The Gun Grabbers

Today's posts are going to deal mostly with the issue of gun control. To put it one way, I'm against it. To put it another way, I'm completely and totally against it, it is unconstitutional, ignorant, and short-sighted, and absolutely, utterly fucking ridiculous.

Also permanently listed at the bottom of the page, for those of you who don't want to scroll down, here is the Second Amendment to the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States:

"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."

Right there, in black and white (or sepia on parchment, in the case of the original): "...shall not be infringed." That translates to, in common terms: "won't be fucked with." But local and state governments do it on a daily and continual basis, even though it should be illegal for them to do so.

Let's take a look at why it is illegal and unconstitutional. First off, let's examine the totally lame argument that this right only applies to organized, government-approved national guards and such-like, and not to individuals. First of all, militias are NOT National Guard units: they are units of citizen soldiers that are gathered from communities in times of crisis, with each member expected to provide his own weapon and ammunition. When the crisis is over, the unit is disbanded and free to go back to their regular lives. National Guard units are provided by the government with their weapons and ammunition, and are kept together for a pre-determined length of time, staying on until the end of that time even if the crisis has abated. In short, you can't gather a militia if no one has any weapons; all you get then is a mob. And while mobs might have a good supply of booze and be fun at parties, they won't do much against an armed opponent, other than die, get hurt, and have their kegs stolen, which is a double-whammy because then they lose their deposits.

The second reason why this is a totally lame argument follows this logic: if every other amendment in the Bill of Rights has been determined to be an individual right, why would the 2nd Amendment not be? As if Thomas Jefferson, et. al., would have said, "Hey, here's a list of things that the government must do for/can't do to the people, but we just threw #2 in there for kicks, so don't pay too much attention to it." C'mon, dude...put down the bong and think this through for a minute. You can fire it up later. It says right in the text "the right of the people", not "the right of government supplied units". Also, there is the fact that the current Supreme Court has once again made the judgement that the 2nd Amendment is, in fact, an individual right. So, nuts to that liberal whining.

The Founding Fathers were not stupid, despite what some educators want people to believe. They knew that it was important, nay critical, for the people to have the ability to defend themselves and their interests not only from foreign invasion but from an oppressive government as well. They were probably clued into this realization by the fact that they were fighting an oppressive government at the time. That might be just a hunch on my part, of course, but I'm pretty sure I can back that assessment up.

Another liberal argument that doesn't hold water is the one along the lines of "Well, states and cities and towns should have the right to enact whatever gun legislation they want." Not in this case they shouldn't and it has nothing to do with states' rights. The Constitution guarantees states' rights in everything but specific examples enumerated to the federal government or the people within the document. Just like no state or city can abolish free speech, or institute slavery, or recognize and official religion, or declare war on California no matter how lame and pathetic it is, no state or city should be allowed to infringe upon the people's right to keep and bear arms. Uncle Ted said it best: "The 2nd Amendment is my concealed-carry permit."

If you are not familiar with Uncle Ted:
a) Twit!
b) find out

Every American citizen has the right to own firearms. If you don't want one, that's fine. But don't tell me I can't have one, and don't try to take it away. Gun control should mean only one thing: a tight grouping on the target.