It Is High Time For Some Congressional

It Is High Time For Some Congressional Oversight Backbone.

Nobody Is Denying We Should Investigate And Do What We Can To Prevent Gun Crime In Our Cities And Towns. But, We Should Not Scapegoat The American Gun Owner For Complicated, Cultural Problems We Are Just Beginning To Understand.

Firearms Manufacturers Usually Find Themselves Playing Defense.

A Critical Component Of White House Scandal Defense 101 Is Rallying The Partisan Base. This Keeps Approval Ratings In Territory Where The Wheels Don't Start Falling Off. The Way To Achieve This Goal Is You Go Negative And You Don't Let Up. If You're Always Attacking Your Accusers, The Debate Becomes One Of Democrat Vs. Republican, Rather Than Right Vs. Wrong. Anyone Who Questions The Legality Of The Decision To Wiretap Thousands Of Americans Unlawfully Is Attacked, As Either An Enabler Of Terrorists Or A Bitter Partisan Trying To Distract A President At War.

The Move To Tax Internet Sales, Clothed As A 'fairness' Issue, Is The Typical 'wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' Ploy So Often Used By Governments Unwilling To Cut Expenditures To Match Revenues. It Matters Not Whether Its Proponents Have A 'd' Or An 'r' After Their Name. It Is A Tax Increase In Either Case.