Achievement Unlocked!

If this be extremism, make the most of it!

Earlier this week, I commented on the peculiar columns of one Terrence Cummings, victim-disarmer extraordinaire. In doing so, I finally achieved a long dreamed of status.

I have, at long last, been tagged as an “extremist.” It only took the better part of three decades to get there. I need a badge, or something.

I appreciate your diligence in defending gun rights. It clearly aligns with the usual argument of extremists. It is expected and not surprising.

Cummings “clearly” needs to acquaint himself with the First Law of Holes.

Or invest in a power shovel. And possibly a jackhammer, to deal with those bothersome rhetorical boulders.

Just what does Cummings consider the arguments of extremists? You could read the original column again. But I’ll give you the synopsis.

  • I pointed out that Kyle Rittenhouse used an Smith & Wesson M&P, not a Colt AR-15, as Cummings claimed.
  • I cruelly noted that Rittenhouse did not take his rifle across state lines as Cummings mistakenly believes.
  • I cited Wisconsin v. Rittenhouse.
  • I cleverly observed that a PBS interview with a retired judge differs somewhat from a Supreme Court of the United States ruling.
  • I quoted the US Constitution. (OK; in Biden’s Amerika, that probably does make me an extremist.)
  • I cited seven separate SCOTUS cases dating back over 165 years.
  • I specifically cited Bruen, in which SCOTUS rejected Cummings claim that the 2A only applies to muskets.
  • I specifically cited Caetano, in which an earlier SCOTUS had already said the same damned thing.

I’m afraid that I am slipping a bit in one respect. I’ve never once erected a single idolatrous shrine for worshiping guns.

If “extremists” use objective facts, state and federal law, lower court rulings, the Constitution, and Supreme Court decisions; what is a good, succinct term for folks like Terrence Cummings who actively reject all that, and prefer falsehoods and feelz?

Keep it clean in comments, please.

 

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