Not Another List?

Another list?  This time gun owners?  Let’s see here; we have a sex offender list, an animal abuse list and now a gun owner list in New York (Which by the way will spread nationwide, just watch).  What’s next?  A lesbian list?  The gay list?  Okay, seriously….an arsonist list, a murderer list, a didn’t pay their taxes list.  Oh, I could go on and on.  I think you catch my drift.

This goes to show how damaging public lists are.  What about the children and spouses of those on the lists?  This puts non-gun owners in danger too. We’ve gone too far in this country with the whole “fear” tactic to convince the public that these “lists” are a good idea.  Animal abuse lists, sex offender lists, now gun lists.  They do more harm than good and hang out to dry the innocent people.  The police and other public entities already know who the “Bad people” are….isn’t that enough?

So which list will you land on one day?  Let me know.  They seem to have a place for everybody.

Here are some comments from the story from Leonard Pitts involving the gun list.  Read them and see if you agree with the logic; good or bad.

“I’m not surprised liberal media are using the same tactics as racial supremacist groups.  I’ve known for a long time they’re a bunch of dirtbags and I expect this type of behavior from them.  Liberal media engage in intimidation and bullying all the time and I hope the Journal News in NY gets a taste of their own medicine. They need to learn some manners.”

“How about the “irresponsible” media.  For all they know, one (or more) of those registered gun owners might be on the run from an abusive spouse and they just broadcast the name and address.”

“As much as the pro gun controllers like the idea of posting all concealed weapons carriers names and addresses, they are scared stiff that this freedom to publish this information might someday be expanded to include the media elites and editorial writers names, addresses, voting records, political contributions, etc.  After all, the first amendment guarantees freedom of the press. With freedom of the press the media elite can sensationalize that news that fits their agenda and omit (censor) that news that would cast a doubt on their agenda. Forget the second amendment.”

“An excellent point.  And it puts me in mind of another step in the same direction.  The Economist’s Babbage blog has an item today on electronically tagging children.

http://www.economist.com/blogs…  Just another step along the path of leaving no privacy for anybody any time.  It’s enough to turn one into a libertarian big-time.”

“Almost a full day has passed and this is the 7th comment on a Leonard Pitts column. That pretty much proves my theory and makes true the old adage: “If you can’t say something

angry, demeaning and degrading, then don’t say anything at all.”

 

 

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