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It is also important to remember that there was no provision for a standing army in the Constitution, as well.
And age, you young whippersnapper.
What is interesting is that people today do not seem to understand that this is needed now, more than ever before.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
I hate to say it, but if it comes down to a revolution, a concealed weapon is all that allows a revolutionary the ability to perform certain missions. You can't conceal a long gun.
I agree with you, to a point. If you could guarantee that criminals wouldn't have handguns, I'd agree with you even more. If you could guarantee that criminals wouldn't have knives and bats and sticks and tire irons, I'd agree even more. If you could guarantee that criminals wouldn't rape and kill a young woman out for a morning jog, I'd agree with you 100%.
But you cannot guarantee that, so a handgun is the perfect answer in a no so perfect world, if the user so chooses to become trained and armed.
When I was a kid, 10, or 12 not really sure, I got introduced to the realities of firearms. A big production was made about rounding up all the dogs and putting the horses away. Then the gun was retrieved from the closet. Climbed to the cupola. Then Pepe disappeared for 20 minutes and came back with .22 ammo. Then we shot 10, 20 rounds into 2x4's. It was a demonstration that is permanently etched into my memory. I remember little from those years, but I will always remember the size of the little .22 hole going in, and the giant divet taken out of the back of the 2x4.
90% of Americans (I'd gather) have never touched a gun, nor seen what they can do other than movies, Real Police Videos, and Discovery Channel documentaries.
They have no respect for the power of firearms, nor for the immense peace that firing weapons can bring to the soul, knowing that you can wield the power to take a life, yet be respectful enough not to. They are afraid. They are far removed from the people the Framers represented. They don't have to hunt for food. They don't huddle in shacks burning wet wood and wearing dirty clothes eating maggoty bread and facing constant Indian attack.
No, they go to PTA meetings, bitch about the price of water service to the house, and zoning variances about how far from the sidewalk they can plant flowerbeds, or go on a rampage and destroy some kid's treehouse because of an unreasonable fear that their own property value is somehow diminshed.
That is the reality of America today. And it sickens me.
Personally, I do not mind some of the attitudes towards guns from city slickers. It is understandable. Not desired, but understandable. What I find funny is other attitudes. My S.O. thinks hunting is abismal and she does not want our daughter to be around farms. Nor around hunting or fishing. She thinks that Hunting is horrible.
But she sure loves to eat chicken, steaks, etc. I have not bothered to point out the artery that I noticed in her steak the other day.
Likewise, she objects to guns and and only grudgingly tolerates my fathers bow. She opposes W's attitudes towards stealing our rights (thank god), but would gladly steal my right to own a gun that may one day be used to fight against this corrupt (or any other) admin.
Sadly, I think that she is typical
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
You don't even need to go into that to show the problem with his sig.
Here is the text of the 2nd:
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.
Now, allow me to change just a few words:
A well educated electorate, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and read books, shall not be infringed.
Does the above mean that only the well-educated should be allowed to keep and read books? Of course not. The second clause stands on it's own. If the founding fathers had intended for only the militia to reserve their right to bear arms, they would have said "the right of the militia" not "the right of the people".
I can respect arguments that gun control laws are a good idea. I cannot respect arguments that gun control is constitutional.
Social scientists are inspired by theories; scientists are humbled by facts.
I'm no fan of Bush, either. I can't tell the difference between him and a Democrat. I guess the bluster is a little different, but in practice they are indistinguishable.
I'll be voting for Michael Badnarik.
-Peter