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Title: Getting Shot in the Face Doesn’t Make You a Saint
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Armed Lutheran
URL Source: http://www.armedlutheran.us/getting ... -face-doesnt-make-you-a-saint/
Published: Mar 9, 2015
Author: By The Armed Lutheran
Post Date: 2015-03-09 13:58:27 by BobCeleste
Keywords: None
Views: 2292
Comments: 17
Gabby Giffords supports the kinds of background checks that her attacker passed. Last week Breitbart News had the audacity to point that out and the liberal media went crazy with faux rage. The NRA retweeted the Breitbart story and the long knives came out in force. The bottom line is that just because you’ve been shot in the face, you can’t get away with being a hypocrite. But once you put yourself in the spotlight and make yourself the face of a political organization (or a tool for one), the gloves come off. You don’t get a pass when it comes to the truth. You don’t get to make public pronouncements calling for restrictions on the rights of the people who had nothing to do with victimizing you. At least not without having your ideas and policy proscriptions scrutinized and criticized. Gabby Giffords got shot and now wants to push for policies which would have done nothing to prevent her own injury. The fact that the media doesn’t pick up on this is telling. And Giffords is not alone in this. Richard Martinez, parents of the victims of the Newtown massacre, Trayvon Martin’s parents, and others have become tools for the gun-ban industry as well. While we are saddened by their losses and we should pray continually for them, we cannot sit idly by and say nothing when they use their status as victims to attack our rights. Their grief doesn’t trump my rights. Their grief doesn’t trump truth and logic. Their grief does not give them license to be hypocrites and liars.
www.armedlutheran.us/wp-c...astronaut_00-300x225.png" alt="gabbyandtheastronaut_00" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-10982" height="225" width="300">Being a victim doesn’t make you a saint. You’re not untouchable. You’re not free to say and do what you like simply because someone thinks it’s insensitive to criticize you. Sure, we in the gun-right community are willing to cut you and your family some slack initially as you grieve and come to grips with your loss. We understand it’s human nature to lash out.
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#14. To: BobCeleste (#0)
Bob,all I can say is "It's a good thing she was shot in the head,or she could have gotten hurt and maybe even died." I am a little surprised her head didn't deflate,though.
#17. To: sneakypete (#14)
I am a little surprised her head didn't deflate,though. Agreed, a butt shot would have been deadly.
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Replies to Comment # 14. Bob,all I can say is "It's a good thing she was shot in the head,or she could have gotten hurt and maybe even died."
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