Cassi Creek:
Stanley McChrystal: Gun Control Requires 'Serious
Action'
“Said
McChrystal, "I personally don't think there's any need for that kind of
weaponry on the streets and particularly around the schools in America. I
believe that we've got to take a serious look -- I understand everybody's
desire to have whatever they want -- but we have to protect our children and
our police and we have to protect our population. And I think we have to take a
very mature look at that."
Forced
into retirement for publically criticizing the POTUS, McChrystal had standing
to step into the anti-Obama role that the NRA and other firearms pushers would
like to have available to serve as a credible spokesperson. Instead, Gen McChrystal chose to poke the NRA
and its minions in the eye with a bayonet.
The retired general stated that there is no need or reason for private
citizens to own military grade rifles such as the AR-15 platform rifles
currently available.
He made
a point of discussing the performance of the ammunition used in the “black” or
AR assault style rifles. These are
bullets designed to kill or cripple.
While they could be used for hunting, the round will destroy much of the
edible meat on a deer. The common “hunting
use” for AR rifles is to kill “varmints,” and coyotes. animals that serve only
as living targets for the shooter who
wants to kill for recreation.
I’m
going to enjoy the NRA’s efforts to discredit General McChrystal. It should be highly amusing. LaPierre, the NRA’s mouthpiece, may just have
painted himself into a corner, wearing his very own varmint suit.
Notice
the casual resemblance of the toy soldier in the cartoon above to a varmint –
noisy, destructive of environment, and easily targeted by weapons it has no
chance of evading or escaping. I
continue to be amused by the assumption among the 2nd amendment
extremists that they, in their camouflage clothing with their “black” riles,
can take on and defeat any government, let alone a tyrannical government.
Cue the
varmint call, set it for local militia.
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