The Mean Season: Give Me My Gun
Written by Billy W on April 5, 2009
Praise the Lord and pass the ammuntion; they’re at it again, those wacky gun-lovers and desperate criminal types. Last month, we had the North Carolina nursing home shooting rampage and the police officers killed in Oakland, California. Yesterday, it was some crazy bastard at a New York immigration center. And, today, it was some brilliant guy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who feared “the Obama gun ban that’s on the way” and “didn’t like our rights being infringed upon,” according to his friend. I’m not kidding. You can’t make this kind of stuff up. And, here it is, reality in the U.S.
Yeah, lots of people are going to blame the tough economic times for being the catalyst for some of these events. But, when you look at it simply, all of these people had easy, easy access to the weapons they used, most of them legally.
Ok, you’re a 2nd-Amendment kind of guy or gal. Let’s hear the “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people” nonsense. Come on, it’s what you live for saying. The fact is that guns allow people to kill large amounts of other people in a very short time, before anyone can do anything to stop the madness. Just by these 4 incidents alone, 28 innocent people are dead and even more wounded.
Knowing that there are so many batshit-crazy lunatics in societies in countries throughout the world, it baffles me completely to think that the most advanced nation in the world still allows weapons capable of erasing dozens of lives in a minute or less to easily fall into the hands of these mentally malfunctioning dipshits.
Ok, now say it… “We need guns because we live in a world full of bad people.” Now that you’ve said it, for like the 2000th time without even thinking, show me the statistics that prove more lives are saved by law-abiding citizens who successfully use guns to protect themselves and others than the lives that are taken by nutjobs who had easy, legal access to guns. You can’t, can you. In fact, you can’t even make a sound, logical argument that this might be the case, right? I’m no genius by any stretch of the imagination, but I can see the situation for what it is. It amazes me how many brilliant people still support the right to legal gun ownership.
4 Responses to “The Mean Season: Give Me My Gun”
Well, Billy I have to disagree with you on this one. In the states I had three guns. A rifle for hunting, a shotgun to protect my loves ones, and a pistol for the day when the US government finally goes completely insane and unleashes a police state in full effect. I kept weapons not to protect me from crazy people but to protect me from crazy government.
Who is going to protect me from the protectors? If you want to see the real reason why Americans needs guns just spend some time along the Texas border with the minute men.
By freedomwv on Apr 8, 2009
You know, freedom, I can almost deal with someone having a low-capacity (3 shots - max, no rifled slugs) shotgun for home protection. But 1, 2, or 20 pistols isn’t going to save you from government agents. Look at the Waco Branch-Davidian cult incident of the early 90s.
By billywest on Apr 8, 2009
I understand what you mean but the Waco thing was a very different situation. Those people were set up. What I am talking about is something very different. My greatest fear while living in America was the government deciding that American`s are not free anymore. Hell, they are almost at that point now. The US government long ago stop working in the interest of the people. I think that most people understand this idea. If it takes me having a few guns hidden away, just in case, then that what I have to do in order to live in America.
I understand why people have such a fear of guns. There will always be those few nut jobs who go on a kill crazy rampage. Those people are not normal. They should not be having a gun in the first place. It is a failure of society to understand when someone is close to the breaking point.
The biggest problem with guns in America is the way weapons companies handle themselves. They will do anything to push weapon sales higher. The government also is to blame. The US government is always so quick to go to war. They send a message to people that it is ok to shoot first and ask questions later. Using a weapon as a means to settle differences is always a last resort.
By freedomwv on Apr 8, 2009
Appreciate your points, freedom. Guess we’ll have to agree to disagree on this issue. I know we agree on others, though
By billywest on Apr 9, 2009