Gun control is being able to say that an armed 72 year old is morally inferior to the man who was killed in the process of stabbing his ex-wife. It's being able to say that a woman who will likely be killed has no more right to live than the man attacking her with a knife. Gun control makes it possible to equate stopping a murder with vigilantism. It also allows you to argue that the justifiable use of a firearm in defense of someone who is being attacked with deadly force is a reason to make it harder for folks to have firearms.
Don't believe me? Then let The Smallest Minority show you how irrational some anti-gunners can be.
Posted by Publicola at August 31, 2005 06:59 AM | TrackBackWhen I read that article this morning, I was bothered by the line, "it will be up to the district attorney to decide whether Moore, a volunteer with the police department's cold case unit, will be prosecuted." Technically true, but when he shot a guy who had already stabbed and was in the process of repeatedly stabbing his ex-wife, the outcome of that particular deicsion should be a foregone conclusion. It struck me that reporting in this way -- as though there was something legally questionable about what Moore did -- might mislead some people into thinking exactly that. Little did I know . . .
Posted by: Matt at August 31, 2005 03:24 PM