The Battle for Gun Wrongs

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Hooray!!!

5 Supreme Court justices voted that owning a handgun is alrighty with them!

Two problems… the first is the count was 5-4 in favor of gun rights. A little too close for my taste.

The second is… How in the crap is the second amendment up for debate in the first place!!!

This is being called a landmark decision by most news agencies. They’re all pretending this is the first time in our history this question has come up in our judicial system…

Well, let me educate you a little.

2^nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (Of America, in case anyone wondered).

“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.”

How thick-headed can we be! Do I have to break this down?

“A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state…”

At that time in our History, the founders were very concerned that a rogue government could take over the states by force if they were not armed so the second amendment was written to keep this from happening. Why did they feel this way? Because they had seen it happen. The America we love today would have been lost when the British marched in to take over had it not been for individual liberty and the right to own weapons. The British were simply not prepared for the citizenry to have the ability to fight back. That is precisely what saved America at its birth.

“…, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

The argument here is usually that this is still talking about a state militia.

So what you’re trying to make me believe is the same group of guys who were smart enough to write the founding documents and begin this grand experiment called America were too stupid to realize this would be taken out of context? Do you think they didn’t dissect their words and consider them carefully before committing pen to paper?

Or is it simply that they meant what they said… “the people… the people…”

The people in this country were given the right to bear arms.

For the defense of themselves.

For the defense of their loved ones.

For the defense of their country.

In a dissenting opinion to the ruling made on June 26, 2008 Justice Stephen Breyer wrote, "In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas”

What he’s saying, in essence, is that all people who live in these crime-ridden areas are criminals. If this is not the case, he’s saying that they do not have the right to defend themselves against the kind of thugs and dirt that hold them hostage in their own communities.

This opinion today doesn’t put guns in the hands of bad people and keep them out of the hands of good people. It arms those who abide by the law to protect themselves against those who do not.

Let’s take a look at the 2006 crime statistics for the area most affected by today’s ruling; Washington D.C.

Crime Type		2006 Total	Per 100,000 People	National per 100,000 People
Overall Washington Crime Index		34423	5919.4	4479.3
Washington Violent Crimes		8408	1445.8	553.5
Washington Murders		169	29.1	7
Washington Rapes		182	31.3	33.1
Washington Robberies		3604	619.7	205.8
Washington Aggravated Assaults		4453	765.7	336

 

Great average for our nation’s capitol, don’t you think?

My guess is every gun that was used in the commission of every crime listed in the tables above was committed by a law-abiding citizen who purchased their guns legally.

Or is this too much common sense for the average bleeding-heart liberal to wrap their pea-sized brain around?

Just maybe a disarmed citizen is more vulnerable to a criminal…

Just maybe criminals are afraid to attack when they may, themselves face some danger…

Just maybe all of that would be too easy to understand.

Gordon Greene

 

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