kholt, As far as I am concerned, there is no difference in owning a gun, or a teddy bear. My problem is that bleeding heart liberals are, constantly, harping on the issue that all guns should be banned from individual ownership. That bothers me, because the American liberals are sounding more, and more, like socialists, who want to control the entire gross product of the nation, and as has been done in history, form a commission of elitists, that dole out what "they" believe the people are entitled to have from that collection.
It has been shown in history, that such socialism has caused a significant proportion of the populous to lower their productivity, and curtails the building of businesses that fuel the economy. It is the same as every citizen must conform to the wishes of the core rulers, and still go begging for the means to exist.
The second amendment is the only reference to fire arms, in the constitution. At least I haven't seen any other part of the constitution that does. That leaves the honest, productive, and lawful, citizen hanging on a thin thread that supports his need of a protective weapon.
As far as teddy bears go, I wouldn't want a militant muslim, or other fanatic, to have a teddy bear because it is quite possible that they would plant a bomb inside of it, and use their own child to blow others up. Nothing against the teddy bear, but a bite of reality in the world today. In speaking of weapons, I mean ownership by those that know how, why, and when, to use one in a lawful manner. An adjustment in our judicial system could make that easier, if penalties for gun crimes were more severe, and every state had the death penalty for, "deserving" murderers. |
