It didn’t take long for the anti-self-defense crowd to capitalize on the horrific tragedy of the mentally ill transgender person who killed two children and wounded three adults and 14 more children at the elementary school in Minneapolis August 27th (Gaston Gazette, 9/7/25).
They’re demanding the government “do something”—by which they mean ban semiautomatic rifles. But why stop there? Bolt action rifles can fire fairly quickly, and let’s not forget pump shotguns, revolvers and semi-automatic pistols!
Well, a disarmed society is a society in prison! We need MORE firearms in the hands of people so they can defend themselves (or as is the case in the Minneapolis shooting, defend the children for whom those adults had responsibility). It’s axiomatic that when seconds count, police are only minutes away!
Thinking back to the racist Dylann Roof’s murder of nine people in an African American church in Charleston a decade ago, if any one of those parishioners had had a sweet little Ruger .380 semi-auto in her purse, the death toll could’ve been significantly decreased.
Check your premises, woke liberals! You could be the next target of some madman! If you are packing heat, will you have a better or worse chance of survival as you defend yourself and your loved ones?
David Hoesly
Member, Libertarian Party of Gaston County
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