20/20 Just Can't See Straight ....

Posted on 04-13-2009

...when it comes to the Second Amendment!

Written by John Velleco

The title of ABC’s 20/20 program this week was promising: “If I only had a gun.”

Finally, the title suggested, a look at the benefits of firearms ownership. A woman under attack, a homeowner being invaded, a carjack victim; if only they were armed, the outcome might have been different. They would have been able to protect themselves.

But surprise, surprise, Diane Sawyer and 20/20 had a different agenda. “If I only had a gun” was in fact a sarcastic title. What they really meant was, “Don’t think that a gun would actually help you in a time of crisis, because it won’t.”

Nothing new from 20/20 here. Ten years ago they came up with the astounding “finding” that boys will - gasp! - play with firearms given the chance. Wow, what a shock. My kids will pick up a banana and pretend it’s a gun. Kids are curious and imaginative. Parents were put on earth to protect and guide them so they are not harmed by their natural curiosity.

On Friday 20/20 picked up where they left off in 1999, giving the impression of an epidemic of accidents involving children and guns.

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