Mayor to push for ban on military weapons

Last week, a goblin entered the Foxy Lady (a strip club in New Bedford MA) with the intent of killing two people over a romantic rivalry. He was successful, this goblin killed two people, held off the police for awhile, then killed himself (cliff notes version).

For those of you who may not know what an AR-15 looks like, here is one version:

This incident has prompted the Mayor of New Bedford to call for a new assault weapon ban in the State of Massachusetts. I would say that this is a knee jerk reaction by this mayor, but it is not. He has made this attempt once before, with no success.

From South Coast Today:

Mayor to push for ban on military weapons

NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Scott W. Lang is asking the city's legislative delegation to push for a statewide ban on the sale of military-style weapons — including the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle used by a gunman last week to kill two employees and himself at the Foxy Lady SouthCoast.

"I'd like our local delegation to sponsor a bill that takes that type of weapon out of civilian hands ... any type of military weapon," he said. "This is not an appropriate weapon for a civilian to have.

"It's a killing tool. ... It's a weapon that's used to destroy an opposition army. We don't need a battlefield in the middle of our city."

The article continues on to describe the capabilities of the AR-15, some factual, some exaggerated. According to this article, one individual with an AR-15 is pretty much invincible. This mayor would like Massachusetts to enact a gun ban similar to California's, a ban that would make citizens like myself felons.

"...This is not an appropriate weapon for a civilian to have."

Statements like the above are proof that U.S. history and civics are not being taught in schools, and have not been taught in quite awhile.

The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence states:

...We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...

Our creator has endowed us with the unalienable Rights to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. If we have the unalienable right to Life, then we also have the unalienable right to protect that life. If we have the unalienable right to Liberty, then we have the unalienable right to protect that liberty. The Second Amendment has nothing to do with hunting or gun collecting. The Second Amendment is to ensure that the people have the ability to enforce their right to "...whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government..."

This goblin was a legal gun owner in Massachusetts. He had the proper permit and before this incident was a law abiding citizen. This incident was a fluke, a very low percentage occurrence. The vast majority of shootings that occur in incidents similar to this one are performed by violent criminals with illegal firearms. mAss Backwards has good commentary on this aspect of the issue here, here and here.

The Mayor of New Bedford is asking not only the state of Massachusetts, but the federal government to further infringe upon our rights to keep and bear arms based on this isolated incident.

He also noted he has strong ties with federal legislators from the area and may discuss the idea of a ban with them.

This mayor is a traitor to the constitution, and to the people who elected him.

The solution to a vast majority of violent crime in America is a simple one. Remove violent criminals from society and stop criminalizing victimless adult behavior. Focus the attention of the police on violent criminals and violent gangs, and leave Joe Accountant who wants to smoke a joint, pay for bootie or play some cards to the preachers and the IRS.