Harrison Ford, just another moronic liberal.
From the safety of Madrid, Spain we have another Hollywood amateur
Secretary
of State speaking out on U.S. foreign policy. This time its Harrison
Ford,
Harrison is just so very upset at the direction American foreign policy
is
taking, and he feels that we need to do something to help alleviate the
conditions which have created and disenfranchised and angry faction in
the
United States. The implication here is that the United States is
somehow
responsible for the anger in the Middle East. Well ... I'm sure Saddam
and
his henchmen are just a wee bit unhappy with the U.S. right now, but
what
about the people who have been liberated from his despotic rule? Is
Ford
saying that we've hurt more than we've helped over there? Just what is
his
idea of harmony in the Middle East, torture and mass graves in Iraq and
dead
Israelis? I wonder if Harrison Ford would put some actions behind his
words
and call for a return of Iraq and the Iraqi people to Saddam, and a
return
to power in Afghanistan to the Taliban? Come to think of it, maybe
Calista
Flockhart would look good in a burka.
Wait. We're not through with Indiana Ford just yet. He also says that
he's
upset that so many people in the United States carry guns. He says
that it
"obviously" contributes to the crime rate. Ford also says he's "sure
that
gun laws should be strengthened in the United States."
Well, there you go. Another Hollywood expert-on-all-that-matters
spouting
off without a good grip on the facts. Just in case you happen to come
face-to-face with the incredibly knowledgeable Mr. Ford, let me remind
you
of a few choice little bits of information about crime rates and folks
packing heat.
There are three basic gun law scenarios in the fifty states. You have
(a)
no issue; (b) may issue and (c) must issue states.
(a) In "no issue states" the ordinary citizen just cannot get a permit
to
carry a concealed weapon. No way, now how. Unless, that is, you're
some
sort of a hotshot celebrity or a politician or comparable member of
high
society that always gets special favors from the law.
(b) In "may issue" the law allows private citizens to obtain a
license to
carry a concealed weapon, but regardless of the outcome of a criminal
background and other checks, the final decision as to whether or not to
issue the permit is left entirely up to some local official, usually a
county sheriff.
(c) in "shall issue" states once you meet the requirements set forth
for a
concealed weapons permit the local authorities must issue the permit to
you.
Now ... Ford is so concerned about people with guns. He thinks that
these
people carrying those concealed weapons "obviously" contribute to the
crime
rate. Sorry, Harrison Ford, but you missed this one badly. The actual
statistics show that violent crime rates are the highest in the "no
issue"
states and the lowest in the "must issue states." Furthermore, when a
state
liberalizes its gun laws the records show that the crime rates don't go
up,
they go down. Criminals do not want their victims to be armed. The
more
likely it is that their victim is armed the more likely it is that
they're
going to chose some other means to acquire wealth. In fact, they may
actually go out there an get jobs!
So ... a question. When some Hollywood celebrity starts popping off on
matters like this, why doesn't some reporter say "Well, Mr. Harrison,
could
you please cite the statistics upon which you're basing your idiotic
and
uninformed position on guns.?" Wouldn't you just love to hear the
answer to
that one!
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