The gun control debate in our country is in full swing as
Democrats and Republicans use the Sandy
Hook Elementary School
shooting for their own political purposes. Diane Feinstein has already proposed
a bill which will ban certain “firearm characteristics” such as
semi-automatics, certain rifles, and even some hand guns. The purpose of which
is to try to lower the amount of violent gun crimes.
Of course this has the right-wingers up in arms, who believe
that in order to stop events like Sandy Hook
from happening again we need to place armed guards in our schools to protect
our children.
Both sides are showing their claws on this one, with
Republicans claiming that Democrats are attacking the constitution and the Second
Amendment. Whereas Democrats are saying that those guns are killing people and
they must be regulated more heavily.
Both sides are on TV as well, debating whether or not armed
guards are the answer or gun bans. This is sort of interesting seeing as how
the fiscal cliff is looming over our heads like a soggy diaper full of economic
slavery and the media is focused on gun control, so my guess is Sandy Hook happened at just the right time so politicians
can distract us from the real issues at hand.
I don’t think armed guards are the answer, nor do I think
gun control is the answer. But with this new proposal being made I just have to
get up and say something about this. As Americans we really need to focus on
the real issues at hand, and whereas this issue of school shootings is a real
thing that needs focus we must never forget what else is going on in our
country.
So buckle up people, because I’m going to smash the gun
control argument and talk about the violent over throw of the United States government, Reno style.
First off, let’s talk about the Second Amendment and the
right to bare arms. There seems to be a lot of confusion over this amendment,
both sides claiming that it actually means this or actually means that. But why
is it we can’t understand this amendment? It’s all over one little comma. Let’s
take a look at the Second Amendment.
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security
of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
OK, a militia to protect the state…so a military, that makes
sense. And let’s see here…the right of the people to bare arms shall not be
infringed. Seems to be pretty straight forward to me, but the debate that gun
control proponents try to use lies within that little comma that’s separating
the militia part from the people part, saying it’s just a slight…pause…to catch
your breath. Let’s read the amendment one more time.
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security
of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
You see it’s not the right of the militia to keep and bare
arms that shall not be infringed; it’s the right of the people. That’s the
PEOPLE as opposed to the MILITIA, two completely separate things which are
clearly worded in this amendment. That’s really all there is to the Second
Amendment. There aren’t many words at all, just very specific ones.
And why would the Founding Fathers put this in the Bill of
Rights? Because the PEOPLE just got done fighting a war, for two years, against
a tyrannical state MILITIA that tried to disarm them and make them submit. They
knew that the time would come again for the America people to rise against the
government, and they wanted the PEOPLE to be prepared for the next revolution
by arming themselves. This idea is still very real today, as we are Americans
and it is our duty as Americans to pick up our guns and revolt against the
government when it’s not doing what we want it to...but unfortunately it’s a
duty we have seemed to forgotten. A democracy can only be a true democracy when
the PEOPLE have the power to overthrow their rulers and their MILITIA when it’s
needed.
Funny, these gun control proponents can’t seem to point out
any other places where these hack framers fucked up the wording.
All gun control really does is take the gun out of the law
abiding citizens hand and put it into the criminal’s hands. Criminals, who have
no regard for the law, will go out and buy these illegal weapons for the
specific intent of committing a crime and hurting someone. A law abiding
citizen, someone who does have respect for the laws, would not be buying these
weapons to commit crimes or hurt people on purpose. So why are we taking the
guns out of the good guys hands, essentially disarming the law abiding public?
A lot of people make the argument that there are millions of
guns and that everyone has to have a gun because there are so many of them. So
if that’s the case then why don’t we see these types of events all the time in
the news? No, not everyone owns a gun, but a lot of people do, and if guns make
people crazy and do bad things then why haven’t we wiped ourselves off the face
of the planet yet? It’s because most people are good hearted folks and they don’t
want to break the law or hurt anyone else.
