Comments by "Theodore Shulman" (@ColonelFredPuntridge) on "The Hill" channel.

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  40.  @johnnydjiurkopff  RE: "Should the parents of the sandyhook victims be allowed to campaign on a message of gun control when their only knowledge about firearms is that someone used one at their childrens' school?" Firearms are not anywhere near as complicated as virology and epidemiology. But you're right that the parents shouldn't be campaigning on arguments about which firearms should be allowed where and which should not, unless they learn enough about firearms to make a determination like that. (Whether they should be allowed to argue about it in public is a different question.) Generally, the government should not be trying to fix our gun problem by micromanaging. Our government isn't very good at that. What the government should do is something it has done quite well in the past: DELEGATE the problem to private individuals and groups - to the great, creative people of the USA. In particular, delegate the responsibility to the folks who understand guns and gun-safety and gun-ownership best. The folks who understand guns and gun-issues best are gun-makers and gun-sellers. Second-best are the gun-owners (some of them). How can the government motivate these folks to solve the mass-shooting gun-problem? There is a simple answer. Make 'em an offer they can't refuse. The government should implement the following policy: if you own, or sell, a gun, and that gun gets used in a crime, then you suffer the same penalty as the criminal, regardless of all other circumstances. You'll say "hey, I can't read my customers' minds! How am I to know he's gonna use the gun in a crime? And how am I gonna prevent someone from stealing my gun and using it in a crime?" The answer is: that's YOUR problem now. You are the one who knows about guns. YOU figure out a way. Or, get ready to go to prison alongside of the customer or thief who got a gun from you and used it in a crime. You see? Instead of trying to tell you how to solve the problem, we should have government require that you solve the problem, and then lock you up if you refuse or fail. That way we can rely on you to focus your energy and your resourcefulness on actually fixing the problem. You'll have no other choice, if you want to own a gun and remain free. You will be judged, and punished, according to the results of whatever you do or don't do. And, (word of advice) the first thing you need to do is stop thinking like a loser. "The problem is hard, how am I supposed to solve it?" That's how losers talk. No one ever accomplished anything that way. Be a winner. Be an American. Figure out how to solve the problem yourself.
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