Liberal ClapTrap

I got a kick out of Chris Christi's comment about the front page editorial by the New York Times.  He called it Liberal Claptrap, which was probably not politically correct.  What the Times said was out of touch with the average person and certainly not going to get them any points with people outside of New York City.  I get a lot of my best stories from the Times and thought it was out of place for them to put this kind of call for gun control on the front page, when they already have an editorial page -- a good place for editorials.

The worst part of their comment was the failure to recognize that the folks who killed a few people in San Bernardino were terrorists.  The had bombs made up in their garage and modified their guns to fire on automatic.  They were Islamic Extremists, raised in places where that is fashionable.  The Times does not seem to see that as any different than a nut case in Colorado who decides to kill people at Planned Parenthood.  When I lived in Wyoming I thought everyone had guns, and this doesn't seem abnormal.  

Terrorists get guns from a lot of places, but they seldom buy them in a local gun store where their names get recorded.  They get guns into Israel, where almost everyone has a gun if they need one.  They got them into Paris.  In places where they can't get them, like China, they use knives and car bombs.  The death toll from knife attacks can be pretty astounding.  Terrorists find a way.

In Wyoming, my introduction to the culture came a week after I got there.  I was on night patrol in Law Enforcement and we heard shots fired.  I drove down to the scene and got there before the local police.  There was a guy lying in the parking lot of 7-11 with multiple gun shots, obviously deceased. Nobody in the store was hurt, except the clerk who got pistol whipped.  The guy who did that was lying outside.  When the Sheriff came he asked what happened and the clerk said the guy beat him up and told the others in the store to get out.  They went out and waited for him to come out.  Five of them shot him.  The Sheriff said, "He must have been from out of town."  Denver, as it turned out.
For all of those who say the answer to guns is not more guns, take a look at where terrorists have the most difficult time.  All of those places have guns, and the people there know what they are for.