Four Gun Rights Arguments We Need to Stop Making

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Posted June 22, 2015 9:00 am by Comments

By Alasdair Denvil

In this handout photo provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office Detention Center, Dylann Storm Roof is seen in his booking photo after he was apprehended as the main suspect in the mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church that killed nine people on June 18, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina. The 21-year-old gunman is suspected of killing nine people during a prayer meeting in the church, which is one of the nation's oldest black churches in Charleston. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images)

I don’t take the position that now, soon after the shooting that killed nine in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, is not the time to talk about gun rights and gun control.

I agree that the friends and family who knew the victims shouldn’t be prodded on the issue. Debates about gun policy are contentious, and people in mourning don’t need contention, they need support and sympathy.

In this handout photo provided by the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center, Dylann Storm Roof is seen in his booking photo after he was apprehended as the main suspect in the mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church that killed nine people on June 18, 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina. The 21-year-old gunman is suspected of killing nine people during a prayer meeting in the church, which is one of the nation’s oldest black churches in Charleston. (Charleston County Sheriff’s Office via Getty Images)

But I think the rest of us can have a discussion about what the best policy on guns is without involving those in mourning. Doing so isn’t some sinister attempt to “never let a crisis go to waste” or …read more

Source:: The Blaze

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