RE: Guns in America, the 2nd Ammendment, and the desire to keep people safe
Most people don't know about the Clackamas Town Center shooting because it was quickly overshadowed by Sandy Hook. But it was a situation which could easily have ended up with dozens dead. Why didn't it get worse? Because a man with a concealed carry permit had the shooter covered for most of the time and the shooter decided it was unwise to keep firing.
Unfortunately, the truth is that when you outlaw guns, only outlaws have guns... and this is especially true in our schools.
Thanks for sharing. So many people, both in the US and abroad, have no idea why the 2nd Amendment is so important. (And yes, even assault rifles are included because the colonists had a tyrannical government to contend with - they wanted us to always be able to defend ourselves, even against a big government.)
i wonder if i bought a tank if they would consider that an acceptable form of arms to protect myself from liberals who want to take my guns? but in all seriousness, you are correct. I just get so tired of hearing people beat the "gun control" drum... i fully understand where it comes from. the liberals want nothing more than to grow the government to control peoples lives from cradle to grave, but i'll be damned if i don't go down without a fight damn it!! Most people do not know that is is the duty of the citizens to disband the government and form a new one in the event that the government no longer serves the will of the people. how are you going to do that if you no longer have weapons?
lol - yes, a tank would be fun, right? Just greater firepower, after all... However, I've never heard the forefathers arguing that the 2nd Amendment meant they could have cannons. :-p (but I'm not a historian.)
I agree with you totally. And people in other countries (particularly the UK where I was for many years) think that because they do not see gun violence flashed on the news all the time (except from the US) that gun control "worked" over there. We have been taught by our society to fear our neighbor and trust our government, when our country was founded on the opposite.