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The gun control and concealed carry debate that has swept over campus recently and has persisted in our nation for so long is, and always will be, fundamentally pointless and stupid. The problem is not whether we should have guns or not; what really matters is whether we can change our society to where gun control becomes a moot point

You’ve heard this shocking “fact” before — on TV and radio, in newspapers, on the Internet and from the highest politicians in the land: 90 percent of the weapons used to commit crimes in Mexico come from the United States. There’s just one problem with the 90 percent “statistic” and it’s a big one: It’s just not true. In fact, it’s not even close. By all accounts, it’s probably around 17 percent.

If Mexican gangsters are not buying military weapons in the United States, why do people like ATF officials, Attorney General Holder, Secretary of State Clinton, gun prohibitionists like Sarah Brady and multitudes of media talking heads claim they are while calling for an American “assault weapon” ban they say will to keep the Mexican drug gangs from buying what they really aren’t buying here because they can’t?

Rather than buying a boxcar of ammo that may suddenly become worthless tomorrow, wouldn’t it be better to get involved with the struggle for gun rights, and send some money and letters to your favorite gun rights organizations and favorite legislators. The ammo that we really need right now is political muscle.

So our newly-minted Secretary of mis-STATE-ment has decreed that it isn’t the murderous Mexican drug gangs who are responsible for the butchering of hundreds of their own people; it’s America. We’re at fault. How utterly stereotypical. What classic liberal “blame America first” double-speak. The Hildabeast is becoming a Doonesbury caricature.

You lose yourself, you reappear You suddenly find you got nothing to fear Alone you stand with nobody near When a trembling distant voice, unclear Startles your sleeping ears to hear […]

the Ammunition Accountability Act is suddenly a legitimate threat. New York, Pennsylvania and 16 other states have already enacted legislation that would mandate the engraving of a unique serial number on the base of each handgun and “assault weapon” bullet, and an identical number on the cartridge’s case. The act calls for dealers of this “encoded ammunition” to record the purchaser’s name, birthdate, drivers license number, etc.

So far we will be voting on the following entries. I have made no effort to edit out any entries for being too graphic, given that unlawfully shooting someone through a door isn’t exactly a civilized act. Even worse is evading prosecution.

Pennsylvania gun owners dodged a bullet when lawmakers failed to enact legislation that would have levied a 5-cent tax on each shell and required encoding ammunition with serial numbers and registering those numbers in a statewide database.

Chairman-elect Obama has found a way to keep his election promise that he won’t take our guns away: he’ll hire an Attorney General to do it for him. His recent selection of Eric Holder to be the Attorney General of the new administration, once again points to the profound anti-gun of the new administration.