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| When will we examine our heavily armed culture? |
| 2015-05-22 |
| [DallasNews] In the past few years, Americans have witnessed shootings at a movie in Colorado, a 3-year-old shooting and killing his father in Indiana and, most recently, nine people killed in a fight among biker gangs in Waco. All terrible and utterly unpreventable tragedies, ones that bloody tyrants want to use to advance even more bloodshed, but in favor of a hostile and already armed state.. Amazingly, Americans seem to see these regular incidents as normal. It’s a powerful and sad testament to how anesthetized we have become to this ongoing violence. And despite all of this violence and loss of life, many in Texas and elsewhere want to increase gun ownership and allow people to openly carry firearms. Since 9/11, Americans have been deeply concerned about threats to national security. Our tendency has been to define national security only in terms of external threats. A much better way is to see national security is in terms of the well-being of our population. If we think of it this way, the evidence is clear — an Which scares you more? Putin's hybrid army, or Obama's? More importantly, which is the more urgent threat? There are many serfs who do not go out and kill people and who make sure their weapons are useless in an emergency But as a whole, Americans do not seem to be able to handle gun ownership in a way that permits maintenance of a civil society. The reality is that the significant numbers of bad apples have spoiled it for those serfs, and it’s time that gun rights organizations such as the National Rifle Association recognize this and begin working with those who want realistic gun control laws, in part as a way of building trust with those who do not own guns. The NRA and other "gun rights" organizations have long worked with the government to slowly take away 2nd Amendment rights. It’s the one thing we agree on: a desire for a safe and secure society. Guns are, despite what this moke says, an integral part of a safe and secure society. Often, those against gun control argue that if you take away the guns from regular people, only the criminals will have guns. Thus, people need to be armed in order to protect themselves. This has not proved true in countries such as Australia, Japan and South Korea that have fairly recently enacted strict gun control laws. I argue, on the other hand, that possession of guns in the hands of private individuals is the last line of defense against tyrants large, and in the case of the perfessor, small. If you talk about owning guns as a means of fighting crime, you only play into the hands of fascists who want to take first your substance, then your guns and finally your life, not always in that order. There is simply no need for a civilized society to tolerate the type of gun-related violence that Americans seem to accept as normal. Other modern industrial countries have realized, in some cases long ago, that it is unnecessary for people in a free society to have easy access to guns. Whenever a fascist says "there's no need", there's very much a crying need. As regards to "modern industrial nations", they are not as free as the US. The solution to gun-related crime is not further arming the public. It involves enacting comprehensive gun control laws that prohibit many forms of gun ownership, significantly curtailing or eliminating access to and the ability to purchase guns, and implementing programs in which the government confiscates or purchases illegal guns already in circulation among the public. Theft and murder are inherent in his suggestion, all couched nicely and neatly in the rubric of "comprehensive gun control laws". Bastard. For those firearms that are legal, ownership should be tied not only to background checks, but to extensive and mandatory training in the safe use and storage of weapons. Evidence from other countries shows clearly that these types of measures will significantly reduce gun-related deaths and lead to a safer and more secure society. Security, in my view is not a preferred goal. Freedom, and the responsibility that goes with it, is. In an era of extreme concern about national security, Americans need to recognize that one of the greatest threats to national security is their own The only "heavily armed population" is the government. Regardless of what this fascist says, government's role in a free society is custodial, not preventative. When a preventative role is assumed, you have a loss of freedom, personal liberty, and the security that is part of freedom and responsibility. Americans should ask themselves whether they want to live in a society that is secure because everyone is ready to shoot one another or one that is secure because people have peace of mind and experience freedom from violence and the freedom to pursue their lives in safety and happiness rather than fear. I'd rather live in a society where a politician, eager to secure for his government your possession, thinks twice before enacting laws. It makes everyone, even the fascist perfessor safer, and more importantly, freer. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #12 BTW, how does Mexico's even more stringent guns laws keep the weapons out of the cartels' hands? (Besides those supplied by DoJ) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-05-22 22:15 |
| #11 I've looked over my collection and from careful and thoughtful examination realized. "I'm not heavily armed enough." So I definitely need to spend more money on ammunition and new guns. Wife needs an AR, I probably want a shotgun of some sort, and I don't have a flamethrower. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2015-05-22 21:25 |
| #10 AN armed populace is the best deterrent to government tyranny, and that time seems closer now than any time in recent memory. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2015-05-22 16:51 |
| #9 I'm sure the thugs of the world (bikers and gangbangers) get all their weapons legally. I'm also sure they'd happily give up their weapons because then physical strength and willingness to do damage becomes the deciding factor in every confrontation and that tilts the scales massively in their favor. The author is a fool. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-05-22 14:51 |
| #8 Well...I haven't read this shit about a million times, have I? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2015-05-22 13:09 |
| #7 Wife had a conversation with a customer from (scandanavia). Customer said family does not feel safe because the cops are disarmed. Cop has to assess the situation, and then if needs a firearm, has to go back to the vehicle and special unlock a box to brandish a firearm. Then is fired afterwards no matter the outcome. Criminals be criminals. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-05-22 11:13 |
| #6 I'm more concerned about the insidious proliferation of heavily weaponized drivel. On almost every street corner, you can encounter some purveyor of incredibly badly thought out opinions, and most of them expect to be paid for it. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-05-22 09:22 |
| #5 No.... the greatest threat is not a heavily armed population. The greatest threat is a government that ignores the laws and idiots making "gun free" zones. The second you become disarmed, you become a subject. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-05-22 09:02 |
| #4 Give us real justice and security and most people will give up their guns or tuck them away for future archeological discovery. However, you know you can't do that, so you whine away about the 'evils' of people who actually practice self defense. People who you would just as easily sacrifice to your false utopian god for your own self centered edification. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-05-22 07:50 |
| #3 Do not be too sure the you first strategy won't be tried. Remove guns from cops, then say that since cops do not have guns then nobody should. FORWARD to the Balitimorification of America! |
| Posted by: Airandee 2015-05-22 06:39 |
| #2 You first, serf... |
| Posted by: badanov 2015-05-22 02:06 |
| #1 You disarm the thugs and criminals, Institute mandatory sentences for weapon use in crimes, I'll give up my guns willingly, not before. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2015-05-22 01:34 |