Gun, Knife, Or Hammer Control?

 

Ann Widdecombe, an icon of British conservatism, was found dead in her home earlier this month. Joshua Kerry, 28, stands accused of killing her. Prosecutors say he struck Widdecombe 21 times with a hammer after entering her property. Horrifying. Brutal almost beyond belief.

And now a group called ‘Palestine Action’ is apparently promoting this barbaric method of assault as a promising new means of employing “direct action.” Journalist Andy Ngo recently posted on ‘X’: “Palestine Action is advertising ‘direct action’ training for people who want to take up militant action using hammers.”  The Palestine Action Group’s ‘advertisement’ (see Palestineaction.org/workshops) also read: “Arms Tired From Waving Flags? Work Out With A Hammer! Direct Action Training Available!” Maybe PAG just wants to encourage folks to become carpenters, you know, like Jesus. Bet that’s it.

These people are worse than savages. Bludgeoning others to death with a hammer, bashing their heads in, inflicting excruciating pain over time…can you say ‘death penalty?’

I’m going to get a jump on our Democrat and Progressive friends. I’m going on the record—right here and now-- as calling for common-sense hammer control. IDs should be required to purchase these weapons. Background checks (NICS forms, etc.) should be completed and replied to prior to purchase being allowed. Hammers should all be locked up at all hardware and home good stores. Hammer safety classes should be mandated. As should permits to acquire and carry. And suffice it to say that no one needs a sledgehammer, and the manufacture and sale of these deadly weapons should be permanently banned.

Where guns have been banned, guns are still used in violent crimes. Odd. But, increasingly, so are knives. And now hammers. How long can it be until forks, weedwhackers, and baseball bats take their place as weapons of choice?

But, of course, no inanimate object can be inherently dangerous or evil. What must be banned if these attacks are to be reduced or alleviated are the policies that create fear, poverty, envy, entitlement, hatred, ignorance, and mental illness. Precisely the policies that Leftists espouse.

I guess what we really need is common sense leftist control.