Obsessed and phony experts abound in every field of endeavor and none more so than in the Sarah Brady anti-gun group. It is understandable to a point that Mrs. Brady would have a loathing of firearms, but her personal aversion became an obsession and still is, evolving into a fanatical campaign against all who enjoy gun ownership. Her diatribes are in total opposition of the Second Amendment and receive help from all sorts of fellow travelers, including numerous politicians who pander to the anti-crowds of all types for votes.

The Brady bunch and her like minded cohorts refuse to accept that the real problem isn’t guns, but a nation that refuses to punish law violators to the fullest extent possible. And the foregoing doesn’t include honest law abiding citizens who are charged with gun crimes that are a result of running afoul of draconian gun ownership laws which shouldn’t be on the books at all. When a home owner or renter has to store his or her guns in their domicile in a government approved manner or face prosecution if they don’t, that is called tyranny.

When a firearm is used to repel criminals, the anti-gun groups bleat that it is dangerous to confront a criminal with a gun and any successful thwarting is only anecdotal at best. Again they are wrong. Criminals use firearms because they know the power of them over people. In like manner, when they are confronted with a gun in the hands of an intended victim, they many times turn tail and flee. If they don’t, very often they die or end up in a hospital to be treated for gunshot wounds.

Statistical evidence garnered from years of research show that guns in the hands of citizens deter crime. They also show that gun laws aimed at reducing gun ownership have no affect on reducing gun crime. In fact, the studies show that fewer guns in the hands of citizens cause an increase crime in those communities with strict gun control laws. Also shown is that when laws aimed at criminals are enforced, it has a chilling effect on the escapades of the criminal set. (See John Lott’s book More Guns, Less Crime http://www.universalway.org/guncontrol.html ) 

The NRA and its members are vilified and accused of having a dangerous agenda for supporting the Second Amendment. More than a few of the more radical anti-gun bleaters go so far as to suggest that NRA lobbying should be made unlawful and that the organization should be “blown away.” A Google search with the words “Do away with the NRA” will bring up page after page of diatribes from loony tunes types who misquote, twist, and otherwise misrepresent all that they are against. To be deliberately unkind to them, it is amazing how those who know very little or nothing about that which they speak become world experts on all they don’t know. (If you think this is harsh, read their statements about assault weapons which show their lack of knowledge.) Yet, those who are very knowledgeable on the subject of firearms are dismissed as dangerous demagogues that need to be shut up. Need it be said that the latter isn’t the group that needs to be stifled, but the former? Only in a free country are the unlearned allowed to show their ignorance and do it so proudly.

Many of the loudest anti-gun people own guns, have carry permits, and employ armed body guards. When challenged about it, they fall back on the common ground of that there are dangerous people out there who don’t respect the laws or rights of others. Indeed, and with that line that is so correct, they make the case for the reason that ordinary citizens want to own and carry guns. The words are self protection which every citizen has a right to employ.

Know nothing experts are said to be drips without any pressure. Be that as it may, In Sorting It Out, Obsessed and Phony Experts most often are those drips puffed up by the pressure of their own self made importance, pushing agendas that only further the cause of the criminal element.

05-24-2008 DEC