GOP and Guns: Just Digging a Hole - By: John Zogby
GOP and Guns: Just Digging a Hole
By: John Zogby Forbes.com Contributor
I wrote last week about the fact that the Newtown incident is a defining moment that requires reflection, action, and sacrifice. Just yesterday, the Senate rejected the very mild Manchin-Toomey compromise that would have add background checks to gun shows and internet sales, but not to private and family transfers. This is a very mild reform and no one has really been able to show how it infringes upon anyone's rights. The only arguments actually revolve around a sort of domino theory: i.e. this step will lead to a national gun registry, which will lead to… which will lead to…
When I renew my driver's license I have to take an eye exam and pass it. My success or failure to see is recorded somewhere. A document that states that I am legally blind or that I need corrective lenses in order to operate a motor vehicle is certainly a violation of my rights - though I am not sure which amendment - but beneficial to my community. It is a tradeoff we make for the community good. So too is the statement I need to sign that I have been treated for heart ailments. I don't necessarily want people to know that but I guess they should be aware that if I have a massive coronary attack and jump a highway median, that it wasn't the open container of Chavas Regal in the brown paper bag next to me. Talk of a denial of rights. You mean I can't drink and drive after a hard day annoying people with my polls? I can't drive a motorcycle at 90 miles an hour without a helmet? What else do we pay public works employees to do except pick up pieces of bloody brains and craniums?
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