Providing further proof, as if we needed any, that she supports the Constitution far less than she does Barry "Almighty's" being able to do even more damage to our Constitution, progressive 'Gabby' Giffords made her feelings known in a New York Times op-ed titled, "A Senate in the Gun Lobby’s Grip." In it the former Arizona congresswoman expressed her outright displeasure with those senators who chose to reject universal background checks and other related gun measures. In addition to hitting back at lawmakers, Giffords, who was one of the victims in the Tucson, Ariz., shooting in 2011, dismissed the role of the gun lobby in the political process.
In what was obviously nothing more than her attempt to somehow chastise those members of the Senate who voted against this obvious assault on our Constitution, Ms. Giffords wrote, "Senators say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets." She went on, "The fear that those children who survived the massacre must feel every time they remember their teachers stacking them into closets and bathrooms, whispering that they loved them, so that love would be the last thing the students heard if the gunman found them."
The former Democratic representative charged that senators "gave into fear" and inevitably dismissed what she believes was "common-sense legislation" that would have helped prevent guns from getting into the hands of the mentally-ill and criminals. Giffords also wrote that the bill would have prevented tragedies like what has been observed of late in Aurora, Colo. and Newtown, Conn., to name just two recent mass shootings. But I'm more than just a little curious on what it is that she bases her assumption on, because there's really no proof that it is in anyway accurate. It all sounds quite nice, but there is absolutely no truth to it, nor facts to back it up.
I think it safe to say here that what Ms. Giffords is doing here is to simply repeat the same drivel that we continue to hear from those whose only purpose, in all of this, is to completely disarm the American people, essentially removing that last line of defense against tyranny. Progressives, like Giffords, work very hard at convince us all that we really have absolutely nothing to fear from our government, calling those of us who warn against allowing government to possess to much control, paranoid. But if history tells us anything , it's that one should NEVER place too much power in the hands of those who make up government. It's a mistake that could very well prove to be fatal.
Showing little patience for senators who decided not to back Democratic leadership, Giffords said that the vote should have been an easy one for every official. But, instead, she made the claim that special interests like the NRA won due to their powerful influence:
"Some of the senators who voted against the background-check amendments have met with grieving parents whose children were murdered at Sandy Hook, in Newtown. Some of the senators who voted no have also looked into my eyes as I talked about my experience being shot in the head at point-blank range in suburban Tucson two years ago, and expressed sympathy for the 18 other people shot besides me, 6 of whom died. These senators have heard from their constituents — who polls show overwhelmingly favored expanding background checks. And still these senators decided to do nothing. Shame on them.
I watch TV and read the papers like everyone else. We know what we’re going to hear: vague platitudes like "tough vote" and "complicated issue." I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress. I know what a complicated issue is; I know what it feels like to take a tough vote. This was neither. These senators made their decision based on political fear and on cold calculations about the money of special interests like the National Rifle Association, which in the last election cycle spent around $25 million on contributions, lobbying and outside spending."
"I’m furious," she continued, pledging not to rest until the senators’ wrong-headed legislative moves are corrected. Giffords appealed to "every reasonable American" to join her in a quest to progress greater gun control measures. "I am asking for mothers to stop these lawmakers at the grocery store and tell them: You’ve lost my vote. I am asking activists to unsubscribe from these senators’ e-mail lists and to stop giving them money," she continued. "I’m asking citizens to go to their offices and say: You’ve disappointed me, and there will be consequences." On that note I would only ask that all those who favor the Second Amendment make our voices heard as well!
Ms. Giffords concluded her op-ed by noting that Congress will hear her message — and the messages of those who disagree with her — clearly. Judging from her little article here, it would appear that her fight against current gun laws will continue. It would seem to me though that if she were really as "furious" as she claims, she would be asking Barry "Almighty" why it is that, since he's been president, enforcement of current gun laws is down more than 40 percent from what they were under George W. Bush. That she doesn’t, or hasn’t, says much more about what she's truly seeking here than does this stupid little op-ed of hers. She's nothing but another Democrat fraud.
Look, as I have said before, I truly am sorry that she was injured, and that she will never be as she was before that fateful day. But having said that, that does not give her the right to essentially use her injury in such an unsavory way as she attempts to justify the need for even more stringent gun laws. But you have to admit, the tactic is brilliant, because who would actually think someone would resort to such a thing? But let's not forget, what remains most important to all Democrats is the advancement of their progressive agenda. First on their 'To Do List" was to seize control of our healthcare, next is the robbing from the American people their right to keep and bear arms!
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