angelus
07-07-2003, 11:39 AM
The Right to Bear Arms
The second amendment of the Constitution has drawn much criticism from the Left over the years. The Left has long proclaimed that guns are dangerous, evil, killing machines. It is of no surprise, of course, that they conveniently forget that it takes a person to pull the trigger. The Left never admits that guns have been used to save lives, as well. A criminal’s greatest fear is not that he or she will be arrested. It is that he or she will try to victimize someone who has a sense of self-preservation and a concealed weapon, such as a gun.
It was just three years ago, in fact, that the Left orchestrated one of their greatest victories against guns, in the event dubbed as “The Million Mom March”. We all know what it is, I presume. It was little more than a gathering of second-amendment foes to try and rally against the cause of self-defense under the guise of having less deaths in the country.
However, the Left is comprised of little more than modern-day Pharisees and hypocrites. But perhaps calling them Pharisees is a bit unfair. I mean, even the Pharisees strictly obeyed laws of God and their own. The Left won’t even do that. I should, therefore, simply settle on the term of hypocrites.
A prime example of this is Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY). He is the Senate’s leading gun control advocate. Yet, he travels with an armed bodyguard. I suppose he is simply unwilling to lead by example. Either that, or he thinks that gun control applies only to those not under his employ. I couldn’t begin to venture a guess either way.
What I can do, however, is point out the hypocrisy. He wants gun control, meaning that law-abiding citizens can have less access to guns, until that day when the Left calls, in all their glory, the end of gun ownership in America. Of course, the gangsters who already go to the black market will still go there to get guns. And as such, even though the bumper sticker is simple, it is accurate:
If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
That is, criminals will no longer fear stealing from an armed person, because there will be no armed people left in this country. The Left awaits this day eagerly. For what better populace to control than an unarmed populace?
Ah, but the Left has had some setbacks. One of the most laughable happened just last week, when the aforementioned Million Mom March managed to draw a walloping crowd of . . . Four people! That’s right, only four people showed up to support the cause of gun control.
Apparently, in this new age of awareness on terrorism (for terrorism has been around forever, and 9-11 was our wake-up call to be aware of it), people are thinking twice about giving up their right to bear arms. Apparently people are finding that the Constitution isn’t as out-dated and idiotic as they once thought it was.
Gun ownership is not the cause of such crimes that we have seen in Colorado and Jonesboro. In the 19 years that states were passing right-to-carry laws, the number of multiple-victim public shootings dropped by 84%, death from such shootings plummeted by 90%, injuries by 82%.(Study by the University of Chicago School of Law, "More Guns, Less Crime," Prof. John Lott) Higher arrest rates and more liberal use of the death penalty don't account for such improvement in crime statistics in states that allow citizens to carry guns. *
Even Florida, where ballot-punching is an advanced task (no offense to Floridians), the right to bear concealed weapons has been granted (or more accurately, not infringed upon), and just after a year of that legislation, the assault rate has dropped 60%, or thereabouts, and has continued to fall since then, as well. *So, with statistics like these, it is a wonder that the Left wants to ban guns the way they do. However, I’m not surprised, as the Left abandoned both common sense and common decency a long, long time ago. I personally own no guns. However, someday I may wish to own a gun. And I want that right to be still around, and I want those gun owners of today to have the right to own guns.
If the right to bear arms is eliminated, then not only will criminals have an easier time looting and murdering, but our government will have an easier time telling us what to do. Sure, a pistol against the government is nothing. But then again, a few men with muskets was nothing against the British army in 1776, too. And we know how that turned out. Tyranny comes fastest to those who will not, or cannot, stand up for themselves.
Tony Lemaster
The second amendment of the Constitution has drawn much criticism from the Left over the years. The Left has long proclaimed that guns are dangerous, evil, killing machines. It is of no surprise, of course, that they conveniently forget that it takes a person to pull the trigger. The Left never admits that guns have been used to save lives, as well. A criminal’s greatest fear is not that he or she will be arrested. It is that he or she will try to victimize someone who has a sense of self-preservation and a concealed weapon, such as a gun.
It was just three years ago, in fact, that the Left orchestrated one of their greatest victories against guns, in the event dubbed as “The Million Mom March”. We all know what it is, I presume. It was little more than a gathering of second-amendment foes to try and rally against the cause of self-defense under the guise of having less deaths in the country.
However, the Left is comprised of little more than modern-day Pharisees and hypocrites. But perhaps calling them Pharisees is a bit unfair. I mean, even the Pharisees strictly obeyed laws of God and their own. The Left won’t even do that. I should, therefore, simply settle on the term of hypocrites.
A prime example of this is Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY). He is the Senate’s leading gun control advocate. Yet, he travels with an armed bodyguard. I suppose he is simply unwilling to lead by example. Either that, or he thinks that gun control applies only to those not under his employ. I couldn’t begin to venture a guess either way.
What I can do, however, is point out the hypocrisy. He wants gun control, meaning that law-abiding citizens can have less access to guns, until that day when the Left calls, in all their glory, the end of gun ownership in America. Of course, the gangsters who already go to the black market will still go there to get guns. And as such, even though the bumper sticker is simple, it is accurate:
If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
That is, criminals will no longer fear stealing from an armed person, because there will be no armed people left in this country. The Left awaits this day eagerly. For what better populace to control than an unarmed populace?
Ah, but the Left has had some setbacks. One of the most laughable happened just last week, when the aforementioned Million Mom March managed to draw a walloping crowd of . . . Four people! That’s right, only four people showed up to support the cause of gun control.
Apparently, in this new age of awareness on terrorism (for terrorism has been around forever, and 9-11 was our wake-up call to be aware of it), people are thinking twice about giving up their right to bear arms. Apparently people are finding that the Constitution isn’t as out-dated and idiotic as they once thought it was.
Gun ownership is not the cause of such crimes that we have seen in Colorado and Jonesboro. In the 19 years that states were passing right-to-carry laws, the number of multiple-victim public shootings dropped by 84%, death from such shootings plummeted by 90%, injuries by 82%.(Study by the University of Chicago School of Law, "More Guns, Less Crime," Prof. John Lott) Higher arrest rates and more liberal use of the death penalty don't account for such improvement in crime statistics in states that allow citizens to carry guns. *
Even Florida, where ballot-punching is an advanced task (no offense to Floridians), the right to bear concealed weapons has been granted (or more accurately, not infringed upon), and just after a year of that legislation, the assault rate has dropped 60%, or thereabouts, and has continued to fall since then, as well. *So, with statistics like these, it is a wonder that the Left wants to ban guns the way they do. However, I’m not surprised, as the Left abandoned both common sense and common decency a long, long time ago. I personally own no guns. However, someday I may wish to own a gun. And I want that right to be still around, and I want those gun owners of today to have the right to own guns.
If the right to bear arms is eliminated, then not only will criminals have an easier time looting and murdering, but our government will have an easier time telling us what to do. Sure, a pistol against the government is nothing. But then again, a few men with muskets was nothing against the British army in 1776, too. And we know how that turned out. Tyranny comes fastest to those who will not, or cannot, stand up for themselves.
Tony Lemaster