As usual the anti-gun people have to lie to make their case. Fortunately for us lying isn’t enough to win anymore.

The artist is almost for certain referring to the Tiahrt Amendment. Here is what Wikipedia says about it:

… the Tiahrt Amendment, which prohibits the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
(BATFE) from releasing information from its firearms trace database to
anyone other than a law enforcement agency or prosecutor in connection
with a criminal investigation. Additionally, any data so released is
inadmissible in a civil lawsuit^. Some groups, including the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,
believe that having further access to the BATFE database would help
municipal police departments track down sellers of illegal guns and curb
crime. These groups are trying to undo the Tiahrt Amendment. Conversely, the Tiahrt Amendment is supported by the Fraternal Order of Police, as it allows municipal police departments full access to BATFE trace data in any criminal investigation.

And when has anything like this ever happened at the NRA? Or even at any place of employment that did not have a victim disarmament policy?

As is usual for bigots they base their opinions on unrealized fantasies.

Nice representation of the NRA as Nazis. And, of course, no concept of due process or the effectiveness of the “terrorist watch list”.

The gun representation is pretty messed up too.

This is the last of the Charlton Heston cartoons I have. I meant to post it yesterday but was in a hurry and grabbed the first one on my list.

I mostly give the artist a pass on this one too. It’s not exactly classy to criticize someone on their death but compared to some of the other crap that was thrown at him this is pretty mild.

Even if you ignore the U.S. Revolutionary War (it was prior to the 2^nd Amendment but it was enabled by the inalienable right to keep and bear arms) the scorecard is far from complete. It doesn’t show the (probably incalculable) number of tyrants prevented in places all over the world. It doesn’t show the number people murdered by tyrants who successfully infringed the right to keep and bear arms. And it doesn’t show the number of innocent lives saved by people who exercised their specific enumerated right to to keep and bear arms on a much smaller personal scale.

But it’s anti-gun artist. Of course they are going to leave information out and distort things. It’s what bigots do.

So… do you think the artist thinks that when they go for a walk in Seattle, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Dallas, Tampa, Phoenix, or any of the state parks in (probably) 40 different states? Of course not.

Then why the big deal about National Parks? It’s those damn uppity gun owners–they let them go anywhere rather than staying in their place where they belong.

I almost have to give the artist a pass on this one.

The same things Lyle said yesterday apply to this cartoon.

Also note that even Heston’s death does not stop the anti-gun people from attacking him.

You have to wonder at the intensity and extent of the hatred expressed toward Charlton Heston by those opposed to this human right. Was it his support for the civil rights of black Americans a few decades that pissed them off and this was the last straw? In his view, and mine, it was entirely consistent–he supports human rights.

Or maybe it was because they assumed everyone in Hollywood was with them and they viewed him as a traitor. How else can one explain it? And it seems so odd that for all the indignation by the left for the blacklisting of actors in the 1950’s that they would fail to see the irony of their actions.

I’ve posted a few Heston cartoons earlier which portrayed him in a negative light. This one is the beginning of a series.

The anti-gun people did not even stop their attacks even when it was announced he had Alzheimer. In fact I remember the anti-gun people suggesting Alzheimer’s was the reason he aligned himself with the NRA. And as you will see in a few days the anti-gun people didn’t stop their attacks even when he died.