Howard Stern, the self-proclaimed King of All Media. (Photo: TechnoBuffalo)
Howard Stern is supporting Hillary Clinton for president in 2016. But the one issue that gives him pause is Clinton’s stance on guns.
When a listener called “The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM,” on April 11, he asked the provocative, self-proclaimed King of All Media how he could support Hillary given her anti-Second Amendment position.
Stern admitted that that was the one issue that gave him real concern, adding, “I believe every citizen needs the right to be armed.”
Smart choice of words. Note the use of “need.” Stern, unlike a lot of anti-gunners, understands that the right to keep and bear arms is not something we want — but something we need.
Stern made a rather cogent point about his co-host, the inimitable Robin Quivers.
“Think about it. If Robin was walking alone in a parking lot and two men were going to approach her with the idea of robbing and raping her, what is her only option? In other words, let’s say we took away all the guns on the planet. Now there’s no more guns. I think people would be less safe,” said Stern.
“Now, this is just my way of thinking about it, [but] the men who could fight with swords and with knives and with baseball bats and bare fists, they’d have every opportunity to overpower a young woman walking alone [or] an older gentleman who no longer can fight a 30-year-old just out of prison–who’s been working out like a monster and weighs 250 pounds of pure muscle. I believe the world would be so out of f**king control,” he continued.
Stern recognizes that a firearm is an equalizer. As that saying goes, “God created man, Sam Colt made them Equal.”
“How else would you defend yourself against a thug with a baseball bat with a chain around it? How the hell could you protect your family, your wife, your children, or how would a woman protect her property or prevent being raped without a handgun? It’s the only thing that equalizes,” noted the shock jock.
Now Stern isn’t perfect on the 2A. He said that he supports a national registry, which is a mistake for obvious reasons. But at least he is enlightened enough to realize that the right to keep and bear arms is an essential liberty. If the government takes that away from the people, we will all be less safe — not only will the criminal element pose a greater threat, but the government itself will pose a greater threat. After all, the 2A is the only safeguard we have against tyranny.
Stern needs to do some more research on Hillary. He needs to understand the threat she poses to the 2A. He should start by reading this article: WHAT HILLARY CLINTON CAN ACTUALLY DO TO TAKE YOUR GUNS
When government fears the people there is liberty. When people fear the government there is TYRANNY BEN FRANKLIN
Absolutely…
And when the people feared God + loved Him they created freedoms under Liberty for all under a Representative Republic with “unalienablr Right from God” and stated would work for only such people-
George Washington+John Adams
those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not. THOMAS JEFFERSON.
howie has a hard-to-get CCP in NYC, because he’s rich and knows people. I wonder if Robin has one. She’s not as rich or well-known, but certainly much more so than me…
WOW, he really thinks gun less citizens would be less safe. What an epiphany he has had. Hillary is in violation of her oath every time she says she wants to get rid of guns. She is violating the constitution and no one is arresting her for it. She needs a good dose of death….
and I vote yea right with you!
and I say yea right with you!
Just think for a moment. Imagine, All Law abiding citizens of required age, properly trained and permitted in handling firearms, carrying openly or concealed. Do you think criminals might think twice about attacking, robbing,raping, breaking in or committing other crimes against society? I think so! It’s the iraational fears of the left and their anti-gun ideology that’s preventing us from having a near crime free society. Disarm law abiding citizens and it will open field day for criminals. Simple logic, but CORRECT LOGIC!
Here is a blast from the past, as even then the need for guns was understood.
Thomas Paine, writing to religious pacifists in 1775:
“The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms like laws discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside. Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them; the weak would become a prey to the strong.”