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 16th 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.