Thursday, March 19, 2009
Legislature / Politics / Woods Despite Killings, Ramsey Sticks to His Guns
Posted by Jeff Woods on Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:55 PM
I would say it causes me concern, a lot of concern. But at the same time it is somewhat of a statistical anomaly. Obviously it causes you concern, but in this case you don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. I don't want to belittle the fact that this happened. But at the same time that probably would have happened whether those people had a handgun carry permit or not. So you can't punish 237,000 people based on what happened to three people any more than you can take everybody's driver's license away because somebody misused their driver's license and drove drunk. So you have to weigh the good with the bad and make a commonsense judgment on what's best to do in the state of Tennessee. Overall I hate that's happened, but at the same time you don't punish everyone because of that.A reporter pointed out the Safety Department says 624 permits were revoked or suspended in 2007 due to felony convictions, arrests and court orders of protection (usually sought by victims of domestic abuse). To which, Ramsey replied:
Good. That's what they're supposed to be doing. That means it's working. Perfect. The fact that they're revoking them means it's working, not that it's not working. That's what you're supposed to do so that law-abiding citizens won't be thrown in the same bucket as non-law-abiding citizens.
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HUm...it seems whenever a politician you don't like says something logical and rational, you leave your retarded rhetoric to yourself and simply post their quotes.
What is your point here? Are you saying he isn't correct?
Again, statistically, permit holders are more law abiding than police officers.
Mental weaklings like yourself are FAR more dangerous to this great state then the 10s of thousands of permit holders who are law abiding, peaceful people.
You bootlicking fascist.
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I suppose you want a knee-jerk legislative reaction, eh Jeff?
Jeff, do rape victims blame penises?
The 2nd Ammendment doesn't require a permit.
The 2nd ammendment is a right.
This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty. . . . The right of self defence is the first law of nature.
Are you a liberal? Liberals seem only to like the laws that make them feel good.
Are you Jeff Woods the GLBT member mentioned here?
http://grand-divisions.blogspot.com/2009/03/anger-in-glbt-rights-movement.html
Some laws are fine.
Sura (7:80-84) Sura (4:16)
Hope your freedoms aren't imposed upon.
