People Magazine's BS

People magazine has released the names and numbers of Congressional members telling people to call and push their anti-gun agenda.  It's no secret that the media is largely owned and operated by liberals.  People is published by Time Inc which is a part of Time Warner.  But that part of the post is a whole different discussion.

The real discussion today is two parts.  Number one is the media using fear mongering to get people's attention.  The only way that this will work is when people stop educating themselves.  Fear and shame are used in an argument for one big reason: your argument isn't strong enough with the facts alone.  The media and liberals use fear and shame to make you feel like you're a bad person if you don't agree with them.  I'm not asking that you agree with my opinions.  I'm only asking that you educate yourself.  Read from both sides of the argument.  Read real facts and statistics.  Read everything you can on the topic.  Educate yourself.  I don't want to tell you WHAT to think but HOW to think....more than that, how to think for yourself!  Don't just blindly believe and follow what you see in a magazine or on TV or, even worse, on the internet.  Don't think that these celebrities that are pushing this down your throat to scare you are looking out for you.  Most of these celebrities pushing anti-gun agendas have body guards who are, you guessed it, ARMED.  When a stalker gets onto their property, they call the police who are, you guessed it, ARMED.  Many have security at any major venue they go to and the security is...well you get the point.

The second part of the discussion is the idea that guns are the problem.  The argument with so many that aren't reading up is that the people pushing this only want stricter gun laws.  Here's the problem with that: they "only" wanted to give everyone access to health care and look how many things got pushed through with that having NOTHING to do with access to health care.  This is all a distraction and a fear tactic to get you to believe that these maniacs that commit crimes are doing so only because they have access to legal guns.  How many millions of people own and have owned firearms for hundreds of years?  What percentage of these people have gone on a shooting spree?  Yes, I understand that one maniac doing this is too many but their access to a gun isn't the problem.  The terrorists on 9-11 didn't use guns, they used box cutters.  Guns don't kill people, PEOPLE kill people.

Please take the time to read as much as possible on this issue before you make a decision on how you feel about this.  Knowledge is power, folks.