To fortify his agenda against personal choice and fill the
pockets of his lawyer “friends,” Gov. Davis signed a
piece of gun control legislation that threatens individual liberty
at its most fundamental levels. This time, it’s not about gun
control, it’s about people control.
Recently signed Assembly Bill 496 and Senate Bill 682 allow the
victims of gun violence and their families to sue gun manufacturers
for damages. The bill’s passage is not surprising; our
society has been playing the blame game for the last decade. After
all, contemporary politics says it’s not the smokers who
cause damage to themselves or others, it’s the evil
corporation who dared to sell the legal product and employ
thousands of people.
Using the same logic, it cannot be laziness or lack of skills
and discipline that have caused society’s problems, it is
that other person who bares the name “The Man.” This
bill is simply the newest manifestation of a gross cultural flaw
that is fueled by the politics of victimization.
The only thing this new bill will accomplish is to bankrupt the
gun industry or lead to such a liability cost that the industry
will completely move out of California. We have already seen case
after case of idiotic juries and judges who award billions of
dollars to smokers who know the dangers of tobacco. The only
difference is the gun industry is not a trillion dollar industry.
While tobacco companies can fight the massive attacks of lawyers
with settlements, gun makers will hardly make it out with their
clothes intact.
As a result, we will see a very low availability of guns in
California and the price per weapon will increase to the point
where only the very wealthy can afford the
“convenience” of self-defense. And if there is still a
demand for guns in the state, a black market for weapons will
invariably rise up. Getting rid of alcohol created Al Capone,
getting rid of drugs created inner city gang warfare, and getting
rid of guns will create another underground crime-driven
market.
So the final result of Davis’s legislation will be an
uncontrolled industry where anybody can obtain a firearm without
the benefit of a background check or traceable serial numbers. It
will make it easier for criminals to get guns and prevent actual
law abiding citizens from protecting themselves.
Coupled with the fact that California has an almost nonexistent
rate of granting licenses to carry firearms means that the people
who need guns the most, namely those in inner cities, ghettos, and
barrios, will no longer be able to afford protection. Therefore, if
this bill is not overturned, we can expect to face a terrible
insurgence of crime over the next 10 years or so.
But even more than being a symbol of cultural disintegration,
this bill illuminates a far darker agenda. Having failed to rid
California of guns, Davis and his cronies are now trying to
circumvent the second amendment by making the lawful sale of arms
virtually impossible.
So while the hypocrite politicians buy their own guns and hire
armed guards, and Sarah Brady (of the Brady Bill gun control laws)
buys her son a rifle for his 18th birthday, you and I are left
defenseless to criminals while we wait two hours for a 9-1-1 call
to be answered.
It is ironic that the word liberal is derived from liberty, yet
those who claim to have liberal points of view do whatever they can
to strip the freedoms of law abiding citizens. They talk of
“a woman’s right to choose,” as if it were
mentioned in the constitution; but when it comes to the right of
self-defense, the second amendment is conveniently forgotten.
Without means of defense from bad people, all other freedoms are
canceled. After all, what good is freedom, if you are dead?