Reply To: Common Sense Gun Policies

Neville – spot on. I have a friend who grew up in rural Virginia with guns all over the house. This person (not Jewish) is one of the most pro-gun-legislation people that I know. How are you going to hunt a deer for meat if you use an AR-15 that tears it to pieces and fills it with shrapnel? This is literally what happens. I read an article by one of the trauma doctors who treated patients after the Las Vegas shootings, and this is what happens with an AR-15 wound. Hunters use rifles or shotguns, and the handgun is for self-defense. Both are for range shooting for fun. None of them are suitable for mass murder.

DY – good point. And don’t forget the little kids who accidentally shoot their siblings, friends or even parents because the gun has been accidentally left out of the safe. A gun is a potentially life-changing responsibility. You’ve got to be prepared to handle it.

(And why on earth would a bunch of militia guys with AR-15s be able to “stand up against the tyranny” of the US Army, with its tanks, Blackhawk helicopters with air-to-ground missiles, APCs, and good old-fashioned artillery? If you want to put an AR-15 up against a cruise missile, I’ll bet on the cruise missile every time. So much for the fantasies. Maybe too much playing video games?)

A gut Shabbos to all.