Thread: Confirmed: Diane Feinstein Doesn't Know Anything

January 5, 2013
By Dr. Warren Beatty
American Thinker

Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA), on December 17, 2012, announced that she will introduce a bill in the next Congress to stop the sale, transfer, importation, and manufacturing of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices (otherwise known as magazines). When asked, "Which special interests in Washington have too much power?," Feinstein answered in May 2012, "Guns." She continued, "We now have something happening in the US that has never happened before. That is, children killing children with guns. Over 13 a day."

As Mark Kogan says, "In one sweeping stroke, Feinstein intends to instigate the pro-gun lobby, alienate the majority of Americans who oppose re-instating a federal assault weapons ban, and run headlong into a constitutional battle[.]"

And let's not forget that in 1995, on CBS's 60 Minutes, Feinstein said, "If I could've gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them -- Mr. and Mrs. America turn 'em all in -- I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here." So we all know Feinstein's ultimate goal.

Even Alan Colmes has weighed in on Feinstein's proposal. He calls it "sensible." Colmes said, "Feinstein's sensible proposal, par in almost every other civilized nation, calls for banning the sale, transfer, importation or manufacturing of military-style weapons[.]" Colmes also says, "Conservatives who claim to care about the safety and well-being of children, even those already born, would be wise to show they mean it by agreeing to public policy steps that would protect all of us." This is, I suppose, Colmes' attempt to tie gun control to the abortion issue. Liberals just never let up, do they?

But hypocrisy is creeping (or stampeding) into Feinstein's proposal. To wit, the MSM, Obama, Feinstein, and the Democrats play down or ignore gun violence caused by Fast & Furious, yet they call for gun control when they cannot be directly linked to the violence. As Alan P. Halbert, in his January 2 AT article, "Senator Feinstein's Constitutional End-run," said, "[t]he result [of Fast & Furious] was the deaths of federal agents Brian Terry and Jaime Zapata, along with another thirteen American citizens, and several hundred Mexicans." Are we witnessing a double standard here?

Of course, it's also worth considering that, as William A. Levinson puts it, "Feinstein's latest attack on the Second Amendment relies entirely on public ignorance of firearms and their legitimate uses[.]"

So, in an effort to save Senator Feinstein some embarrassment (not), I want to call this fact to her attention, as well as to that of all the other gun-control advocates.

The number of murders committed annually with hammers and clubs is much greater than the number of murders committed with rifles. There were, in 2011, 323 murders committed with a rifle, while at the same time there were 496 murders committed with hammers and clubs. In fact, "nearly twice as many people are killed by hands and fists each year than are killed by murderers who use rifles." The above is supplied by the FBI.

Can we expect Senator Feinstein to introduce a bill to stop the sale, transfer, importation, and manufacturing of hammers and other blunt instruments? Feinstein may want to view the chart that Kyle Becker presented in this article. Death by "alcohol abuse" is number 4 on the "killer" list. We all know how effective the 18th Amendment was. Death by "tobacco use" is overwhelmingly the number-1 cause, while death from "medical errors" is number 2. Does that mean that Senator Feinstein will introduce a bill to stop the sale, transfer, importation, and manufacturing of tobacco products? But she can't do that, since the taxes on tobacco products fund so many children's health initiatives. Can we then expect a bill that proposes to stop the sale, transfer, importation, and manufacturing of all medical equipment, medical doctors, and hospitals?

And speaking of blunt instruments, look at the number-9 cause of death on the list: "non-firearm homicides." The asterisk beside this category identifies, by the FBI, a baseball bat as the most-used item to cause death. Can we expect Senator Feinstein to react to this fact as well?

This is a great example of the selective outrage of Senator Feinstein, and her selection is loudly trumpeted by the MSM while she ignores other killers. True, there have been some rather high-profile shootings in the past year. But when it comes to other causes of death, Senator Feinstein, Obama, other Democrats, and the MSM are very quiet.

