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I guess we're all going to have to buy guns

BY Dave Ross  on February 14, 2013 @ 10:58 am (Updated: 6:52 am - 2/18/13 )

By now I'm sure all of you have read Wayne LaPierre's latest commentary where he again promises to fight any efforts at expanding gun control, and then goes on to encourages law abiding Americans to arm themselves.

"It's survival," he says. So you can defend yourself in the event hurricanes, tornadoes, riots, terrorists or criminals create chaos.

Significantly, he doesn't mention what a lot of gun owners mention - protecting yourself from the government.

In fact he says this is NOT about a confrontation with the government, this is about those times when the government isn't there—or simply doesn't show up in time.

I can see why he'd back off on the anti-government stuff. I think we found out this week what happens when even a well-armed and highly trained marksman takes on the government.

So the theme now from the gun rights lobby is forget universal background checks, what America needs is universal firearm ownership for when the social order breaks down, apparently because there isn't enough government to keep it together.

And he's right, universal background checks won't solve the problem, because this country is full of people whose mental illness has gone unrecorded and untreated, as well as law abiding citizens who won't snap until they day they're fired, which tells me that about the only thing that can save us now is universal mellowness.

We all need a universal mellowness check.

In fact I think this latest NRA manifesto is probably the best argument yet for the federal government to legalize pot, and not only legalize it, but require that everyone smoke some the minute they get off work.

Dave Ross, KIRO Radio Talk Show Host
Dave Ross is co-host of The Ross & Burbank Show on KIRO Radio (weekdays 9-Noon) and never too far from the spotlight.
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  • circuitfr wrote...
    umm dave.
    February 15, 2013 6:47 am
    you sound like Dorner was a case of how efficient the police are and how no one can stand up to them? You do realize he kill 4 people, two of them cops, and injured more. He took up HUNDREDS of officers and equipment, task forces, 100's of dollars and resources. All this from ONE man. From my point of view, this was an example of how much turmoil one person CAN cause. I love how you try to "sneakily" relate Dorner to a LAW ABIDING citizen wanting to own guns who doesn't trust the government. Won't be long before you don't have any job at KIRO. You don't make any sense. You actually used to be interesting to listen to. Now, you sound like a bitter man. I can assure you though. If law abiding citizens had enough of government now, or anytime in the future, even 3% of the population standing up would be chaos and our government would be unable to deal with it unless they launched an all out war on American soil.
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  • Chuck Gould wrote...
    Circuitfr: "even 3% of the population standing up...." Our forefathers agreed with you
    February 15, 2013 7:32 am
    and that's why the Second grants "the people" the right to bear "arms" (understood to be all the weapons of war, not just pistols and rifles) within the discipline of an organized militia .

    One Dorner is a murderous nut case engaged in a lengthy suicide ritual. What a shame that he took out innocent lives (and I'm assuming that nobody thinks the cops he shot were "agents of the government and therefore deserving of death") en route to his personal demise.

    Turn 3% of this county into Dorner, with some central organization and command, and it is entirely realistic to imagine murdering enough policemen, firemen, soldiers, and other government workers to destroy government at all levels.

    The lone nut job, however, has no chance. Including the lone nut jobs who convince themselves they are champions of freedom and liberty.

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  • ron prevost wrote...
    NOT right after you get off work, Dave. Toke only at home.
    February 15, 2013 7:08 am
    You're not really suggesting we take a hit or two BEFORE driving home, are you ?

    OK OK, its guns (again, again, again, again), not pot. ..... Gun or no gun? Just what would YOU do, Dave - toking or not - if someone broke into your home? ... Even on Mercer Island, police response time are slow enough that the cop would only get there in time for an autopsy``.

    And whose would you prefer - the intruder's ? or yours ????????

