The City Council on Tuesday unanimously directed staff to draft an ordinance that would be the “best gold standard” for placing restrictions on gun sales and ownership… “We want to make it as difficult as possible for (guns) to get into the hands of folks who might do something,” said Councilmember Caroline Torosis, who co-sponsored the discussion item. [More]
“Do something” like what? Defend themselves against the rising crime you Peoples Republic mandarins, through your insufferable arrogance and incompetence, have ensured is doing nothing but getting worse…?
[Via Jess]
Remember when Spiro Agnew started using the phrase “silent majority”? He failed to check the origin of the phrase in classical Greek theater where the term referred to the dead.
Anyway, they need to read up on what their guy, FDR did to the gold standard in the 1930’s.
https://lawliberty.org/abandoning-gold-and-the-constitution/
Since FDR’s great devaluation of the dollar, we’ve blown through the “new” gold standard, the silver standard (no actual silver in coins since 1964), the copper standard (no copper in pennies since 1982), and have been having trouble with the zinc standard (the zinc in a penny is now worth more than $0.01). Not to worry, the mint, acknowledging that the damn things are nearly worthless, wants to stop making them.