in my state, no one can get into a courthouse without first going through a metal detector.
let's see ,..., what would be simpler, get metal detectors anywhere there is concern for security, or start attacking the 2nd amendment and undo the constitution many have sworn to uphold?
Second Amendment - Bearing Arms:
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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If the victim had been Gabrielle the bus driver instead of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, it would have barely registered a few words at the bottom of the CNN news ticker.
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t was only a matter of time before the Gabrielle Giffords tragedy was turned into a rationale for the government to take more of our freedoms. This is how our government always responds to tragedy – it's almost formulaic:
Step 1 – wait for tragedy to occur, or actually create the tragedy.
Step 2 – spread propaganda through the media, so everyone believes your story about the tragedy.
Step 3 – pass laws, or institute policies, that take away people's freedoms.
Step 4 – justify the increased Tyranny by citing the propaganda in step 2.
This same process, has led to the creation of most traffic laws, to the Patriot Act, to "enhanced pat-downs," and countless other usurpations of freedom.
Shortly after Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head by a psychopath, and the media started reporting about Sarah Palin's crosshair map (which, as far as we know had nothing at all to do with the shooting), I began wondering how long it would be before we started seeing attacks on our freedoms.
In particular, I was expecting attacks on the second amendment because Jared Loughner used a gun;
and I expected attacks on free speech (and proposals for more control of the Internet) because Jared Loughner spoke out against the government on YouTube and Facebook.
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