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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    what we saw happen this week was government on government violence
    February 15, 2013 7:11 am
    and caught in the cross fire were innocent civilians, such as the two women delivering the LA Times who happened to be driving a pickup (not even matching the description of the fired cop's) when LA police opened up on them with out warning. They probably thought they were back in Ciudad Juarez.

    Are you suggesting the police should smoke more dope to make them less trigger happy?

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  • HLC wrote...
    Little Davey.
    February 15, 2013 7:20 am
    You have been on the bud way to long. Time for you to retire with some disability. You've lost it dude. I'm calling for a mental evaluation. You ain't right.
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  • mnpat wrote...
    "I guess we're all going to have to buy guns"
    February 15, 2013 7:50 am
    I would hope you would not be able to own one Mr. Ross, you have a history of strange behavior patterns and now appear to smoke a controlled substance.
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  • calapete wrote...
    more guns will make us more safe, right?
    February 15, 2013 8:17 am
    cause we already have more guns than anybody and we are so safe.
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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    Liberals don't like scary guns
    February 15, 2013 8:25 am
    and they should stay away from them. Problem solved.
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  • mnpat wrote...
    And Chicago and DC which have the most stringent of all gun controls are
    February 15, 2013 8:25 am
    The murder capitols of the nation...go figure.
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  • sportsguru wrote...
    I think Dorner
    February 15, 2013 8:31 am

    Exactly exemplifies citizens against what he considered a tyrannical government. He wasn't a government official or employee and his attacks were mainly against government law enforcers who he believed was corrupt not just in LA but all over America.

    The NRA is supported by the GUN MANUFACTURE, so I expect the NRA to say and/or flip flop to whatever statement that will allow them to continue to sell guns to the mass that believe what he is saying.

    I am more scared of what the police will do to me that was clearly shown during there manhunt with the shooting up of vehicles not involved in the killings.

    I am more scared of the wide spread corruptions going on all over the country by the people that are suppose to "Serve and Protect" our communities that continue to want to take our money and increase there presence in our communities.

    http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/metro-police-officers-arrested-corruption-investig/nWMcg/

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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    You need to get some help with your manifesto sporty
    February 15, 2013 9:01 am
    so that when you make your last stand in your burnt out cabin, maybe someone will be able to decipher what you were trying to say.

    Or better yet... just copy Dorner's...you two seem to have a lot in common. You could have been best buds.

    Liberal progressive victims with wild imaginations and delusions of persecution.

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  • sportsguru wrote...
    Paul
    February 15, 2013 9:09 am
    You can chose to ignore the mountains of evidence easily found but I don't choose to close my eyes and be the useful idiot that only know how to memick the propaganda slogans of the RWNJ that benifit from these types of autracity. I hope you sleep well when you cash that check that you have well earned. I salom my lakum.
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  • HLC wrote...
    Listen up calpecker
    February 15, 2013 9:13 am
    In the UK where they have some real strict gun laws there is 2034 violent crimes per 100000 population. In the US,466/100000. We do seem to be safer with the guns. I understand that facts mean little to you but there they are.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    HLC
    February 15, 2013 10:29 am
    Got a link? And what exactly were considered violent crimes? The USA has 40 times the deaths that the UK has from GUNS
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  • SeattleNative wrote...
    Because we all know...
    February 15, 2013 11:01 am
    ...the only bad death is a gun death.

    And how many of those gun deaths are self-inflicted?

    Mmm-hmm.

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  • HLC wrote...
    Read a paper messy.
    February 15, 2013 11:31 am
    I would think a violent crime involves violence. Think about it for a minute. It's not jay walking.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    HLC
    February 18, 2013 8:26 am
    You naive or stupid to believe that all stats are based on the same criteria,obviously you have no clue as to what crimes were included in the stats you used.Why do you blindly follow ?
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  • cochisewolf wrote...
    Excellent Plan!
    February 15, 2013 2:01 pm
    Hear Hear! I fully support Universal Mellowness. I live in Oakland Ca. There are time when we could use that occasional shot of mellowness ...
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