slashingtongue» Bush administration http://slashingtongue.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:16:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Guns on trains : Disgrace! http://slashingtongue.com/politics/guns-on-trains-disgrace/ http://slashingtongue.com/politics/guns-on-trains-disgrace/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:37:47 +0000 PreetSG http://slashingtongue.com/?p=642 President Obama’s administration has caved in to the Republicans on guns yet again without giving a fight. This time, it is the administration caving in on gun’s owners right to carry firearms on Amtrak.

Carrying firearms was one of the measures the Bush administration took to prevent future terrorist attacks in America or as they would put it “keep America safe.” You have to wonder what made it okay today when it was a not 8 years ago.

Granted, this is as not bad as the law that allows guns on domestic flights. Passengers carrying guns on flights is absolutely no go for me. The reason is that to kill every one on the plane, a terrorist or a deranged person would only one shot that can cause an explosive decompression. Therefore, I think that it is a no-brainer not to have guns on planes.

Forget about a “Counter Strike” like fight with terrorists on a plane. That is the mentality that I find very dangerous. These people think that the only way to prevent terrorists from killing people is that if they themselves have guns so that they can fight back with them.

That is really laughable! What “la-la” land are they living in? Look at the last 8 years, with tighter gun controls on plane, not even a single terrorist high-jack took place. Let guns through, and you got a clown high-jacking a plane to tell the President of Mexico that an earthquake is coming! Prevention is always better than the cure. No guns means terrorists are prevented from taking the plane hostage.

The casualty would not be as large on trains as it would be on planes. But isn’t the solution to look into better measures of preventing guns on trains? Not according to the administration of President Obama. They rather allow guns to come on trains and let people die; so that they don’t have to face the monster haunting them, the Right wing.

Already there is the ridiculous inclusion of “guns in parks” amendment in the Credit Card bill of rights that was passed earlier this year. Now this? President Obama made the promise that he would deal with the guns issue in his political campaign. He said that there would not be M16s and AK47s in the street. What have you done so far on those fronts Mr President? Nothing!You just made the streets less safer.

I know there would be some people thinking that I am a liberal. I am not.. I am still an Independent. On some issues like abortion and especially guns, I am with the Left. On issues like the death penalty and tort reform, I am with the Right. Above all, I want things to be done smartly and ensures that bills get the job done.

This is not a smart bill at all. It was passed in the Senate with there being absolutely no chance of it getting vetoed by President Obama. Bad bills are bad bills. With the public option all but out, HR3200 is next to gun down on my agenda. I never supported it, but without the public option it is going to burn a huge hole in our pockets.

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