When a totalitarian take-over is starting out, privately-owned firearms pose a significant problem. What to do?? From ol' King George III of England in 1775, until the liberal media "elites" of today, the answer is the same: take away the privately owned guns from the people; then they are much more compliant, docile, and more likely to roll over without a fight.
EDITORIAL: False reports about guns
CBS and MSNBC peddle phony stories about arms, race and violence
Many media outlets have misfired about guns. Countless newspapers and television networks -- from CBS to MSNBC -- have misreported that conservative protesters are threatening President Obama with guns at public events. It hasn't happened.
In Portsmouth, N.H., a man carrying a gun, William Kostric, joined an Aug. 11 health care protest. This was blocks away and hours before Mr. Obama's town-hall meeting in that city. Mr. Kostric was given permission to be on church property where the protest occurred and was not at the place the president visited. What most of the coverage left out was that Mr. Kostric didn't carry his gun only for the protest; he legally carries a gun with him all the time for protection.
While the media regularly used terms such as "hotheads" to mischaracterize the situation, the coverage ignored that union members who opposed the protest had attacked Mr. Kostric and a friend, kicking, pushing and spitting on them. Despite violence against him by Mr. Obama's supporters, Mr. Kostric did not draw his gun or threaten anyone.
On the CBS Evening News, Katie Couric asked, ....
EDITORIAL: False reports about guns - Washington Times
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