Firearms Fax

Whenever those in government talk about violence, eliminating firearms is always on top of the list.  But if you really think of where all the violence comes from, gangs are always on top of the list.  So why don’t those with power, mostly those in the Federal government, such as the senators and the representatives from the House of Representatives, ever talk about legislation to eliminate the gangs that cause so much violence in the neighborhoods of the United States?  Local governments try their best to stop gang violence by implementing social programs that they believe will distract young people from seeing the perceived glamour that gangs supposedly offer.

Anti gang, 10. Anti gun, 0

But if gangs are such a threat to the way that people in the United States live, how come most of the negative attention regarding violence points to firearms.  Could it be that it would be easier to control a society that is made artificially vulnerable due to the elimination of the right to bear arms?  If the 2nd ammendment is slowly being eroded, until it becomes obsolete, the Constitution as we know it will be but a memory.  If the ultimate document that defines the United States is allowed to be altered, nothing is sacred, and life as we know it will be a topic that those older than the age of 40 will reminisce about.  It would be better if those in government would address the problem of gangs, instead of trying to eliminate our rights.  Because if our rights are gone, what’s left?

If the students who were attending Virginia Tech in 2007 had been allowed to carry weapons, legally of course, on their person, could the outcome have been different?  We’ll never really know the answer, but we can imagine.  Let’s imagine that what happened in Virginia Tech was about to happen to a college in Utah, the only state in the Union that has allowed guns to be carried on campuses since 2004.  We’ll make the setting for our scenario 2004, directly after the ruling approving guns to be carried on college campuses.

A deranged shooter is having thoughts about killing his fellow students at the campus, and reveals his intention to kill others.  Before he has the opportunity to carry out his sick and twisted homicidal fantasy, he is shot by a fast thinking student who has had a permit as soon as he could get on legally.  The danger has been averted, the fast thinking student is a hero, and the tragic deaths of students stuck at the wrong place at the wrong time did not happen.  The institution has given the students the option for counseling to allay their feelings of being in harms way, but the ending to the story is pretty much a happy one.

Police to the rescue

The state of Virginia, along with the other 48 states, don’t allow college students to carry firearms onto the campuses.  We all know the result of the Virginia Tech student with a death wish.  What we’ll never know is what would have happened if the students were allowed to defend themselves.

Shoot yourself in the leg, get two years.  To add a prison term to injury, quite literally, Plaxico Burress, one time New York Giants wide receiver was sentenced to 2 years in prison for carrying a concealed firearm into a New York club.  Granted, Plaxico did not have a gun license in New York at the time, nor was the license he did have current, as his Florida license had just expired 6 months before the whole long drawn nightmare took place.  So let’s analyze the benefits of jailing the one time Superbowl great.

Plaxico Burress soon to be #. . .

No doubt, he broke the law by bringing a concealed firearm where he wasn’t supposed to.  However, he did not injure anyone except himself.  But let’s put this crime in perspective.  A high earning tax payer is prosecuted, subsequently let go from his high paying occupation all because of a concealed weapon gone awry.  Our country is in a recession, services that depend on tax payer funding are being cut left and right, and the state of New York which also depends on taxes, is encouraging tax paying citizens to downgrade into non-tax paying individuals due to a gun going off in a club at the wrong time.

Glad that scenario was cleared up, it makes even less sense now.  Probation plus a fine plus community service might have reasonable, but 2 years.  Let’s compare:  J. R. Smith of the Denver Nuggets, get less than 90 days for an auto accident killing his friend, and Plaxico get 2 years for hurting himself.  2nd ammendment rights 0, vehicular manslaughter 10.

If an alien were to land on our United States’ shores, and exclusively watch the leftist fundamentalist, liberal mainstream media, such as CNN, MSNBC, CBS and ABC, and then take a test about violence and guns, that alien would probably blame guns for all of the violence that United States citizens suffer under.  In reality, those of us who know that banning does not make things any safer know that the media is just doing it’s job, and do it quite well.

Villify anything that opposes their collective beliefs, such as 2nd ammendment obsolete and single payer health care good.  Luckily people are catching on about the lies about the President’s health care reform, or single payer health care as it should really be known.  Unfortunately, defending the 2nd ammendment has not been as lucky because it’s attacked constantly.  Case in point, Hardball host Chris Matthews would not stop talking about the quote carried by New Hampshire Town Hall protester, William Kostric.  Chris Matthews constantly yelled at Mr. Kostric about the sign he carried, and just about accused him of trying to assassinate the President.  Luckily the authorities are not as “unbiased” as Hardball host Chris Matthews, because he wasn’t arrested.

Aliens vs. unbiased news

Luckily aliens are just Hollywood creations that bring in lots of box office dollars, but the left wing liberal mainstream media is real.  Though it very well may have been created by Hollywood, the left really believes that the mere presence or thought of even owning a gun implies evil.