Dr. Beatty earned a Ph.D. in quantitative management and statistics from Florida State University. He was a (very conservative) professor of quantitative management specializing in using statistics to assist/support decision-making. He has been a consultant to many small businesses and is now retired. Dr. Beatty is a veteran who served in the U.S. Army for 22 years. He blogs at rwno.limewebs.com.

Articles: Confirmed: Diane Feinstein Doesn't Know Anything

Choose Your Own Crime Stats




I think that these stats would be lower if we didn't have the imported violence brought to us by the flood of illegal aliens and drugs cartels.

• 18th Street gang (Mexican)
• Association Ñeta (Puerto Rican)
• Barrio Azteca (Mexican)
• Cali Cartel (Colombian)
• Dominicans Don't Play (Dominican)
• Fresno Bulldogs (Mexican)
• Ghetto Brothers (Puerto Rican)
• Gulf Cartel (Mexican)
• Jheri Curls (Dominican)
• Juárez Cartel (Mexican)
• La Raza Nation (Mexican)
• Latin Eagles (Puerto Rican)
• Latin Kings (Puerto Rican)
• Los Zetas (Mexican)
• Mara Salvatrucha (Salvadoran)
• Maniac Latin Disciples (Puerto Rican)
• Medellín Cartel (Colombian)
• Mexican Mafia (Mexican)
• MS-13 (Salvadoran)
• Norteños (Mexican)
• Puro Tango Blast (Mexican)
• Sinaloa Cartel (Mexican)
• Spanish Gangster Disciples (Mexican)
• Sureños (Mexican)
  
  • 38th Street Gang
  • The Avenues
  • Clanton 14
  • Culver City Boys 13
  • El Monte Flores 13
  • Onterio Varrio Sur
  • Tooner Ville Rifa 13
  • Varrio Nuevo Estrada
  • Santa Monica 13
  
  
• Tijuana Cartel (Mexican)
• Trinitarios (Dominican)
  
  • San Fiero Rifa Fiero Rifa people
  
  
• Armenian Power (Armenian American)
• Assyrian/Chaldean Mafia (Assyrian/Chaldean)
• Israeli mafia (Israeli American)
• Jewish Mafia (Jewish American)
• TAP Boyz (Palestinian American)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._United_States

Mexican Gangs Taking Over America !

See Also.

Brutal Mexican drug gang crosses into U.S.

Zetas butcher victims to spread message of fear

The Washington Times
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The signature crimes of the most violent drug cartel in Mexico are its beheading and dismemberment of rival gang members, military personnel, law enforcement officers and public officials, and the random kidnappings and killings of civilians who get caught in its butchery and bloodletting.

But this disparate band of criminals known as Los Zetas is no longer just a concern in Mexico. It has expanded its deadly operations across the southwestern border, establishing footholds and alliances in states from New York to California. Just last year, federal agents tied a cocaine operation in Baltimore to the Zetas.

http://www.alipac.us/f12/brutal-mexi...4/#post1321090

Our Government has ALLOWED this violence to come into this country - it increases the crime stats they need for gun control...JMO

Originally Posted by Dr. Warren Beatty in the American Thinker

But hypocrisy is creeping (or stampeding) into Feinstein's proposal. To wit, the MSM, Obama, Feinstein, and the Democrats play down or ignore gun violence caused by Fast & Furious, yet they call for gun control when they cannot be directly linked to the violence. As Alan P. Halbert, in his January 2 AT article, "Senator Feinstein's Constitutional End-run," said, "[t]he result [of Fast & Furious] was the deaths of federal agents Brian Terry and Jaime Zapata, along with another thirteen American citizens, and several hundred Mexicans." Are we witnessing a double standard here?

No double standard, Dr. Beatty, not even a cognitive disconnect.

The goal of the liberals and globalists is to disarm the American people. The intent of Fast & Furious was to further arm the Mexican drug cartels - not the American people - with Barrett .50 cal sniper rifles and military grade automatic weapons. The goal of Fast & Furious was to generate an outcry against the ensuing violent deaths that would carry the Congress to enact gun ban legislation which would prevent the law-abiding American people from further arming themselves.

No double standard... no cognitive disconnect... no hypocrisy... just a steady chipping away at Amendment II from different angles of attack.