Dorchester Reporter Offers Rant Filled Editorial
Posted by FirearmsTruth on June 25, 2010 · 1 Comment
While meant to be humorous, James W. Dolan’s rant about guns for The Dorchester Reporter is anything but funny. He is a retired Dorchester District Court judge who now practices law. We suggest to Mr. Dolan that he keep his day job because no amount of practicing with comedy is going to get him near Carnegie Hall – or even a local open mic night in Dorchester for that matter.
He writes, in response to pending Massachusetts legislation that would limit the number of guns that could be purchased each month by individuals in the state, that the United States has a strange fascination with guns. The problem with this type of humor (if you can call it that) filled piece is that he mixes facts with jokes. For example:
“Germany produces good cars. In France, it’s food. In Italy, it’s fashion. Here in America, it’s guns. We are the most ‘rootin-tootin,’ ‘gun-toting,’ ‘butt-kickin” ‘make-my-day’ country in the world.”
Actually, Mr. Dolan Germany has a large arms industry as well. I mean (to take a cue from you) this is Germany – the nation that celebrated by building up an empire with a World War! Germany created one of the most popular bolt-action rifles ever, which was essentially copied by everyone! Germany invented the first assault rifle with the MP-44, a gun widely noted for looking a heck of a lot like the later AK-47. Today many nations used H&K small arms. H&K is as German as strudel and Volkswagen.
Italy might also be a fashion hub, but Beretta isn’t just an old TV show from the 1970s. It is also one of the world’s oldest gun makers – and it is as Italian as spaghetti and Fiat. France… OK, you got me. France makes crappy guns. They always have, they probably always win. But in fairness, I think their food sucks too.
But in all seriousness, the problem with rants such as Dolan’s is that they don’t really explain the facts. Clearly Mr. Dolan is an anti-gun zealot who has no facts to back up his argument. So instead he tries silly humor. The problem is that it isn’t funny. Let’s hope for the sake of his clients that Dolan is a better lawyer than comedian.
Guns are sure better than knives. It’s an old saying to never take a knife to a gunfight. Why because you will lose.
Although my time has been spent living around guns of one sort or another I’ve never been forced to use one of them to save a life. That’s what it would take for me to risk the degree of consequences I’d have to face in this day and age. Then the ends would befit the means in my book. Guess it’s a good thing there are so many guns available here in this country because it doesn’t take any intelligence in order to operate a gun and I’d rather be on the giving rather than the receiving end of any hot lead.