Monday, November 2, 2015

Lying liars

Flopping Aces ^ | 11-01-15 | Bruce Tarleton 

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Lying is nothing new for Hillary Clinton. From the Whitewater scandal, to the Bosnian Sniper Lie, the Benghazi Cover-up lies, to the Email Scandal, Hillary will lie her ass off. And not one of her supporters will give a good God Damn. This is really no surprise. America is used to being lied to by its government. Lying is a pretty much given when it comes to politics. None of these lies really affect the average Joe. So the average Joe becomes a Hillary Whore. Ignoring the integrity of the individual, because we need to elect a President who squats to pee.
But when you lie about something that has a direct affect on a huge demographic, that can be a problem. And Hillary has a problem. Her lies about gun control are about to bite her in the ass.
Gun owners in America are a diverse demographic. It includes Democrats, Republicans, and every other political party. In the campaign leading up to the 2008 election, many Gun Rights Activists warned that the Democrats and Barrack Obama specifically would try to institute sweeping gun control legislation to trample the rights guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment. There was just enough double talk from the Democratic Party to raise the hairs on the back of the necks of most gun owners. Except the Democrat gun owners. From 2008 all the way up until Sandy Hook in 2012, the Democrats would always confront the Gun Rights activist with the statement “No one is trying to take your guns away from you”.
With the tragedy of Sandy Hook, all that changed. A flurry of legislation was introduced in what the Democrats said was an attempt to stem the tide of gun violence. “Sensible Gun Control” became the new catch phrase for every bit of new rules and restrictions the Gun Control crowd tried to get passed. ALL of it supported by Obama.
The problem was none of the new legislation or regulations would have prevented Sandy Hook. Or Isla Vista. Or the Charleston Church tragedy. Or the Oregon College tragedy. It amounted to nothing more than feel good legislation: regulations that make us feel good about the notion that we did something, regardless of what impact it may or may not have on gun violence.
In order to bolster their efforts to further restrict gun ownership, the Gun Control crowd tried to use statistics to justify the feel good legislation. While many different statistics on many different aspects were used, all of them were debunked. One big statistic that they used, and provided talking points for Obama, and VP Biden was the 40% figure.
"The law already requires licensed gun dealers to run background checks, and over the last 14 years that's kept 1.5 million of the wrong people from getting their hands on a gun. But it's hard to enforce that law when as many as 40 percent of all gun purchases are conducted without a background check." --President Obama, remarks on gun violence, Jan. 16, 2013
"Studies estimate that nearly 40 percent of all gun sales are made by private sellers who are exempt from this requirement."
"Now Is the Time: The president's plan to protect our children and our communities by reducing gun violence," released Jan. 16
"That's why we need, and I've recommended to the president, universal background checks. Studies show that up to 40 percent of the people -- and there's no -- let me be honest with you again, which I'll get to in a moment. Because of the lack of the ability of federal agencies to be able to even keep records, we can't say with absolute certainty what I'm about to say is correct. But the consensus is about 40 percent of the people who buy guns today do so outside the NICS [National Instant Criminal Background Check] system, outside the background check system."
Vice President Biden, remarks to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Jan. 17
Okay, let's put this to bed once and for all. The 40% figure came from a study released in 1997, based on a survey in 1994. The survey asked questions about purchases in 1993, and early 1994. The Brady Law, which requires complete background checks on any retail purchase didn't go into effect until 1994. I won't get into the ambiguity of the questions actually asked, or the method of determining a yes or no answer. To use a survey that asks if you followed a law before the law was even in place is disingenuous. It should be noted that the 40% figure is used by the Gun Control crowd to define sales within what they term the “Gun-Show Loophole”. The problem is the survey showed that only 3.9% of respondents purchased their firearm at a Gun Show.
So what does this have to do with Hillary? Simple. She continues to trot out this mythical figure in her efforts to appear ready to institute “sensible gun control” if she were elected. IF you are a politician, and you use the 40% figure to support your argument, you are lying. Period.
But that's not her only lie. And it's not her biggest, or most dangerous.
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