Becket Adams: No One Would Tolerate This Level Of Ignorance On Any Other Topic

By Tom Knighton

The gun debate constantly amazes me, particularly how people who know absolutely nothing about firearms can lecture on what we need and don’t need. It’s a level of ignorance that would be hilarious were it not for the fact that these people are trying to deprive us of our sacred and constitutionally protected rights.

And it’s not just the activists on social media who are complete and total idiots when it comes to firearms. No, it’s the lawmakers who are actually writing the laws but routinely show us how little the understand the topic in question.

As Becket Adams over at the Washington Examiner notes, however, this level of ignorance wouldn’t be tolerated in any other discussion:

It’s the ignorance of lawmakers, gun control activists, and media commentators that is inexcusable and insulting. Understanding the issue is the bare minimum required of their respective professions. Yet, so many simply refuse to learn the topic.

It’s things like Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., saying she opposes “rapid-fire magazines,” whatever those are. It’s things like Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., calling for a ban on “gas-assisted receiver firearms,” which are not real. It’s things like professional cable news commentator Steve Schmidt saying it’s harder …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms