Rosie O'Donnell Rants on Gun Control

Is there a bigger moron on television than Rosie O'Donnell? I mean bigger in terms of more moronic, not in terms of body weight. I think Rosie is even more moronic than Keith Olbermann. Recently on The View Rosie launches into a rant on gun control and is interrupted by Elisabeth Hasselbeck who tries to make some counterpoints. She listens to Elisabeth for a few seconds then interrupts her saying, "let's talk instead of yell." She clearly was not yelling any more than Rosie was yelling.

Rosie apparently believes that no one should be allowed to have a gun of any kind. She clearly believes that all guns should be registered and traceable like motor vehicles. I don't have strong objections to guns being registered, but I do strongly object to extensive controls on who can or cannot own a gun.

The biggest problem I have with Rosie is her simplistic view that guns are the cause of most of the violence in this country. Guns might be used in much of the violence but that doesn't mean they caused it. She seems to think that if we take away the guns the violence will disappear. She said the recent shooting and murder of the Amish school children would not have happened if Charles Carl Roberts IV had not had access to a gun. She said that if he had a knife instead of a gun the teacher would not have left the children alone with him. She didn't bother to explain what the teacher (remember, she is an Amish woman) would have done to prevent a man with a knife from harming the children.

Too many people have Rosie's simplistic view that most of our problems with violence will disappear if only we could take away the guns. It doesn't take a genius to understand that people inclined to commit violence will find other means to do so in the absence of guns. Thousands of acts of violence are committed each year with knives and clubs, though guns are readily available.

One of the other women on The View (I think her name is Joy) asked how a milkman in Pennsylvania could have a gun or get a license to carry a gun. (Are milkmen in Pennsylvania considered dangerous? It's not like they work for the Postal Service or anything.)  I don't know about Pennsylvania but in most states you only need a license to carry a concealed weapon. There is no license needed to own a gun as long as you don't carry it around with you. Do you suppose she thinks a man intent on killing children would be deterred by the fact that he doesn't have a license to carry his gun with him to the schoolhouse?

There is more intellect in the simple slogans, "If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" and "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," than anything Rosie has to offer on gun control.

[I was led to this topic by a great column on OpinionJournal by Peggy Noonan: The Sounds of Silencing - Why do Americans on the left think only they have the right to dissent?]

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