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Our
Founding father’s knew the importance of the people being armed. It was
not about duck hunting. They
were
aware that any government would become corrupt over time. Power has a
tendency to incubate tyranny. It
is
evident today as we witness the federal government’s strangle hold on
public education and the un-funded
mandates
it imposes on local school districts. The slow, steady strangulation of
the government over the citizens
is
every where. If you open your eyes you can see it.. The federal government
is closing off areas of public land
and
creating criminals out of what are today law abiding citizens. Under the
guise of trying to prevent tragedy,
our
rights are being steadily chipped away by applying more and more control
over the people. This is not
freedom!
“Before
a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in
almost every kingdom of Europe.
The
supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because
the whole body of the people are
armed,
and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops” - Noah
Webster
Everyone
admits that the recent school shootings are a painful tragedies that our
society must bear. Putting the
blame
on guns is a dysfunctional reaction to the problem. Guns have always been
a part of the American culture
and
until recently have been thrust into the spotlight. Perhaps we are afraid
to tackle the real problems of society
because
it is easier to blame an inanimate object and we can pat ourselves on the
back and pretend we have
done
something. With every new law that we pass, we tear away at someone’s
rights. If they choose to retain
their
right, they are put into a criminal class for something that was perfectly
legal the day before.
“There’s
no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to
crack down on
criminals.
Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares
so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live
without breaking laws.” — Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged)
What
is your life worth? The lives of your loved ones? Is the value of life
measured in dollars or celebrity?
Hand
Gun Control and others seem to think that some lives are more valuable
than others. The outlawing of inexpensive Saturday Night specials should
have sent a message to poor people that their lives were less valuable
than a
rich person, who can afford a gun to protect himself.
“As
much as I oppose the average person’s having a gun, I recognize that
some people have a legitimate
need
to own one. A wealthy corporate executive who fears his family might get
kidnapped is one such
person.
A Hollywood celebrity who has to protect himself from kooks is another. If
Sharon Tate had had
access
to a gun during the Manson killings, some innocent lives might have been
saved.” — Joseph D.
McNamara
(San Jose, CA ex-Police Chief, and HCI spokesman), Safe and Sane (book)
,1984, p. 71-72.
Stand
up for your rights, before you are disarmed and unable to defend yourself.
“To
preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always
possess arms, and be taught alike especially when young, how to use
them.” —Richard Henry Lee,
1788, Initiator of the Declaration of Independence
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