Tennessee Lawmaker: Child Being Hit With Stray Bullet Is Just An Act of God (Video)

Dealing with gun nuts easily ranks near the top of my list as one of the most frustrating things I have to endure. I would much rather deal with a religious fanatic for 12 hours than a gun nut for even 15 minutes. While both groups of people are often completely ridiculous, the stupidity it takes to honestly believe that a gun and a spoon are equally as dangerous is astounding. Not to say that believing the Earth is 6,000 years old doesn’t take a certain level of idiocy as well, but at least creationists aren’t responsible for 8-10k deaths in the U.S. every year.

Though don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying all gun enthusiasts are crazy, either. One of my good friends is rather fond of guns and even he thinks open carry is dumb and people should be required to be licensed before being allowed to carry a gun in public. And this is a guy who just spent $1,800 on a shotgun and admits he doesn’t feel normal unless he has his concealed handgun on him at all times. So it’s not as if he’s someone who’s anti-gun at all – he just happens to possess a little common sense when it comes to who should carry them and how they should be carried.

Well, in Tennessee there’s currently a push by the state legislature to allow guns in state parks. Prior to an NRA convention in Nashville, state Rep. Glen Casada was questioned about this push in his state and what he would think about a child being struck and killed by a stray bullet while playing in one of these parks.

His answer? If that were to happen, those would just be “acts of God.” He also went on to suggest that a child is just as likely to get killed in a bicycle accident as they are by a gun, claiming that if a gun is “used properly” it’s no more dangerous than a bike.

Read more at: http://www.forwardprogressives.com/tennessee-lawmaker-child-being-hit-with-stray-bullet-just-act-god-video/


The "acts of God" starts at about 12:30 in the video.