“That is not a political issue. But it becomes one when Kentucky Republicans would rather ban books and pronouns and then make Kentucky a sanctuary state for weapons” [More]
Of course, it’s a political issue if you think you can vote on rights. And it’s not a question of banning books, it’s a question of not exposing children to sexual exploitation by deviants.
Speaking of banning books…
Have you ever met a gun-grabbing Democrat (but I repeat myself) who wasn’t a chronic and habitual liar?
[Via bondmen]
On banning books. when I went to high school the library had all or most of the firearm related books that the NRA offered through the Firearm Classics Library, I have serious doubts if any of them are still there. Maybe here in St. Johns County (FL), but not back there in Broward.
I can think of four “classics” that I have never seen in any school or public library.
“The Story of O” by Pauline Reage (1954)
“The Image” by Jean de Berg (1956)
“My Secret Life” by Anon (1888)
“Justine” by Marquis de Sade (1791)
So I think we can rest assured the someone has been deciding, for the rest of us, what we can or cannot read, at least, not as conveniently as some of us might like. And I think just such a selection process might actually serve a public good.
What we’re seeing is a political battle over who gets to control the budget and make the selections.
The cries of anguish currently drowning out any sane discourse on the topic is coming from the Left who have had said control taken away from them. At least for the present.
Not all that different from their screeching about the recent conservative shift of SCOTUS.
The CLEVENET library system declined to acquire Dr. Miguel Faria’s ‘America, Guns and Freedom’ with the BS excuse that it needed reviews from recognized authorities. Despite that, it has plenty of anti-gun books without them. And mine didn’t count: https://www.ammoland.com/2019/10/america-guns-and-freedom-offers-antidote-to-anti-gun-quackery/