Iowa Paper Publishes Radical Anti-Gun Column: If People Refused to Give Up Their Guns, 'Prying' Them 'From Their Cold, Dead Hands' Works for Me

A security official reaches for a sign a Code Pink protester held up in protest as National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre spoke on December 21, 2012, in Washington, DC, on the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, is removed from press conference by security officials. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

In an opinion column published in the Des Moines Register on Dec. 29, columnist Donald Kaul is uncensored in his disdain for the Second Amendment and anyone who values their right to bear arms. In his column, he calls for a full repeal of the Second Amendment, advocates for violence against Republican leaders "until they see the light on gun control" and declares the National Rifle Association a terrorist organization.

The piece, titled "Kaul: Nation needs a new agenda on guns," seems to have been inspired in part by the tragic shooting in Newtown, Conn. where shooter Adam Lanza opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 20 children and six adults. Lanza also killed his mother before he began his shooting spree at the school.

"I would tie Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, our esteemed Republican leaders, to the back of a Chevy pickup truck and drag them around a parking lot until they saw the light on gun control," Kaul wrote. "And if that didn’t work, I’d adopt radical measures."

Kaul would also like to make it illegal to even be a member of the NRA, similar to the way it was illegal to join the Communist party in the past.

He went on:

"Here, then, is my 'madder-than-hell-and-I’m-not-going-to-take-it-anymore' program for ending gun violence in America:

• Repeal the Second Amendment, the part about guns anyway. It’s badly written, confusing and more trouble than it’s worth. It offers an absolute right to gun ownership, but it puts it in the context of the need for a “well-regulated militia.” We don’t make our militia bring their own guns to battles. And surely the Founders couldn’t have envisioned weapons like those used in the Newtown shooting when they guaranteed gun rights. Owning a gun should be a privilege, not a right.

• Declare the NRA a terrorist organization and make membership illegal. Hey! We did it to the Communist Party, and the NRA has led to the deaths of more of us than American Commies ever did. (I would also raze the organization’s headquarters, clear the rubble and salt the earth, but that’s optional.) Make ownership of unlicensed assault rifles a felony. If some people refused to give up their guns, that 'prying the guns from their cold, dead hands' thing works for me."

The irony in Kaul's argument is apparently lost on him. He is seemingly promoting a more peaceful and enlightened society while saying it's OK to tie Republican leaders to the back of pick-up trucks and drag them around until they agree with him. Kaul berates gun owners while also saying it's alright to pry "the guns from their cold, dead hands."

"Publishing death threats is bad enough, but doing so in the name of promoting a more peaceful, compassionate society is beyond sick," writes Tim Graham, director of media analysis at the Media Research Center.

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