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To: Carolyn who wrote (62595)

2/20/2013 3:32:41 PM

From: calgal

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Is Anyone Going To Notice The Left's Hysterical Hysteria Over Guns?

Tony Katz

Feb 20, 2013

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Somewhere a dentist is missing his laughing gas. Because the absolute hysteria of the American Left Intelligentsia on guns has now reached a new level of laughable. No longer (as if they ever were) engaged in serious conversation about mental health in America, the Hysteria-Merchants now find guns (and lawful gun owners) to be The Problem. They've gone mad. You gotta laugh.

While most can point to Piers Morgan's almost immediate crack-up on guns (always remember, Morgan never cared about people, their lives, and the kids at Sandy Hook. Morgan cares about ratings. Nothing else comes close,) people on both the local and national level have accelerated the race to the bottom on the concept of life, personal responsibility and mental health.

In Milwaukee County, Sheriff David Clarke made a Public Service Announcement telling the residents of the county that they should not rely on the police to protect them:

With officers laid off and furloughed, simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option. You could beg for mercy from a violent criminal, hide under the bed, or you can fight back. But are you prepared? Consider taking a certified safety course in handling a firearm so you can defend yourself until we get there.

Two-time gubernatorial candidate and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett thought that this was ridiculous. In an interview with Wisconsin Public Television, he chastised the Sheriff:

And to somehow suggest that the first option should not be calling 911, I think is going to put a lot of people in harm's way. If there is an emergency, I want people to call 911. But I think there's something else going on here. When did he come out with this PSA? He came out really at the time when people are focusing on whether or not there should be changes in our federal gun laws. He wants to change the conversation, and he wants to change the conversation from what I consider to be some common sense proposals.

The mayor, who is the co-Founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns (Since when are they illegal? They're just undocumented!) thinks that being prepared is not a "common sense proposal."

(For the Leftist Intelligentsia who missed it: The White Mayor just told the Black Sheriff that he's stupid. I await your calls of racism.)

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