"NOBODY WANTS YOUR DAMN GUNS." OR DO THEY?
ANTI's OFF-THE-DEEP-END MEME MAKING ANALYSIS!

by Alex Gubenko, CNJFO Shows & Community Outreach Wednesday September 4, 2019 www.cnjfo.com/join-us

Well, that's a load off. I guess there's nothing to worry about. Oh wait...there's more!

Every day I see posts talking about how no one wants to take your guns, followed by a litany of laws that would do just that. Below is a post I saw shared by one of my Facebook friends. I don't know if the original poster of this meme was the author of it, but regardless, there's no need to give him any of the attention he clearly craves. ---Alex

"WE WANT GUN SAFETY LAWS". "Gun safety laws don't take away your gun anymore than traffic safety laws take away your car."

What?!? "Gun safety laws" like mandatory buybacks (confiscation,) bans on certain types of rifles, and magazine restrictions do exactly that. They take away your ability to own the gun that you own. That would be like saying banning all cars with engines that generate more than 300 horsepower isn't going to stop you from owning a Corvette. But at least this guy knows that gun ownership is a right, the ability to drive a car on public roads is a privilege. Oh, apparently he doesn't

"THIS DOES NOT INFRINGE UPON YOUR RIGHT TO DRIVE A CAR."

Correct, seat belt laws, speed limits, and restrictions on where you are allowed to drive certainly make driving safer. But what we do not do is assume everyone who owns a Corvette is going to break every law already on the books. Someone who owns an AR15 isn't the problem.

"THE ONLY PEOPLE SAYING LIBERALS WANT TO TAKE YOUR GUNS IS THE NRA. I don't know how to tell you this, but the NRA does not speak for the Liberals".

WRONG on so many counts! There are plenty of people saying that Liberals want to take our guns. Also, you do not speak for the Liberals and there are plenty of them who are NRA members.

ANOTHER GEM:
"If guns are completely harmless, would you leave one in your car on the front seat with the windows down? Why not? Could it possibly wind up in the wrong hands or something?"

Who ever said guns were completely harmless? Yes, firearms can be very dangerous in the wrong hands. That is why any organization worth listening to espouses safety, training, and education. Take CNJFO for example!

IN SUMMARY:

I'm sure this analysis will never get back to the original author, but if you truly believe in what you wrote, you need to educate yourself on the subject. If you wrote this knowing that this is nothing but propaganda, then maybe...

IT'S TIME TO GROW UP!

EDITOR's NOTE:

Alex Gubenko was born under the thumb of totalitarianism in the Ukraine, where FREEDOM was a prohibited concept. His family emigrated when he was just 2. "My family took me out of a communist country and I refuse to sit idly by while people try to turn the US into that!" A naturalized US citizen and gun owner (funny how THAT seems to always be the case, isn't it?), Gubenko joined the Coalition years ago, and was quite active at Rallies & Protests for GUN RIGHTS. We hope you enjoy his analysis of this meme as much as we did. -----The Editors