15th October 2003, 10:41 AM
I read the rest of Ann Coulter's responses to Franken's books. Not only does she take his jokes seriously and respond to them (like the one about her calling Franken a friend), but she also takes things out of context and completely distorts them in order to help her claims. The funny thing is that that's one the tricks Al Franken mentions her using very frequently, quoting things out of context. She quotes a paragraph out of the book and says that it doesn't make any sense, but the reason it doesn't make any sense is because he explains what he means in the paragraphs following that first one! It's very sad that she's a hero to people like Weltall. Very, very sad.
And for the record, I'm not really suggesting a ban on guns in the U.S. I don't think we're ready for that, and hopefully it'll never have to come to that. But we do need to crack down on these gun fairs and black market trading where any criminal can get a gun. And don't say it's impossible because they've been pretty damn successful in Hong Kong where even the worse gangs and criminals find it nearly impossible to buy guns.
And for the record, I'm not really suggesting a ban on guns in the U.S. I don't think we're ready for that, and hopefully it'll never have to come to that. But we do need to crack down on these gun fairs and black market trading where any criminal can get a gun. And don't say it's impossible because they've been pretty damn successful in Hong Kong where even the worse gangs and criminals find it nearly impossible to buy guns.