Hold on to your guns.

[GMDino]

(11-08-2019, 12:49 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I was aware of this story since the day it happened.  I was not aware of the following CNN interview with a survivor of a family massacred by cartel members near the US Mexican border.





Sadly, CNN appears to have not posted their own version of the video on YouTube. Or, at least, I couldn't find it.

As a gun owner, from a gun owning family, we always thought of ourselves as responsible for our own safety.  This includes my mother who could probably out feminist Gloria Steinem.  Before my dad left for Vietnam the first time he bought my mother a gun and ensured she knew how to use it.  Since she comes from a military family herself this was not an issue.  This video is a rather sad reminder of why that is important.

I expect the usual suspects to blame Mexico's gun violence on the US.  I expect the usual suspects to claim that civilians wouldn't need guns if they weren't so prolific.  I expect all the old excuses for controlling the right of others to defend themselves.  What I don't expect is one of them acknowledging that law abiding gun owners are not the problem and never have been.  Criminals are the problem and they deserve to have their rights and freedoms restricted, not everyone else.

The full interview is on CNN's site:

https://www.cnn.com/specials/us/anderson-cooper-full-circle/index.html

Also promoted on his Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/AC360/posts/10162697824260533?__tn__=-R



I'm not sure who has blamed the US for Mexico's gun violence.  And count me in on the side of agreeing that people have a right to own arms and to defend themselves.  The proliferation of guns IS a problem, not one that requires the disarming of all citizens but maybe rather a very careful way of making sure criminals have less easy access to them.

This family being targeted and killed is a tragedy.  Perhaps we could could let things cool down before we start posting "I Am Militia" videos telling us we must arm ourselves to protect our families from drug cartels in Mexico.