Barbara Boxer: Guns Are OK For Protecting Me
by Larry Pratt
The debate prior to the U.S. Senate voting overwhelmingly (87-6) to
let
airline pilots carry guns in their cockpits as a last line of defense
against hijackers was very interesting. Particularly interesting was
the
fact that veteran anti-Second Amendment, anti-self-defense, gun-
grabber Sen.
Barbara Boxer (D-CA) was among the 87 Senators favoring this
legislation.
Why is this particularly interesting? Because all the last-line-of-
defense
arguments in favor of pilots being allowed to arm themselves can be
made for
private individuals being allowed to keep and bear arms. … Don’t
misunderstand me, please. I’m delighted that Boxer, Lieberman and
many other
anti-Second Amendment, anti-self-defense, gun-grabbers came to their
senses — at least briefly — and voted for legislation to allow
pilots to
arm themselves. But, until they extend this last-line-of-defense
argument to
private individuals, these folks remain hypocrites on the gun issue.
http://www.gunowners.org/op0245.htm