Archive for June, 2008
Dont Poke the Bear
“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. “
I will argue with no man about who should have a right to “keep and bear arms.” Man has defended himself since we were first put on the planet a few years back. Its instinctual, native, and part of being human. Did God want us to own guns? I’ll ask when we meet.
I am proud that this week the Supreme Court decided to actually read the constitution. It’s refreshing when the system works, it often doesnt, but this week it did.
What gets me is that people seem to believe that owning a gun, or a weapon, means Im going to go out and do harm, to myself or others. This is weird, crazy talk.
Lets take a moment and review factual things: A firearm does one thing and it does it very dependably and reliably, it rams a projectile down a barrel.
And it does that every time we use it.
I have a firearm to protect myself, my family, and those around me. I am proficient with its usage, I am of sound mind and I am a good citizen. I keep my ‘arms’ locked up when not in use, safe from young, curious hands. However a firearm is just one of many tools that I use to protect my family. Where we live, the house, our dogs, the alarm system, are all devices that we employ to protect us from harm.
Please dont bore me with statistics that dont mean anything. If your the kind of person that allows numbers with no real context or meaning to influence you, robots will be replacing you soon I suppose.
And if you ever try and take shelter in a cave in winter and find a sleeping bear, dont poke it.
This article by Ted Nugent does a pretty good job of summing up the situation.