Sometimes "The Gun Guy" is so far out that it's like a caricature. But he's further out than I could portray even if I tried. Case in point:
If the gun lobby gets its way in Congress, the following scenarios might become all too real:
- You're visiting an elderly family member at the hospital when you see a gruff man in the parking lot adjusting his loaded and deadly handgun in his belt. You inform the nurse that there is a dangerous and armed man outside and the nurse informs you that it is "legal" for the gun owner to carry a concealed weapon only steps away from the hospital entrance.
- You're walking through the park with your kids on a sunny day eating ice cream when you see two men pull up in a dark SUV. As you walk by, you see them take two handguns out of the glove box and stick them in their jackets. You immediately call 9-1-1 to inform the police that there are armed men in a park with families and children, but the police tell you that unless their is cause, the armed men are perfectly legal carrying deadly weapons in family-friendly locations.
- You're at a coffee shop sipping your latte when you see a woman with a handgun casually tucked inside her purse chatting away on her cell phone and says she's from out of state. You're terrified at the sight of the weapon knowing that children are present. You ask an employee why loaded handguns are allowed at a coffee shop and the barista says that the owner still hasn't posted a sign explicitly prohibiting carrying concealed weapons and therefore it's permitted.
A gruff man with a handgun is known to be dangerous? "A gruff man with a handgun" describes a fair number of police officers.
He puts quotes around the word legal? It's currently legal in nearly all states. So what is his point? The proposed law wouldn't make the described scenarios any more or less legal.
Armed men in the park? I've done this more times than I could count and I know lots of people that do it. It's currently legal in nearly all states. So what is his point?
Women at a coffee shop with a gun in her purse--and his point is? Oh, yeah. He's terrified.
If he were talking about blacks or homosexuals that way it would be virtually impossible for him to get or keep a job. But since it is gun owners he is talking about he gets paid by the Joyce Foundation to spew hate at such a ridiculous level it's difficult to not believe it is a deliberate farce.
Either Scott Vogel is conning the Joyce Foundation or he is really wacko. I'm really not sure which.