Thread: Firing Back at anti-gun columnist

Columnist Pitts aims finger of blame at wrong target

Syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts yesterday fired off a missive blaming guns, published in the Seattle Times, and what he considers weak gun laws, for the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords last year that led her ultimately to resign from office recently to focus on her recovery.

Columnist Pitts aims finger of blame at wrong target - Seattle gun rights | Examiner.com

From the Pitts article:

We need to ban fully automatic weapons from private use. The hunter who needs a gun that fires hundreds of rounds a minute isn't much of a hunter.

The Second Amendment is not about hunting.

The only person responsible for what happened to Giffords was that idiot kid, I forget his name.

The solution to most of our problems in this society is not make more laws and regulations but to hold people accountable, instead of making excuses for them.

I'll go ahead and say what people are afraid to say: the mentally ill are responsible for most of these random acts of violence.

I read a lot of political commentary and op-ed pieces and find that Leonard Pitts is one of the worst offenders of rules of basic logic. As hard as I try, I honestly cannot finish any of his writings. He is the quintessential victocrat(1), often applying a heavy racial slant to his whining. How this clown makes a living by writing this garbage is beyond me. Whenever I see the picture of him that they use in his articles, I hear whining puppies.

1. The term "victocrat" was coined by Larry Elder, insinuating that many Democrats on the Left take up the "I'm a victim" argument.

Forget the Far Left and Far Right. Leave the politicians and the lobbying groups out of it for starters. Perhaps Pitts and this column can begin the dialogue. Couple of aging news hacks chatting about this; God save the Republic.

This column was sent to Mr. Pitts prior to its normal circulation.

That would be GOOD!! Where do we sign up to be in the audience?

Originally Posted by rufus

I read a lot of political commentary and op-ed pieces and find that Leonard Pitts is one of the worst offenders of rules of basic logic. As hard as I try, I honestly cannot finish any of his writings. He is the quintessential victocrat(1), often applying a heavy racial slant to his whining. How this clown makes a living by writing this garbage is beyond me. Whenever I see the picture of him that they use in his articles, I hear whining puppies.

1. The term "victocrat" was coined by Larry Elder, insinuating that many Democrats on the Left take up the "I'm a victim" argument.

Man, did you nail it!