Just Sick of It!

I’ve been reading the book “Culture of Fear” lately. I know I’m years behind the bandwagon and knowing that Michael Moore’s movie Bowling for Columbine I expected a more liberal take. I do recommend the book as it is very critical of the media and that they, and us, tend not to focus on the right issues.  But a theme of the book was very anti-gun. According to the author, Barry Glassner, if we didn’t have guns nothing would be wrong. Which I’m sure was what Michael Moore was trumpeting.

First let me say that there are just people out there that should not, and never have, guns of any kind. Criminals, people who have anger management issues and other metal instabilities should not be allowed to buy a weapon of any kind. Some people would have it this way, I do not. I would not mind taking a test, getting gun safety training and keeping my mental stability test and gun safety tests up to date every few years or so.

Now that I’ve said that there is a reason why the founding fathers wanted the citizens of this country to be armed. The reason is that an unarmed and defenseless citizenry is much easier to control and pacify.

Sometime in the future there is going to be a need to refresh the tree of liberty and when this happens it is the citizens of this country that will refresh it and keep the spirit of the United States alive. This may not be in the next 50 years, or 100 years, but it will happen. We would be foolish to think that the United States will live on forever in it’s current form. The government will crave more and more power and control and eventually the citizens of that time will show it why a government should fear it’s citizens and not the other way around.

Should all guns be allowed? No. Fully automatic rifles should not be on the streets along with any heavy artillery, like missile launchers, mines, etc. But as a whole the citizens of this country, and democrats in particular, need to stop thinking small and near term. They rail against the Patriot Act but try to limit our ability to protect ourselves from an oppressive government. That’s because they are part of it and it’s their source of power just the same as the Republicans.

No one can predict when the time will come and it’s vital that we are ever vigilant and keep the government in check. Your power as a citizen of this country is your voice and your gun. Remember to speak softly and carry a big stick.