The House passage of our bill is a victory for this country! Common sense wins out. I’m just so thrilled and excited. The sale of guns must stop. Halfway measures are not enough.
Sarah Brady
July 1, 1988
[The Brady Campaign has been using the phrase “common sense” for a long time. It’s good of her to confirm what we all suspected they meant by that.—Joe]
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I was about to ask ‘Hey, wtf, where did THIS come from’ then I noticed the date.
*evil chuckle* Oh, what a difference 25 years makes.
So “Common Sense” Gun Control has been around since ’88?
Funny. I thought OBAMA came up with it.
But since Marxism is nothing but Theft under a different label, I should be surprised that The Anointed One stole it for his own usage…
Oh, he didn’t have to steal it. They’re birds of a feather, after all.
Much like ‘for the children’, when someone invokes ‘common sense laws’ I get suspicious. Because common sense is decidedly UNcommon these days.
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That quote of hers should be enough, all of itself, to get her banned from public service for life.
When a politician or pundit uses the terms ‘reasonable’ ‘necessary’ or ‘commonsense’, I break out in a rash.
Stay safe