not keeping kids "safe from gun
violence."
Again, these states have the lowest murder rates in the country. Doesn't
that count for anything?
Finally, the Brady Bunch awarded Maryland one of the highest grades in
the nation (an A-), even though they had the second HIGHEST murder rate
in the nation.
How can the Brady Campaign give that state an A- with a straight face?
The state is not keeping its citizens safe from gun violence -- or any
other violence for that matter. But hey, Maryland gets an A-, simply
because they have strict gun control laws -- regardless of whether those
laws are keeping people safe.
Do you see the irony here?
The White Queen would probably have no problem believing this Report Card,
but the rest of us should. It's a sad thing when people try to push fiction
as reality. And that is what the Brady Campaign's Report Card is. It's fiction.
At least with Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll knew he was writing about
make-believe.
