On Bringing a Loaded Gun to a Health Care Debate

Many people have heard of Godwin's Law, a law about debates on the internet. Part of Godwin's law is that the first person to refer to Hitler, loses the debate (or something like that).

I think we need to invent a new law "Smith & Wesson's" law for political debates where the first to bring a loaded firearm, loses the debate. They don't have to actually shoot it, just appear with it. I might make one exception, (as in Godwin's Law), in the case of the debate being all about the right to bear arms.

Gun toting person, William Kostric, brings up a lot of issues with this aggressive act.

Security: I don't think Obama's security was compromised this time, as the secret service has to protect him from hidden weapons, which requires other strategies that would also protect him from openly carried weapons.

Symbolic Racism: Obama is now a symbol for all black people, and if the white supremacist can threaten him openly with a gun, and openly demand that he produce documentation of his citizenship, then symbolically they do this to all black people.

The Anti_Jesus Church: Evangelicals and Baptists have already pretty much given up on the peaceful teachings of Jesus. So no surprise to me that some church would have given William Kostric permission to use their property for his armed protest. I wish I knew which church it was though.

"The Big Country" with Gregory Peck from 1958 is about carrying guns . I actually found this movie in a bargain rack at White Oaks Mall in London yesterday, it might still be there if you rush right over. Charlton Heston is in this movie as the guy who insists on carrying a gun, while Gregory Peck is the non-gunslinger. Charlton of course went on to become president of the NRA and famous for the phrase "When you pry this gun from my cold dead hand". This movie portrayed Gregory Peck as the braver man.