GUNS IN AMERICA

The reason for our safety or a threat to it?

               Emotions are transitory, unstable, volatile and subject to being skewed by false perspective. Therefore, when we debate the creation or changing of U.S. laws that will affect millions of American citizens, we owe it to the country and ourselves to practice logic and not emotion.  Logic is a stable, valuable yet unforgiving thing.  If a statement or idea is true, it is always true.  The logic also works in the inverse.  As an example of this, let us take the statement that: “All the people in the classroom are women.”  For that to be true, it would also have to be equally true that: “None of the people in the classroom are men.” Using this simple rule of logic, let’s ask ourselves a few questions.

When we remember the legendary career of Baseball great Babe Ruth, did they applaud his baseball bat when a home run was made?  Would any baseball fan give credit to Babe Ruth’s bat for scoring 714 career homeruns?  Similarly, would any fan of classical music give credit to Mozart’s piano for creating so many wonderful pieces of music?  No.  To do so would be absurd. In another example, I have been in restaurants where, after a particularly good meal was served, the patrons ask to see the chef and thank him personally. I have never heard of anyone asking to thank the pots, pans or utensils.  Not only would we consider such a request to be bizarre, but I would think that the chef would even see it as a personal insult.

We understand that Ruth’s bat, Mozart’s piano and the kitchen utensils are simply inanimate objects that reflect the skill of the person using it.  In the hands of a master, these objects bring wonderful enhancements to the world.  In the hands of a lesser skilled person, those same tools would reflect the lack of talent of that person.  When a police officer stops a drunk driver, does he or she arrest the car? No. The car is simply a tool that had been misused by an irresponsible person. Understanding this, I believe that it puts the entire gun control debate in the proper, logical context.  If we do not give credit to inanimate objects for the good things in society, why then would we blame inanimate objects for the evil events in society?

The cries for gun bans from the liberal media and politicians following reports of mass shootings here in the United States are pervasive and compelling.  The counter arguments for gun freedom from legal gun owners is equally compelling yet, gets little to no support in the mainstream media and is therefore less heard. The Second Amendment of The U.S. Constitution is so important and the crimes that have recently occurred here in the United States are so horrific, that we must set aside emotion and the sensationalism in the media, and get to the root of the issue.

               One of the main arguments for gun control by the liberal side is: “Yes, The Constitution gives you the right to carry a gun, but why do you need an assault weapon for hunting?”  This question touches three points.  First, if the Constitution guarantees the right to carry a gun, THERE IS NO BUT.  Secondly, the opponents of gun rights and the media that support their views, have high jacked the term “assault weapon” and use it’s negative emotional connotation to influence their case in the minds of the mass public.  I contend that a rifle is, just that.  It is a rifle.  It can either be a defensive or an assault rifle.  It is not an “assault” rifle until it is used for assault.  In the same way, I could ask you: “Do you have cooking knives in your kitchen, or do you own assault knives in your kitchen?” The answer is…neither (or both). It totally depends on how you choose to use them.

               The third skewed point in the question is: “Yes, The Constitution gives you the right to carry a gun, but why do you need an assault weapon for hunting?” Hunting is just one of the possible uses that that a law abiding citizen might use a gun for. The Second Amendment of The Constitution does not limit gun ownership in America only to hunting.  Having just won a hard fought war for independence from Great Britain, our founding fathers knew and intended this Amendment to insure that the citizens were allowed to keep and bear arms not only for hunting, but to also protect themselves from criminals as well as from our own government, should the government turn and threaten their life, liberty or their pursuit of happiness. 

               The Commanding General of America’s fight for independence and our first President, George Washington knew this to be true when he said:

“A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them; Which would include their own government.” (emphasis mine – jat)

               That means that the citizens of America should have access to the same weaponry as it’s military.

Samuel Adams, our second president also understood this when he said:

“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men should possess the highest seats in Government, America shall stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.”

               This sentiment was alive and well even until America was in the grips of a civil war.  Our 16^th President, Abraham Lincoln echoed the voices of the founding fathers when he said:

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts. Not to overthrow The Constitution but to overthrow the men who would pervert the Constitution.”

               In order to maintain a “well-regulated militia” in potential defense from corrupted federal troops, it is essential that each American citizen be allowed to bear arms equal to those born by the military.  How can we limit a citizen’s weapons and ammunition to non-“assault” weapons and ammunition magazines that carry less than 10 rounds each, when the federal military carries much more than that.

 

When did we begin allowing the media to become a fourth branch of our government and enact laws in this country?  By this I mean that we have allowed the media (in all its forms) to set the tone, language and parameters of debate in the halls of Congress.

               These opinions and questions concerning the state of our Union no longer fall within the “tin-foil hat/conspiracy theorist” crowd.  These questions are now real-life and front page news all across America and online.  Welcome to the “tin-foil hat” club America.  There have been recent revelations that the I.R.S. has been targeting free American citizens based on their anti-liberal/anti-Obama political views. News journalists from the Associated Press and other media outlets who dare to investigate and question the Obama administration have been arrested as “spies”.  And finally, the tracking of every free American citizen’s phone calls, e-mails and internet search activity.

               Is this the America that we all grew up in?  Is this the America that you want your children and grandchildren to grow up in?  The Obama administration and the liberal news organizations that worship him defend these actions saying that the Supreme Court ruled them Constitutional.  So what?  The Supreme Court does not decide WHAT laws to enact; the Court only decides IF the laws of Congress are Constitutional or not.   The President has no power to enact laws either.  We, The American People decide what laws we will live under through electing those Senators and Congress persons who pass laws.   If the American People decide by calling their elected officials in Washington and demanding that such un-American, Communist/Dictator-like tactics be forever outlawed, we may yet regain our Creator-given rights.  It is time for us to FIRE every damn one of those fools in Congress who voted for such treasonous laws in the first place and NEVER VOTE ANOTHER LIBERAL/PROGRESSIVE/DEMOCRAT POLITICIAN INTO OFFICE EVER AGAIN.

               How much more proof do we need that the LIBERAL/PROGRESSIVE/DEMOCRAT agenda will ultimately lead to America’s undoing and ruin? We must send a clear message to Congress about their employment situation.  If not, the options are getting fewer but clearer.

               Call your Members of Congress today and take back your power and freedom before your ability to protect your family FROM this increasingly oppressive government is taken away as well.

God bless you and God bless The United States of America.