P.J. O'Rourke: Gun Control Futile

Scary thought: Next time you're in a traffic jam in Yosemite, don't honk your horn at that knucklehead blocking the road while taking a picture of El Capitan. If the GOP has its way, soon "point-and-shoot" will take on whole new meaning.

As part of a credit card reform bill, the House of Representatives passed an amendment that would allow concealed weapons in our national parks. Why the urgent need to arm ourselves when walking in the footsteps of John Muir?

The answer can be found in a talk by P.J. O'Rourke at the National Press Club -- the one located in Canberra, Australia. The political satirist cites estimates of 100-200 million handguns in the United States and concludes that gun control is futile: "You simply can't change the nature of America as far as gun control goes. It's the way we were settled. It's who settled us. It's the nature of the beast."

Watch the full program at FORA.tv.

Comments

[djkrlsn]

At least Mr O'Rourke gets his facts correct--the area with the strictest gun control (DC and CHicago) are also among the the most violent cities in the country (Chicago having far higher rates of violence than the rest of the state, and DC being FAR more violent than the surrounding 'burbs--especially in VIrginia which is a shall issue CCW state)

[Ohio9]

Isn't if funny how gun control advocates act as though everyone on the planet is a ticking time bomb ready to kill at every moment? It seems they think the only think prevent us all from being murderers is the lack of a gun. That's not the world I want to live in.

[Thirdpower]

Projection. Nothing else but.

[slarabee]

As much as I value the liberal values of equal rights for all I also beleive in the second amendment. The right to keep and bear arms is not one people should be so willing to give up just to ease their fears.

[Thirdpower]

These are the same tired, worn out arguments used every time Concealed Carry bills pass. 20 years and the "blood running in the streets' scenarios still haven't happened.

[djkrlsn]

It would be nice if the Bradybots came up with something new--all this "blood running in the street"(tm) and "wild wild west" (tm) has been debunked