BUTTER, GUNS AND BANDAIDS

MY VIEW: As long as people think government is the solution to all problems, every problem will have a political solution by a special interest group.

Take Paul Helmke, president of the gun control group Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence linking guns and high healthcare costs. [Brackets are in The Hill article.]

“One of the burdens on our healthcare system are the 70,000 to 80,000 people that suffer gunshot wounds every year and survive, ending up in wheelchairs, or showing up in emergency rooms without insurance after being shot. There is a connection [between healthcare and gun rights] but it’s not the connection that Larry Pratt [executive director of Gun Ownership of America) is talking about. We as a society are paying a large portion of the cost for this gun violence.”

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YOU CAN BET that if the Brady Campaign sees a linkage, some health bureaucrat will, too. Especially when prompted by campaign donations and a pre-existing political bias. Or maybe just as a political party rallying issue. In which case, the solution of government ought to be ...

You know the rest.