Gun Control? ……or just CONTROL???

“From the Other Side of the Edge….”
Gun Control? ……or just CONTROL???
By Joe Facinoli

The Second Amendment to our Constitution guarantees and allows any citizen of the United States of America the right to possess and own Black Hawk helicopter gunships, machine gun turrets, and any Sherman Tank which they can find, if they so desire, and can afford them.

And a half million rounds of ammo, too, if they want.

Really. Find and show me anything to the contrary.

“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.”

One paragraph, twenty seven words.

Nothing in there about the weapons being safe enough to have around kids, or only to be displayed at appropriate times, like parades and military funerals, and not being too threatening, nor needing to be pretty little things, acceptable at social gatherings, and hidden away, save that someone be taken faint, at the very sight.

Nor any mention which I can see, about size and capacity of the magazines attached to these weapons, nor how many bullets, shells, rockets, etc., might be sufficient to make our righteous citizen feel secure, against whatever the gloom of night may bring.

Also, no wording included as to the qualifications of anyone, any citizen, who might choose to take up these arms. No details, nor instructions regarding background checks, fingerprinting, civic, mental, nor social stability, nothing like that from these recent warriors, who knew instinctively just who they could trust, and who not to.

The law of common sense certainly applies to all things, and does here. But that seemingly safe ground can turn quickly into a slippery slope, in the hands of those who see no need for guns, nor for personal defense mechanisms, of any type.

Just who decides which persons are “qualified”, and how much training one should have, and what or how much of other parts of a person’s life should be judged, in order to allow them to “keep and bear arms”.

All sounds like birds of different colors to me, each singing its own version of “infringement”, upon that universally given right.

And no one yet I’ve listened to, has been wise enough, nor seer enough, to predict just how many bullets one might need to protect themselves in a given situation.

Clips and mags come with room for ten, or twelve, or thirty shells or more, because they are made in just that manner, with good purpose, so as to provide for proper and efficient usage when faced with someone, or worse, a lot of someones, who aren’t really all that concerned about whether your neighbor thinks you pack too many bullets in your semi-automatic handgun (or your A-K).

They’re GUNS, for God’s sake!! They are MEANT to hurt people, when those same people do bad things to us, or threaten us, or take liberties with our lives, homes, families, and communities.

The word “State” in the 2nd Amendment means EACH State within the United union of States, and NOT the Federal government. Specifically not. And that was the Founders’ original intent: to allow resistance to the central government, if necessary, by these states, as well as by any individuals.

Some today are fond of saying that there is no need to fear the federal government in this modern age, and that the media, the court system, and the sophistication of our society now, would prevent any government from lording over the citizenry in such a way that armed insurrection would be needed.

To this, one only needs to remember a very sophisticated and civilized Europe, and Germany in particular, from just a relatively short time ago. And to think of several other examples, on a smaller scale, where outside armed assistance was needed, to rid a country of its government or ruler, which had taken over the people there, one rights denying step at a time.

Having just thrown off a totally despotic, out of touch tyrant, our Founders were not about to let another form of central control take any kind of shape, in the new nation which they were inventing.

Right after the four initial individual freedoms were enshrined (religion, speech, press, and right to assemble) in the First Amendment, our original Patriots made sure, with a simple clarity, that no government which they would make, would have any ability to separate them from their weaponry, and that said body would have no power to regulate the possession thereof.

None of them wanted to go through revolution again, but just as fervently, none of them were completely ready to trust a central governing body very quickly. And with equal certainty, none were afraid to take one down again, should that be necessary. Hence their need and insistence for Amendment #2.

That precious freedom still remains for us today, despite the wants and inclinations of our “modern society”.

And as well, largely because of the inabilities of far too many, who simply cannot see (or refuse to see), these very same dangers, seen so clearly by our prescient and protective forefathers, those being a bloated, arrogant, and out of touch federal government, slowly given far too much control of daily lives, little by little over the many years, and the unchecked national leaders in charge of it, who circumvent daily the very document which gave them office and power, still remain today.

But as serious as this is, it is only a symptom, or an ingredient, of a much larger cultural happening. That of a movement towards government ultimately controlling all, and reducing all of those specifically granted freedoms and rights to mere privileges, to fond remembrances, and to wishful pipedreams.

This “Progressive Movement” not only has no faith in human nature to do and fend for themselves, but worse, has no trust in their own beliefs (nor their ability to convey them), to any degree necessary to convince others to follow.

Therefore, they only see control, and the grabbing of all power over the populace as the path, no matter how small the particular or the venue, nor how insignificantly perceived the situation, in order to form a larger, more all-encompassing power base, by the aggregate of all that “little stuff”.

The Libs see a crack, or a way into a new power grab, and they immediately want to shove a finger, or a foot, right into that opening, and force their way in, imposing their will for good.

Especially if they can take advantage of a particularly sad or grievous event, such as Sandy Hook, or Aurora, or anywhere else some deranged individual pops into the public light, sometimes just randomly.

The supposed “caring” of this group is bogus. And when further analyzed is just a spend fest, on over sensitive steroids, to whatever purpose they see fit (regardless of public wants or actual needs), and to their own best interest.

They want, and need, to have full control, so their power base, and their spending habits, can continue on endlessly. And the best way they can assure themselves of this continuance, is to make certain that their “resistance” is toothless and unarmed.

Common sense with guns is a two way street.

Use it wisely and properly, and you can live comfortably, securely, and in relative safety. Allow others to use it to convince you to give up your rights and protection, in the name of the “good of the community”, and you might find yourself looking at the wrong end of your own firearm. Figuratively, as well as in reality.

“Keep Calm, and Carry One”. But when needed: Lock and Load.

Joe Facinoli

(Joe can be reached at: joefacinoli@gmail.com )

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