by We have come to expect both hyperbole and lies from the gun prohibitionists. The email I received today from Mr. Gabby Giffords (aka Capt. Mark Kelly, USN (Ret)) of Americans for Responsible Solutions contained both. The letter was advocating the addition of people on the so-called terrorist watch list to the NICS banned list.
Kelly’s lie was particularly egregious but not surprising.
Just a few years ago, al-Qaeda encouraged potential terrorists to to take advantage of loopholes in our laws, saying “America is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms. You can go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle, without a background check, and most likely without having to show an identification card. So what are you waiting for?”
While this is a quote attributed to al-Qaeda, no effort was made to correct it. Just as I learned in catechism classes, there are sins of commission and sins of omission. This was a sin of omission as he knew full well that fully automatic firearms are covered under the National Firearms Act, that they are highly regulated, and that the supply of new firearms is constrained by the Hughes Act.
By repeating the lies of terrorists, he was trying to sow fear in the minds of the uninformed. He then blames the evil “gun lobby” for blocking efforts to expand the NICS banned list which conflates those of us who oppose using the terrorist watch list with terrorist themselves.
The reason Mark Kelly has to use lies and hyperbole is that his argument is weak. If he had a good argument, he could just state the facts. Since he doesn’t, he can’t.
He took an oath. His recent comments and behaviors violate that oath.
This was a sin of omission as he knew full well that fully automatic firearms are covered under the National Firearms Act, that they are highly regulated, and that the supply of new firearms is constrained by the Hughes Act.
I disagree. He knew, and yet repeated the lie. That makes it a sin of commission.
Letting the lie go unchallenged and not bothering to correct others would be a sin of omission; it takes no effort on his part, only inaction (just like a "lie of omission" only requires leaving out all or part of the truth, not actively spreading falsehood). Putting in the effort to repeat it himself, however, requires him to act. That doing something to repeat false statements is a sin of commission.
That he's actively echoing Al-Qaeda to promote his anti-American agenda is a testament to his desperation and moral depravity.
Desperation… That is the point they are at… And Kelly is a disgrace to the Navy Uniform!
Desperation… That is the point they are at… And Kelly is a disgrace to the Navy Uniform!
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