{"id":3516,"date":"2011-04-10T11:17:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T15:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2011-04-10T11:17:12","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T15:17:12","slug":"women-at-gunpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/2011\/04\/women-at-gunpoint.html","title":{"rendered":"Women at Gunpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3517\" href=\"http:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/2011\/04\/women-at-gunpoint.html\/planned_parenthood_fan_page_profile_photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3517\" title=\"Planned_Parenthood_Fan_Page_Profile_Photo\" src=\"http:\/\/timscogitorium.com\/tinblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Planned_Parenthood_Fan_Page_Profile_Photo.jpg\" alt=\"Planned Parenthood\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a>We narrowly averted a government shutdown Friday over what basically boiled down to funding for Planned Parenthood.\u00a0 What&#8217;s clear from the guests on the Sunday talk shows this morning is that this issue will rise once again when we get to debate the debt ceiling in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>The notion this is remotely a fiscal issue is beyond comical.\u00a0 The total Title X outlay for Planned Parenthood is about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/02\/18\/planned-parenthood-fundin_n_825258.html\" target=\"_blank\">$80 million per year<\/a>, which is not even noise in the scope of the federal budget.<\/p>\n<p>To their credit, the GOP has been reasonably direct about this being an attempt to restrict abortion.\u00a0 Yet abortion only amounts to about <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalirony.com\/2011\/04\/10\/for-this-they-threatened-to-shut-down-the-government\/\" target=\"_blank\">3% of the services provided<\/a> by Planned Parenthood, and the Hyde Amendment already makes it illegal for any federal funds to be used for any abortion related activity.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, opponents have been arguing that defunding Planned Parenthood to keep federal monies from being used for abortion is redundant.\u00a0 The Republican response has been that the funds are fungible.\u00a0 That is, once Planned Parenthood gets the money, they can&#8217;t assure how it will be used.\u00a0 And while Planned Parenthood could certainly be held accountable after the fact for misusing funds, they need to make 100% sure up front that there is no illegal use.<\/p>\n<p>The right&#8217;s desire to prevent loss of life at all costs rather than prosecute it after the fact is laudable. So it can only be assumed they would also support banning guns.\u00a0 After all, much like the Planned Parenthood funds, guns have legitimate and beneficial purposes.\u00a0 However, it&#8217;s possible to use them illegally as well.\u00a0 Once guns are out there, their use is fungible.\u00a0 In order to be 100% sure no one does anything illegal with a gun, clearly they must be banned.<\/p>\n<p>After all, a good argument is a good argument.\u00a0 If this is the game they want to play, let&#8217;s go all in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GOP&#8217;s argument for why Planned Parenthood must be defunded can also be used to make the case for banning guns. 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