Many pro-gun control folks say it’s because we don’t need
these types of weapons, as if we may never have to rise up against a despotic
government ever again. Many want guns completely banned, so no one can legally
own a gun, believing that true law abiding citizens don’t arm themselves, they call
the police. But disarming the public and allowing only the police and military
to have firearms is a terrible idea. Think about it, who are you going to call
against the police? Better yet how can you rise against your despotic
government when the military has all of the power? You can’t, and that’s why we
have the Second Amendment.
Let’s talk about school shootings…again. One of the ideas is
that gun control will help prevent future school shootings from ever happening,
but this can’t be further from the truth. Take Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold
for example. According to gun control proponents the shooting at Columbine high
school could have never happened. Colorado
had an assault weapons ban law on the books, a law that was meant to prevent
bad people from getting a hold of powerful firearms and using them to commit crimes.
Harris and Klebold both had illegal high powered assault weapons that used to
commit their terrible act, killing a dozen and injuring more than twenty.
Crazy People 1 : Gun Control 0
The very idea that banning guns or limiting guns or any of
that bullshit is to stop violent crimes from occurring, but when a crazy person
wants to do something crazy he will find a way to do it, and no law will be
able to stop him. Even if you were to outlaw guns completely they are still a
very easy weapon to make, and if I can’t find one on the black market then I’m
sure my pro-gun buddy who owns the metal shop could fashion one for me. Then
I’ll go right up to you with it and shoot you in the face and you’re the only
one who has paid the price.
Crazy People 2 : Gun Control 0
The fact is that these people have already broken gun
control laws that were already in place. Gun Control laws with the specific
intent to prevent these kinds of violent crimes from happening. That worked
well, didn’t it? The odds of getting killed in a school shooting are
1/3,000,000. Holy shit, you have a better chance of being stuck by lightening
for Christ’s sake!
Let’s talk about armed guards now. I don’t think we need
them, because the whole idea of us having to place armed guards in our schools
to protect our kids against gun violence when the odds are 1/3,000,000 is just
alarmist bullshit. Your kids are just as safe in school today as they were
before Columbine happened and before school shootings became a media hit.
But I do think that more states should allow conceal and
carry laws so that the average citizen can own and carry their gun (hidden on
their body) in public. I think this will in fact make violent crime rates go
down, because you won’t know who’s packing.
Little experiment I got from Penn & Teller’s Bullshit
show about gun control; let’s say every woman in the United States is issued a gun. They
can do whatever they want with it, leave it at home, take it shopping with
them, sell it, or give it away. Let’s say that only 50% of woman decide to keep
their gun with them, are you really still going to risk mugging or raping a
woman when you know there is a 50% chance that she’s got a gun?
So no we don’t need armed guards, we just need more people
who are gun enthusiasts, and good law abiding people who have conceal and carry
permits. It’s our duty to protect each other, and how can we do that when we
aren’t armed and the criminals are?
I have to say that with these new gun control proposals I’m
not really sure what the right to bare arms means any more. “You have the right
to bare arms, but only the ones that we say you can have.” That does not sound
like freedom to me at all. That sounds like the government telling me once
again that I have the freedom to do something only if they like it. Is it right
to allow the government to mandate that shit? Isn’t that kind of like the
government telling you who you can or can’t marry, or forcing you to immunize
your kids?
This is the exact reason the Second Amendment exists, to
stop the government doing exactly this type of thing.
Think rationally folks, we don’t need armed guards in our
schools, we don’t need more bullshit gun control laws, we just need more guns
in the right hands, because when we make gun control laws we take guns out of
the right hands and put them into the wrong hands. We can’t count on the
government or the police or the military to get things done right, we can only
count on ourselves.
The government says it is trying to make us safer by
limiting our rights, and the scary part is that we are letting them. We allow
email spying, wire tapping, freedom of speech violations, unlawful detentions,
all kinds of crazy shit. Those were rights that people died fighting for so
that we can have them and we’re just going to give them all away? We need to
get back on the right track now.
