Monday, February 27, 2012

Obession with guns and other weapons

We seem to live in a country obsessed with guns. The NRA and lots of fanatics across country hide behind the 2nd amendment to the Constitution.
The 2nd amendment reads: 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.
People who say “it’s my God given right” should still be required to register any arms, whatever type, just like we are required to register driving vehicles, licenses should be required, just like we are required to have a driver's license, and seller's should also be required licenses so that they can sell, we should also have a waiting period when buying a gun, where backgrounds checks are performed.
Shows, where many of these weapons change hands do not fulfill any of these requirements. You can have a felon with a past longer than his arm, and he would out of that show with whatever weapon he wants. The NRA defends these shows, and says that the rights of law abiding citizens should not be taken away.
What a crock. That is absolutely a joke. What we have is chaos. This country has the highest amount of people behind bars in the world, the highest gun shooting in the world, deaths caused by gun, but we still believe, like in many states, that we should be able to walk in the street with a gun, that we should go to work with a gun, go to church with a gun. When is enough enough?
What it comes down to is the idea of bullying people, I am stronger or bigger than you, I have no brains but I have guns. It the same way that we behave in the international arena, invading or attacking countries.
We say that people kill people. Another joke. Guns kill people. Ask the people in Columbine, or in Virginia Tech, or today in Ohio who kills people.
I think that we should draw a line between is necessary such as a hunting rifle, and an m14 or a Smith & Wesson 45, or a Magnum 357. These are weapons to kill people.
A friend of mine once asked me if I consider moving to Texas. I said that I was not interested for two reasons, the first one The Death Penalty, something that I not only disagree with but also don’t believe in, and second, Gun possession.
Some states seem to believe that they are still in the Wild West. It’s the 21st Century. Wake up.
I live in a state that abolished the Death Penalty, and that has tight gun controls, and I like it that way.
I am not naïve to believe that we are an island, people buy them in other states with flex laws and then come here with them, but at least I know that we have big penalties for people who break the law.

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