If you are elderly, a woman, or
disabled in any way the anti-gun lobbyists want you to suffer and
die!
Ok, not really, but some of their
beliefs are very harmful to you. If you give me just a few seconds I
will explain why. The most basic belief in the anti-gun movement is
that we would all be much better off if all guns were all to be
confiscated and no one other than law enforcement or the military
would be able to have a gun. No guns no gun violence right? Well
almost, but let's look at the effects of that.
First of all, let's say that a law was
passed that said that all Americans had to turn in all of the
firearms that they owned. This will not happen in our lifetimes but
let's just say that it did so that Sarah Brady can smile. What would
happen is that a majority of the citizenry would do just that. They
would turn in their guns. There are many formerly law abiding that
would not. And I can just about guarantee you that almost no
criminals would. So for quite a while the only people that would
have a gun would be criminals and the police. The criminals have
already (just by being criminals) expressed a willingness to break
other laws or they would not be criminals. So now that they know that
you have turned your guns in it is time for them to cut loose!
Ok, let's say that the law passed and
somehow all guns that have been manufactured since 1875 have been
confiscated and destroyed because the criminals all just got a sudden
fear of them. (never EVER happen, but go with me on this just for a
short moment). We now have a totally unarmed civilian populace. Will
the criminals stop being criminals? No, they won't. They will
continue to do what they do now. They will look for targets of
opportunity to take advantage of others. Instead of guns they will
use knives and baseball bats and bare fists. They know that you do
not have a gun and since criminals are primarily young males that are
in good physical condition they are going to look for weaker people
to attack (less chance of fighting back). They do this now and there
is no reason to expect that anything would change. Except that now
you have lost the ability to fight back. You can't own a firearm and
protect yourself.
No firearms no self defense. I don't
know about you but the last time I was in a physical fight was more
than 20 years ago. (I lost that one by the way). I am a big man. I am
6 foot even and 230 pounds. I have two adult sons. The older son is
about my height and a little lighter than I am, the younger is a good
4 to 6 inches taller and at least 50 pounds heavier. If it were to
come to a physical fight I don't know that I could take either of
them down let alone both and I am in decent health. What chance would
a 60 year old grandmother that is watching her grandchildren have
against 2 attackers the size of my sons who want steal from her, and
since they are hopped up on drugs, my doesn't that 14 year old
granddaughter look sweet?
One popular comeback from the
anti-gunners is “Call 911! The police will help you!” That is
what 911 is there for right? Well almost. The police will do what
they can, however from the time you dial 911 you are AT LEAST 5
minutes away from help. To be honest 5 minutes is an amazingly fast
response time. Meanwhile it is you against your attackers.
I can hear the objections coming now,
“Wait a minute! Who says that there would be more than one
attacker?” Statistics and history for one thing. Very few violent
attacks are carried out by only one person. Home invasions are
usually teams of 2 or 3, sometimes more.
Another thing that I would like to
bring up is that anyone who has access to a machine shop and a little
patience can make a gun. It would be crude by today’s standards,
but very deadly. Human ingenuity is a wonderful thing it has brought
us all of the technologies of the modern world, and it would again.
Explosives cannot be un-discovered, there were crude long guns in the
1300's called hand cannons. How fast do you think that criminals
would start fashioning weapons if they knew that you did not have
one?
One more thing that I would like to
explore and then I need to leave this nasty little world created by
the banning of guns. The United States has a population of roughly
312 million. China has a population of 1.338 billion. That means
that there are nearly a billion more Chinese than there are
Americans. China's military is 4,585,000 strong. Our military is
2,937,000. There are only a few things that keep China from
overrunning our military and occupying all of North America.
- Our military although outnumbered is the beast trained and equipped in the world.
- Our citizens outside the military own 250 million firearms.
The fact that so many guns are owned by
private citizens is a large portion of the reason that we have not
been invaded in almost 200 years. If you happen to get to the
mainland you have a huge citizenry that is really pissed off at you
and has the weapons to turn your armies away. Take away those weapons
and you leave the entire nation at risk.
Let's come back to today and to
reality. We have a second amendment to protect our right to keep and
bear arms. Even if you personally chose not to own a gun, there is no
way for a criminal who doesn't know you to know whether you do in
fact own a gun or not. This in itself helps to deter crime.
I would recommend that anyone with an
interest to go ahead acquire a gun and get training in how to use it.
You really are your own best defense. I love our men and women that
serve as police, sheriffs, and state troopers, however their job is
just that, a job. They want to go home at the end of their shifts to
spouses and children. And while they do not want anything to happen
to you, it is not fair to ask them to give up their lives to save
yours even though many would.
I have one last point and will close
with this. If someone breaks in to your house, or walks in to the gas
station that you are at and pulls out a weapon of any kind, as I
stated earlier you have at least 5 minutes before the police get
there. After you finish reading this, look at your watch and let 5
minutes run off. Don't do anything else, just look at the watch or a
clock. Think of what can happen in 5 minutes. Remember that when
seconds count police are just minutes away.
Stay safe, thanks for your time, and
I'll see you down the road.
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