What's With All The Gun Control Paranoia

[DragaoDHJ]

The 2^nd Amendment as passed by the Congress:

"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."

 

Is it just me, but I'm not seeing any threat to my right to keep and bear Arms, in any of the current talk about gun control. We may need a little more regulation on who can obtain guns and stricter penalties for those who miss used guns or any weapons.

Also, what is with those people who claim the 2nd Amendment is for protection from our own government, in case it really goes wrong. This is not logical. Our government now has many "weapons of mass destruction". Any body remember the Civil War. The South did not fair to well in that war. Now the government has tanks, airplanes, submarines, missiles, tactical nukes and other horrifying weapons.

I interpret 2nd Amendment as our right to aid in the defense of our country and freedom, against  threats from outside forces.

Oh yes, I'm a gun owner. We have several guns. I even have an SKS (semi-automatic clone of an AK-47) with a 30 round magazine. So if the Zombies attack, I'm ready. :-)

[Dennis Barsten]

No comment....

[LoveLife&Laughter]

 

[LoveLife&Laughter]

Chicago Teen Who Performed At Inaugural Events Fatally Shot

[Ioruach]

Another Chicago shooting.  Lots of that going on there nowadays.

There is an interesting article in my newspaper, The Minneapolis StatTribune, today on that subject.  It discusses the fact that Chicago has some of the strictest laws in the country on private handgun ownership, and in fact that until a SCOTUS decision in 2010 such ownership was prohibited in the city.

So what does that tell us.  Well, you guessed it.  Gun-rights advocates contend that this shows tough restrictions do no good, while gun-control proponents say the laws elsewhere are just too lenient.    The argument goes on and on while innocent people keep dying.  

[exedir]

Actually, this shows the difference between method and motive.  

What is happening in Chicago is street warfare, and the intent is to intimidate and terrorize the general  population and, specifically, those that can and will retaliate to gain advantage, both territorial and economic.   And this is not isolated to Chicago, there are connections and ramifications from the Gulf of Mexico, west across the plains, the west coast and north through the upper Midwest and Great Lakes into the east and east coast.  And yes, it is mostly based on drugs; production, distribution, wholesale and retail.  And no, gun laws have and will have little impact on this activity.

As to the rest, most of what is being discussed will, if effected, remain to be determined in the courts and will not noticeable reduce the threat much less the reality of what we have and what we have done to the use and procession of weapons and explosives that some see as a right, unilateral and unalienable, subject only to confiscation legal or illegal.

[P.A.]

The second amendment was meant to address a situation like those that happened in Massachusetts and Virginia in 1774. The British tried to seize weapons held in magazines and armories for protection from Indians, pirates, and the like. Strangely today the pro gun people would not say a word if National Guard Armories had their weapons removed.